The 2016 WRC Contest will be held on the 5th of June at the Pista RC Team track in Reggio Emilia. The event will be held in the three classes of Touring Modified, Stock 13.5T and Formula with last year’s race attracting over 70 entries to race on the high-grip asphalt track. This year again some of the fastest Italian drivers will make an appearance and more information about the event can be found here.
The first round of the East German regionals was held at the Bernau Motodrom. In the Electric Touring 13.5T class Stefan Schulz took the TQ and he easily won the A-main in front of Robert Komfort and Ralph Schmidt. The Formula class had Kai-Oliver Gutschau putting his car on the 1 spot for the finals but it was again Stefan Schulz who came out successful. Kai-O had to settle for second while Uwe Sieber completed the top 3 result. Elsewhere in the 1/8th Nitro On-road class Wilfried Stecker took the day’s win from Kosta Saritsaklis.
Round two of the Swiss Touring Nationals was held at the Schaffhausen track and in the Touring Pro Stock class it was Noah Asendorf (Xray) who grabbed the day’s win from second placed Marco Siegenthaler (HB). In third Marco Balmer (Team Magic), coming from the 4 spot on the grid, rounded out the podium result.
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
Round 2 of the Team Associated Summer Series at the Hobby Plex in Omaha, NE had another good turnout, with 177 entrants competing on a fast and technical layout. Racers from Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota were on hand to battle it out for the top steps of the podium, and a chance to advance in the points standings. Alex Vanderbeek and Tom Rinderknecht took victories in all three of the premier Modified classes. Tom set the TQ in Mod 4WD, and took a commanding win over the field, “throwing big whips along the way,” in his words.
The 2016 Summer Shootout was held in Lake City, Florida this past weekend. Mugen’s Cole Ogden would TQ and win Pro Nitro Buggy and he ended tie on points with John Michael Mcginty in E-Buggy but in the end a better tie-breaker handed Cole his second title of the weekend. To finish off a successful day Cole then also won the Dash for Cash. Being the Pro Nitro Buggy TQ he had to start dead last from the 10th spot but he was able to work his way up for another win.
Image: Cole Ogden
The 5th annual JConcepts Stock Nationals were once again hosted by the world famous OCRC Raceway. This unique race brings Stock and Modified racers from all over the country to compete against one another in the hottest segment of RC racing, Stock 17.5. This race offers a spot for everyone with 11 different classes covering all skill levels and vehicles, each one requiring a 17.5 stock motor (blinky mode). This year’s pre entries were limited to 200, which sold out in 5 hours, and then classes were filled in from there for a total of 250+ entries. With 3 rounds of qualifying on Saturday, one final round and mains on Sunday, there was plenty of track time for everyone. After four rounds of IFMAR qualifying, the top eight drivers made the A-Main in each category to be joined by two bump-ups from the lower finals. The A-Mains ran for ten minutes, with 7-minute B-Mains and 6-minute lower mains.
Round two of the Austrian Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the GMAC Litschau track in the very North of the country. The weather forecast wasn’t very promising with rain and low temperatures predicted but at the end the race would be completed without any delays although wind and cold temperatures made things pretty unpleasant. In the 2WD Buggy class Xray’s Hupo Hönigl made a clean sweep by taking the TQ and win from Marcel Rekettye (Yokomo) and Schumacher’s Peter Pinisch.
The 4th annual JConcepts Judge race was hosted by GSHobby in the small town of Barling, Arkansas, just south-east of Fort Smith. The hobby shop has a club racing scene at the smaller indoor track which has collected a good number of local racers from around the general area. The JConcepts Judge brought all those racers back with a mix of people from out of town. In 2WD Mod Buggy the battle was between JR Mitch, Michael Twilling, Trevor Nault, Todd Sieler, and Bobby Woods. That’s how they qualified for the three A-mains on Sunday. A1 and A2 were taken by JR Mitch, leaving the battle for second between Michael Twilling and Bobby Woods. At the 3rd A main, it was Michael getting the edge over Bobby for the second overall position.
