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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]

April 3, 2017

Robert Batlle successful at Spanish E-Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was held in Silla over the weekend. Mugen’s Robert Batlle took the TQ from Mugen team mate Jaume Figuls while the TLR duo of Oscar and Bryan Baldo completed the top 4 result. In the triple A-mains, Robert would secure the win in the opening leg from Jaume Figuls while Juan Carlos Canas came in third with the latter taking the win in A2, shifting the decision for the overall victory to the third and final A-main. Going into A3 four drivers were in the mix for the overall win and it looked like Jaume would bring it home but he would suffer from several issues that allowed Robert to cruise to the win with Juan Carlos Canas second and Oscar Baldo third overall.

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April 3, 2017

Naoto Matsukura doubles at Buggy Asia Madness

The inaugural BAM Buggy Asia Madness electric off-road race kicked off at Shanghai’s SMP AstroTurf race track this past weekend. The Scotty Ernst Production event in cooperation with SMP and RCI aims to replicate the success of the AOC series and grow electric off-road racing in Asia and China. The 3-day pilot race attracted 60 drivers from all over China as well as several top world class drivers from abroad including current 2WD World Champion, Spencer Rivkin from Team Associated, Japanese drivers Shin Adachi and Young Kaito Kodera from Yokomo, Czech Xray driver Kaja Novotny, and multi-time World Champion Naoto Matsukura from Team Infinity. The local top drivers included Yokomo’s Wang Hai Feng and Serpent’s Lin Le Hua. The BAM was held in a total of five classes, 2WD Modified and Stock, 4WD Modified, 2WD Truck, and a Tamiy Lunch Box fun class. The race format five rounds of qualifying with the best two to count, followed by triple bump-up A-mains.

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April 3, 2017

Hagberg & Hönigl win 1/12th European Championships

Alexander Hagberg and Hupo Honigl both retained their 12th scale European Championship titles in Sittard, The Netherlands after an intense three days of racing. In the Modified class, which was running to 6.5T blinky rules for the first time, it was a business as usual for Alexander as the Swede took his 4th successive championship with his Xray. Backing up his wins in Italy and Slovakia (twice) Hagberg was imperious winning all five rounds of qualifying and then winning the first two legs of the A-final for a perfect weekend. Behind Alex teammate Hupo Hönigl took second after a 3-leg battle with CRCs Markus Mobers was only decided at the end of the final leg.

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April 3, 2017

2017 Jokerteam GT12 Championship Rd1 – Report

The 2017 Jokerteam GT12 Championship got underway with round 1 taking place at the traditional asphalt track in Bolzano, Italy in perfect weather conditions. The sugar-treated track delivered a good level of grip right from the get go and Mattia Dall’Oca (Schumacher) started from where he finished last year, with TQs in both Q1 and Q2. In the latter he showed a blistering pace, securing the overall TQ for the afternoon’s A-main. Not far behind, Johnny Orsolin (Jokerteam/Schumacher) showed a relentless pace which was good for a TQ in Q3 and an overall P2 on the finals’ grid. Completing the top three qualifiers, Claudio Giovanelli (Jokerteam/Schmacher) pushed his Atom CC at a consistent pace and an overall trouble-free performance to the third spot on the grid.

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April 3, 2017

Jefferies, Finlay & Giddins win at EWS International

British Xray driver Olly Jefferies secured the overall victory at the 2017 EWS International after taking narrow victories in the first two A-finals, before stamping his authority by rounding out the weekend with a win in the third leg too. However, Olly had to work hard for the victory, coming under intense pressure from the number 2 starting Yokomo of Christopher Krapp in each of the three races. As practice and qualifying proved, the top five on the grid were a class above the rest, entertaining the spectators with three five-minute displays of amazing driving. The lap times remained close between the five drivers which, whilst it led to a lot of nose-to-tail racing, meant overtaking manoeuvres were few and far between. As each driver appeared to close to consider looking for a passing opportunity, they also had to be aware of the driver on their own tail, and risk losing a place rather than gaining. That said, Olly did not put a wheel wrong to allow his German challenger, or any other driver, any serious chance of even considering lining up a pass.

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