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September 25, 2012

Rick V wins Dutch EFRA GP

The famous Appeldoorn track was the host of the Dutch EFRA GP that attracted some 27 drivers from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy. The weather forecast was a little bit doubtful as one could expected after the rainy Summer but the weekend proved to be a dry one except for some light rain on Saturday. The final was a bit of a tire gamble as due to the use of additives tire wear was higher than normal and when the dust settled it was Xray driver Rick Vrielijnck who took the top spot on the podium followed by Silvio Hächler and John Ermen. Gunther van Staey took the fourth place with Simon Kurzbuch in fifth position.

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September 24, 2012

Remi Callens wins European Stock TC title

The European Championship TC Stock took place in Alcobenas, Spain. The qualifying was dominated by Remi Callens (Xray) with Serpent ace Jan Asmer hot on his heels. Come the finals Remi was able to conserve his form with fellow countryman Joan Urbain taking the runner up spot. Jan Asmer took third place. Remi’s well deserved win also means the first European electric touring car title for Slovakian manufacturer Xray.

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September 24, 2012

Scotty Grey wins Forgass season opener

The 36th Annual Forgass Nitro On-Road Series took place at the Homestead/Miami Speedway. With the temperatures being very hot and humid the first race of the new season was a hard one for the drivers as well as for the material but the extreme conditions didn’t bother Team Shepherd driver Scotty Gray and his newly updated Shepherd Velox V10 “tweleve” who dominated the qualifying. The 30 minutes final began with Scotty starting from pole position and pulled away quickly. With swift fuel stops he was able to further increase the gap and at the end he crossed the finish line in first position. The next race will be held at Nuggets Ranch Raceway in Arcadia (FL) followed by the ROAR Fuel On-Road Nationals at the same place from the 17th to 21st of October.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 24, 2012

Mattias Johnasson wins Swedish Summer Series final

The final round of the Swedish Summer Series was held at the Orebro RC Club in rainy weather conditions. In qualifying Mattias Johansson (Xray) was the fastest man in the extreme conditions followed by Andreas Johansson (Serpent), and Morgan Flodin (Xray). In the finals the rain started to cause problems for many drivers with many retirements as the result. In the first A final Mattias Johansson pulled away from the field leaving Eddie Lundin (Xray) and Andreas Johannsen behind. Mattias also went on to win the second leg followed by John Lara (Xray) and again Andreas Johannson. With Mattias having won the first two rounds only the second and third sport on the podium was up for grabs and it was Andreas Johannson who took the runner up spot in the end with John Lara finishing in third place.

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September 24, 2012

Jerome Sartel wins French Champs final round

Jerome Sartel has won the final round of the French 1/8 off-road championship held in Savigny. The Agama driver won the final two laps ahead of Tony Robin (Kyosho) and some three laps ahead of third placed S-Workz driver Edouard Hugon. 2012 champion Jerome Aigion finished in 8th position.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

September 24, 2012

Saggers & York win HNMC Summer Rd 8

The last round of the HNMC Summer series finished as it started with a dry start due to turn with about lunch time. 58 Buggies and 10 Truggies braved the conditions as again the Proline layout was used. Qualifying saw a battle between Karl Jackson and Callum Niblet with Karl taking TQ in the buggy class. Jon Hazelwood dominated Truggy qualifying just missing out a 9 lapper in round one. Come the finals Tom Saggers went on to win the Buggy class ahead of Olier Curry and John Niall. Rob York grabbed the win in the Truggy class with Harry Philips in second and Simon Miller in third position.

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September 24, 2012

Maifield completes ‘Clash’ title defence hat trick

Ryan Maifield pulled off a hat trick of wins at the 6th Annual JConcepts Clash with the factory Team Associated driver successfully defending all three of his 2011 titles at this year’s event which took place in Mississippi. Having wrapped up 2WD Buggy & Short Course earlier in the day at the Flowood Indoor R/C Park, Maifield completed the perfect event when he dominated the 30-minute 1:8 Nitro Buggy finals as his main rivals hit problems. In the end Maifield took the win by four laps from the Losi of Jason Smith with Top Qualifier Dustin Evans recovering from two engine flame-outs to complete the podium.

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September 23, 2012

Maifield cruises to victory in opening A-Mains

Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield made light work of the opening A-Main of the JConcepts Clash in both 2WD Buggy and 2WD Short Course with the Top Qualifier cruising to two very comfortable victories moving a step closer to retaining his titles in both classes. In 2WD Buggy the expected battle between Maifield and Team Losi Racing’s Dustin Evans never materialized after the Colorado driver struggled with the handling of his TLR22 which resulted in a mistake on the opening lap. In the end it was Evans team-mate JR Mitch who took second in both finals.

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