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September 20, 2014

Bornhorst doubles at East Coast Race Against Cancer

The East Coast Race Against Cancer was held at McCullough’s RC Raceway with his year’s event drawing just over 250 entries among a number of different classes, the biggest being the 1/8 Electric Buggy and Truck. Tekno’s newly signed Joe Bornhorst was the man to beat in 1/8th E-Buggy and E-Truggy as he was able to set the TQ pace in both classes. In the 10 minute E-Buggy final Joe took off and never looked back, leaving Mike Speranza behind to take the win. In 3rd Paul Ciccarello rounded out the podium. In the 8 minute E-Truggy final Joe again lead the race from tone to tone to bring home the victory some 7 seconds in front of Anthony Mazzara and Mike Speranza.

Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]

September 19, 2014

LRP Challenge Italy final round – Announcement

The final round of the LRP Challenge Italy will take place this weekend at the Miniautodromo T5 in Roma. Classes run will include Touring Car Modified, Stock 13.5T and Stock 17.5T. More information (in Italian language) for all last-minute deciders can be found here.

September 19, 2014

South African Championships Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the South African electric on-road championships was held at the Meyersdal Model Car Racing Club just south of Johannesburg, drawing 121 entries from all over the country. Track temperatures in the high 50’s all weekend added and very windy conditions that brought dust from a nearby construction site made for tricky conditions. In the Touring Car Modified class Jason Hillcoat was the man to beat by winning the first three qualifiers to take the overall TQ early.

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September 18, 2014

Asian On Road Championships Rd4 – Report

Last weekend the 4th round of the Asian On Road Championships was held at the PYC Raceway in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is well know for being a hot bed of on-road racing and this weekend a great turnout joined for the AOC’s first visit to this place. The PYC Raceway is a beautiful facility tucked away between all the high rise buildings just outside of Hong Kong. The format for the weekend was controlled practice on Friday, qualifiers Saturday and Sunday morning and triple finals for all mains on Sunday. Unfortunately on Friday, mother nature had plans to wash out the Friday practice day as the drivers encountered heavy rains throughout the day. This made the organisers make some changes to the program on Saturday to give the racers some practice in the morning and then go into the qualifiers. PYC raceway has the capability to run at night and knowing they needed to get as many qualifiers in on Saturday as they could, the qualifiers were run until about 8.30pm getting 4 rounds in.

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September 18, 2014

2014 UISP Italian National Outdoor Champs – Report

The 2014 UISP Italian National Outdoor Championships were held in Bientina, close to Pisa with more than 60 drivers participating in the three classes of Touring Car Modified, 13.5T blinky F1 and 13.5T blinky F2. The schedule saw to controlled practice rounds on Saturday morning followed by three qualifying rounds while two more qualifiers and triple mains were run on Sunday.

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September 17, 2014

German Pro10 national championship – Report

German Pro10 national championship - Report

The 24th German Pro10 national championships were held at the MBC Bamberg track in Southern Germany. The track was open for practice from Wednesday on with the event would officially start on Saturday morning with timed practice runs. A total of 49 driver from the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Germany attended in the three classes of Pro10 Modified, Pro10 Stock 10.5T non-boost and 2WD Fun. In the premier class of Pro10 Modified a battle for the TQ arose between four drivers with 2013 vice-champion Tobias Weist taking the pole position for the finals in front of local hero Alexander Graßer and Sven Stoffels. On his way to the TQ Tobias clocked a new Pro10 lap record of 14.773s – only 174/1000th of a second lower than the 1/8th nitro on-road lap record.

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September 17, 2014

Van Helmond brothers take Dutch Buggy titles

Van Helmond brothers take Dutch buggy titles

After winning at the 7th and final round of the combined Dutch and Belgium Electric Buggy championship it was Wesley van Helmond (TLR) who took home the Dutch national title in 2WD buggy, as well the combined Belgium/Dutch title. Behind him Arjan van de Graaf (Yokomo) and Tom van Drunen (Team Durango) lined up in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 4WD class it was Wesley’s younger brother Dominique van Helmond (TLR) who was able to take home the Dutch 4WD title. Jack Box (TLR) came in 2nd followed by Leonard Giesbers (Team Durango).

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September 17, 2014

Marsh doubles at 2014 East Coast Race Against Cancer

For the 13th consecutive year, McCullough’s Off-Road Raceway in Sarver, PA hosted the annual East Coast Race Against Cancer. This year’s event garnered 269 entries and raised over $23,000 for the American Cancer Society. Racers from across the East Coast as well as Canada converged to race for this great cause over three days of competition. In the Modified 2WD Buggy class, it was all Team Associated on the podium with Brandon Marsh taking the win after a great battle with Luke McCullough who finished 2nd and Nathan Clark in 3rd.

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