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June 16, 2016

Bima Racing Track On–road Touring Champs – Report

The Colombian Electric On-Road regional championship recently concluded, with all the seven rounds, run from January to May, being held at the well-known Bima Racing Track in the capital city of Bogota. After the seven rounds, Andres Chaparro (Tamiya) would walk away with the title in Touring Superstock 10.5T, showing consistent performances over the season. Jorge Rodriguez (Xray) took the vice–championship title and Alejandro Marulanda (Xray) would manage the final podium spot from Leonardo Buitrago (Tamiya) in fourth.

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June 15, 2016

Shay Brand takes Pro Buggy win at SOS Rd1

This past weekend the first round of the Southern Off-road Series was held at HCRCR in McDonough, Georgia. The race brought in drivers from all over the Southeast, reaching a grand total of 195 entries for the 1-day event. Qualifying was close throughout the day and in the end Shay Brand was able to get the TQ in Pro Buggy despite some limited practice before. The Pro Buggy race saw a mistake of Shay on the first lap putting him about mid pack. After some great driving, Shay was able to make his way back to the front and had some really good racing with both Eddie Cordoba and Chandler Elliot. Shay was then able to come away with the win at the end of the 20 minute A-main event.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

June 15, 2016

Darren Bloomfield wins UK National warm-up

With the BRCA National at the Herts venue only two weeks away, the usual warm-up race was held over the weekend and provided the last chance of the some track time as the track is closed between now and the event itself. Weather forecasts were for heavy rain in the morning, which sadly proved to be accurate, and this meant many drivers chose not to run and withdrew. Some chose to remain booked in but would wait to see if the weather would clear. Fortunately after lunch the rain stopped and with the make up of the Herts track now, it does dry very quickly and the final two round of qualifying were run. The first of those rounds was still a bit wet, but by the final round a definite dryish line was beginning to appear. Darren Bloomfield made the most of the opportunity to try some ideas out with his set up, and certainly felt the changes did what he expected, even if they didn’t all make the car quicker on the lap.

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June 15, 2016

Gosvig & Folman win at Danish EP On-road Nats Rd2

Round two of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held in Tollose. Originally the event was also planned as part of the Nordic Championships but in the end it was “only” a Danish national. As for the track, the traction available and the presence of loads of 180 degrees turns made for lots of understeering the competitors had to cope with. In the Touring Super Stock class Mike Gosvig would take the overall TQ from local Frederik Brolos with both swapping positions constantly. Mike would take the opening qualifiers by only 3/100 of a second while Frederik came out fastest in Q2. For the final qualifier Mike then opted for a setup change which handed him the win in Q3 and with it the overall TQ.

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June 15, 2016

Ntkovca & Maliński win at Polish Open Race

The RC Car club of Murowana Goślina near Poznan in Poland recently held an open race as a practice event before the upcoming Oder Pomerania Cup. In the 1/10th 2WD class Pawel Ntkovca would come out successful from Sergiusz Kulak in second and Mateusz Geleta in third. Elsewhere in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy category it was Marcin Maliński who took the day’s win from Sergiusz Kulak and Mateusz Dudzic in second and third respectively.

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June 15, 2016

Miedema & Bakker successful at MACH club race Rd3

The iconic MACH Heemsteede track in the Netherlands recently saw the third round of the club race championship. In the competitive Formula class Jitse Miedema took the TQ from Stephan Beelen and Niels de Zwijger in second and third respectively. The opening A-main then looked like a done deal for the pole position holder until Jitse made a mistake as he got on the dirt, letting him drop to third behind Stephan and Niels. But with the help of some traffic, a good car and with maximum attack, Jitse was able to recover and to regain the lead in the closing stages. A2 then was a more easy affair for Jitse who controlled the race from the front, eventually bringing home the win from Stephan Beelen and Niels de Zwijger. This was then also the top 3 overall result.

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June 15, 2016

Wilck & Libar win at Luxembourg Nationals Rd2

The second round of the Luxembourg Electric On-road Nationals were held this past weekend. The event was a good opportunity for many drivers to getting some additional practice for the forthcoming fifth round of the ETS and so some very prominent names appeared on the timing sheets. In Touring Modified it was Sweden’s Viktor Wilck who took the win from Serpent team mate David Ehrbar while Lucas Urbain (VBC Racing) completed the top 3 result.

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June 15, 2016

Kyle Holmberg unbeatable at 2016 Stock Wars

The 2016 Stock Wars race was hosted by Blue Groove Hobbies in West Des Moines, Iowa. This event used the unique Reedy Race style format with five rounds of heads up racing in each class, giving each driver one round to throw-out. In 2WD Stock Buggy Kyle Holmberg (Kyosho) would go onto take the overall win with a perfect score of four wins. Kyosho America’s Taylor Timmerman would finish a close second with 5 points while Drew Rubenking (Team Associated) completed the top 3.

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