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May 5, 2015

Alessio Forte wins at Freedom Cup

The 3rd race of the Freedom Cup was held at the Miniautodromo Teverola in Italy and it had David Loppini taking the TQ from Mario Spiniello. Soon after the start of the main final Mario had to return to the pits as his car’s engine had to be retuned but despite loosing precious time he was able to get into the lead with nine minutes to go. A flame out then again cost him dearly and once back on the track Mario tried to make up time which worked out pretty well as he was three to four tenth faster than the other drivers. At the end Mario ran out of time though but managed to secure the final spot on the podium behind runner-up David Loppini and winner Alessio Forte.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 5, 2015

Maifield & Schoettler win at JConcepts Spring INS

After four intense qualifying rounds at the JConcepts Spring Indoor National Series, TLR/JConcepts’ Ryan Maifield would earn top honors and lead the pack around in the 4WD Modified Buggy A-main number 1. Within the first minute, the top 3 drivers would slowly separate themselves from the rest of the field. AE/JConcepts’ Michael Schoettler would be the first to make a small mistake after landing wide in the double triple section, teammate Spencer Rivkin would capitalize on Schoettler’s mistake and take over 2nd. Both drivers would work together to try and reel Maifield back in, but as the gap was starting to shrink, it would be Rivkin who makes a small error in the chicane section and give 2nd back to Schoettler. On the gas and going fast, the local favorite would close the gap down, but there wasn’t enough time as Maifield would take the checkered flag and win by just 1.5 seconds over Schoettler. Rivkin would recover and finish 3rd.

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May 5, 2015

Lazzerini & Romano win at Italian 1/8th GT opener

The opening round of the Italian 1/8th GT championship, held at the Circuito Carmine Rajola, saw Federico Lazzerini taking the win in the Expert class from teammate Roberto Catanzani. Riccardo Scanziani rounded out the podium in 3rd place.

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May 5, 2015

JConcepts Spring INS – Ryan Maifield interview

During last weekend’s JConcepts Spring Indoor Nationals JC’s Rason Ruona sat down with arguably the fastest man on the planet in the RC world, Ryan Maifield, for an in-depth interview. From 1/8th scale to what its like racing at the INS in Tacoma, Maifield shares his thoughts below.

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May 5, 2015

Simon Reeves wins Buggy Euro B warm-up

The EFRA European Championship B warm-up race was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club this past weekend. After fantastic weather on Saturday the organisers were faced with rainy conditions on Sunday but thanks to hard work of both the club and the BRCA the race would continue. Joao Carlos Figueiredo would put his car on pole position for the 45 minute main final but at the end it was Simon Reeves who came out successful after getting into the lead around the 10 minute mark and never looking back. Oliver Currie came in 2nd, some 25 seconds behind the leader while Jon Hazlewood rounded out the podium in 3rd, another 8 seconds down.

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May 4, 2015

Neumann wins rain-affected German Nats qualifier

The opening round of the Western division German 1/8th Nitro Off-road qualifiers was held at the Stoppelhopser Oberhausen track. The qualification was won by Marcel Guske who took the TQ from Jörn Neumann and Maik Wiesweg. Unfortunately later the race had to be cancelled due to massive rain pouring down with the ranking after the semifinals seeing Jörn Neumann on the 1st spot, which then handed him the day’s win from Lukas Strothmann and Bart Mullink.

Image: Jörn Neumann

May 4, 2015

Carlos Duraes wins SWorkz Euro Cup

Last weekend the first ever SWorkz Euro Cup was held in Valladolid, Spain with around 55 drivers from Japan, Taiwan, Portugal and Spain in attendance. After 4 rounds of qualifying young Ricardo Monteiro took the overall TQ, leaving driver such as SWorkz star Atsushi Hara and Spanish SWorkz frontrunner Alberto Garcia behind. In the semifinals Alberto was on top of the game, coming in with a one lap margin and he also lead in the opening stages of the 45 minute main final until radio issues forced him to hand the lead to Ricardo with Atsushi in 2nd place. Later Atsushi got under pressure from Carlos Duraes until Hara lost valuable time to radio issues. With only two minutes on the clock Richardo and Carlos battled for the win with the better end for Carlos who crossed the finish line first to take the first ever SWorkz Euro Cup title.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

May 4, 2015

Volker secures 2nd win of ETS Season #8

Ronald Volker has won the fourth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series, the win in Austria marking the reigning champion as the first double winner of Season #8. An A3 showdown between the Yokomo driver and Tamiya’s star of the weekend Akio Sobue, Top Qualifier Volker wouldn’t put a wheel wrong to secure the overall win ahead of the Japanese A1 winning driver. Securing third in A3 after team-mate Bruno Coelho crashed on the penultimate lap, Xray’s Alexander Hagberg would complete the podium at the second running of the fahr(T)raum hosted event.

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