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April 2, 2014

CWIC 2013/14 final round – Report

The final round of the 2013/2014 Chippenham Winter Indoor Championship took place with 100 drivers booked in. The track and conditions were good as the new carpet started to get a groove in. With final places and outcomes still possible in most of the championships it would lead to some fast and furious racing. In 13.5 Boosted Touring Chris Gunter was also leading the way, with a great third round run to take TQ and pole for the finals ahead of Luke Bennetts, who lined up second, 0.30 of a second ahead of Mark Giaquinto, who took third.

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April 2, 2014

Muhammad Izzah wins 13.5T at SIS Challenge Rd1

The 1st round of the indonesian SIS Challenge 2014 was held at the SOS track in Jakarta, Indonesia with a total of 40 entries in the 13.5T Stock and FWD class. The best out of 3 qualifying rounds was used to determine the starting grid and it was Ronny Suwarto (Xray) who took TQ in front of Bowie Ginting (Xray) and Muhammad Izzah. In the opening 13.5T A-final, Bowie took the lead followed by Izzah in 2nd as Ronny had a bad start. Izzah was able to pass Bowie and win the 1st leg, followed by Ronny and Bowie. Izzah then also went on to win the 2nd final as Ronny made a mistake in the last minute while defending his lead. In the 3rd final, it was Bowie who took the win in front of Danny and Izzah. In the overall result Muhammad Izzah came in first followed by Bowie Ginting and Ronny Suwarto, who where tie on points, making it an all-Xray podium. Danny Izawahyudi and Faiza completed the top 5 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 2, 2014

Nuno Rebelo wins at ACRP club trophy

The first ever ACRP club trophy was run at the historic Trofa track in the North of Portugal. The race format was quite a special one as the qualifying seeded the drivers into different final heats that are all run over 30 minutes with the fastest overall time declaring the winner. Tiago Aguiar TQ’ed the race but due to massive rain he opted not to race his final, handing Nuno Rebelo the overall win. Jose Leitao finished with the second fastest time while Ruben Simoes completed the podium in third place.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 2, 2014

Marek Cerny doubles at Czech Championship

The Czech electric on-road championships where held in the small Moravian town of Jedovnice last weekend. The race was run in Touring Car Open and Stock, GT, Hobby and a Formula class on quite a fast track with a lot of straights and a medium grip level. Ride ETS tyres where used in the Open class while Stock was run on LRP rubber. After a full day of practice on Friday the race started on Saturday with 5 rounds of qualifying with the best 3 to count.

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April 2, 2014

X Factory sweep Tennessee Winter Champs

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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April 1, 2014

Elliott Boots wins at KMRC championship Rd1

Last weekend saw the first round of the KMRC championship and while the Kent Club was awarded a round of the BRCA National Championships this year the race attracted a lot of drivers in preparation for the National later in July. The qualifying rounds 2 and 3 went to Kyosho’s Elliott Boots who was the only driver to be able to get into the 10 laps. The final was to be over 20 minutes and would be a good race as the track was very tight and small. Elliott made a good start and was able to get away but being the nature of the track it made for very close racing so he was swapping the lead with Lee Martin and Darren Bloomfield, but after the last fuel stop Elliott was able to make the break and get a good lead from Lee Martin and then was able to settle down to come home in first place.

Source: Elliott Boots [elliott-boots.com]

April 1, 2014

Phend & Richards win at TLR Shootout

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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April 1, 2014

Helge Johannessen wins 1:12th at Norwegian series Rd5

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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