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May 8, 2015

Maanson & Kobbevik win at Swedish Summercup Rd1

The first round of the popular Swedish Summercup was held at the Skarpneck track in Stockholm in the classes of 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy. After the timed practice local racer Niclas Maanson was on top of the timing sheets of the 2WD class while Daniel Kobbevik set the pace in 4WD. Both drivers would also be still on top in their respective classes after the three rounds of qualifying, to start from pole position into the A-mains.

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May 8, 2015

RC Car World’s Spring Challenge Points Series – Report

RC Car World's Spring Challenge Points Series – Report

Last weekend saw the conclusion of RC Car World’s Spring Challenge Points series at RC Car World in Willingboro, NJ. Qualifying started of strong with new Xray driver Oladelé Bolden qualifying 2nd to Schumacher driver Aja Archibald and Thomas Lane qualifying 3rd driving a Yokomo. As usual the track conditions varied as the racing continued throughout the day and Thomas Lane was able to set TQ and pole position heading into the final A main of the series.

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May 7, 2015

Nicolas Risser wins rainy Belgian E-Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the Belgian 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals was held at clay track of Bauffe near the French boarder. Unfortunately the race had to be cancelled after the qualifiers due to heavy rain. This meant the qualifying result would determine the day’s winner and this handed Team C’s Nicolas Risser the win from the Kyosho duo of Sebastian Wartelle and Cedric Nickel.

Thanks to Jean-Michel for the report.

May 7, 2015

Hupo Hönigl wins Austrian E-Buggy Nationals Rd1

The opening round of the Austrian 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was held at the MRC Oberaich club and despite adverse weather forecasts, 55 starters found their way to Styria. At the end the weather held up fine with almost an entire weekend of mostly sunshine and perfect conditions making for ideal conditions at this first ever 1/8th E-Buggy national event on Austrian soil. After six qualifying rounds Hupo Hönigl set TQ for the finals. In the sub-finals Martin Wollanka secured himself the pole position for the A-finals in which Hupo and Martin were in a league of their own. After the triple A-mains Hupo secured the day’s win just ahead of Martin.

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May 6, 2015

Rasmussen doubles at Danish EP Off-road Series Rd1

The first round of the DRCMU Danish National Series was held at the RC Kongen hobby shop. Jonas Kaerup and Jesper Rasmussen set the early race pace. A hot and sunny race day on the large carpet track provided great conditions for all the drivers. It was a fantastic day to kickstart the outdoor summer racing and the start of the Danish Nationals. Jonas Kaerup was off to a flying start in qualifying and took TQ at his home track, just managing to hold off his junior teammate Jesper in qualifying. In the finals it was youth that prevailed and the more consistent Jesper Rasmussen took the victory in front of Jonas Kaerup.

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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.