May 31, 2016

2016 AKA Catapult GP – Report

2016 AKA Catapult GP – Report

The recent AKA GP was back again at HNMC, one of the UK’s leading dirt tracks and venue. The controlled tyre debate could roll on day and night but with all drivers on the same pattern it did lead to closer racing and driver ability would show through. As usual the club had put in a lot of effort to get the track ready for this event and it was well received. The event plan was to give drivers maximum track time and so four rounds of practice, seven rounds of qualifying and 30 minute lower finals with a 45 minute main would be held. All four rounds of controlled practice went to Jamie Clancy with Jack Embling second in each Nitro Buggy round while in E-Buggy three rounds went to Jack Embling and Claus Didriksen from Norway taking round 1.

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May 31, 2016

Jared Tebo doubles at 2016 JC Spring Nationals

Jared Tebo doubles at 2017 JC Spring Nationals

The 2016 JConcepts Spring Nationals where held at The Plex in Omaha, Nebraska over the weekend. The event attracted both local talent as well as national front runners and the opening Nitro Buggy qualifiers saw Jared Tebo walking away with wins in Q1 and Q2 but in Q3 of Buggy Tebo and Jonathan Burkhalter battled for the round TQ with the two being separated by only a tenth of a second. With Jonathan leading he would bobble right at the end, handing Jared another TQ for a clean sweep. In Truggy things looked a bit different. Jared ran onto engine trouble in Q1 after damaging his engine’s carburettor after landing a jump, causing the engine to work erratic for the remainder of the run. After sorting the problems out for Q2 Tebo was on fire, taking wins in the following rounds to also grab the TQ position in Truggy.

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May 30, 2016

Carsten Keller wins at West German regionals Rd2

Carsten Keller wins at West German regionals Rd2

Round two of the German West division Nitro Off-road regionals was held in Kürten over the weekend. Different from other parts of the country the weather stayed dry, meaning good and high grip racing conditions. In the qualifiers the race for the TQ position was on between Carsten Keller (SWorkz) and Jörn Neumann (Serpent). At the end Carsten would be able to grab a very narrow TQ and the fight between the two would continue in the main final when both swapped the lead several times in the opening stages. About 10 minutes in to the main Carsten was able to open a gap that he would be able to extend to over a lap at the end of the 30-minute final. Jörn Neumann had to settle for second while Daniel Reckward (Serpent) completed the top 3 result another lap down.

Source: Spielzeugautorennfahrer [spielzeugautorennfahrer.de]

May 30, 2016

3rd Reedy Race of Champions title for Volker

3rd Reedy Race of Champion title for Volker

Ronald Volker is the 2016 Reedy Race Champion, the Yokomo driver securing the title at the iconic touring car race for a third time as the tie breaker was required to give him the victory over Christopher Krapp.  The 19th running of Mike Reedy’s unique heads up racing format, it would end up an all German podium at Tamiya Raceway with outgoing champion Marc Rheinard completing the Top 3 in California.  While Volker would effectively lay claim to the famous Reedy Race trophy with a 2nd in the penultimate round of racing, there was still a mathematical chance that a 26-lap winning time from Krapp could secure the Tamiya driver the overall victory.  Krapp would deliver the win but couldn’t manage the required time confirming Volker as the new champion before the 2009 & 14 Champion completed his 12th & final race out of which he would spectacularly crash after a coming together with Rheinard.  The best non-European finisher would be Japan’s Akio Sobue who finished 4th ahead of the Ryan Cavalieri who upheld the host nations honours.

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May 30, 2016

Milan Holthuis takes Dutch 200mm Nats Rd2 win

Milan Holthuis takes Dutch 200mm Nats Rd2 win

Genk in Belgium played host to the second round of the Dutch Nitro On-road Nationals. The weekend started off dry on Saturday and even the two opening qualifiers on Sunday would be held on a dry track but for round three the rain came. Daan Jacobs (Serpent) took the TQ from Capricorn driver Milan Holthuis while Roy Bakker (Shepherd) completed the top 3 result. Just in time for the main finals the rain poured down even more, making for tricky conditions in the double 20 minute finals. The opening leg then was won by Daan but as usual rain mixes things up quite heavily and so the second and decisive leg was a pretty entertaining affair. Milan would run into engine problems after it refused to run on water instead of fuel but when servo issues hindered Daan, Milan was able to grab the win meaning both would end tie on points. The tie-breaker then handed Milan a narrow win as he scored the faster run. Daan had to settle for second while newcomer Mark Been completed the top 3 result.

Thanks to Mark Holthuis for the report.

May 30, 2016

Alexandre Laurent wins at French EP On-road Nats Rd3

Alexandre Laurent wins at French EP On-road Nats Rd3

The third round of the French Electric On-road National Championship was held at the fast and flowing Ampuis track. In the Touring Modified class Thomas Vigneron dominated the free and controlled practice sessions on Friday and Saturday. But come the qualifiers the Team Magic driver ran into trouble with problems such as badly glued pre-mounted tyres and later a wrong tyre strategy, starting on old tyres while others used a fresh set. On Sunday though he was able to score two TQ runs in wet conditions to grab the pole position for the A-mains. For the finals the conditions got worse and the TQ holder ran into trouble with wrong setup decisions, allowing Alexandre Laurent (Xray) to take the win from runner-up, Thomas. Maxime Favrelle (Xray) would round out the podium in third.

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May 30, 2016

Tosolini & Whiting win at 39th Texas Biggie race

Tosolini & Whiting win at 39th Texas Biggie race

The 39th annual Texas Biggie race was held this past weekend with some of the country’s fastest nitro on-road drivers in attendance. WRC’s Chris Tosolini would sweep the 1/8th Open class with his Ielasi Tuned GTX, taking the TQ and win while Loran Whiting (Capricorn/Ielasi Tuned) came out successful in the 1/10th 200mm Sedan class. Finally Jeff Whiting (Capricorn/Ielasi Tuned) would add another win for the Whiting family by coming out fastest in the 1/8th Masters class.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

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