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June 7, 2016

Paul Field wins at BRCA Southwest regionals Rd3

Round three of the UK’s BRCA Southwest regionals took place last weekend at a very sunny Mendip Raceway. The track was very fast and flowing, making for some great racing. Paul Field (Schumacher) took the TQ and the win in the 2WD class andhe also confirmed himself as the 2016 2WD regional champion with a round to go so a very big congratulations to him on his first ever 2WD regional championship. Paul Penny (PR) took a great second place from fourth on the grid while Martin Owen (Team C) finished up third on the podium from his third place qualifying spot to keep it all close for a battle for the overall runner-up spot going into the last round at Tiverton on the 31st of July.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

June 7, 2016

Patrick Hofer wins Swiss 1/8th Buggy Nats Rd3

Round three of the Swiss 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at the Lütisburg track this past weekend in mixed weather conditions. HB driver Jeremy Pittet would TQ the Expert class from the Team Associated duo of Patrick Hofer and Ronny Lüber in second and third respectively. In time for the finals the weather turned to the worst, making for challenging track conditions. Starting from the pole position into the 45-minute A-main after winning the semis, Patrick Hofer would jump into the lead that he would hold onto until the checkered flag. A lap down Ronny had to defend himself from Jeremy with both being separated by only 2.6 seconds at the end.

Thanks to Patrick Hofer for the report.

June 7, 2016

Graham Alsop wins East Shrewsbury Winter Series Rd3

Round 3 of the East Shrewsbury Winter Series saw Graham Alsop taking the TQ followed by Ashlee Owen. Ashlee then made a couple of changes to his car for the main helping him maintain a gap of approximately 5 to 6 seconds until the final fuel stop, when Graham pulled away to take a comfortable win. Kieran Cox had a final long battle for third managing to take a podium spot during the last laps, making it an Xray podium lockout.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 7, 2016

Kaja Novotny TQs & wins at Czech Open Rd4

The fourth round of Czech 1/8th Buggy Open series took place in Kolin last weekend. Despite the weather forecast not looking too good the home club prepared everything nicely, making it a great event for everyone. Following a wet Friday’s practice Saturday started with even more moisture but once the sun came out the track dried very quickly. The opening qualifier was won by Kaja Novotny ahead of his Xray team mates Max Gotzl, Frantisek Kalenda and Milan Mudra. The following two qualifiers were again won by Kaja who in turn took the overall TQ. The semifinals once again saw Kaja dominating and despite having a tyre coming loose, he was able to take the win to grab the pole position for the A-main.

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June 7, 2016

JQ grabs 10th Nordic Championship title

The 2016 Nordic Championships were held in Stockholm, Sweden over the weekend. The race, catering to racers from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, was TQed by HB’s David Ronnefalk, followed by Christoffer Svensson (Mugen) and JQRacing’s own Joseph Quagraine. The times were really close in qualifying with the rounds being decided on the last laps. David and JQ raced in the same semi final, and battled for the entire race, with David eventually coming out on top. The pace was fast enough to place them 1 and 2 on the grid for the main, with Svensson winning the other semi lining up third. The main was 60 minutes, and was pretty exciting for the first 10 minutes, with multiple lead changes, but then Ronnefalk clicked into a higher gear and pulled away. JQ and Svensson would go on battling for second place for almost 45 minutes. At that time, Ronnefalk just lapped JQ and flamed out right after handing JQ the lead. The last 15 minutes JQ just maintained his lead over Svensson who fought off a hard charging Marcus Sandberg (Mugen), and crossed the finish line winning his 10th Nordic Championship.

View the final results here

June 7, 2016

Jamie Grayek wins at 2016 Rumble in Rome

The 2016 Rumble in Rome was held this past weekend at CRC Raceway in Rome, New York. After the dust had settled from the A-mains, Kyosho’s Jamie Grayek, who qualified in third place, would take the win in 1/8th Nitro Truggy from Mugen’s Derek Sousa in second and Ethan Mackanick (Mugen) in third.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com] | Image: Derek Sousa

June 6, 2016

Tanner Day sweeps Willamette Valley Classic

This past weekend the 2016 Willamette Valley Classic was hosted by Dave’s RC Tracks in Hubbard, Oregon. The two most competitive classes of the weekend being 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy and in 2WD Modified Buggy class, Kyosho’s Tanner Day would go onto TQ both rounds of qualifying to secure the overall TQ. Kyosho America team manager Joe Pillars would take the impressive win in the opening A–Main with Day finishing a few seconds back in 2nd. Day would then go onto take the Wins in A–Main 2 and 3 just ahead of Pillars to take his first championship of the weekend.

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June 6, 2016

Bill Likaris wins Greek 200mm Championship Rd1

The first round of the Greek 1/10th Nitro Championship took place at the Fanatix Racing track in Stamata. After four rounds of qualification it was John Sotiropoulos who took the TQ spot in front of Dimitris Dimitriou, Nikos Karabelas and Bill Likaris. The top qualifiers made some mistakes already in the first few minutes of the main final what helped Bill Likaris to take over the lead. After a great 20 minute battle with Dimitris Dimitriou and Nikos Karabelas Likaris managed to see the checkered flag in first position with Karabelas in second and Dimitrou in third.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]