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March 6, 2018

Patrick Folman takes Danish Super Stock title

Skanderborg RC club played host to the 7th and final round of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend. Different from the years before Saturday saw three rounds of free practice followed by two rounds of controlled practice and three qualifiers. In the Super Stock class Kevin Nielsen (Xray) lead the way in practice and he also secured four of the five qualifiers, saving tyres in the final round, to take a dominant overall TQ and the pole position for the triple A-mains. Patrick Folman would come in 2nd from Daniel Nielsen 3rd. The finals again were an all-Kevin show as he took the day’s win, thanks to three wins, from Parick Folman (Awesomatix) and Patrick Danielsen (Xray). Overall in the championship it was Patrick with the title from Kevin 2nd and Patrick 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 6, 2018

Philipp Huber wins at Carpet Masters Rd3

The third round of the Swiss Carpet Masters series was held at the HVBRS track in Islikon this past weekend. Philipp Huber was able to snatch the overall TQ in the Touring Pro Stock class from Nuno Huber and Christian Grabher in the final qualifier. In the triple A-mains Philipp was chased by fast Nuno but thanks to error-free runs Philipp was able to bring home wins in all A-mains to take the overall victory from Nuno Huber 2nd and Domenic Grabher 3rd. Christian Grabher and Roland Kupper rounded out the top 5 results.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

March 6, 2018

Jake Thayer doubles at 2018 Desert Classic

This past weekend, more than 300 drivers arrived at the beautiful Hobby Action facility in Chandler, Arizona to compete in the 2018 Desert Classic. When the dust settled, and the results were tallied, it was Yokomo’s Jake Thayer with the win in 13.5T 4WD Buggy from TQ holder Wayne Wyrick (TLR) and Antonio Counsil in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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March 6, 2018

Stadler & Ehrbar win at Sweep Challenge Rd5

The fifth and final round of the Austrian Sweep Challenge was held at Trinko Modellsport in Mistelbach this past weekend. The event was held in several electric on-road and a single off-road class. In 13.5T Touring it was Dionys Stadler with a clean sweep after the qualifiers as winning all four rounds secured him the overall TQ from Sascha Klug and Tim Benson. In the Formula class it was David Ehrbar with the TQ from Tim Benson and Christian Schmid.

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March 6, 2018

MRC Longwy Winter Series Rd4 – Report

The fourth and final round of the MRC Longwy Winter Series was held this past weekend. 80 entries made for competitive racing although some familiar faces were absent from the race due to oversea duties. The Touring Modified class saw Loic Jasmin taking the top qualifier honours from Marcel Geiger. In triple A-mains the top 3 order would remain the same as Loic brought home three straight wins from Marcel as Mika Jasmin rounded out the top 3 results both in the mains and overall.

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March 6, 2018

Vesa Yli takes double 12Track Tour titles

The final rounds of the Finnish 12Track Tour were held this past weekend and it was Destiny’s Vesa Yli with the overall titles in both the 1/12th Modified and 13.5T GT classes. Round 3 was held on Saturday and Vesa would take the TQs and wins in Modified and 13.5T GT as he would on Sunday’s round 4 to seal up the 2017/18 championships. After obtaining the Mod class runner-up spots on Saturday and Sunday, Panu Vehniäinen (Destiny) would snatch the Modified vice-championship as did A-P Kyykkä (Destiny) in 13.5T GT. A-P would also round out the Modified overall top 3 while Jani Hovi (Yokomo) completed the 13.5T GT overall podium.

View the top 5 results here

March 5, 2018

CTS3 Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of CTS3 was once again hosted at 209 Raceway in Stockton, California. In the Modified division it was RC Veteran and Team AE driver David Jun who captured the TQ honours by Top Qualifying over his team mate Randy Caster in Q2 and Q3. From tone to tone Jun’s car showed dominant performance in the main taking the win over Awesomatix driver Brandon Clements and EJ Evans.

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March 5, 2018

Markus Hellquist wins at South Swedish Indoor Cup

Round 5 of the South Swedish Indoor Cup was held at the Vislanda track this weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Xray’s Markus Hellquist who lead the proceedings and after coming out fastest after the practice rounds he would also take the overall TQ and thus pole position for the triple mains. With wins in A1 and A2 Markus would seal the day’s win with one leg to spare, taking the day’s win from Team Associated’s Daniel Carlsson on the runner-up spot and 3rd placed Erik Ström (Xray).

Image: Markus Hellquist