Orlowski & Novotny win at Mibosport Offroad Meeting

The Yokomo-supported Mibosport Offroad Meeting 2013 was run at the Mibosport astro turf track in Trebic last weekend. The follow-up race of the very successful Winter race series was run from Friday to Sunday and saw two rounds of controlled practice followed by five qualifiers on Saturday. Sunday was used for a final practice and the main finals. Star of the race was young Vojta Flek, brother of famous Radek Flek. His third place in 4WD buggy qualification just behind Michal Orlowski and Kaja Novotny was a testament to his speed.

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Jörn Neumann wins 2wd at NRW Offroad Cup Rd7

Last weekend saw Team Durango’s Jörn Neumann attend the NRW Offroad Cup for the second time. Since its creation in 2009, the NORC has become one of the most popular German electric offroad series on the club racing level and occasionally also attracts drivers from Luxembourg and the Netherlands. As other races in the region proved not to be as attractive in the past few years, the clubs involved decided to hold the West German regional meetings together with the NORC in 2013. As a result, Team Durango’s Jörn Neumann joined the NORC crowd again for an intense weekend of racing at the MC Dortmund’s clay track. Dominated by Short Course racing in the last few years, the NORC has recently experienced a surge in the buggy groups. Being the only driver to manage 15 laps, Jörn’s win in 2WD was never at risk, but the battle for runner up was interesting to watch, and a tight affair between the two Yokomo B-Max2 MR drivers Yannic Prümper and Jens Becker.

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Cockerill & Van Helmond win 2013 Belgium GP

Last weekend was the 23rd running of the annual Belgium GP, under its new name ‘International Race Kampenhout’. The event is very popular, with many people requesting entries, but due to the nature of the event and venue the organisers keep an entry limit of 80 in 2wd and 70 in 4wd, allowing reasonable length days and plenty of track time, with open practice in the days preceding the event. It really is a great event, very relaxed atmosphere and a showcase for RC racing with is location in a park, where many activities take place over the weekend, drawing in many spectators and drivers from 8 countries.

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Alberto Garcia wins Spanish 1/8th EP Offroad Rd3

Last weekend, round 3 of the Spanish 1/8th EP Offroad Nationals was held at the Serracines track. The practice rounds were run on a very dusty track, without a clean racing line but for the first qualifying rounds, the grip was higher and the temperature over 30ºC, so you had to have a good package to be really competitive. Alberto Garcia TQ’d the first three qualifying rounds, ensuring the overall TQ, using the last two rounds to test different things looking for the main finals. For the final, Garcia could manage his speed and win the first two finals, taking the overall victory with his Serpent Cobra 811 Be and getting an important advantage for the championship. Agama driver Daniel Vega was 2nd with Sergio Martínez, also driving a Serpent, in 3rd.

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Pro-Line Arizona Indoor Champs – Announcement

The guys from Warehouse 3 Indoor R/C and Hobby shop in Peoria Arizona have gotten touch to promote the Pro-Line Arizona Indoor Champs which they are running at their new facility from the 16th to the 18th of August. The race is open to all 1/10th scale electric classes with bump ups and 10 minute A-mains. More details on the event and signup information can be found here.