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March 16, 2016

Joel Valander doubles at Finnish Winter Jumps Series

The recent round of the Finnish Winter Jumps Series was held outside of Finland in Tallinn, Estonia with drivers from several countries in attendance. Saturday was devoted to the 2WD Buggy class and it was Joona Haatanen who grabbed the TQ in front of Joel Valander, who was fastest after the practice rounds. In the opening A-main Joel capitalised of a mistake of Joona, handing Valander the win from runner-up, Jörg Tiit. A2 then saw Joel only finish in third place due to a couple of errors but he stroke back in the third and decisive A-main when Joona opened the inside line on the first lap, allowing Joel to slip through. From that moment on he never looked back to take the win and with it the overall victory in the 2WD class.

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March 16, 2016

Perez & Ortiz score at Spanish National Series Rd1

The opening round of the Spanish National Series was held at the CAPA club in Madrid. In the Touring Modified class David Perez, coming from the TQ spot, would win the opening A-main pretty easily but A2 was a different affair as after a bad start of David, Carlos Lambas would lead for a good part of the race until David found his groove in the very last minute which allowed him to overtake Carlos for the win with one final leg to spare. Overall, behind David, Eduardo Escandón and Javi Ferrando would make up the Modified class podium.

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March 16, 2016

Philipp Walleser wins at MRC Winter Series Rd5

The fifth and final round of the MRC Winter Series was held in Longwy, France over the weekend. As usual the 10.5T Touring Stock class was the most popular, attracting over 40 drivers. Philipp Walleser would be on a mission as he not only took the TQ and the pole position for the finals but he would also come out successful in the triple A-mains to grab the overall win while scoring the fastest lap of the class in the progress. Behind him, Dirk Rischard and Jan Bickendorf completed the podium result in second and third respectively. Another driver to set the TQ, grab the win and score the fastest lap was young Julian Garbi in the Rookie class. He would leave Dryss Faivre and Raphael Brassart behind in second and third respectively.

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March 16, 2016

Super Cup Championship Series Rd3 – Report

The popular Super Cup Championship Series headed north for race 3 of the 2016 Spring Session to a new track for the series, Newberry RC Park just outside of Gainesville. It takes many styling cues from the now retired Shiverville Raceway and with 199 entries and another nice sunny Florida day everyone had another great race day. Unfortunately a heavy downpour late Thursday night changed everything for Friday’s practice but the Newberry crew was not going to give up yet and spent most of Friday and into the early morning of Saturday to be sure the racers had a great surface to run on Saturday.

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March 16, 2016

Yeung & Law successful at Sunpadow Strait Cup

After the successful China National Championship race in 2015, the Xiamen ARC International Raceway hosted the Sunpadow Strait Cup last weekend, attracting around 200 entries to race in the two classes of 1/8th EP Buggy and 1/8th GP Buggy. Racers from Hong Kong, Macau, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and Mainland China attended the race with the ARC International Raceway being located inside an industrial park, offering a size of 70×40 metres and a true world-class facility to host high-level races. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class 13-years old Jonathan Yeung from Hong Kong would take the TQ but due to bad weather the finals would be cancelled, handing Jonathan the win based on the qualifying results. Sam Chen from Taiwan would take the runner-up spot while Taiwan’s Ngai would end the 2-day event in third.

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March 15, 2016

Markus Hellquist doubles at Swedish Open Champs

Markus Hellquist doubles at Swedish Open Champs
Last weekend’s Swedish Open Championships in Åtvidaberg not only saw the running of the 1/12th Stock class but also Touring Modified and Stock, 1/12th Modified and Formula racing. Markus Hellquist, in best Jan Ratheisky fashion, attended in the three classes of Touring Modified, Formula and 1/12th Modified and he would also TQ all three categories although at first he struggled to get into grips in the 1/12th class. In the Touring Modified A-mains Markus then made a clean sweep by coming out fastest in A1 and A2 to grab the overall title with one leg to spare. Jonas Andersson would come in second, Niclas Nilsson ended the day in third.

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March 15, 2016

Peter Bohman takes Swedish Open Champs title

The Swedish Open Championships were held this past weekend in Åtvidaberg in several electric on-road classes. In 1/12th Stock Peter Bohmann took the TQ with the fastest time in the qualifiers from Magnus Hedlund and Per Carlsson. The triple A-mains then were a mixed affair for the top guys as the small track made passing difficult and the back markers would play a significant role also. The opening A-main had Magnus Hedlund coming out successful with Peter Bohman ending in second only a second shy of Magnus. Marcus Andersson finished A1 in third. The second A-main then was an equally tight affair but this time the TQ holder came out fastest from Magnus in second and Per Carlsson in third. In the third and decisive main things got further mixed up with Per taking the win from Magnus and Peter. When the dust settled Peter grabbed the overall win although being tie on points with Magnus but the better tie-breaker handed him the 2016 1/12th Stock title.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 15, 2016

Cavalieri & Phend win at Cactus Classic

Beside their respective wins in the Modified Truck and 4WD Modified Buggy classes Ryan Cavalieri and Dakotah Phend also came out successful in the Modified Short Course categories. In 2WD Modified Short Course veteran racer Brian Kinwald (Team Associated) would take the TQ position after the qualifiers but in the final Brian’s AE team mate Ryan Cavalieri would take the title from Brian while TLR’s Ryan Maifield rounded out the podium result in third. Elsewhere in the 4WD Modified SC class TQ Dakotah Phend (TLR) came out fastest in the single 7 minute A-main from David Jenson (TLR) and Gregg Taylor.

View the 2WD Modified Short Course podium here