The 2015 JBRL Electric Series kicked off the season at IERC in Southern California this past weekend. The 1-Day JBRL race format with over 300 entries meant for a long day but once the sun set and the mains had been raced Cody Turner led the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class with Dylan Nelson in a close 2nd and Shawn Blackwell Sr. in 3rd.
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The final round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup for electric touring cars was held in the very South of Sweden in the small town of Tomelilla. The track was quite technical with low traction, making many drivers suffering from rear end traction. In the practice rounds Markus Hellquist laid down the fastest lap ahead of Daniel Carlsson and Jonas Andersson. After 3 rounds of qualifying with the best round to count the order kept the same, with Hellquist being roughly one lap ahead of Daniel Carlsson and Jonas Andersson. In the finals Markus kept on with his previous pace and never let the cars behind him come close to fight for the victory. Behind Markus there wasn’t a whole lot of action either, the top 3 kept the same in all three finals resulting in the scoreboard being exactly the same as the qualifying for the top 3.
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Still in its first year of operation, the new and improved Beach Hobbies of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina hosted the 2015 Palmetto Classic this past weekend. The event spanned two days of racing on 6000 square feet of Carolina clay. 179 entries tested their skills against one another on the technical yet fast layout and the surface itself remained very consistent with tons of traction throughout the festivities requiring little more than the occasional lap with the leaf blower. This allowed the race director Myssie Hanna to move through the four action-packed rounds of qualifying on Saturday and double A-mains on Sunday with great efficiency.
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This year’s Japanese JMRCA 1/10th Electric Off-Road Nationals will be held from the 5th to 7th of June at the Yatabe Arena, host of the 2015 IFMAR 1/10th Electric Buggy World Championships. The Nationals will also act as the Warm-up for the Worlds in October and the entries for oversea drivers are now open here. The race, run on a purpose-built astroturf track, will see the use of the official Schumacher Worlds control tyres and inserts as listed below.
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The 2015 Canadian Onroad Nationals were held last weekend at the Seaway Mall in Welland Ontario Canada. Over 250 entries from all over North America were in attendance to put on a show for the thousands of spectators that came through to watch over the course of the 3-day event that saw Touring Car, Canadian VTA, GT and Mini class racing. In the Modified Touring Car class it was a three way battle between Team Associated’s Kevin Hebert, Team Yokomo’s Andrew Hardman and Team Xray driver Paul Lemieux. Lemieux grabbed the TQ from Hebert in qualifying but in the final it was Hardman who found pace to take the win with a great drive.
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Tyler Jones had an impressive weekend at round 5 of the JCP Winter Electric Point Series as the you man took the TQ and win in the 2WD Modified Buggy class and would go on to also win the 4WD Buggy class after a great battle in the main.
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The Hudy Racing Arena, host of the 2015 EFRA 1/12th scale European Championships will host round 4 of the 2014/15 Slovakia Cup this coming weekend. The event is run in electric on-road and off-road classes with registration being available here while more details and rules can be found here.
Xray have announced the signing of up and coming Ruben Perez to their talented Junior Team. Ruben is a 12-year boy from Spain who has shown an exceptional talent and he will be racing all Xray off-road cars including the XB8, XB8E, XB4, and XB2. The Spaniard will be racing at the European Championships, the Spanish national series and at regional races and he had the following to say:
I am very very happy to be given this opportunity and I cannot thanks enough to Xray for their trust in me. My main goal is to continuously improve my racing experiences in order to participate at the European Championship 2016 that will be held in my home country in Spain. I will race all the main races in Spain including the National Championship series and with the Xray cars and the support I am extremely confident.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
