Last weekend drivers from all over the Southeast headed down to Savannah, GA to one of the oldest tracks in the country, Phil Hurd Raceway, for the annual Summer Scorcher. With a little over 160 entries in several nitro and electric classes, it was shaping up to be a great event with a very fitting name. With the temperature reaching 97 degrees and a heat index of 103, it was hot.
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The 2015 Timezone GP was a race to remember. The sun was out, blistering at near 100 degrees. The track ready and prime, eagerly waiting to be driven on. The stage was set for a special weekend in Battleground, Washington. Unfortunately, this year’s GP kicked off with a bit of bad news as the world famous Charlie Suangka, was unable to attend this year’s race due to a scheduling conflict. The good news was that the unforgettable Scotty Ernst was able to step in as this year’s guest RD. Bringing the excitement all the way from Wisconsin, this would also be Scotty’s 1st trip to Timezone. Other notables that made the trip was everyone’s favorite Canadian and Team Associated’s on-road ace, Keven Hebert. Former world champion, Ralph Burch for RC America/Xray was also on hand to battle in the 1/10th scale nitro sedan class.
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The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series WCICS, which hosted 8 events across Western Canada this season, has announced that Nick Kinar took the 2014/15 Canadian Trans-Am Championship. Cam Spence drove to 2nd overall, and Saskatchewan’s Don Buck took 3rd.
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The recent fifth round of the Dutch Buggy Cup saw an early end due to heavy rain pouring down on race day. The weekend started off with nice weather on Saturday but rain on Sunday only allowed for two qualification rounds until the organisers had to call it a day. This meant the results of the qualifiers had to be taken to announce the winner and so the victory went to Jarno Pijpers (Xray/FX) form Anno Storm (JQ/O.S.) and Kevin Cornelis (Xray/FX).
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Round 4 of this year’s Portuguese 1/8th Buggy Nationals saw Ricardo Monteiro taking the win from Carlos Duraes. Goncalo Melo rounded out the top 3 result while Ricardo is currently leading the national series from Carlos with one round to go, taking the championship decision to the final race.
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The 5th edition of the BeNeLux Race was held at the MAC de Bannbrekers club in Rucphen in the four classes of Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock, Formula and Pro10 Stock. The race started on Friday with free practice and resumed on Saturday with controlled practice and four rounds of qualifying. A last qualifier was held on Sunday morning followed by triple mains. After two days of nice weather the drivers were faced with wet conditions on Sunday morning and the final qualifier was declared a wet race. In the Touring Car Modified class Mitchell van Es took the TQ honours from Olivier Bultynck and Nick Joosens. In the Stock class Olivier Bultynck came out fastest from Geoffrey Vekemans and Athan de Witte while in the Formula category Jitse Miedema put his car on the pole position for the finals. Olivier Bultynck came in 2nd, Steve Deblaere put his car on the 3 spot. Finally in the Pro10 Stock class it was Reinder Willms who ended the qualifying on top of the timing sheets with Nick Boon and Joost Kuiper in tow.
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The annual Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout was held in Saugus, California this past weekend. Qualifying was affected by rain and so only two out of two rounds would count, handing Jared Tebo the TQ in the premier class of 2WD Modified. Ryan Maifield took the pole position for the triple A-mains in the 4WD Modified Buggy class while Ryan Cavalieri dominated the 2WD Modified Truck classes by ending the qualifiers on top of the result sheets in 2WD Modified Truck and 2WD Modified Short Course. In the 2WD Mod Buggy A-mains Ryan Maifield (TLR) would come out successful winning A-main 1 and A-main 2 in style. TQ Jared Tebo (Kyosho) had a mixed mains and finished in 3rd overall while Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri grabbed the runner-up spot.
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Round 2 of the Italian 1/5th scale RC Bike Championship was held at the Casaluce track. In the Nitrobike class Marco Giovannini took the day’s win with a new track record from 2nd placed Massimiliano Ciccacci. Michelangelo Musacchio would round out the podium in 3rd.
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