Round three of the BRCA E8 and Truggy Nationals was held at the popular Herts track over the weekend. Jack Embling would take the TQ in both classes but it was Elliott Boots who came out successful in the 12-minute E-Buggy final, leaving Darren Bloomfield behind by under a second. Jonathan Skidmore in third completed the podium result a lap down. Elsewhere in the Truggy class it was again Elliott who came out successful in the A-main final.
The city of Nancy in France will play host to the French Vintage Offroad Nationals on the 18th and 19th of June. The Nationaux will see the running of 2WD and 4WD classes for pre-1995 buggies along a special Grasshopper category that will allow buggies such as the Tamiya Grasshopper and Hornet, Academy Road Runner, Traxxas Cat and others. Full details can be found on the event’s website here.
Last week saw the 2016 Schumacher Day event held at the Miniautodromo Ca de Mandorli Circuit in Bologna, Italy. Saturday saw an open track day where racers had useful track time to perfect their car setup for this fast flowing circuit. After a nice sunny Saturday, Sunday morning came and racers were greeted with some rain. Sadly this caused some of the racers to leave, but for those who stayed, would later enjoy a dry track and more sunshine. With half of the qualifying run in wet conditions, it would be the pairing of Andy Murray in Open Modified and Alessio Tolomelli in Stock who would take the pole positions in their respective classes.
The Q-Track of Sant Cugat in Barcelona, Spain played host to round three of the Catalonia Championship. The weather played havoc throughout the weekend, widely disturbing the practice sessions but with five rounds of qualifying racers would still enjoy some track time. In the 1/8th E-Buggy A-main Carlos Pineda Vidal started from the 3 spot behind Max Ricca and Jaume Figuls. After recovering from a bad start Carlos battled with Jaume for the win and after a couple of lead swaps Carlos was finally able to pull away for the win.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
The first of six races for the Midwest Series kicked off in Toledo, Ohio, home of the One Eighth Racers of Toledo. The track was setup for a little practice on Friday but Saturday saw a little rain in the morning. The track crew did a great job with getting the track ready to go and with extended practice the race would cut out a qualifier. In 1/8th Open Ted Hammer (Shepherd) would take the TQ while in 200mm Sedan Diatta Collymore (Xray)came out fastest after the qualifiers.
The recent Vedano race in Italy saw Davide Bertuzzi taking the TQ in the Stock 13.5T Touring class while Davide Carbone came out fastest in the Formula category. In the Stock A-mains Davide Bertuzzi had to defend himself from teammate Andrea Valerio but at the end Bertuzzi would hold the upper hand to take the day’s win. In the Formula class Davide Carbone made a clean sweep by winning all three A-main legs.
The second round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Wr. Neustadt track in perfect weather conditions. The race schedule saw free practice on Friday, timed practice and the qualifiers on Saturday with the mains run on Sunday. In the Touring Modified class Patrick Gollner took the overall TQ from Mario Sowka and Manuel Gremlica. The finals then had Patrick taking an easy win in A1 but a mistake in A2 shifted the decision for the overall win to the third and final A-main in which he again came out fastest to grab the overall victory from Mario Sowka and Toni Eder.
The 2016 Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions was held this past weekend at the Tamiya Raceway in Aliso Viejo, California. While Ronald Völker walked away with the win in the Invitational class it was Cristian Lopez who took the victory in 13.5T Stock. Keith Yu, Eric Anderson and the UK’s Jimmy Maddison set the early pace along with local Cristian and it was Keith who took the overall TQ spot after the qualifiers. The triple A-main events were rather eventful with Cristian Lopez taking A1, Keith Yu in A2 and Cristian again in A3 to lock up the win. Keith Yu would be second overall with Eric Anderson rounding out the podium.
