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March 7, 2017

Patrick Hofer sweeps Indoor GP Bütschwil

The annual Indoor GP Bütschwil was held this past weekend in Bütschwil, Switzerland. On an again pretty challenging and slippery track Patrick Hofer would take the overall TQ after winning two of the four qualifying rounds with Luca Rau coming in second and Aaron Münster taking third, both scoring a round TQ each. The 45-minute A-main was a pretty clean affair for the top qualifier as Patrick Hofer (Team Associated) was able to bring home the win some two laps ahead of Aaron Münster (Kyosho) with Christoph Affolter rounding out the podium in third.

View the final results here

March 7, 2017

JConcepts Spring Super Cup Series Rd3 – Report

The recent third round of the JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series was hosted by Newberry R/C Park and the track crew did an amazing job putting together a super fun layout that was ultra smooth and full of character. From Lake Park’s round 2 attendance of over 250 entries, round 3 at Newberry set a Super Cup record with 279 total entries. The track is a perfectly sized 1/10th scale track that’s easy on the eyes meaning you can see corner to corner without straining to see your vehicle at the furthest distances. Pictures do not do this track the proper justice as Newberry is perhaps one of the best looking tracks to gaze at from the driver’s stand. The surface was sprayed with soda water to give more bite with tire wear being the trade-off. With the sun being a huge factor on grip, being on the right compound at the right time was the key to one’s success. As the sun went down and racing was held under lights, shifting to another compound or tread design was a move that most of the top drivers made in order to set the fastest times.

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March 7, 2017

Dave Crompton wins at JCR Products Winter Series Rd7

The Pendle club recently played host to round 7 of the Winter Series. Rainy weather before the race soaked the track and light showers through the day made things unpleasant but at least there was no standing water so the race went ahead. At the end of the 22-minute Nitro Buggy main final Dave Crompton walked away with the win from Ashlee Owen in second and Gavin Uttley third. Colin Brennan and Mick Butler would round out the top 5.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 7, 2017

Xray Racing Series Poland Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of Xray Racing Series Poland took place last weekend on a very challenging but fun to drive track in Lodz. The 2WD Buggy qualifiers were a pretty close affair between Xray team mates Kaja Novotny and Martin Wollanka. The outcome was decided by traffic and times and ultimately it was Kaja who took the top qualifier honours. 4WD Buggy was a 3-horse race for the overall TQ between Wollanka, Zambrzycki and Novotny. The rounds were super close with again traffic playing a role and in the end Martin was able to take the pole position for the finals from Bartek Zambrzycki (Yokomo) and Kaja.

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March 6, 2017

Neumann wins big at Guan Kou Sunpadow GP

Finals day at the 2017 Guan Kou Sunpadow Offroad GP in Xiamen China and the threat of rain, forecast for Sunday, never materialised and in fact saw the warmest but also most humid conditions of the event. The schedule was to see triple A-mains for EP buggy as well aslower finals for both classes, with the 1-hour Championship A-main ending the day’s on track action.

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March 6, 2017

Steenmans & Patel win at SA National Champs opener

The opening round of the South African National Championship was held at the Avion Raceway track in Johannesburg this past weekend. In the Nitro Truggy class Dean Steenmans took the TQ and he also brought home a popular win some five laps ahead of the second place finisher while in E-Buggy Akshay Patel would take the winning honours.

View the E-Buggy podium here

March 6, 2017

Minicar Fiorano Trophy – Report

The Minicar Trophy was held yesterday at the beautiful Miniautodromo Jody Scheckter track in Fiorano, Italy. The race featured both national and international top driver entries, and is widely seen as the opening race of the outdoor season in mid-northern Italy. In the highly competitive 1/8th Nitro On-road class it was Massari to take the TQ honour, followed by Solaroli and Mazzeo. The final would see a completely different story though, with Mattia Collavo outclassing the whole field also thanks to his risky tyre strategy that paid dividends towards the end of the race. Changing tyres mid-race, this allowed him to have a much faster pace in the closing minutes, and to recover from a costly fuel strategy to edge Luca Conte and take a convincing victory on his debut with the new ARC R8.1. Luca Conte closed in second with his Shepherd while the podium was completed by the Xray of Alessio Mazzeo.

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March 6, 2017

MRC Vianen Cup Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the 6-race MRC Vianen Cup was held this past Sunday in Vianen, The Netherlands. The purpose-built indoor carpet track was only built on Sunday morning but with the help of the drivers the task was carried out in only 30 minutes. Classes offered were Touring 17.5T blinky with Turnigy 17.5T motors and open tyres, a Tamiya TT category for TT-01 and TT-02 chassis, a Tamiya M-Chassis class as well as a Formula category run with Hobbywing 21.5T motors and Ride tyres. The race format would be double 6-minute qualifiers and triple 6-minute mains.

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