Young Jesper Rasmussen has emerged from a gruelling seven-race series to be double-crowned the 2WD and 4WD 2015 Danish Champion. Jesper secured the overall win in 2WD with maximum points in the 2WD class, with five TQs and five wins and he took the 4WD title with four TQs and five wins. Team mate Jonas Kaerup was runner-up in 2WD with a second-place overall.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
Tamiya Raceway in Aliso Viejo, CA is considered the finest on-road racing facilities in the U.S. and was host to the recent 2015 ROAR On-Road Nationals. The top U.S drivers were on hand to battle it out on the newly surfaced track in unusually hot, humid, and rainy conditions. In the 13.5 class Keven Hebert and Rick Hohwart split the qualifying at two rounds apiece with the tie-breaker going in Keven’s favor. The pair then also fought it out nose to tail in the first two legs of the A-main, with Keven coming out on top both times to take the class victory. Rick had to settle for second position, with Kyle Bergstrom rounding out the top three.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
Schumacher Racing welcome Greg Williams back to the team. Greg is a regular A-finalist at the BRCA Off Road Nationals and achieved his best results when driving for Schumacher a few years ago. He is sure to be a strong contender with his new cars in 2016.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
This weekend (18-20 September) the Euro Offroad Series opens its fifth season at the iconic Nürburgring racing circuit in Germany. Marking the 15th event of the high profile 1:10 electric offroad championship, Round 1 of the 2015/16 season takes place alongside the Nürburgring 1000KM, a round of the full size sportscar Blancpain Endurance Series. Heading the entry on the EOS’ first visit to the Nürburgring is defending double champion Lee Martin. Last season in addition to claiming the 2WD Buggy title, the Yokomo driver became the first driver to deny Joern Neumann the 4WD title, the German having held that crown since the creation of the indoor championship.
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The final round of the Spanish National Series was held in Barakaldo, Spain in the three classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula. With rain being forecasted during the weekend the organisers tried to get through the qualifiers as quick as possible and in the Modified class it was David Perez who grabbed the overall TQ thanks to a blistering final qualifier that also smashed the current track record. In the Formula class Jan Ratheisky would grab a pretty undefeated TQ to get the pole position for the finals. Unfortunately on Sunday heavy rain forced the organisers to cancel the race, meaning the qualifying results would determine the day’s winners. Therefore David Perez (Xray) would take the win in the Touring Modified class from Dominic Vogl (Yokomo) and Jon Ander Lorenzo (Xray) while in the Formula class Jan brought home the win thanks to his TQ.
View the Touring Modified top 10 result & Formula podium here
The 2015 Polish Championship finals were held at the Ruda Śląska track in pretty challenging track conditions with the grip changing constantly. In the Formula class Tomas Rajdus took the TQ from Michał Milanowicz who put his car on the 2 spot only a few seconds off. In the triple A-mains Tomas secured the overall win already after the second A-main with the fight for the runner-up spot being on between Przemysław Wicher and Michał Milanowicz. At the end Przemysław Wicher held the upper hand to take the second place at the final round while Michał Milanowicz rounded out the top 3 result.
Racers from across the eastern U.S. gathered at McCullough’s Off Road in Sarver, PA for the 14th annual East Coast Race Against Cancer. Despite rain showers drowning out the A-mains, the race still managed to raise over $20,000 in donations for the American Cancer Society, which puts the 14-year total upwards of $121,000 in donations. This year’s event saw over 200 entries, which brought some very intense competition. In Modified 2WD, Brandon Marsh took the winning honors, with Paul Nam finishing second and Luke McCullough in third. In the 4WD class Marsh took another win with Matt Stoltz in second and Alex Miller in third.
The 2015 North-West Championship Tour (NCT) Series began earlier this year in April and just recently finished this past weekend. This 6-race series would hit some of the best outdoor tracks in the beautiful Pacific North-West. After the dust had settled, Jesse Munn would take the 4WD Modified Buggy, 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/8th Nitro Truggy championship while Tayler Wonder grabbed the 2WD Modified Buggy title.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]
