The second round of the Czech Open Electric On-road Series was held recently and in the Touring Modified class it was Matej Šulc (Xray) who took all qualifiers by over seven seconds from Petr Grof (Yokomo) 2nd and Michal Blahovský (Xray) 3rd. In finals Petr found some speed and got close to Matej but ultimately it was Matej with the win over Petr and Michal.
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The opening round of the TIT Cup was held in Schöftland, Switzerland in Touring Pro Stock and Formula classes. In Pro Stock it was Roberto Alessandrelli with the TQ from Philipp Huber, who took two round TQs in the opening two qualifiers, and Maurice Lüscher in 3rd. In the finals Roberto was able to conserve his qualifying performance to take the win from Maurice in 2nd, while Philipp had to settle for 3rd despite two 2nd place finishes in the triple mains.
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Race 3 of the FSEARA On-road Series was hosted by Village Raceway in Royal Palm Beach, Florida over the weekend. The track was extremely high-speed, high traction, and slightly bumpy, which proved to be a tricky combination for most of the racers. Paul Wynn went on to TQ all three rounds of qualifying and lead wire to wire to take the win in the prestigious Pro Mod class. While privateer racer Troy Schafer TQ’d round one of qualifying in the Expert 17.5 Stock class. Troy had to settle for P3 on the grid after three rounds and in the A-main he had a small mistake on lap one that dropped him back to fourth, but he put his head down and quickly ran down the top three with the fastest laps of the race to go on to take the win.
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Full Throttle RC Park in Green Island, New York recently held their annual Mayhem Race. In the 4WD Modified A-main Aaron Kothman (TLR) and Christian Toic (Team Associated) had a battle for the lead while Mark Sousa (Xray), coming from 4th on the grid, quickly moved up to 3rd. Later Aaron made a mistake and Mark was able to get into second and was three seconds behind Christian. Mark and Aaron had another little battle until Kothman made a mistake and Sousa was able to come across in 2nd behind Christian Toic as Aaron rounded out the podium.
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Round 1 of the Swiss Indoor Championship was held at the Fama model exhibition in Bulle in the French speaking part of Switzerland. The event draw a total of 80 drivers from Germany, France and Switzerland and in the Touring Modified class the qualifiers were an extremely close affair between Michele Manzo and Simon Kurzbuch. In the end it was Michele with the TQ from Fabian Widmer and Simon Kurzbuch. Michele then also made a clean sweep in the finals to take the overall win while behind him the race for the runner-up spot was on between Fabian and Simon. Ultimately it was Fabian who would prevail, taking the overall 2nd place on the podium.
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Revelation Raceway hosted round 4 of the Top Notch Tour this past weekend with the event attracting nearly 80 entries. In the Pro Buggy class Mugen’s Adam Drake set the pace in both rounds of qualifying and started first in the 30-minute final. Drake went on to win the 30-minute final followed by the HB Racing duo of Tyler Brown and Chad Grana.
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Round 7 of the FORCE Series was held at River Rat RC Raceway. In 1/8 Pro Nitro Buggy Mitch Zeck was able to take TQ in round 1 and take a 3rd in Q2 which gave him the overall TQ. In the 35 minute A-main, Gene Hickerson took the early lead and started to check out. Zeck worked his way up from last to 3rd before having a receiver pack fail, causing a DNF. A great battle ensued between Hickerson, Jordan Singletary, and Julien Oliveras for the next 25 minutes. With five minutes to go, Hickerson got stuck on a pipe and flamed out, handing a 1-lap lead to Oliveras who went on to win. Hickerson rejoined in 4th but quickly worked his way back up to finish 2nd by just 0.07 seconds over Singletary in a very exciting photo finish.
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Round 2 of the British LMP National series took place at Birtley, just outside of Newcastle in the North East of England. Racing took place over two days, with Saturday seeing all drivers competing in the 13.5 fixed timings class. Sunday saw drivers split into 6.5, fixed timing, Modified and 13.5, fixed timing, Sports Modified. The Birtley team laid out a very challenging high-speed track, with a very narrow racing line and limited grip. Most drivers struggled to find a set-up that carried speed whilst also having the stability needed for the high speed direction changes.
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