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May 2, 2017

Solberg & Kristensen win at Norwegian Buggy Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Norwegian 1/10th Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend. In the 2WD class Marius Kristensen took the TQ after winning all three qualifying rounds, lining up in 1st on the grid in front of Daniel Solberg and Vidar Oen in 3rd. After the mains and when the dust had settled it was Daniel Solberg (Team Associated) who took the win after coming out successful in A1 and A3 while Marius took the win in A2 to grab the overall runner-up spot from Filip Uglehus (Kyosho) in 3rd.

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May 2, 2017

Rob Janssen wins at Dutch EP On-road Nationals Rd1

Round 1 of the Dutch Electric On-road National Championship was held at the HFCC Racing Club in Den Haag. The tight low-grip track was a bit of a challenge for most drivers but come Sunday the grip level raised, making for some good racing. The fight for the win in A1 was on between Robert Krens and Rob Janssen. In the final stages of the leg Robert, who was in the lead, made a small mistake, allowing Rob to pass and to bring home the win.

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May 2, 2017

Apandi doubles at Singapore Astro Buggy Champs Rd4

The fourth round of Singapore’s Urban Astro Buggy Championships was held this past weekend, and once again the race was concurrently a Singapore national series points scoring event. With the weather being sunny, the dry high traction astro surface at the Urban PlaySpace Raceway in downtown Singapore proved to be a challenge for the racers to master. In the 2WD Buggy Class, Esmail Apandi (Xray) took the TQ honours by winning rounds 1 and 2 of the three rounds of qualifying. It was the same story in the finals, with Esmail securing an early overall win by taking legs 1 and 2 of the A-Main. Dennis Chiang (Xray), who started 4th on the grid, secured the win in leg 3 to finish 2nd overall, while Kamen Koh (Serpent) took the final podium spot in 3rd.

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May 1, 2017

RC-Lemans Series Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the 2017 RC-Lemans Series was held at the AMC Hildesheim track near Hanover in the north of Germany. The race kicked off the 12th season of the series and it also marked the warm-up for the German Nationals that will be held in Hildesheim in September. The weather was pretty cold and windy for a “warm-up” but at least it stayed dry all days. With the track offering good grip it was Timo Schad who set the early pace in the Modified class, beating the fastest lap of the 2013 Nationals by about three seconds and only missing the 23rd lap by about 0.9 seconds. Round two saw Kai Altmann scoring the fastest run from Tobias Weist and German and RC-Lemans Champion, Tim Altmann. In round three it was Tim Altmann who came out on top, although with a slower time due to wind influences and a couple of mishaps. Overall it was Timo Schad who took the TQ in the tie-breaker by 0.1s from Kai Altmann and Tim Altmann. With three 2nd place finishes Tobias had to settle for P4 while Dutchman Reinder Wilms rounded out the top 5.

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May 1, 2017

HSH-Yokomo Sunday Race – Report

Round 1 of the HSH-Yokomo Sunday Race was held this past weekend at the Dintikon track in Switzerland with about 50 drivers in attendance. The race was held in the four classes of Touring Modified, Formula, Touring Pro Stock Race Truck and Yokomo Acadamy Kids. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Michele Manzo taking the win, just a week after his victory at the first Swiss championship race, in front of Florian Hauser and Oliver Krähenmann.

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April 29, 2017

Lee Martin teams up with Scorpion Power Systems

Scorpion Power Systems have officially announced the signing of UK front runner, Lee Martin to their factory team. The Yokomo driver and former EOS champion had his debut for his new electronics sponsor at last weekend’s EOS finale in Austria. Lee will be using Scorpion’s full line of 1/10th scale brushless motors and speed controllers along the company’s high-performance LiPo battery packs and he had the following to say about the deal:

I’m proud to announce that I have joined Scorpion Power Systems for this year and beyond. Having met Georges in person a little while back, I could already feel that his passion and pride in his company was second to none. Being able to work directly with the factory will give us both the opportunity to push the boundaries and achieve great things together. Using the electrics at last weekends EOS for the first time was already a great indication of things to come as they ran faultlessly and felt great! Thanks to Georges for opportunity to work together.

Source: Scorpion Power Systems [scorpionsystem.com]

April 28, 2017

Martinez & Alonso win at Baracaldo regional race

The Spanish Baracaldo track recently held round three of the electric on-road regional series. In the Touring Stock class young Yeray Martinez, who started from the 3 spot on the grid, would take the day’s win after coming out fastest in A1 and A3. Edgar Schultz would grab the runner-up spot from 3rd placed Unai Rodriguez. In the Touring Modified category it was Javier Alonso who brought home the hardware from teammate Jorge Las Vegas while Chicha Rioja had to settle for 3rd overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 28, 2017

Florian Fürstenberg wins at LRP-HPI-Challenge Rd4

Round four of the North division LRP-HPI-Challenge was held at the RC-Glashaus track in Quickborn in the outskirts of Hamburg. In the Touring Stock class Florian Fürstenberg would have a rough qualifying but in the end he would grab the pole position for the A-mains that he would sweep to take the overall win with Lukas Ellerbrock and Kevin Sparbier coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively to round out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]