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July 18, 2014

Nikos Georgiadis wins Greek Touring Series title

The 5th round of the Greek Touring Series championship was run at the FRT track. The hot weather made for good grip on the track that was run in a slightly different layout this time. Nikos Georgiadis was able to snatch the TQ and he also won the first two A-finals to take the day’s win in front of his Xray team mates Nikitas Niotis and Dionisis Zogogiannis in 2nd and 3rd respectively. The win also handed Nikos his 4th consecutive Greek Touring Series title.

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July 17, 2014

2014 BeNeLux+ Race – Report

The 2014 BeNeLux+ Race was held last weekend at the MAC de Baanbrekers track in the Netherlands. A total of 102 drivers attended this 4th edition of the race that started on Friday with free practice for all classes. Saturday started off dry and with the running of four qualifying rounds in the five classes of Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock, F1, Pro10 Modified and Pro10 Stock. The evening saw the usual BBQ and a drivers party.

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July 17, 2014

IFMAR 1/12th Worlds traction compound clarification

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Gravity RC announce that their product Liquid Gravity LGC has been chosen to be the only allowed traction compound at this year’s IFMAR 1/12th Electric On-Road World Championships. The decision was made to reduce the change of potential health and/or track deteriorating issues. IFMAR Electric chairman Frank Mostrey has issued the following statement regarding the decision behind the allowance of only a single product:

Important 1/12th World Championship 2014 news:
“In order to have an absolute situation control on rule 4.0.3, specifically:
…”potential health hazard and/or not deteriorating the track surface”
Considering that on a previous world championship the track surface deteriorated, most likely due to a blend of different products.
Seeing it unmanageable for the organizer to control, know, and test all possible mixtures and substances even if these are in a branded recipient nor can he predict the interaction between these products.
So in order to protect the racing surfaces only one known brand of tyre treatment will be allowed and application will have to be in a designated area.
The selected product is Liquid Gravity LGC and will be available at a reduced price to all drivers for practice.
In agreement with the organizers”
Frank Mostrey

Source: Team Gravity [teamgravityrc.com]

July 17, 2014

Jörn Neumann takes 2WD class at EFRA Euros

The 2014 EFRA Electric Offroad European Champsionships are being held this week in Trelleborg, Sweden. Run on a somewhat tricky clay track built into an ice-hockey stadium, all drivers seem to have a bit of a hard time on the short and slippery track. In the 2WD class, run earlier this week, defending champion Jörn Neumann (Team Durango) took the opening three qualifying rounds, looking to have secured the TQ position early but a late charge from Lee Martin (Yokomo) handed the UK star the pole position for the A-finals as he TQ’d round 4 and 5 with a faster time, denying Neumann the prestigious TQ spot.

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July 17, 2014

Martin Lava wins at Danish electric on-road nats Rd4

The 4th round of the Danish electric on-road nationals was run at the Naestved track. In the 1/10th pan car class, run with 17.5T Speed Passion motor and ESC combos, it was Martin Lava who took the overall win after the 5 finals. Jacob Lund and Claus Ryeskov completed the top 3 while David Hansen rounded out the all-Xray X10’15 top 4 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 17, 2014

CML Off Road Masters 2014 – Announcement

The 2nd Annual CML Off Road Masters will take place on the weekend of the 2nd of November at the Gymnase Jean Collignon in Louvres in the North of Paris. The event starts on Friday with free practice, on Saturday the 2WD Modified and 13.5T Stock classes will be run while Sunday sees 4WD Modified, 2WD Short Course and the RC10 vintage racing. Pro-Line’s Wedge and Pin Point tyres are the controlled tyres for the event with one full set being included with the entry fee. More information about the meeting is available here.

July 17, 2014

JBRL Electric Series Rd6 – Results

Round 6 of the Southern California based Jimmy Babcock Racing League Electric Series was held last weekend at Pegasus Hobbies in Montclair. Over 180 entries made for a great day of racing that saw Brian McDuffie taking the win in the 2WD Modified Buggy class ahead of Rudy Rico in 2nd and Cody Turner who rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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July 16, 2014

Rudy Rico doubles at JBRL Electric Series Rd6

The 6th round of the 2014 JBRL Electric Series took place at Pegasus Hobbies Raceway in Montclair, California. Over 180 total entries signalled that good competition was in attendance. In the Pro4 short course class Rudy Rico took the win from David Jenson and Chris Blais. The result was the same in the 1/8th electric buggy class. Rudy excelled and took the victory, this time from Carlos Arredondo, lapping 3rd placed Ryan Dunford in the process.

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