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June 17, 2014

Jesse Munn doubles at Northwest Buggy Champs

This past weekend Northwest Buggy Championships took place in Pasco, Washington. It was a 2 day event with Friday being a practice day and Saturday consisting of 3 rounds of qualifying with the qual points format, then triple A-Mains for electric and a 20 minute nitro main in the evening. While the overall turnout was a little less than expected, the quality of drivers in attendance was great and the racing intense. In 4WD Modified Buggy Jesse Munn TQ’d both of the first 2 rounds to secure the overall top qualifier position without having to run the 3rd round. In the triple A Mains Jesse went 3,1,1 to take the overall win from Mikey Hudson and John Walentia.

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June 16, 2014

Moore & Price win at BRCA TC Rd3

Stafford was the host to round three of the BRCA Touring Car series this past weekend which attracted all the top drivers from across the UK to do battle. Drivers were greeted by clear blue skies and sunshine upon arrival to the circuit and the action soon got underway on the track. In the Super Touring class it was HB/HPI Racing’s Andy Moore who got off to the best start by securing TQ in round one. Olly Jefferies with his LRP-powered Xray T4’14 then went on to TQ round two. With bad weather the talk amongst many drivers these suspicions came true in round three of qualification, when the heavens opened up and completely soaked the Stafford track. Again it was Olly who took round three TQ with a great drive in the wet. The final two rounds of qualifying on Sunday was Chris Grainger’s turn to take TQ runs with his Schumacher Mi5 Evo. With Chris deciding to use up his last set of tyres in round five he was able to secure first on the grid by beating Olly Jefferies fastest qualifying time.

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June 16, 2014

Elliott Boots doubles at Kyosho Masters 2014

The 16th edition of the Kyosho Masters took place last weekend at the track of Sucy en Brie. Run in 4 classes of GP Buggy Elite, Expert and Ligue as well as an E-Buggy class, the race attracted some of the fastest Kyosho drivers in Europe. In the premier class of Elite Buggy Jerome Aigoin took the TQ from Elliott Boots and Linus Thern. In the 45 minute finale Elliott was able to fight back and to take the win some 11 seconds from Jerome. 3 laps down Mikael Palsson completed the podium in 3rd position. Thomas Carandi, Riccardo Berton and Kyosho’s own Yuichi Kanai rounded out the top 6 result.

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June 14, 2014

Völker & Prümper confirmed for HotRace Tires Cup

The HotRace Tires Cup that will be held in Rome from the 18th to 20th of July, will see the attendance of Yokomo’s front runners Ronald Völker and Yannic Prümper, the organisers announced. The two will join Xray’s Alexander Hagberg and Awesomatix’ Eric Dankel along other high-class drivers. More information about the event, that will be run on the same tires as used at the upcoming IFMAR World Championships, can be found on the official event page by clicking here.

June 13, 2014

DJ Apolaro wins at ROAR Region 4 championship

The ROAR Region 4 championship was run last weekend at the Valkaria Track in Palm Bay Florida. In the Modified Touring car class Capricorn’s DJ Apolaro had one of his few electric outings as otherwise being pretty much a nitro racers. Despite struggling with steering and rear traction he was able to TQ the first round of qualifiers. Round 2 and the raising temperature led to no time improvements but come the 3rd round Scotty Gray was able to score the only 23 laps run putting him in front while DJ sat in 2nd place. Overnight rain washed away the grip and the final qualifiers on Sunday morning allowed for no improvements. DJ took the win but with a slower time compared to the previous rounds meaning Scotty Gray (Xray) would take the TQ from DJ Apolaro (Capricorn) and Mark Burt (Awesomatix) in 3rd.

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June 12, 2014

Troy Schaefer wins at ROAR Region 4 champs

On the recent ROAR Region 4 championships Team RGT driver Troy Schaefer had a good weekend in the 13.5T Touring class. He was able to gap the TQ and set his pace early and he also went on to win his class in style. Elsewhere in the Modified Touring class RGT driver Felix Law ended the event on the podium behind Nitro National champ DJ Apolaro and National champ Mark Burt.

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June 11, 2014

Carlos Vidal takes Catalonia Championship

RC Hobby Garden near Barcelona hosted the Catalonia Electric Off-road Championship on what is considered to be one of the best tracks in Spain. In the 2WD Buggy class Carlos Vidal took the TQ and winning honours while dominating the field. Max Ricca and Juanma Flores Lerma completed the top 3 result.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

June 11, 2014

Ray Munday wins 2WD Mod at Mallee Madness VIII

Mildura RC Car Club in Victoria, Australia, held the second round of the State Series and it was very competitive, with drivers such as Josh Pain from West Australia and Matt Griffin entering. Finally in the 2WD Modified class it was Team Associated driver Ray Munday who won, leaving some of the very fast guys behind.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]