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August 16, 2016

Norwegian Electric Off-road Nationals – Report

The Norwegian Electric Off-road Nationals, run in 2WD Modified and 4WD Modified Buggy classes, were held this part weekend at the Innherred RC Klubb in Levanger. The weather forecast wasn’t too promising but after some hard work of the club and some volunteers the clay track was ready for the weekend of racing. The weather limited practice before the event so at first it looked like the local drivers would be on top. Yokomo’s Daniel Kobbevik had a good start into the event as he showed a very fast pace from early on. Behind him, Roy Gemble also was very quick but electrics gizmos later on meant the BQ for the unlucky driver. The 2WD top 3 after the qualifiers would then read Daniel Kobbevik on the TQ from Eirik Andreassen (Yokomo) and Torbjorn Doler (Team Associated).

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August 15, 2016

BRCA Electric Touring Nationals Rd4 – Report

Round four of this season’s BRCA Touring Car Series took place over the weekend at the popular Mendip track near Weston Super Mare. This event looked on paper to be pivotal in the 2016 championship as the first three rounds had seen three different winners, Chris Grainger took round one, Elliott Harper round two and the last round saw victory for Olly Jefferies. In the Modified Super Touring class tyre strategy played a major part in the outcome of the result, Chris Grainger sat out round one of qualifying to put himself on a different strategy to his main championship contenders, this paid off and he would go on to take TQ and pole position for the A-final ahead of Olly Jefferies, Matt White and Elliott Harper.

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August 15, 2016

Phend, Maifield & Cavalieri take 2016 ROAR titles

The 2016 ROAR Electric Off-road Nationals were held this past weekend at The HobbyPlex in Omaha, Nebraska. In the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class the race for the overall TQ was on between Ryan Maifield (TLR), Dakotah Phend (TLR) and Ty Tessmann (HB Racing) who scored individual round TQs in the opening three qualifiers until Dakotah came out fastest in Q4 to take the overall TQ. Ty Tessmann would place his buggy on the 2 spot for the A-main while Ryan Maifield had to settle for third.

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August 13, 2016

Wilck & Johansson win at Swedish On-road Nationals

The Swedish On-road Nationals were recently hosted by the Wäxjö MS club and held in several electric and nitro on-road classes. In 1/10th Electric Touring it was Viktor Wilck who topped three out of four qualifying rounds to take the TQ position in front of Markus Hellqvist and Fabian Vernersson. In the finals Wilck could easily win the first two A-main legs to take the overall victory. Hellqvist would finish second with upcoming driver Fabian completing the podium.

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August 13, 2016

2016 Reedy Outdoor Off-Road Champs – Announcement

Reedy have announced the second annual Reedy Outdoor Off-Road Championships hosted by Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California from November 18th to 20th. With an old school feel and watered track, the event made its debut last year to the praise of many. Classes run are the proven mix of Modified and Stock Buggy, Stadium Truck and Short Course Truck and more information as well as the entry form are available here.

August 13, 2016

Futaba Electric Challenge – Announcement

Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois, will be playing host to the Futaba Electric Challenge from September 16th to 18th. Friday, September 16 will be used as an open practice day, so drivers can get their vehicles dialed-in to both the outdoor and indoor tracks. Saturday’s events are scheduled for the outdoor track but will be moved to the indoor track in case of inclement weather. Points earned on Saturday will be combined with points earned on Sunday to determine final standings. Classes run are E-Buggy, Stock and Modified 2WD and 4WD buggy, Stock 2WD short course, Modified 2WD and 4WD short course as well as Stock 2WD buggy, truck and rookie. Included are also two “Dash for Cash” events; one for 1/8 scale Buggy and a second in the class with the largest number of entrants. For more details please visit the event’s website here.

August 12, 2016

Ronald Völker geared by Axon

Japanese manufacturer Axon has announced the signing of Germany’s Ronald Völker to their team. The Yokomo factory driver will use Axon products such as gears, oils and accessories. Ronald has already used Axon products to win the recent German Electric On-road Nationals with for sure more to come at the forthcoming IFMAR ISTC Worlds in China.

Source: Axon [facebook.com]

August 12, 2016

Mike Gosvig sweeps Danish On-road Nationals Rd3

Last Sunday the third round of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held in difficult track conditions. Due to Saturday’s rain and the sugared track Sunday morning began with a surface drying session as the car’s tyres would take a lot of sugar, making it impossible to drive and reducing practice times to about 30 minutes. Xray’s Mike Gosvig would make the best out of the conditions, taking TQs in both Touring Stock and Modified.

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