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July 23, 2015

Speed King Tour Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Speed King Tour 2015 was hosted by the Green Park Speedway in the Saitama prefecture last weekend. The track is a high-speed affair that is usually used for 1/8th races so the speeds achieved in the Modified class were pretty high. Series leader Akio Sobue again showed a brilliant form after scoring three wins in the series this year and he went on to take the TQ in this fourth round. Unfortunately only two qualifying rounds would be completed due to sudden and heavy rain fall but with the help of all competitors the track could be dried in time for the mains.

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July 22, 2015

Lee Martin doubles at BRCA 1/10th Buggy Nats Rd5

Round five of the BRCA 1/18th Buggy National Championship was held at Titchfield Off Road Club Hampshire this past weekend. The new track layout was long and very fast and with the incorporated jump sections, certainly another different great test for the competitors. The weekend started off with 2WD on Saturday and it was Neil Cragg who put his Team Associated buggy on pole position for the triple A-finals. Yokomo’s Lee Martin and Tom Cockerill came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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July 22, 2015

2015 Summer Scorcher – Report

Last weekend drivers from all over the Southeast headed down to Savannah, GA to one of the oldest tracks in the country, Phil Hurd Raceway, for the annual Summer Scorcher. With a little over 160 entries in several nitro and electric classes, it was shaping up to be a great event with a very fitting name. With the temperature reaching 97 degrees and a heat index of 103, it was hot.

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July 22, 2015

2015 Timezone GP – Report

The 2015 Timezone GP was a race to remember. The sun was out, blistering at near 100 degrees. The track ready and prime, eagerly waiting to be driven on. The stage was set for a special weekend in Battleground, Washington. Unfortunately, this year’s GP kicked off with a bit of bad news as the world famous Charlie Suangka, was unable to attend this year’s race due to a scheduling conflict. The good news was that the unforgettable Scotty Ernst was able to step in as this year’s guest RD. Bringing the excitement all the way from Wisconsin, this would also be Scotty’s 1st trip to Timezone. Other notables that made the trip was everyone’s favorite Canadian and Team Associated’s on-road ace, Keven Hebert. Former world champion, Ralph Burch for RC America/Xray was also on hand to battle in the 1/10th scale nitro sedan class.

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July 22, 2015

Nick Kinar takes 2014/15 WCICS CTA Championship

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series WCICS, which hosted 8 events across Western Canada this season, has announced that Nick Kinar took the 2014/15 Canadian Trans-Am Championship. Cam Spence drove to 2nd overall, and Saskatchewan’s Don Buck took 3rd.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

July 21, 2015

5th annual BeNeLux Race – Report

The 5th edition of the BeNeLux Race was held at the MAC de Bannbrekers club in Rucphen in the four classes of Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock, Formula and Pro10 Stock. The race started on Friday with free practice and resumed on Saturday with controlled practice and four rounds of qualifying. A last qualifier was held on Sunday morning followed by triple mains. After two days of nice weather the drivers were faced with wet conditions on Sunday morning and the final qualifier was declared a wet race. In the Touring Car Modified class Mitchell van Es took the TQ honours from Olivier Bultynck and Nick Joosens. In the Stock class Olivier Bultynck came out fastest from Geoffrey Vekemans and Athan de Witte while in the Formula category Jitse Miedema put his car on the pole position for the finals. Olivier Bultynck came in 2nd, Steve Deblaere put his car on the 3 spot. Finally in the Pro10 Stock class it was Reinder Willms who ended the qualifying on top of the timing sheets with Nick Boon and Joost Kuiper in tow.

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July 20, 2015

Maifield & Cavalieri dominate HRH Shootout

The annual Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout was held in Saugus, California this past weekend. Qualifying was affected by rain and so only two out of two rounds would count, handing Jared Tebo the TQ in the premier class of 2WD Modified. Ryan Maifield took the pole position for the triple A-mains in the 4WD Modified Buggy class while Ryan Cavalieri dominated the 2WD Modified Truck classes by ending the qualifiers on top of the result sheets in 2WD Modified Truck and 2WD Modified Short Course. In the 2WD Mod Buggy A-mains Ryan Maifield (TLR) would come out successful winning A-main 1 and A-main 2 in style. TQ Jared Tebo (Kyosho) had a mixed mains and finished in 3rd overall while Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri grabbed the runner-up spot.

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July 20, 2015

Austrian Electric On-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The 4th round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held at Team Speed Freaks track in Krieglach with 30 racers signing in for the Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock and Formula classes. The track is well known for its very difficult layout and all drivers had to push hard in order to pull fast laps. In Touring Car Modified the battle was on between reigning champion Dominik Vogl and his hardest competitor Patrik Gollner, but this time Patrik was the faster man on track and he pushed hard in the qualifiers to grab the TQ in front of an extremely quick Mario Sowka. The 3 spot went to Jakob Zündel while Dominik Vogl found himself only in fourth position after the qualification heats.

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