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July 19, 2016

Mara & Götzl successful at Czech Open Rd6

Round six of the Czech Open series was held at the Horni Jeleni track this past weekend. Jiri Mara (Serpent) grabbed the pole position for the Nitro Buggy main final with Max Götzl (Xray) on the 2 spot on the grid. Right from the start of the main both were in a close battle for the top spot but in the second half Max started to make some mistakes, allowing Jiri to stretch the lead and to bring home the win in front of Max while Tomas Kapicka (Kyosho) completed the top 3 result. With the second place Max Götzel would take the win in the Junior ranking from Fanda Kalenda and Milan Mudra (both Xray).

View the final results and the Junior podium here

July 19, 2016

Jan Ratheisky doubles at TOS Vienna

Last weekend’s Tonisport Onroad Series Austria was held at the 1. MRC Wiener Neustadt track in Vienna. The event attracted about 80 entries with both local drivers and also guests from abroad attending in several electric on-road classes. In Touring Stock and Formula, Xray’s Jan Ratheisky was the man to beat as he claimed the top qualifier position in both categories and he also brought home the win with Toni Matteo (Tamiya) and Nikolai Måheim (VBC Racing) coming in second and third respectively in the Touring Stock class while the Formula podium was rounded out by Andreas Stiebler (Xray) and Matej Dobnikar (Xray).

View the Formula class podium here

July 19, 2016

Saheeb & Hong win at Singapore EP Buggy Nats Rd4

Round four of the Singapore Electric Buggy National Series was held at the city-state’s downtown Urban PlaySpace track this past weekend. In the 4WD class, Dennis Chiang (Xray) took the provisional TQ, before an EFRA-inspired SuperPole shootout gave the pole position to young China-based racer, Koh Boon Yang (HB Racing). In the finals, each of the four rounds that were held before the rain came produced different winners with the top 4 drivers all being tie on points. Ultimately Ismail Saheeb (Xray) was declared the overall winner on a tie-break, with Dennis claiming second, and Boon Yang finishing third.

Continue reading the report here

July 19, 2016

Jörn Neumann wins final West Division Offroad regional

The final round of the German West Division 1/10th Off-road regionals, qualifier for the Nationals, was held at the RCRT Duisburg track. A pretty big track for 1/10th scale buggies the lap times were in the 38 to 39 seconds region and most drivers opted to run rear motor cars in the 2WD class. One of the few drivers to campaign a mid motor vehicle was Jörn Neumann and he pretty much dominated the field by taking all three qualifiers and also the opening two 15-car A-mains to grab the day’s win from Patrick Fischer (Team Associated) and Thorsten Schmitz (Serpent).

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 19, 2016

Reno Savoya confirmed for Dragon Stone Champs

Having already confirmed, TLR’s Ryan Maifield, he will be joined by his newest teammate Reno Savoya at the inaugural 2016 Dragon Stone Asian Nitro Buggy Championship race in Liaoyang City, China. Reno’s long list of incredible accomplishments includes being a 2-time Worlds finalist, 3-times French National Champion, and 3 times European Champion. With his race experience and world class speed, Reno adds his name to the growing list of international talent to the event. For more information, check out the Dragon Stone Asian Buggy Championship on Facebook.

July 19, 2016

Texas Electric On-Road Series Rd4 – Report

The final round of the Texas Electric On-Road Series was held in San Antonio, Texas this past Sunday. 55 entries were present between five classes for the fourth round of the series. Conditions were extremely hot under the Texas sun. The track was large and flowing with two tricky chicanes that would catch many drivers out through the day and the asphalt surface provided for medium-high traction. Qualifying points from the driver’s best two out of three qualifying rounds would be used to setup the main. There was two bump-ups from each lower main. After more technical tracks in the previous three rounds, the Touring Modified drivers were finally able to open up their powerful motors around the large track. Qualifying would be close between Chris Adams and Chris Kemper; Adams edging Kemper out and earning the TQ on pace. The conditions during the main would prove to be tricky as the low setting sun created glares and long shadows on different corners; causing the drivers to make some minor mistakes. Adams was able to build a 5 second lead through the race over Kemper. Guillaume Herve made his way up to the third step of the podium.

Continue reading the report here

July 18, 2016

California Touring Series Rd5 – Report

Round five of the California Touring Series was held this past weekend. The “Rehab” again attracted a good amount racers including local talent and internationally experienced drivers and in the Touring Modified division, it was Team Yokomo driver Eric Albano who had TQ set early in Q1 followed closely by Brandon Clements’ Awesomatix and Team Associated driver Randy Caster in P3 with a 100th of second separating the two. Team Associated ace driver Rick Hohwart had some bad luck in Q1 with a strong finish in Q2 but puts him on P4 for the show. With traction decreasing by the mains, racers made sure to adjust car setups to gain maximum performance. From start to finish Albano finishes first place with Hohwart closing the gap on the leader but not able to capitalize as time ran out with Caster securing third. The CTS finale, the “Judgement Day” is coming up on August 7th at Warm Springs Raceway in Fremont, California.

Source: CTS [facebook.com]

July 18, 2016

Graham Alsop wins at Northern Regional Series Rd2

This past weekend was the second round of the Northern Regional Series. Qualifying provided some great racing with Graham Alsop taking TQ with Ashlee Owen in second. Going into the finals Graham Alsop convincingly took the win in the main and lead from start to finish. Ashlee had a terrible start and was promoted to dead last after a couple of laps. With a solid fuel strategy he was able to work his way through the field, setting fast laps to take a solid second from Colin Brennan in third.

View the final results here