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May 17, 2016

Kaja Novotny TQs & wins at Czech Open Rd3

The third round of the Czech Open series was held on the tight and bumpy track in Mlada Boleslav. Xray’s Kaja Novotny would TQ round one and two of the qualifiers to grab the overall TQ and after some tough semi finals, with the track becoming more and more bumpy, Kaja would also put his car on the 1 spot for the main final. Right from the start of the A-main Kaja, on a different tyre choice than in the qualifiers and semi, was able to gap the field but problems during the second and third fuel stop made things interesting again. With a last lap pass though Kaja was able to grab the win from Serpent’s Jiri Mara in second and Tomas Kapicka (Kyosho) in third. Elsewhere in the Junior class standings Frantisek Kalenda (Xray) would come out successful thanks to making the A-main.

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May 17, 2016

Tanner Denney takes E-Buggy win at JBRL Nitro Series

The second round of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Thunder Alley R/C Raceway and in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was TLR’s Tanner Denney who brought home the win in the 10 minute single A-main format. Behind him Team Associated’s Jake Mayo ended the race some 17 seconds down in second while a lap down Steve Harris (Mugen) had to settle for third.

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May 17, 2016

Joe Kerry wins British 1/10th 200mm Nationals Rd3

Round three of the British 200mm Nationals was held at the fast Halifax track. The weather was very good with temperatures around 25 Degrees Celsius and Saturday’s practice saw Joe Kerry setting the pace getting down to 16.0 laptimes, with his best only 0.06 from the lap record. Alex Thurston was second quickest around 0.4 seconds back, just ahead of Matthew Cook who was third fastest. Overnight rain washed away some of the grip so it took a little while to build it up again on Sunday. By the end of qualifying it was Kerry who took the TQ with a time of 19/311.78.

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May 16, 2016

Arnaud Mathieu wins at French 1/8th On-road Nats Rd2

The second round of the French 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Mulhouse track. The demanding track with high tyre wear made things interesting and to top it off did rain make for another factor during the Elite class qualifying that was ultimately won by Adrien Bertin in front of Antoine Gaschet, Thomas Eytard and Anthony Abisset, while Arnaud Mathieu rounded out the top 5 after the qualifiers.

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May 16, 2016

Mark Green wins BRCA 1/8 Circuit Nationals Rd3

The third round of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit National series took place this past weekend at the small, tight and technical track of Adur. Close to the limit for how small of a track a modern 1/8 scale car can race around, this track provides a unique challenge with heavy braking zones, tight hairpins, and a short straight to keep the drivers on their toes. Saturday was dry, warm and perfect conditions for racing, Andy Hastings, Neal King and Tim Wood were setting the pace during practice on Saturday. Sunday morning was a touch colder, but stayed dry through the day.  After four rounds of qualifying Mark Green came out fastest on top of Andrew Hastings and Neal King.

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May 16, 2016

Maifield, Sartel & Monteiro win at 2016 TLR Cup

The Noeux les Mines in France track played host to the 2016 TLR Cup over the weekend. The event attracted a good amount of national drivers and also guest from abroad such as TLR’s Ryan Maifield and Dakotah Phend to battle against Europe’s fastest TLR drivers. In the premier Nitro Buggy class Ryan Maifield would grab the TQ from Renaud Savoya while Marco Baruffolo rounded out the top 3. In the Nitro Truggy category Jerome Sartel came out fastest after the qualifiers from Matt Lewis and Vincent Berthelot while in 1/8th E-Buggy Dakotah Phend took the TQ honours from Jean-Pierrick Sartel and Ryan Maifield.

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May 16, 2016

Coelho puts it up to ETS rivals with convincing Italian asphalt win

Bruno Coelho has put it up to his title rivals by taking a convincing win today at the first asphalt round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Italy. Handed an easy win in A1, the Top Qualifier would wrap up an extra early win in Riccione with another unchallenged win in A2. With the finals run early due to the impending threat of rain at the first outdoor race of ETS Season #9, completing the perfect weekend gives the Xray driver an extended lead in the championship standings as he becomes the season’s first double winner. With Marc Rheinard ending up with a 3rd for Round 4 behind A3 winner Viljami Kutvonen, the Tamiya driver is now 5 points behind Coelho with two races remaining in which to reverse that deficit. With reigning champion Ronald Volker only fifth in Italy, his quest for a 6th consecutive title is looking increasingly difficult as he leaves 7-points behind Coelho.

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May 16, 2016

Cody King takes JBRL Nitro Series Rd2 win

Round two of the popular JBRL Nitro Series was held at Thunder Alley R/C Raceway this past Saturday. As usual the event attracted both local talent and internationally experienced racers and in Expert Nitro Buggy it was Adam Drake who took the overall TQ after the qualifiers. In the A-main Cody King, coming from the 3 spot on the grid, had some good battles with Jeremy Kortz and Adam Drake after suffering from a couple of bobbles at the start. Cody would come back though and after Kortz and Drake made a few mistakes, Cody was able to gap the field and cruise to the win with Jeremy Kortz and Dayton Brown completing the top 3 result.

Source: Cody King [codykingrc.com]