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April 17, 2018

Fillipos Issakidis wins Greek Touring Nats Rd2

The second round of the Greek Touring Car Modified Nationals was hosted by the RcManiacs track in Argos. During the three qualifiers the battle for the overall TQ was on between young gun Ioannidis and Greek champions Isaakidis and Doucakis. Eventually Isaakidis took the pole in front of Ioannidis and Doucakis. In the first leg Isaakidis made a mistake in the opening stages of the race so it was Ioannidis who took the lead and win with a really good pace, some six seconds in front of Paachristos and Mpakirtzis. At the start of leg 2 there was an accident involving a lot of cars so Kidis took the lead for two laps but got passed by Isaakidis who eventually finished 1st in the leg with Mpakirtzis in 2nd and Papachristo in 3rd. In the deciding third leg Isaakidis opened a 2-second gap on Ioannidis and remained in the lead till the end of the leg so it was Isaakidis who secured P1 overall with Ioannidis 2nd and Papachristos 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 17, 2018

Jakub Klapacz wins Grand Prix Malopolska title

The fourth and final round of the Grand Prix Malopolska series was held in Poland with drivers from France, the Czech Republic and Poland in attendance. In the 13.5T Touring class Jakub Klapacz was the points leader going into the final round thanks to winning two of the three previous rounds but another win was denied by Arkadiusz Smyk who took the day’s win after a great drive all day with Jakub coming in a strong 2nd place to take the overall title from Marek Cisek 2nd and Maciej Galecki in 3rd.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

April 17, 2018

2018 Kick Off race – Report

Helmond in The Netherlands played host to the 2018 Kick Off race last weekend. The event was held on a high-traction astro turf track with about 100 entries from Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands. In the Nitro Buggy main final it was a 3-horse battle between Jeffrey Halsema, Wesley van Helmond and Jarno Pijpers for the win. At about the 20-minute mark Jarno was able to open a small gap and from there he controlled the race to bring home the win from Jefferey Halsema and Tim Stiewe.

Continue reading the report here

April 16, 2018

Adam Drake wins Nitro Buggy at GRRS Rd5

This past weekend Thunder Alley Raceway hosted round 5 of Southern California’s Grassroots Racing Series. The event had over 170 entries and it was Mugen’s Adam Drake who was victorious in the Expert Nitro Buggy class followed by Mugen’s Anthony Westergaard 2nd and Tekno RC’s Steve Harris 3rd.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

April 16, 2018

Champion Touring Series CTS3 Rd 3 – Report

For the 3rd Annual season CTS3 round 3 was held at Ripon International Raceway, the original home of Reedy Race of Champions in Ripon, California. In Modified Touring Eric Albano came out on top with his Xray, taking home his first win of the season. It was a close battle between him and TQ Brandon Clements (Awesomatix) in the main but with a racing incident, Albano was able reach victory on a stacked stage with Gonzalo Cortes (Team Associated) in 2nd followed by David Jun (Team Associated) in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

April 16, 2018

Kurzbuch & Greiner win at EFRA GP Series Rd1

The prestigious Fiorano track in Italy played host to the opening round of the 2018 EFRA GP Series this past weekend. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch with the overall TQ and he would also went on to win the main final from the Infinity duo of Dario Balestri and Carmine Raiola. Over in 1/10th 200mm Touring it was Serpent’s Dominic Greiner who won all five qualifiers for the overall TQ. In the 45-minute main final it was again Dominic who would lay down a dominant performance, taking the day’s win by over a lap from Xray’s Alessio Mazzeo 2nd and Mugen’s Dirk Wischnewski 3rd.

View the 200mm podium here

April 16, 2018

Schmitt & Kraus win Easter Buggy race

The LA Speedway of Landshut, Germany held their Easter Bunny race this past weekend in 1/8th Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes. In the 1/8th Nitro category it was Team Associated driver Alex Schmitt who dominated most of the qualifiers and he also won the main final from Michael Nalukowy (HB Racing) 2nd and Patrick Schweinzer (Mugen) 3rd. Over in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Tim Kraus with the win from Team Associated’s Stefan Pfeifhofer and Kyosho driver Luca Rau.

View the E-Buggy podium here

April 16, 2018

Cragg & Martin on top at BRCA 1/10 Buggy Rd1

Round 1 of this year’s BRCA 1/10th Electric Off-road National Championship was held this past weekend at the Robin Hood Raceway. Team Associated’s Neil Cragg would walk away with the win in the 2WD class, held on Saturday, following some tight battles in the A-mains. The TQ holder wold leave behind Yokomo’s Lee Martin in 2nd and Yokomo driver, Paul Crompton in 3rd. Over in the 4WD class, that was held on Sunday, it was Yokomo driver Lee Martin with the TQ and win from Tom Cockerill (Yokomo) 2nd and Craig Collinson (Team C) 3rd.

Image: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]