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June 23, 2014

Griffin & Colin Hanna win at East Coast Off-Road Series

Cape Fear Raceway in Holly Springs, NC recently hosted a round of the East Coast Off Road Series. In the Nitro Buggy class Will McIver took TQ but a few bobbles in the 20 minute final meant Griffin Hanna (Serpent) would be able to take the lead and the win in the A-main. Brandon Melton (Team Associated) came in 2nd while Will McIver completed the podium in 3rd. The E-Buggy class saw a battle for the TQ spot between Michael Webb and Collin Hanna. Webb (Hot Bodies) and Hanna (Serpent) each scored a round TQ in the opening qualifiers with Hanna taking another round win in the final qualifier handing him the overall TQ for the finals.

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June 23, 2014

Martin Bayer doubles at Czech nationals Rd2

The 2nd round of the Czech nationals was held at the Dolni Bukovsko track. In both the 1/8th nitro and E-buggy classes Martin Bayer took the TQ for the finals both of which he won quite easily. In the nitro class Martin was sidelined on the podium by Jan Zamis and David Kukla while Kaja Novotny and Jan Domansky completed the podium in the E-buggy class.

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June 23, 2014

Naoto Matsukura also wins 4WD class at IRCM

Following his success in the 2WD class on Saturday Yokomo’s Naoto Matsukra also secured himself the win in the 4WD buggy class on Sunday. The young Japanese driver took the win in front of Team Associated’s Ludovic Valtier and Yokomo team mate Shin Adachi in 3rd.

Source: Indoorground RC Masters [aecmodelclub.fr]

June 23, 2014

John Doucakis wins at Greek national champs Rd2

The 2nd round of this year’s Greek electric touring car national championship was held at the Patras track. In the qualifiers John Doucakis (Awesomatix/Team Orion) took TQ some 1.7 seconds in front of John’s main title rival, Nick Georgiadis (Xray/Orca). Jim Mitropoulos (TOP/MuchMore) followed very close behind in 3rd place who in turn was also followed by Filippas Isaakidis (TOP/Advanced Electronics). Local favorite, Michalis Kyrazis (Yokomo/LRP) who was in the mix to take the pole position had some unfortunate runs with a bit of lack of concentration and ended up 5th.

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June 23, 2014

Martin Wollanka wins Xray Offroad GP Italy

The recent Xray Offroad GP Italy was run in mixed weather conditions with the Saturday being washed away by rain. To overcome the waiting time the Xray team held a tech meeting and later had a go at a nearby karting track with the race being won by Martin Bayer in front of Miguel Matias and Martin Wollanka. Come Sunday the track was still muddy but the race started nevertheless with 1/8th E-buggy qualifying. The round was won by Martin Wollanka who suffered from a mistake mid-race but electrical problems by the then-leading Miguel Matias handed Martin back the win in the qualifier.

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June 23, 2014

Jan Ratheisky wins at Northern Germany regionals

The 2nd round of the Northern Germany electric touring car regionals was run at the MAC Hamburg track. In the 13.5T blinky stock class Xray’s Jan Ratheisky took TQ from ARC’s Hendrik Heitsch and Kevin Sparbier. In the opening A-main Jan was able to bring home a 5 second win over team mate Daniel Horn who started 4th on the grid. The 2nd A-final then saw Jan cutting a curb in the first lap letting him drop back to 8th position but after pushing hard Jan was able to take the 2nd place only 0.03 seconds behind Henrik. The deciding final saw Jan taking another win after Henrik made a big mistake around mid-race. Jan held of Daniel and Kevin for the win in A3 to take the day’s win in front of Henrik Heitsch and Daniel Horn.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 22, 2014

Matsukura wins 2WD at Indoorground RC Masters

The Indoorground RC Masters race is run this weekend as part of the Mondial du Modelisme fair in Paris. The race sees the some of the fastest French drivers battle it out with European and international stars such as Yokomo’s Naoto Matsukura and Shin Adachi or fast UK Schumacher drivers Tom Cockerill and Danny McGee. In the 2WD qualification, run on Saturday, Naoto Matsukura made a clean sweep easily taking TQ in front of Danny McGee and Shin Adachi. Nicolas Risser (Team C) and Tom Cockerill completed the top 5. In the final it was again Naoto who came out successful while his teammate Shin Adachi moved up one spot to 2nd. Tom Cockerill grabbed the final podium spot in 3rd while Danny McGee had to settle for 4th. With the 2WD class being run now the event will see the 4WD buggies pulled out today.

Source: Indoorground RC Master [aecmodelclub.fr] | Image: Junko Motojima

June 20, 2014

Austrian electric on-road nationals Rd2 – Report

The 2nd round of the Austrian electric on-road nationals was held in Laa a.d. Thaya, Lower Austria. Actually this was the first counted event this year, as the opening round had to be cancelled due to bad weather conditions. Overall 39 drivers signed in for the Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock and Formula 1 classes. Good weather conditions and a nice but difficult track layout made for tight racing in the qualification and final rounds.

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