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May 18, 2017

Markus Hellquist doubles at Swedish Cup Rd1

The opening round of the Swedish Outdoor On-road Cup was held at the Staffanstorps Raceway in the south of the country. Good weather and lots of traction made for competitive racing in the 1/8th Nitro, 1/10th 200mm Touring and Electric Touring classes. In the 1/8th class Mikael Fransson posted the fastest four-minute qualifying round, taking the overall TQ. In the Superpole race Lars Haugen got himself the second direct qualifying spot to go straight into the main final.

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May 18, 2017

Jelin & Eppley win at Race for Autism

The recent Race for Autism was held in Madera Acres, California in several nitro and electric 1/8th scale classes. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was CJ Jelin who took the TQ and he would also set the fastest time in Nitro Truggy. In the Pro Nitro Buggy main CJ Jelin (Xray) lead from tone to tone with only a couple mistakes to grab the win from Xray teammate Tyler Vik. Kyosho’s Ryan Kenny completed the top 3 podium result.

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May 16, 2017

Elias Johansson wins at Swedish 1/10th Buggy Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Swedish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was recently held at the Green Hill track in Stockholm. The weather was quite cold and windy but a good turnout of racers made for fun and tight racing. The qualifying was a 3-horse race between Team Associated’s Elias Johansson, Wilhelm Sköldebrand and Niclas Månsson, the later ending up taking the overall TQ. In the opening A-main, Elias Johansson was able to grab the win after having a mixed first part of the leg but with about 50 seconds on the clock the leader made a mistake which promoted Elias into the lead. A2 again saw the leader making a mistake, this time at about halftime. Elias would benefit and he was able to bring home the win and with it the overall victory from Niclas Månsson 2nd and Wilhelm Sköldebrand 3rd.

Thanks to Elias Johansson for the report.

May 16, 2017

Dominic Quek wins Urban Touring Series Rd5

Round 5 of Singapore’s Urban Touring Series was held this past weekend. During qualifying Dominic Quek (Xray) set the pace in the 17.5T Touring class when he twice put in the only 27-lap runs, narrowly missing a 28-lapper in Q2 to take the Top Qualifier honours. Allister Lim (Xray) qualified 2nd, while Leonard Sim (Xray) came in 3rd. In the finals, Dominic secured the early overall victory with convincing wins in both legs 1 and 2. With Dominic sitting out leg 3, four drivers were in with a shot to secure the remaining two podium spots. Despite a twin body tuck incident between Allister and Leonard early in the final leg, dropping them to the back of the field, both were able to fight back to the front. Ultimately, Leonard claimed the win in the final main and overall 2nd, while Allister had to settle for 3rd overall.

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May 15, 2017

Volker & Harper complete podium in Riccione

Ronald Volker has kept the championship race for this year’s ETS title going by winning the third A-Main in Italy to finish 2nd overall. With reigning champion Bruno Coelho wrapping up his third win of the season in A2, the Portuguese driver was a more than usual interested spectator of A3 as the failure of Volker to finish second overall would mean he would be crowned Champion for a second year. Leading away the field Volker will get the result he needs with pursuer Elliott Harper not able to get by the Yokomo driver. Harper would in fact come under attack from Marc Rheinard until the Infinity driver ran onto the grass. An important result for Volker, if not the one he came to Riccione seeking, it was probably Harper however who was the happiest driver on the podium, his first podium finish in 6-years marking the first for Schumacher in the premiere Modified class.

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May 15, 2017

Coelho moves closer to retaining title with ETS Italy win

Bruno Coelho has put one hand on retaining his Euro Touring Series title as he notched up his third ETS win of the season today in Riccione, Italy. The Xray driver repeated his 2016 win at the Marco Simoncelli RC Circuit with another win in A2, although Ronald Volker made the Top Qualifier work harder for the win second time round before a mistake ended the challenge. Allowing Elliott Harper into second, the Schumacher driver would finish 1.2-seconds back from Coelho with Volker a similar distance back in 3rd.

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May 15, 2017

Armand Lantheaume sweeps French EP Buggy Nats Rd3

For round 3 of this year’s French 1/10th Buggy National Championship the drivers travelled to Gonfreville l’Orcher near Le Havre in the northern part of the country. In the 2WD class Armand Lantheaume would take the overall TQ and win from Stephane Deroch and Ludovic Valtier (Team Associated) in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 4WD class it was again Armand who excelled by winning the opening two A-mains, coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Young Clement Boda (Team Associated) would obtain the runner-up spot from Yokomo’s Sylvain Gallo-Selva in 3rd.

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May 15, 2017

Sven Janik wins at East German regionals Rd1

The opening round of the East German regionals was held at the RC Speedracer track in Bernau near Berlin. Sven Janik was the man to beat in the Formula class as he not only took the overall TQ but he also grabbed the day’s win from veteran racers Kai-Oliver Guttschau and Mirko Morgenstern in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]