Round four of the InterTrack Challenge was held in Kvetoslav, Slovakia. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Mark Zilinsky (TLR) would take the win from the Xray duo of Erik Margony and Ondra Kulhanek while in the triple 10-minute E-Buggy A-mains, Jarda Valder (Xray) came out successful in A1 and A2, starting from the 7 spot on the grid. Radim Siska (Xray) completed the day on the runner-up spot while Martin Rytir (TLR) rounded out the top 3 result.
The 2016 UISP Italian Outdoor Touring Championships were held at the Miniautodromo Ca’ De Mandorli over the weekend with 25 drivers signing in for the 13.5T Stock class and 22 entries for Touring Modified. The Stock class saw 14-years old Gabriele Berselli securing the TQ and the pole position for the triple A-mains of which he would win the opening two to grab the overall title early. Davide Bertuzzi in A1 and Simone Alleotti in A2 gave Gabriele a hard time in the mains but with some clever driving the young man would succeed. Overall Simone Alleotti would finish on the runner-up spot from team mate Nico Catelani in third, making it an all-Yokomo podium.
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JConcepts have announced a date change for their Indoor National Series finals. Held at Speed RC in Mooresville, North Carolina, the date has been moved by one week with the event now taking place on the 10th and 11th of December, a week later than originally planned. The dates for the Summer and Fall events remain unchanged and more information about the series can be found on the event’s website here.
The MRG Genk track in Belgium played host to the fifth round of the 2016 RC Lemans Series this past weekend. With Europe’s weather playing havoc this Summer, Saturday’s practice only allowed for very limited running and most of the drivers tried to make up lost time early Sunday morning. In the LMP1 Modified class, Tim Altmann was the pre-event favourite thanks to three wins and a third place finish with a second place at round three would be enough to earn him the overall championship early. Another fun fact of the weekend was first time RC Lemans starter, Markus Mobers. The 1/12th scale specialist and former national and European Pro10 champion made his maiden outing with a brushless and LiPo-powered Pro10.
Round two of the Croatian Championship was held at the Krapina track with drivers from Slovenia and Croatia in attendance. Very warm weather made things a bit unpleasant at times but overall it was a nice racing day. In the Touring Stock 13.5T class Patrik Pozgaj would grab round TQs in Q1 and Q2, handing him the overall TQ and the pole position for the triple A-mains. To save tyres Patrik then opted to sit out the third and final qualifier. In the opening A-main, Patrik was chased by Zeljko Selman with whom he raced nose to tail for about two minutes until Zeljko made a mistake, allowing Patrik some room to breathe and to cruise to the win. A2 then saw a hard pushing Patrik who was able to open a gap of about 5 seconds to the second placed driver and from there he again was able to take it easy and to bring home the day’s win.
The annual Kyosho Masters was held in France over the weekend with some of the World’s fastest Kyosho off-road drivers in attendance. The drivers that arrived on Thursday were greeted by questionable weather and the forecast for the whole weekend looked very unsettled. Friday started out a bit wet but overall the weather allowed for decent track conditions. During Saturday’s qualifying Elliott Boots was able to secure himself the TQ spots in both the Elite Buggy and E-Buggy classes. Sunday was the main final day and it began with a big downpour. For the semifinals though the track was dry again and thanks to scoring the fastest time, Elliott would also grab the pole position for the Nitro Buggy main final. In the 45 minute A-main, Elliott would continue to dominate, taking the win some two laps ahead of Italy’s Riccardo Berton with Elliott’s fellow countryman, Jack Embling rounding out the top 3. In the triple E-Buggy A-mains, Elliott would again make a clean sweep by winning all three legs to take a dominant win from Riccardo Berton and Jack Embling.
Round four of this year’s Jimmy Babcock Racing League Electric Series was held at OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California. In the premier class of 2WD Open Buggy, Team Associated’s Steven Hartson would take the win in the A-main from the TLR duo of Blake Beyett in second and Radek Grammes in third.
The fourth round of the California Touring Series CTS was held at P1 Hobbies in Ukiah, California, this past weekend. This round’s winner was Factory Team Yokomo driver Eric Albano taking TQ honors and the only driver to complete 30 laps in 5 minutes. His BD7 set the benchmark through qualifying and secured the win in the main followed by Team Associated Factory Team driver Rick Hohwart and TOP Racing driver E.J. Evans in third. With the points chase, this victory will solidify the lead for Albano as the series approaches two more rounds.
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