Thunder R/C owner Robert Dirla held the annual Tennessee Winter Champs race with drivers from five states and around 130 entries in attendance. In Modified 2WD Buggy, the A-main was all Paul Sinclair, as he ran an error-free race from flag to flag to win by more than a lap over the field. Second place went to Cody Bickel who was more than 4 seconds clear of third place.
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Dirt Burners Hobbies and Raceway in Livonia, Michigan hosted the TLR Shootout with over 200 entries. The TQ in the 4WD Modified class went to TLR’s Dakotah Phend which TLR teammate JP Richard lining up in 2nd. In the 7 minute A-main JP put some series pressure on Dakotah in the opening stages but a servo issue made his car hard to drive so Dakotah was able to secure the win. JP came in 2nd followed by Al Horne (Team Associated), Dustin Richards (Team Associated) and Luke Richards (Kyosho) who completed the top 5 result.
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The final round of the Norwegian electric on-road series was held in Gjøvik with a good turnout as it was the last race of the season. The race format saw three rounds of qualifying with the best to count, followed by triple A-mains. In qualifying Helge Johannessen set the TQ time in the second round while Lars Haugen and Øyvind Stusdal were to decide who would start second on the grid for the finals in the last remaining qualifier. Both started off following each other closely and changed positions multiple times and at one point Øyvind had a incident with a slower car and would later have to retire handing Lars the 2nd spot on the grid thanks to a secure run.
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The 7th annual Psycho Nitro Blast saw Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz walking away with the win in the Pro E-Buggy class after taking all three qualifying rounds, handing him the pole position for the triple A-mains. After some eventful finals Ryan was able to take the win from TLR’s Adam Drake with Joe Bornhorst grabbing the final podium spot in 3rd.
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Scorpion Power Systems announce the addition of 1/10th nitro on-road World Champion Meen Vejrak and Asian front runner Charlee Phutiyotin to their factory team. Scorpion is long known for its high performance aircraft brushless motors and speed controllers and both Meen and Charlee will help with the development of Scorpion’s forthcoming line of car-related brushless components.
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The opening round of the French electric on-road nationals took place at the MRC Longwy track. The Touring Car Stock class had Walter Pollet-Villard taking the win from Pierre Delorme while Valentin Lehmann completed the podium in 3rd position.
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Last weekend the Victoria State Titles took place at the Adrenalin Arena, host of round 2 of this year’s AOC Champsionship. The indoor asphalt facility was well prepared and the Touring Car Modified field was tightly contested with some of Australia’s best drivers in attendance. VBC’s Ryan Maker made a clean sweep in qualifying taking TQ by winning 6 out of the 6 qualifiers. Behind him Kyosho’s Simon Nicholson and Awesomatix driver Tom De Nardis battled for the 2nd spot with the better end for Simon. In the triple A-mains Ryan again was the man to beat and he took an early overall win by coming in 1st in the first two mains. Sitting out A3 Ryan made way for Simon whose win handed him the runner-up spot while Tom had to settle for third despite scoring two 2nd place finishes.
Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]
The Yokomo-backed Mibosport Cup 2013/14, which was sponsored by Pelikan Daniel, Trivox Patrik Dworschak and Yokomo, finished last weekend. The series saw six 1-day events with a total of 299 drivers from 6 European countries competing in two off-road and four on-road classes. The 2WD Buggy and 4WD Buggy classes had 62 entries each which makes overall 124 drivers attending in the off-road category. A total of 175 different drivers attended the on-road class with 51 drivers in Touring Car Modified, 79 in Stock LRP, 29 in Formula and 16 in the Yokomo GT class. The four best results counted towards the championship. The maximum number of points from a weekend would be 102 points including 100 points for a win, a point for TQ and a point for the fastest lap which makes 408 points overall. David Nemček (Stock LRP) and Ladislav Mlčák (Yokomo GT) both took the overall victory for scoring the most points in the season making it 407 points for David as well as for Ladislav.
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