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November 24, 2014

Mibosport Cup 2014/15 Rd2 – Report

The 2nd round of the 2014/15 Mibosport Cup took place this past weekend with some big names on the entry list such as Marc Rheinard, Yannic and Björn Prümper, Hupo Hönigl, Peter Pinisch, and Tom Cockerill. A total of 87 drivers attended the on-road classes with 35 drivers in Touring Car Modified, 32 in Stock LRP, 13 in Formula and 7 drivers in 1/12th scale while the off-road classes attracted a total of 83 drivers with 43 drivers participating in 2WD Buggy and 40 drivers in 4WD Buggy.

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November 24, 2014

WA EP Off-Road Interclub Series Rd1 – Report

The Western Australia EP Off-Road Interclub Series recently kicked off at MORBC in Whiteman Park with 84 entries across six classes with 20 4WD Modified and 18 EP8 entries to bolster the racing and excitement. The MORBC club put on an incredible event, turning it up with a fresh and exciting layout designed with 1/10th cars in mind. With a little help from the weather to put on a fantastic day, the scene was set for some great racing with WA’s best and fastest drivers all turning out including back-to-back 4WD Modified Australian champion Josh Pain, 2014 4WD SCT Australian champion Kyle Francis and 2014 2WD Modified runner-up and 4WD Modified number three driver Craig Laughton.

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November 24, 2014

TopRC Winter Electric Series Rd1 – Report

The first round of the TopRC Winter Electric Series was held with around 50 drivers in attendance at the Genius Ring indoor facility. The event attracted a good amount of local talent and also some internationally experienced racers such as 2014 Large Scale European Champion BA Arnaldi as well as 2014 ETS Stock and European Stock Champion Marek Cerny beside former European 1/8th Champion Jernej Vuga. The weekend started with free practice on Saturday with one round of controlled practice followed by three rounds of qualifying kicking off the Sunday.

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November 21, 2014

Tonisport-Winter-Cup Rd2 – Report

The 2nd round of the Tonisport-Winter-Cup was held at the Eifel-Ring, a permanent indoor track in Leimbach, close to the World-famous Nürburgring. A total of 40 racers attended the race that was organized by the MAC Adenau. The 13.5T Touring Car class saw an impressive battle for positions already in the three six-minutes qualifying heats. Finally Ingo Herschbach took pole position in front of his Serpent fellows Majuran Tharmalingam and Oliver Kaufmann, winner of the first TWC race weekend.

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November 21, 2014

Lucas Sanford wins at Gun Smoke Classic

The recent Gun Smoke Classic race held at IERC Raceway in San Bernardino, CA saw a tight battle of Lucas Sanford, David Jenson and Brian Sullivan over the top spots in the 1/8th E-Buggy class. Brian Sullivan had a very good run in the first heat taking the TQ but Lucas Sandford would take the overall TQ in Rd1 by 2 seconds and a near perfect run. In Q2, David Jenson pressed hard for the entire race, but Sanford had another great run taking the win. Sanfords 2nd round TQ meant he would not have to race the third qualifier, and would start on the pole for Sunday’s A-mains, with Eric McNeil 2nd and Brian Sullivan 3rd.

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November 21, 2014

Alberta Touring Series Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the newly established Alberta Touring Series was held in Calgary, Alberta, hosted by the CARCAR club. 125 entries spread across the five classes of Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock, Mini, 1/12th scale Stock and Formula. In the Touring Modified class where the Reedy Race Format was used, there were 24 entries, with five rounds of random sorted heads up racing. In the end, Steve Soon (Serpent) with a five win record beat out Peter Toszer (Team Associated) on tiebreak points to take top spot on the podium with Wayne Mah (Awesomatix) coming in 3rd.

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November 20, 2014

Favrelle & Delalondre win at French Winter Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the French Winter Nationals was held at the AMC Tours club in central France. In the Touring Car Modified class Maxime Favrelle (Yokomo) took the pole position for the finals and later on was able to bring home the overall win from Remi Callens (Xray) and Jeremy Limoges (Xray). In the Touring Car stock class Jeremy Delalondre (Yokomo) came out successful from Pierre Delorme (Xray) and young Steve Favrelle (Yokomo).

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November 20, 2014

Jerome Meile wins at 2014/15 SIC Rd1

The opening round of the Swiss 2014/15 SIC saw Jerome Meile taking the TQ in the Touring Car class. In the first A-main Jerome was not able to defend the first place and he came in 2nd behind Benni Stutz. The second final was a different affair with Jerome scoring a clean win from Benni. The third and decisive final had Sandro Kuriger taking the win while Jerome had to settle for 2nd. Being in a tiebreaker with Benni Jerome ultimately took the win thanks to a faster final run. Leg 3 winner Sandro rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]