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March 16, 2017

Eric Anderson takes ROAR 1/12th 13.5T title

The 2017 ROAR carpet nationals were held at 360v2 in New Rochelle, New York. The track is one of the bigger tracks in the US and it offered high bite and a fast flowing layout. In the 1/12th 13.5T class it was Xray’s Eric Anderson that took the win after the triple A-mains, courtesy of a 2nd, 1st and 4th place finish. Behind him Team Associated’s Joe Trandell would come in second with a 3rd and two 2nd place finishes while Speedmerchant’s Chris Tosilini would round out the top 3 with a win and two 3rd place finishes.

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March 16, 2017

Kalle Lehto takes FinTrack Tour Prostock title

The indoor portion of the FinTrack Tour recently concluded in Äänekoski with the fourth and final round. In the Touring 13.5T Prostock class the race for the title was on between Kalle Lehto and 2016 Champion, Vesa Yli. Vesa had won the opening round in Lahti while Kalle stroke back in round two and three, so Vesa needed to win at the finale in order to have a shot at the title. Right from the get go Kalle had an advantage though while Vesa struggled from an understeering car. After a good start into the third and final A-main Vesa was given a stop & go penalty for a crash he didn’t commit and so he had to settle for third overall behind Teemu Saarinen while Kalle took the day’s win and with it the overall title.

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March 16, 2017

Robin Frischkopf doubles at Indoor Bike Park GP Rd4

The fourth and final round of the Swiss Indoor Bike Park GP was recently held at the Indoor Bike Park in Pfäffikon and it was Robin Frischkopf that took the TQ in the 1/8th E-Buggy and 1/10th 4WD Buggy classes. After some close battles in all A-mains, Robin would also bring home the win in both categories with Romeo Grass obtaining the runner-up spot in the 1/8th E-Buggy class in front of Kevin Zwahlen while Pascal Jutz and Daniel Caviezel rounded out the top 3 in the 4WD Buggy class.

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March 16, 2017

Buggy Asia Madness – Announcement

With the 2017 IFMAR EP Buggy World Championships coming this November, there is a growing interest in electric off-road racing in China and so Scotty Ernst Productions along with Shanghai SMP and RCI Race Track present the Buggy Asia Madness from March 31st to April 2nd. Reigning 2WD World Champion Spencer Rivkin and former World Champion Naoto Matsukura headline the top world class drivers coming to Shanghai. Classes run include 2WD Modified Buggy, 4WD Modified Buggy as well as 2WD Stock Buggy beside others.

March 15, 2017

Schumacher Indoor Series finale – Report

The final round of the current Schumacher Indoor Masters Series was held at Worksop this past weekend. An entry once again of 154 competitors made for close racing and as always the qualifying format was round by round, with the best two results to count towards the final and grid position. In 2WD it was Danny McGee in fine form, taking TQ and to line up on pole position, ahead of Richard Lowe and Mitchell Fiddling while in the 4WD class it was Richard Lowe who managed to take TQ, this would line him up on pole, just ahead of Craig Collinson and James Helliwell.

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March 15, 2017

Johansson & Mathiesen win at WBC Cup Rd4

Round four of the WBC Cup was held in Söderhamn, Sweden. In the 4WD Buggy class the race for the TQ was a pretty fierce affair with four different drivers taking round TQs with Elias Johansson ultimately taking the pole position for the triple A-mains. In the finals Elias was able to check out early, bringing home the overall win while the race was on for the remaining podium spots. In the end Alexander Landen was able to better his qualifying result, grabbing the runner-up spot from Wilhelm Skjöldebrand in third.

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March 15, 2017

Xray Racing Series Slovakia Rd5 – Report

The 5th round of the popular Xray Racing Series Slovakia was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin. More than 100 entries gathered for the event, which was held on a single day, with triple qualifiers and finals, offering the drivers lots of track time. In the Modified Touring class, as all Touring classes run using Hudy C1 tyres and Carpet Gripper additive, Alexander Hagberg was able to take the TQ in qualifying, narrowly in front of Martin Hudy, who showed great pace all day. The finals were very close, as the battled it out in all three mains. Alex was eventually able to take the overall win in front of Martin, and the young and talented Oliver Havránek in 3rd.

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March 15, 2017

Jaime Lacuesta wins at Catalonia Pro10 Champs opener

The opening round of the Catalonia Pro10 Championship was held at the Santa Oliva track Spain this past weekend. In the sole Modified class, qualifying was pretty entertaining with Marc Valero taking the TQ in round 1 while Isaac Amoros came out fastest in round 2. Finally Jaime Lacuesta would take the third and final qualifier and he would also come out on top after the A-mains to take the day’s win from Isaac Amoros in second and Sergio Lacuesta third.

Source: Pro10.cat [pro10.cat]