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September 26, 2016

Bart Mullink TQs & wins 2016 BL-Cup Rd4

Round four of this year’s BL-Cup was held at the Euregio off-road track in Hengelo, The Netherlands. Despite the nice and sunny weather only 29 drivers signed in for the event that was TQed by Bart Mullink from Sander van Genegten and Michael van Dijk. At the start of the main final Bart made an unusual error and dropped down the order but some four laps later he had already recovered to a podium position and he continued to gain places and on lap seven he was able to take over the lead from Sander and from that moment on he never looked back. Sander would bring home the runner-up spot from Michael who also had a bad start but he fought back, coming from as low as the ninth place, to grab the final podium spot from a chasing pack.

Thanks to Oscar Koot for the report.

September 26, 2016

Oscar Baldo wins Spanish Nitro Buggy Nats Rd3

Round three of the Spanish Nitro Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend at the San Jose track in Sevilla, Spain. A small and technical track with laptimes in the 30 seconds range and very little space to overtake made things interesting in the semis and the main final. The weekend started off with a dominating Robert Batlle that brought to everybody’s attention why he is a 10-times national champion. He absolutely smashed the qualifiers and took the overall TQ with one round to go, posting the exact same time in Q1 an Q2 to show his World-class skills and precision. Juan Carlos Canas, winner of the second round of the Nationals and reigning 1/8th Buggy Euro B champion, was the only driver that could almost-match Robert’s rhythm and consistency, although finishing 3 to 5 seconds off Batlle’s pace.

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September 26, 2016

Ben Cosgrove TQs & wins at MicroX 2016

The MicroX 2016 was held in Dudley, UK with nearly 80 drivers attending. Seven qualifiers and triple mains made for lot of track time and it was Carisma driver Ben Cosgrove who was the man to beat as he took the overall TQ after the qualifiers from Carisma factory driver Craig Harris and LC Racing driver Phil Sleigh. After the finals it was again Ben who came out fastest to take the MicroX 2016 title from runner, up, Craig Harris. Keith Robertson (Carisma) would round out the top 3 result.

Source: Carisma [carisma.com]

September 23, 2016

Nicolai Nielsen takes Danish Stock TC national title

After a five-race season Nicolai Nielsen was crowned the Danish Stock Touring Car champion thanks to taking the podium four times and scoring a win at the season finale held at the EFRA GP track in Neastved. Being the only driver to campaign a FWD car in the 17.5T blinky class Nicolai left Tommy Udensen and young Calle Rasmussen behind in second and third respectively.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 23, 2016

Jake Mayo wins at JBRL Electric Series Rd7

Motorhead R/C Raceway in San Jacinto, California played host to the seventh round of the JBRL Electric Off-Road Series. With just over 150 entries, the crowd was set for an exciting day of racing. In Modified 2WD Buggy, local fast kid Jeremy Hase Jr. sat on the pole, followed by Jake Mayo and Nick Wautlet. At the sound of the tone, Mayo applied formidable skill and patience to press Hase Jr. into a mistake. From there, Mayo held on to an 8-second lead to take home the win for the weekend from Tyler Fenster in second and Shawn Blackwell Sr. in third.

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September 22, 2016

2016 Midwest Series Rd5 – Report

Team Nitro RC Racing hosted race 5 of the 2016 Midwest Series at their Lynwood, Illinois facility. Just east of Chicago, this was the fifth race in a six races series and the point battles for the championship awards were heating up. First held in the summer of 1970, this is the longest running RC series in the United States. The event kicked off with open practice Friday, as competitors worked on their set-ups for the revised layout. Overnight rains pushed the program start back on Saturday morning but the Team Nitro crew, with the help of some volunteer racers, got the track in top condition and ready for racing. The series is contested at three different facilities, each hosting two races during the season. Top drivers from around the mid-west and Canada traveled to compete in the event this weekend, which was the final event for the Lynwood facility this year. The featured classes for the series are 1/10 Sedan and 1/8 Open 4WD, with Masters classes for both scales as well. The cars are run together by scale but scored separately by class.

Continue reading the report here

September 22, 2016

Xray Racing Series UK – Announcement

Xray have revealed details of their Xray Racing Series UK that will kick off on the 16th of October. The series is hosted by the Chippenham Model Car Club and run in the classes of 1/10th Touring Cars, 13.5T ProStock, SuperTouring, Formula, LMP 1/12th and GT12. The 7-round series concludes in March and more information and registration is available here.

September 21, 2016

Peter Tozser doubles at Oil City Dash

The Oil City Dash is one of the premiere Off-Road events in western Canada put on by the RCRE club in Edmonton, Alberta and held on a DNC-style track with a great layout, elevation changes, and big air. Starting from the TQ spot in Nitro Buggy, Peter Tozser had some ground to make up after a first-lap incident, as Cory Drachenberg checked out from the get go with his buggy. Throughout the long main, Peter worked his way up the field and battled with Cory for the win in the closing minutes of the race to bring home his second victory of the event following his win in the hour-long and chilly Truggy A-main that Peter went on to win from Eric Hardy.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]