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May 25, 2018

Nitro-West-Masters Rd2 – Report

Round two of six of the Nitro-West-Masters was held at the Haltern track, located in the North of the Ruhr region in Western Germany. 66 drivers meant an impressive entry for the hosting Rallye-Club Haltern club. It was more than only a race weekend because a new tarmac surface on the 234-meter track and a newly-build driver´s rostrum including race-control were dedicated as well as more than 80 people joined the Saturday night party to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Nitro-West-Masters which was initialised by Uwe Baldes back in 2009.

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May 25, 2018

Hanson & Barron win at Gone Bananas race

The Gone Bananas Trophy Race was held at Finish Line Raceway in Indiana recently. In the 2WD Mod Buggy class John Barron II would take the overall TQ with his Stock buggy and he would also lead the A-main until he had a bobble and fall back to 3rd. With some fast laps he was soon back in 2nd again, however he did not manage to catch the leader and finish on the 2 spot behind Frank Honson and in front of Tony Fox.

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May 25, 2018

Czech 1/10th Off-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of Czech 1/10th Off-road Nationals took place in Janovice recently. The track layout was more on the easy side so close racing was expected and rain on Friday morning meant lots of grip for the practice rounds, however that would change over Saturday. For the qualifiers the track still kept some water and grip was on the okay side and in the 2WD class it was Kaja Novotny who showed great speed and winning Q1 and Q2 got him the overall TQ with Max Gotzl and Zdenek Miksovsky completing TOP 3 for the finals.

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May 25, 2018

Xray Racing Series Czech Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Czech Xray Racing Series was held at the Celakovice race track. In the premier Modified class, it was Matěj Šulc, who took the TQ and overall win from Michal Blahovský. Kája Doležal, Martin Kořínek and Tomáš Svoboda wouldn’t give up the battle for the 3rd place until the last final, but with some small mistakes from Martin and Tomáš, Kája could finish 3rd in the last final to become the final podium finisher.

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May 25, 2018

Volker set pace ahead of 21st Reedy Race of Champions

With the 21st running of the Reedy Race of Champions getting underway tomorrow with the first of 12 rounds of heads up racing over 3 days it was Ronald Volker who set the pace in practice today at Tamiya Raceway. The final time the legendary race will take place at the iconic track which come September will no longer be, a wet surface greeted competitors this morning resulting a 2-hour delay to the start of practice. While the track dried, drivers faced much cooler conditions than normal as the sun never managed to break through the thick cloud cover with it particularly cold for the 4th and final round of practice. Fastest both in outright lap time and over 3-consecutive laps, Volker led the way from JJ Wang with Christopher Krapp third quickest. For reigning champion Marc Rheinard the day would end with him 5th fastest with him declaring he is ‘not as confident as I was after practice last year’.

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May 24, 2018

Ruben Schaedler wins at Mexican Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the Mexican 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Palmas RC Track in Puebla State, Mexico. The event used IFMAR style qualifying and finals and at the end of the hour-long Nitro Buggy A-main it was Tekno’s Ruben Schaedler with the win from Tito Cesena Castro (HB Racing) 2nd and JQ Racing’s Lico Gudino in 3rd.

Source: JQ Racing [jqracing.com]

May 24, 2018

JBRL Electric Series Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of this year’s JBRL Electric Series was held at SDRC Raceway last Saturday. The event kicked off with practice on Friday while on Saturday two qualifiers and single main events would be held. In the 2WD Open Buggy class it was Tommy Hinz with the win, coming from the 4th spot on the grid. Mason Eppley would end the day on the 2 spot from Chris Jarosz 3rd.

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May 24, 2018

Garland & Vaughn win at Midwest National Series Rd2

Next Level RC in Cambria, Illinois held the second round of the Midwest National Series recently. The track offered lots of challenging elements such as elevation changes, motocross-style jumps and tons of grip. The race format was two 5-minute qualifiers with double 15-minutes, motocross-style mains. The opening Nitro Buggy A-main saw Alex Vaughn having a killer battle with Nate Johnson and Tim Garland with Alex eventually edging out the two for the win. A2 then was a much rougher affair as Alex lead the pack in the final lap when he hit a massive rut which caught him out, but he still managed to take the P2 spot in the main. Overall it was Tim Garland with the win from Alex Vaughn 2nd and Chase Rhinerson 3rd.

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