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May 6, 2015

Lucas Sanford wins at Pro-Line Champs Series Rd2

Heritage RC Park in Chula Vista, CA hosted round 2 of the Pro-Line Championship Series. Like round 1, round 2 had over 70 entries and the race format saw 7 minute qualifiers with the track being watered every other heat. The competition for this round would include J.D. Mora of LRP, TLR’s Don Vinkemulder, Mugen drivers Robert Wickham, Jaime Boquiren and Felipe Martinez, Darin Rogers of Tekno RC and some very fast local racers. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class Lucas Sanford would be on top of the game after taking the TQ for the 10-minute A-final. He got a great start into the main and pulled out to an early lead over the field. At the end of a flawless run Lucas came out successful in front of J.D. Mora and Darin Rogers.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

May 6, 2015

2015 Belgian SCT Cup Rd1 – Report

The 2015 season of the Belgian SCT Cup kicked off at the BRTC race track with a record entry despite a somewhat bad weather forecast for the weekend. The organising club as usual made for a fun and relaxed atmosphere and so everyone made the best out of the worse weather conditions that caused for an early end of the day after the third round of qualifiers when the track conditions became too dangerous for the marshals. In the Pro2 class Julian André (Team Associated) swept the first two qualification rounds in front of Nicolas Evens (TLR) who gained two 2nd places. Those two were the only ones running 43 second laps with Julian being more consistent over the 6 minutes. Behind them Philippe Hautecoeur (Team Associated) ended up in 3rd ahead of Nicolas Gandibleu (Team Associated).

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May 5, 2015

Joshuah James wins at Mr B. Day Race

The Mr B. Day season opener race was held at Barnstomers RC in Chester, NY last weekend. In the Electric Truggy class Joshuah James TQ’d both rounds of qualifying to start first on the grid for the A-main. He led the final from wire to wire taking the win and setting the fastest lap of the race. Bob Mazz came in 2nd while Robert Berenzy rounded out the podium in 3rd. In the Nitro Buggy class Stephen Plackis ended the 30 minute main in front of runner-up Jerome Treignier and Joshuah James who completed the podium in 3rd.

Thanks to Archie James for the report.

May 5, 2015

Martinho & Jardim win at Portuguese Nationals Rd2

The second round of the Portuguese Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Madeira Island. Tyre wear would be a topic all weekend with drivers seeking setups to save tyres as much as possible. In the Touring Car Modified class Hugo Exposto took the TQ after the qualifiers despite this being his first ever electric race. In the Stock class Duarte Vasconcelos topped the timing sheets after the qualifiers. Come the finals the weather changed with light rain and fog coming up. In the Modified class Hugo Exposto was not able to defend his top position as he made a few mistakes in A2 and suffered from a blown tyre in the final A-main. This allowed Joao Martinho to take the win from Hugo while Luis Cortez rounded out the podium in 3rd place.

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May 5, 2015

Tom Rinderknecht wins at HobbyPlex Summer Series

Tom Rinderknecht had a great weekend at the first round of the Summer Series at HobbbyPlex in Omaha, NE. The young driver would start 4th in the A-main of 4WD buggy and after a good start he found himself in 2nd place. In the closing minute of the race the leader would make a mistake and let Tom by. From that moment on it was a close race to the line but Tom would hang on for the win.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

May 5, 2015

Maifield & Schoettler win at JConcepts Spring INS

After four intense qualifying rounds at the JConcepts Spring Indoor National Series, TLR/JConcepts’ Ryan Maifield would earn top honors and lead the pack around in the 4WD Modified Buggy A-main number 1. Within the first minute, the top 3 drivers would slowly separate themselves from the rest of the field. AE/JConcepts’ Michael Schoettler would be the first to make a small mistake after landing wide in the double triple section, teammate Spencer Rivkin would capitalize on Schoettler’s mistake and take over 2nd. Both drivers would work together to try and reel Maifield back in, but as the gap was starting to shrink, it would be Rivkin who makes a small error in the chicane section and give 2nd back to Schoettler. On the gas and going fast, the local favorite would close the gap down, but there wasn’t enough time as Maifield would take the checkered flag and win by just 1.5 seconds over Schoettler. Rivkin would recover and finish 3rd.

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May 5, 2015

JConcepts Spring INS – Ryan Maifield interview

During last weekend’s JConcepts Spring Indoor Nationals JC’s Rason Ruona sat down with arguably the fastest man on the planet in the RC world, Ryan Maifield, for an in-depth interview. From 1/8th scale to what its like racing at the INS in Tacoma, Maifield shares his thoughts below.

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May 4, 2015

Volker secures 2nd win of ETS Season #8

Ronald Volker has won the fourth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series, the win in Austria marking the reigning champion as the first double winner of Season #8. An A3 showdown between the Yokomo driver and Tamiya’s star of the weekend Akio Sobue, Top Qualifier Volker wouldn’t put a wheel wrong to secure the overall win ahead of the Japanese A1 winning driver. Securing third in A3 after team-mate Bruno Coelho crashed on the penultimate lap, Xray’s Alexander Hagberg would complete the podium at the second running of the fahr(T)raum hosted event.

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