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April 5, 2017

3rd Annual Thumb RC Mini Nationals – Report

The recent 3rd Annual Thumb RC Mini Nationals was hosted by ROVE and in the 1/14 Buggy class Team LC Racing USA driver Jeff Hutchinson had a good battle with John Taz Motors. After the eight minute A-main was over, Jeff finished with a two lap lead on the field. Taz came home in second with his Losi Mini Eight. Sven took third and finished on the same lap as Taz. Ben Klein running a Caster Racing S16B took fourth and Steven Motors fifth.

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April 5, 2017

Yokomo sign Bartek Zambrzycki to their factory team

Yokomo have announced the signing of reigning Polish 2WD and 4WD Buggy National Champion, Bartek Zambrzycki to their factory team. The Polish frontrunner, who grew up racing Yokomo cars at events such as the ETS and EOS, will receive full factory support in his forthcoming campaign that will see appearances at national and international on-road and off-road events including as the ETS, EOS and the World Championships. Bartek had the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy continuing my RC adventure with Team Yokomo as factory team driver. Being part of such a great team of worlds finest RC pilots is very special to me. But it is not all. It is also to be part of the team of extraordinary people – my friends. I look forward to an exciting future, together with the Team Yokomo. Thanks to Tom Yokobori, Minoru Aso, Shin Adachi and Yukijiro Umino.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

April 4, 2017

Alexander Landen crowned WBC Cup 4WD champion

The penultimate round of the Swedish WBC Cup was held at the IRC Arena in Atvidaberg and hosted by the MSK Kvarnvingarna club. 4WD Buggy Championship leader, Aleander Landen would be the pre-event favourite but a stiff competition meant he only qualified on the 6th spot. After some great battles on the tight track, that made overtaking hard, he was crowned the overall champion though with Hampus Berg coming second and Elias Johansson third.

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April 4, 2017

Kevin Thomas wins at Super Seven Series

Thunder Alley Raceway in North Carolina recently held a round of the Super Seven Series and in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Kevin Thomas who walked away with the win. After two rounds of qualifying, Kevin found himself second on the pole after narrowly edging out the third place driver by a tenth of a second and in the main, Kevin was able to get away cleanly and found himself in the lead for several laps. A miscue briefly dropped him to third but he was able to jump back up to second and eventually regain the lead where he would ultimately finish. Sean Kochik would come in second while Scott Belus rounded out the podium result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 4, 2017

Carlos Duraes wins at Portuguese Buggy opener

The recent opening round of the Portuguese 1/8th Buggy National Championship saw Carlos Duraes walking away with the win in the 1/8th E-Buggy class. Carlos would win the first and second A-main from a hard-charging Ricardo Monteiro to grab the overall win with one leg to spare. Ricardo would grab the overall runner-up spit while Joao Figueirdo completed the top 3 result thanks to a win in the final A-main.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 4, 2017

Oliver Havranek wins at Czech Nationals Champs

The Czech National Championship was held in Holešov over the weekend with over 100 entries for the several electric on-road classes. In the Touring Stock class, Ludvik Kurecka (Serpent) set the fastest pace in practice but in the qualifiers he missed out the overall TQ by about a second as Xray’s Oliver Havranek set the fastest time. In the finals Ludvik was missing a bit of speed to catch up fast Oliver and finished second in first two A-mains. By winning the third and final leg he secured the overall runner-up spot behind Oliver while Karel Kratochvil (Xray) rounded out the top 3.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 4, 2017

JC Spring Super Cup Championship Series Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the JConcepts Spring Super Cup Championship Series was held at Coral Springs R/C Track. It was the last instalment of the 4-race Spring Series, which meant make it or break it for some in the overall points chase. With over 200 entries, the final race was ultra competitive and still had the excitement and buzz from round 1. Rising to the challenge in a very competitive 2WD Modified class, Jason Ruona would lay down the best run of the day when it mattered most. Having started 2nd on the grid, Ruona had his eyes on the prize and once the class TQ, Landen Lewis, made his early mistake, the race was over. Ruona would take the lead and checked himself out from the field. With a flawless race performance, Ruona would take the win leaving Daimon Borkowicz and Paul Wynn battling for 2nd. While defending 2nd place, Wynn’s car would get caught by the wind on the backside quad giving Borkowicz the position. Wynn would recover to finish in 3rd for an all Team Associated podium.

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April 4, 2017

Micha Widmaier sweeps German 1/10th Buggy qualifier

The MAC OR Hütschenhausen recently held a round of the German 1/10th Off-road National Championship qualifiers. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Micha Widmaier (SWorkz) who made a near clean sweep by winning two of the three qualifiers and all three A-mains to take the overall win from the Team C duo of Tim Kurz and Tom Maquel. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class it was again Micha who dominated the field by bringing home the TQ and win from Tom Maquel and Markus Lübke (both Team C).

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]