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September 14, 2016

Malin Karlsen wins at Norwegian EP Buggy Nats Rd4

Round four of the Norwegian 1/10th Electric Buggy Nationals was held in Levanger, Norway. The race for the win in the 2WD class was on between Malin Karlsen (Xray) and Roy Gjemble (Schumacher), the latter would eventually take the overall TQ and pole position for the triple A-mains. A1 then saw Roy taking a pretty easy win following some bobbles of Malin but the young lady would strike back in A2 when Roy made a mistake in the opening stages that allowed Malin to cruise to the win, shifting the decision for the overall win into A3. The final A-main then again saw Malin coming out fastest after she managed to force Roy into a small error to take the win from Roy in second and Steffen Hjortshoj (Schumacher) in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 14, 2016

Ryan Lutz trifecta at SikCross 2016

This past weekend the Pro-Line test track in Banning, California held the famous SikCross event. This was the second annual event put on by Levi Jackson and as per usual, the event was unique. There were three qualifiers with each one counting and points were given on how high racers have finished their race. The races were heads-up, gate start and super exciting moto cross style legs. But qualifying didn’t mean much as it just allowed the pick of gate position. The nitro mains were also unique in that they were basically a typical 45 minute A-main but broken up into three, 15-minute races back to back with 5-minute breaks in between. This break allowed for a change of tyres or air filter or if a driver happened to have a mechanical failure as there was another chance in the next one. All three counted and so every position was paramount.

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September 14, 2016

Gee, Isaacs & Fenimore win at ROAR Paved Nationals

This past weekend RC racers from around the USA and Canada converged at Valkaria RC to race against the best at the 2016 ROAR Asphalt Nationals. Practice began on Wednesday morning as drivers quickly became aware of the ever-changing track conditions and intricacies of the beautiful Valkaria RC layout. As practice continued through Thursday night, it was Mike Gee looking strong in 13.5 as well as Mod TC. Sam led the way as “practice TQ” in 17.5 TC, Johnee Fenimore appeared to have the 21.5 TC class locked down.

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September 13, 2016

Joao Figueiredo takes double Portuguese EP Buggy title

The final round of the Portuguese 1/10th Electric Buggy National Championship was held at the hard-packed and slippery Vilela track. Joao Figueiredo took the TQ in the 2WD class while the 4WD pole position went to Nuno Ribeiro. In the 2WD mains both Joao and Nuno fought it out until the last lap of the final A-main with Joao holding the upper hand over Nuno while Nuno Duraes completed the top 3 result. In the 4WD class it was again Joao Figueiredo who came out fastest in the A-mains, starting from the 2 spot on the grid. Nuno Ribeiro came in second, Luis Godihno completed the top 3 result. Overall in the championship Joao took the title in both classes from Nuno Ribeiro. Luis Godinho came in third in the 2WD class while Marco Timoteo completed the 4WD overall top 3.

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September 13, 2016

Super Cup Championship Series Fall 2016 Rd2 – Report

The Super Cup recently made its way east to Beachline Raceway located in Cocoa Florida for race 2 of the Fall session. With 234 entries, everyone had another long day of racing but Lance MacDonald kept everything flowing smoothly and so the organisers were able to get two qualifiers and the mains done in about 12 hours. The premiere 2WD Mod Buggy class would have 30 entries and some very exciting lower mains. Daimon Borkowicz would be the top qualifier and go on to win the A-main event. The battle for second, third and fourth would make the A-main that much more exciting with drivers swapping positions throughout the 5-minute main. Paul Wynn would finish up in the two spot after an extremely tight battle with Ryan Eckert. Ryan would finish third just 0.546 behind Paul.

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September 12, 2016

Mibosport Cup Winter Series – Announcement

The 2016/17 season of the popular Mibosport Cup Winter Series will kick off on the weekend of the 29th of October in Hrotovice, host of the opening round of the 2016/17 ETS. Attracting almost 500 drivers in total including the likes of Ronald Völker, Marc Rheinard, Viljami Kutvonen, Elliott Harper, Michal Orlowski, Christopher Krapp, Peter Pinisch and Hupo Hönigl, last year’s series was great success. This year the series is run in the six classes of Touring Car Modified, Stock LRP, Formula, 1/12th scale as well as 2WD and 4WD Buggy. The Touring Modified class will again roll on Volante tyres while the off-road categories will utilise Schumacher rubber. The on-road races will be run on the proven black ETS carpet while the off-road track is laid out with the same carpet as used at the EOS. The big news for the coming season is the presence of EFRA referee Markus Winkler at every race and more information about the series can be found here.

September 12, 2016

Spashett & Payne win at AMC/CARS GP

The fourth and final round of the Summer Shootout Series took place in Chesterfield, UK last weekend. The event was run as a 2-day GP with practice and initial qualifying on Saturday, followed by further qualifying and finals on Sunday. Following the recent change to the BRCA National classes, the Shootout Series offers the same classes for LMP12 cars with 13.5 blinky as the Stock class and 6.5 blinky as the revised Modified category. The switch to 6.5 blinky in place of Open Modified appears to have bolstered entries for all events, with nearly 3-times more competitors signing up to race this class than when it was run as open motor and speedo previously.

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September 12, 2016

Phil Sleigh teams up with Schumacher

Schumacher have announced the addition of top UK driver, Phil Sleigh to their team. Phil is joining up with the team to race Schumacher 1/10th buggies and also LC Racing micro buggies. Phil will bring a depth of experience to the team being multiple BRCA Micro Champion and BRCA 1/10th buggy National winner. He will be competing at all 1/10th UK Nationals, Mid West Regionals and all Micro Nationals.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]