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December 7, 2016

Ryan Lutz wins Pro Nitro Buggy at 2016 Fall Brawl

The 2016 edition of the popular Fall Brawl race was held this past weekend at Badlands in Myrtle Beach with over 550 entries. The track was very fast overall with lap times dipping to 21 seconds and the surface stayed very smooth. The conditions however were ever changing and the paramount tire choice was the hardest part of the racing. In Pro Nitro Buggy Mugen’s Cole Ogden would take the overall TQ from Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz. Main day Sunday started at 7am and the program was shortened throughout with shorter mains so the organisers and driver could try to beat the incoming rain. The A-main started and Ryan Lutz crashed after shorting the first double and fell to 9th on the first lap. He quickly moved up to 4th and then both third and second let him by as he came up on them and Lutz set his sights on Ogden who was 5 seconds up. A couple laps later Cole got into a crash and Ryan just moved past him into the lead. Ogden eventually had to come in for a tire change as his was coming unglued so now Ryan worked up a 5 second lead ahead of Noah Dickerson about 7 minutes in and that seemed to be the same cushion for the next 10 minutes as Noah stayed on Ryan’s pace. After the last stop though Ryan suddenly had a 14 second lead and eventually he found himself right behind Noah on the last two laps. Lutz wanted to put him a lap down and he knew Noah wanted to stay on same lap and Dickerson fought him off hard and Lutz couldn’t get past and so Ryan Lutz came home with just under a lap victory from Noah Dickerson (Mugen) second and Griffin Hanna (Serpent) third while top qualifier, Cole Ogden had to settle for fourth overall.

Source: Ryan Lutz [facebook.com]

December 7, 2016

Daniel Kobbevik successful at VBC Cup Rd2

The Boraas RC Club played host to the second round of the popular VBC Cup this past weekend. The race was held on a tight yet fast track and after reseeding it was Yokomo driver Danuel Kobbevik that had scored the three fastest laps in a row and he would continue to dominate the qualifying of the 4WD class, taking three round TQs and being the only driver to put in a 19-laps qualifying run while also scoring the fastest lap in the process. Behind Daniel, Hampus Berg (HB Racing) and Alexander Landen (Xray) made up the top 3 result. In the finals it was again an all-Daniel show, the young man would score wins in A1 and A2 to take the overall win early. Behind him the race was on for the remaining podium spots with Hampus and Alexander confirming their qualifying performances.

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December 6, 2016

Dillon Caldwell wins at Archway Classic

D illon Caldwell wins at Archway Classic

The recent Archway Classic at SmacTrac in St. Louis, Missouri was a fun trophy race with the 2016 edition marking the second annual race. Dillon Caldwell was able to TQ all three rounds in 4WD Modified buggy. The A-main was very tight racing as were the qualifiers. Right off the start, the top three broke away all battling for the top spot. Two minutes into the race the second and third spot got together and Dillon broke away. All Dillon had to do now was not to crash and the win would be his and at the end it would all work out, allowing Dillon to grab the victory from Jonathan Burkhalter in second and Brad Dean third.

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December 6, 2016

Martin Bayer doubles at Raybeck Cup

The recent Raybeck Cup was held in the Czech Republic and it saw Martin Bayer leading an Xray top 4 after the 2WD qualifiers. Ales Bidovsky, Kaja Novotny and Marx Götzl would follow in second to fourth plate and Martin would also be on top of the proceedings after the first two A-mains, handing him the overall win with one leg to spare. The fight for the runner-up spot was on between Kaja and Ales with the better end for Kaja who took the second place on the podium from Ales in third.

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December 5, 2016

Rafael Panayi wins at RCE Championship Rd5

The recent fifth round of the RCE Championship saw Rafael Panayi walking away with the TQ and win. Rafael would also pull the fastest lap of the day while Pantelis Makrides came in second from Rafael’s teammate Savvas Savva.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 5, 2016

Kutvonen best of the rest at Czech ETS

With Bruno Coelho dominating the season opener of the Euro Touring Series in the Czech Republic it was Viljami Kutvonen who was to prove best of the rest. Qualifying third for the Hrotovice event, the Awesomatix driver would again get passed the No.2 starting Ronald Volker to win the closing final to claim second overall behind Coelho, it his first time to a ETS carpet podium finish. For Volker, finishing A3 in second would leave the World Champion to complete the podium, his third place the lowest finishing position the 5-time champion has opened a new season of the ETS with. With Coelho sitting out A3, Marc Rheinard would somehow manage to hold off Alexander Hagberg but the result was not enough for him to make the podium on his final outing with TRF, a relation that has run for an amazing 22-years.

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December 5, 2016

Dominant Czech win makes it a perfect start for ETS Champion Coelho

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Having been on a different level from the first qualifier at the season opener of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in the Czech Republic, Bruno Coelho leaves Hrotovice with maximum championship points after securing the overall win with another dominant performance in A2. Top Qualifier for the event where he made his ETS & carpet racing debut 2-years ago, the Xray driver made light work of his opposition with a repeat of Saturday night’s easy A1 victory. His sixth ETS race win, the result is particularly important to Coelho who openly admits carpet is not his favourite surface. While Coelho checked out, winning the second encounter by 2.5-seconds, there would be two entertaining battles behind him with Ronald Volker and Viljami Kutvonen scrapping for second, Kutvonen coming out on top. The other battle was for fourth with Marc Rheinard managing to keep the faster Alexander Hagberg from finding a way past.

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December 5, 2016

Ryan Cavalieri dominates 2016 Top Gun Shootout

SDRC Raceway of San Diego, California held the 2016 Top Gun Shootout this past weekend. After qualifying was complete, Ryan Cavalieri would take the TQ in 2WD Modified Buggy and Modified Truck while 4WD Modified Buggy was lead by his teammate Rivkin Spencer Rivkin. Cavalieri went onto win A-mains one and two of 2WD Modified Buggy to take home his first title of the weekend.

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