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March 4, 2015

Patrick Hofer doubles at Köngen Indoor Masters

The 2015 Edition of the Köngener Indoor Masters race in Germany saw Patrick Hofer dominating both the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes. A field of 150 racers made the event highly competitive while the large carpet track surface challenged each driver every lap. Patrick was the fastest in each of the five qualifying rounds in the 2WD class en route to the main event win. While not as dominant in 4WD, Patrick still took a convincing win for his second title of the weekend.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

March 4, 2015

Mansson & Ausfelt win at VBC Cup Rd3

Round 3 of the VBC Cup was held at Klippan RC on a medium-size carpet track with two wooden sections and quite a lot of jumps. The race was a two-day event with 2WD being run on Saturday and 4WD on Sunday and a total of 56 entries made for good competition. The finals of the 2WD class were a 2-man race between Team Associated’s Niclas Mansson and TLR driver Otto Ausfelt. At the end Niclas came out successful in front of Otto while Erik Mansson (Team Associated) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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March 4, 2015

Alejandro Daras wins Levante EP Championship Rd1

The opening round of the Spanish Levante EP Championship was held at the La Nucia track. Xray team driver Alejandro Daras took the TQ and brought home the win after some hard fights with Andres Marcelino (Mugen) in the finals. Serpent driver Toni Alcala rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 4, 2015

Benek Cup Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Polish Benek Cup was held in the city of Lodz. The organisers built an impressive 36×24 metres track with 16 different obstacles including an 8 metres long table top jump. Around 50 drivers split into the three classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and a beginner category. The race saw the attendance of young Michal Orlowski who opted to race in Lodz despite other race commitments. The Schumacher factory driver then went on to take the TQ in both the 2WD and 4WD class and he also quite easily won the A-mains make it a double at the weekend.

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March 3, 2015

Matias doubles at RC Indoor Oeste opening race

This past weekend saw the opening race of the RC Indoor Oeste track in Portugal. Miguel Matias took the TQ and win in both the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. In the Nitro category Joao Figueiredo and Rabio Ramos rounded out the podium while in the E-Buggy class Nuno Roque and Pedro Dias came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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March 3, 2015

Russian Grand Prix 2015 – Announcement

The 2015 Russian Grand Prix will be held from the 9th to 12th of April during the Moscow Hobby Expo. The event will see electric on-road racing on Thursday, 1/8th E-Buggy, Stadium Truck and 1/18th scale Monster Trucks on Friday as well as 1/10th off-road racing on Saturday and Sunday. More than 250 drivers from Europe, Asia and Russia will be in attendance with last year’s race attracting drivers such as Hupo Hönigl and Shin Adachi. Sign up for the event is available here while more information can soon be found here or by contacting the event organiser Dmitry Malyshko here.

March 3, 2015

Jackson & Stafford win Off-Road Wars Series

The third Off Road Wars Series is now over for another winter season and looking back on the series TLR has dominated both 2WD and 4WD on the array of circuits at Maritime. The premier indoor facility has seen some exciting and challenging tracks that have varied from multi-surface through to 100 percent carpet. The surface change is not the only variable that has occurred over the course of the championship with the track extension being brought in for the fourth round opening the track up allowing for a greater variety of layouts. Both decisions by the club have proved to be popular among the racers going to show that the Maritime club are truly about providing a great track for all to compete on. Speaking with Ian Knight about the track surface change he mentioned that the intention is to introduce wooden turns from time to time to change things up, but the 100 percent carpet circuit has worked well and provided a different challenge from the traditional mix at the venue.

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March 3, 2015

Silvio Hächler renews with Matrix

Matrix has announced the re-signing of former Swiss Champion Silvio Hächler for the 2015 season. The World and European Championship finalist, ENS A-main finalist and EFRA GP winner will focus on the 1/8th scale class as a preparation for this year’s World Championship, and with his Matrix-shod Mugen he will run the full ENS season, the Swiss Championship and the EFRA Euros. Silvio will be Matrix’ key figure for Switzerland, so do not hesitate to contact him in case you need any tyre advice.

Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]