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November 24, 2015

Patrick Hofer sweeps MRTO Challenge

This past weekend the MRTO Challenge was held with around 150 drivers from Switzerland, Austria and Germany in attendance. The purpose-built track offered a lot of grip and the different jumps present made for an entertaining time. Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer was on a mission, TQing all three classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and 2WD Truck. On Sunday Patrick would continue to be on top of the field, taking the win in the 2WD class from Schumacher driver Micha Widmeier and Kyosho’s Luca Rau. In the 4WD class Patrick lead a Team Associated trifecta with Markus Metsch and Nico Schmid sidelining Patrick on the podium in second and third respectively. Finally in the 2WD Truck class Mr. Hofer would come out successful from Jan Dissler and Jakob Pirolt.

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November 24, 2015

SoCal RC Scale Series Rd1 – Report

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Round 1 of the SoCal RC Scale Series was held at TQ RC Racing in Chino. With Summer coming to an end, it was time to return to begin the second year of the popular Winter Series. Five race days comprise the series and a drivers’ best four event results count toward the end of series awards for both Sportsman and Expert drivers. The Formula cars were first to set qualifying times for their race heats for the day. The series’ unique system uses a three minute qualifying run to set the five best (non-consecutive) laps averaged together. Josh Tran would hold the initial TQ spot with his qualifying time of 11.320 in the first group but there were some heavy hitters eager to best Josh’s time. When the dust settled, Craig “Cuda” Hammon, after a lot of hard work to get his carpet competitiveness close to his outdoor pace, took the top spot; narrowly besting Aaron Lane with a five lap average of 10.656 to Aaron’s 10.667, just 0.011 second gap. Third qualifier would be Kevin “Panda” Cole with a 10.938 effort. The difference between 3rd to 9th qualifiers was only 0.2 seconds. The change this season from 21.5 to 25.5 motors has closed the overall gap and would make for some very exciting racing.

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November 23, 2015

Stadler doubles at South German regional qualifier

Dionys Stadler doubles at South German regional qualifier

Round 2 of the South German regionals was held in Gottmadingen on a technical yet low-grip track. In the Touring Modified class Dionys Stadler would take the TQ for the triple A-mains that he went on to win with a good margin on the second place driver. Carl Groessel would end the day on the second place while Christian Gerlach completed the top 3 result. In the 1/12th class it was again Dionys, in only his second 1/12th race, who took the TQ and the win in the main finals. As in the Touring class Carl and Christian would come in second and third respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 23, 2015

Slovakia Cup Rd2 – Report

Round two of the Slovakia Cup was held at the Hudy Racing Arena with 85 drivers in attendance including the likes of Martin and Ales Bayer as well as Austria’s Martin Wollanka all of which looked for some last minute practice before last weekend’s second round of the 2015/16 EOS. Beside the 1/10th Buggy classes the event also offered a variety of electric on-road categories with the fastest of them, Touring Modified, attracted a total of 13 drivers. Xray’s Martin Hudy would bring home the win in front of David Nemcek (Xray) and Zdenko Kunak (Capricorn) with the letter two showing some entertaining fights during the finals.

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November 23, 2015

BRCA 1/12th National Series Rd2 – Report

The 2015/16 1/12th National Series headed to Crewe for round 2 of the season. This is the last time that the Crewe national will be held in the Oakley Centre as in the coming days the building will no longer be standing. This venue first held a national in the early 90’s and everyone hopes to see Crewe on the national calendar again soon. In 10.5 Stock Xray’s Olly Jefferies once again had some competition looming in the background. Alexander Hagberg (Xray) and David Spashett (Zen Racing) topped the time sheets in the first round of qualifying. Olly Jefferies was down in 3rd with Mark Stiles (Yokomo) behind in 4th. After all four round of qualifying, Jefferies found the speed again was TQ just 0.102 seconds from Alexander Hagberg in 2nd and David Spashett in 3rd. The top three were covered by just over 3.5 seconds.

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November 23, 2015

Coelho wins in Slovakia to share EOS lead with Martin

World Champion Bruno Coelho kept Xray’s unbeaten record at the Hudy Arena intact by claiming his first Euro Offroad Series victory today with a dominant and important win in A3. Going into the closing race of the Slovakian event, three drivers stood a chance of the Round 2 victory with Coelho needing to do the most to deny A1 winner Martin Wollanka and A2 winner Lee Martin the win. Top Qualifier for his team’s home event, the Portuguese ace would put in a stunning drive to not just win the leg but set the all important fastest race time. Running 14 laps over the 5-minutes, the only driver to do so over the 3 legs, this would give him the tie break, all three drivers ending up on the same points with a win and 2nd each. While Martin would finish second to Coelho in the deciding race, Wollanka’s A2 winning time would secure the Austrian second with third meaning both the reigning champion and Coelho are now tied at the top of the points standings.

Continue reading this report here or view our full event coverage here.

November 23, 2015

US Open Fuel Championship title for Maifield

The first ever US Open Fuel Championships were held this past weekend at the iconic Fear Farm with Levi Jackson making for a fun track layout. In the Nitro Buggy class TLR’s Ryan Maifield would convert his TQ into a win in the hour long final from Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz, who ended the main event one lap down. HB’s Reno Savoya completed the podium in third place some 20 seconds short of Reno. The top 5 result was completed by the like of Ryan Cavalieri (Team Associated) and Joe Bornhorst (Tekno). In the supporting 1/8th E-Buggy category it was again TQ holder Ryan Maifield (TLR) who would end A-main in the first place. The Tekno duo of Joe Bornhorst and Ryan Lutz would end the 10 minute A-main in second and third place respectively.

Source: HB Europe [hbeurope.com]

November 23, 2015

Robert Batlle takes double Buggyland title

This past weekend the Buggyland 2.0 race was hosted by Madrid’s CARTT club with some of the fastest Spanish drivers and guests from abroad in attendance. In the Nitro Buggy class Mugen’s Robert Batlle would take the overall TQ from Cody King and Elliott Boots while Davide Ongaro rounded out the top 4 qualifying result. In the 45 minute Nitro Buggy A-main former World Champion Robert Batlle (Mugen/Ultimate) would then grab the title from reigning European Champion Elliott Boots (Kyosho/Reds Racing) who ended the race one lap down. Only 5 seconds short on Elliott, Davide Ongaro (Mugen/LRP) came in third.

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