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May 11, 2017

Jake Dellinger doubles at the Lone Star Challenge

The 4th annual The Dirt Lone Star Challenge was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit. The race has been growing yearly, bringing in more entries each year, this time totalling 358. This year for the track layout Joey and Thornhill decided to incorporate a “joker” lane into the track. The joker lane was optional and you could use it one time per qualifier per class and twice for each main per class; it was an easier and faster section which saved about 5 to 7 seconds off a lap. In the 30-minute Pro Nitro Buggy final Jake Dellinger started 2nd behind Noah Dickerson. The tone went off and Jake followed Dickerson around for the first two laps. Both of them used their joker on lap 1 but for lap 2 Noah took the normal line while Jake took the joker again, giving him an instant 5 to 6 second lead, which he turned into a 10 to 12 second lead before Dickerson ran into mechanical issues. Ultimately Jake went on to finish the main in first, nearly a lap and a half on 2nd.

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May 11, 2017

Philip Jeisy wins at Swiss Electric Off-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Swiss 1/10th electric off-road national championship was held in Islikon. While Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer scored a double TQ and win in the 2WD and 4WD classes, it was Xray driver Philip Jeisy who took the day’s win in the Stadium Truck category. Jan Dissler (Team Associated) would end the day on the 2 spot from Rene Bachofner (Team Associated) in 3rd.

View the final results here

May 10, 2017

EWS Summer Edition 2017 – Announcement

The EWS Events team has announced the return of the EWS Summer Series, a two-round on-road electric series taking place in the south of the UK. After requests from racers for a return of the events, the Series will kick off on July 15th and 16th at the home of the last two EWS Summer events, the Adur Model Car Club near Brighton, before concluding two months later with the second event on September 2nd and 3rd at a track to be announced shortly. The series will cater for Modified and Super Stock Touring Cars – using the well-known ETS-spec Volante 36 tyre build. Each event will run to the popular “one-and-a-half day” format, minimising costs and overnight stays but maximising track time. Entries for round 1 are open now and more information can be found on the official EWS website here and on social media here.

May 10, 2017

Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria was held at the Mini Autodrom Ayrton Senna in Zagreb, Croatia. Drivers from six different countries including Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Germany, Italy and Slovenia attended the event, giving it some international flair. The weekend started off with nice weather and pleasing temperatures on Saturday although mixed weather and cooler conditions were on the forecast for Sunday and because of the chance of rain the first qualifiers were held on Saturday evening.

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May 10, 2017

6th Annual JConcepts Stock Nationals – Report

The 6th Annual JConcepts Stock Nationals were hosted by OCRC in Huntington Beach, California. With over 310 entries dedicated to pure stock racing from all classes and skill level ranging from Novice, Sportsman, and Expert some would argue this race is harder to win then the official ROAR Stock Nationals as it draws in more competition and also being based in southern California where the skill level is among the highest in the country. With the event selling out in a short amount of time, the JConcepts Stock Nationals has been one of the most anticipated races in the region.

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May 9, 2017

Micha Widmaier dominates German Nationals qualifier

A round of the German 1/8th Off-road regionals, qualifying races for the nationals later this year, was held at the Sand/Main track over the weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Micha Widmaier (SWorkz/SPower/ TPRO) made a clean sweep by winning all qualifiers and taking the win in the A-main from Aaron Münster (Kyosho/O.S. Speed/AKA) and Luca Rau (Kyosho/O.S. Speed/AKA). In the E-Buggy class it was again Micha who grabbed the TQ by coming out fastest in two of the three qualifiers. In the A-main finals Micha continued to set the pace and taking wins in both legs secured him the second overall win of the day, with Agama’s Markus Metsch and Kyosho driver Tim Kraus completing the E-Buggy podium.

View the nitro and electric podiums here

May 8, 2017

Alexander Landen wins at Swedish National Cup Rd1

This past weekend the first round of the Swedish National Cup was held at the Green Hill race track with the event being hosted by the MHF Skarpnäck club. The cold weather made things slightly unpleasant but at least it stayed dry all days which was a plus. In the 4WD Buggy class local driver Niclas Mansson would take the TQ with young Alexander Landen lining up in 2nd.

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May 8, 2017

Patrick Hofer double TQs & wins Swiss Buggy Nats Rd1

Round one of the Swiss 1/10th Electric Off-road national championship was held at the Islikon track over the weekend. Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer was in control of things all weekend long, taking double TQs and wins in the 2WD Modified and 4WD Modified Buggy classes. In the 2WD Modified category, Nico Schmid (Xray) and Philipp Huber (Team Durango) would round out the top 3 result while the 4WD Modified podium was completed by the Xray duo of Nico and Florian Schmid.

View the 4WD podium here