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July 15, 2014

BRCA Clubman Series 2014 Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the BRCA Clubman Series went down south once again to the other side of Brighton where the Adur track is situated. Weather forecasts showing mixed conditions for the weekend, this was set to challenge drivers to get the most out of there cars around the fast but technical track. Round 1 of qualifying started on the Sunday wet with light rain at the start of the round and by the end of it sunny and dry. Due to the weather conditions, the race director decided to make qualifying round by round. In 17.5, Shaun Batt took the honours of TQ followed by Mark Trinder then Darren Tickner. In 13.5, the track was now drying up and Tim Hancock managed to find some pace taking first place, followed by Matt Quinlisk then Liam Brooks.

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July 15, 2014

Xray Challenge Italy – Report

The 2nd Xray Challenge Italy of 2014 was held at the beautiful Livorno RC Gymnasium facilities in Livorno, Italy. The race was immediately sold out in all classes, underlining its popularity in the Italian RC scene. Some 120 drivers gathered for the two day event which saw perfect weather conditions. The track in Livorno proved to be very challenging with its banked, narrow corners and high traction. Open practice commenced on Friday with most drivers being already present, enjoying the atmosphere.

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July 15, 2014

Scott West takes 2014 WCICS Tamiya Mini title

At the final round of the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series WCICS, which hosted over 1500 registrations across 8 events this season, Scott West took the Tamiya Mini championship. Fellow Calgary racer Matt Wilfort took 2nd, and Anthony Hobbs took 3rd. In WCICS best season yet the series again grew almost 35 percent over last year and full results and podium pics can be found on the official WCICS website by clicking here. Planning is already underway for next season, which will begin in late September in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

July 14, 2014

Perfect TLR debut for Maifield

Ryan Maifield completed the perfect debut with Team Losi Racing as he took all three of his new TLR cars to victory at the JConcepts Indoor Summer Nationals at Outback Raceway in Chico, California. Having dominated the same event last year with Team Associated, the Arizona ace’s much anticipated first outing with his new team again produced an all concequering performance. Top Qualifier for each of his A-Mains, in the series’ two big classes, 2wD & 4WD buggy, he would wrap things up early repeating his A1 performances in A2 to claim overall victory. Also debuting TLR’s new 22 SCT 2.0 at the A-Main Hobbies owned track he made it a hat trick as he took the win of that class’ single A-Main.

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July 14, 2014

Stu Wood wins 2WD class at 2014 oOoos

The final round of the 2014 oOple series was held at the Southport club in the UK. Stu Wood took the TQ in both the 2WD and 4WD buggy class and came out successful in 4WD final while scoring a 2nd place in 2WD behind Chris Evison. The result handed him the overall championship title in 2WD in front of Ben Jemison and James Helliwell. In 4WD Ben Jemison took the overall title from Stuart Wood and Gregg Williams.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 14, 2014

Jan Ratheisky wins at German TC nationals warm-up

The final round of the Northern Germany electric on-road regionals was held at the huge Braunschweig track this past weekend. The race also marked the warm-up for the German electric touring car nationals later this year. In the 13.5T Blinky Stock class, Jan Ratheisky took the pole position followed by Kevin Sparbier with both being tie on points after the qualifiers. Benjamin Eggerstedt came in 3rd.

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July 14, 2014

Belgian SCT Cup Rd4 – Report

The 4th round of the 2014 Belgian SCT Cup was organised by the new A.R.T. Sprimont club and held at the former RCEL track. The layout was unchanged from last year and the track is considered to be one of the best in the country, with elevation changes and high speed chicanes on a surface offering many different grip levels along the day. In the absence of current Pro2 ranking leader, Philippe Hautecoeur, France was represented by two newcomers, Laurent and Emilie Halluin (Team Associated). Laurent made an excellent start by setting TQ times in the first two qualification rounds while running in the slower heat. Nicolas Evens (TLR) won the third round to make it second on the grid, followed by Julian André (Team Associated). 1/10 4WD Belgian national champion Jean-Yves Konings completes the top 4.

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July 14, 2014

Maifield takes A1 clean sweep

Ryan Maifield took a clean sweep of the opening buggy A-Mains at the JConcepts Summer Indoor Nationals at Outback Raceway, Chico, this morning winning 4WD with ease from Brian Strange but having to work a little hard for the 2WD win which he took from his protege Spencer Rivkin. Top Qualifier for both finals, in 4WD the new Team Losi Racing signing was able to pull clear as up to five cars battled over second with Strange’s Associated coming out on top of that battle from early lead challenger Drew Moller and Eric Albano. Run directly after 4WD, A1 of 2WD saw a mistake on lap 1 from Maifield allowing Rivkin to go to the front until he made a mistake at the same section of track a lap later. Dropping to third after further mistakes Rivkin would benefit from a mistake by team-mate Damion Borkowicz on the last lap which dropped the number seven starter back to 3rd.

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