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March 9, 2016

Adam Drake sweeps Tico-Tico GP

This past weekend the Punta Del Este race was held at Tico-Tico Raceway in Uruguay. The event played host to drivers from Uruguay, Argentina, as well as Adam Drake from the USA. The qualifying on Saturday consisted of three 12 minute rounds, using the best two out of three qualifiers. Adam Drake was the top qualifier in Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck with the finals being on Sunday. The track crew did a great job to get the track in shape after a lot of rain on Saturday night and Sunday morning and Adam was able to conserve his qualifying performances to grab the win in both the 60 minute Nitro Buggy and 45 minute Nitro Truck final to become crowned the double Tico-Tico GP champion.

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March 8, 2016

Thilo Tödtmann wins Xray Nitro Challenge Greece

The same day as round four of the Greek Xray Winter Series the Fanatix Racing Track held the Xray Nitro Challenge Greece. Right from the start Xray driver Dimitriou made his intentions clear as he won all qualifiers to take a dominant overall TQ. Only German guest driver Thilo Tödtmann (Capricorn) was able to come close, allowing him to line up in second.

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March 8, 2016

Manuel Carlos wins at Portuguese on-road opener

The opening round of the 2016 Portuguese National On-road Championship was held at the Armaia track in windy and rainy conditions. In the 1/10th 200mm class the TQ went to Pedro Grandao but in the shortened 20 minute main final it was Manuel Carlos who came out successful despite a brake failure due to a linkage screw coming off. The podium result was completed by Tomás Andrade in third.

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March 8, 2016

Nico Risser sweeps French LCML race

The French LCML race was held this past weekend and it saw Sebastien Wartelle (Xray) sweeping the qualifying in the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes. The finals were a different affair though with Xray’s Nico Risser coming out successful in both categories. Sebastien had to settle for second both in 2WD and 4WD. The 2WD podium was completed by Christophe Dupuis while Kristof Dehert rounded out the top 3 in the 4WD category.

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March 8, 2016

Christopher Krapp wins at TOS West Division Rd2

The second round of the West Division Tonisport Onroad Series was held at the carpet indoor track of the MAC Adenau club in Germany. The event was run in the usual array of Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula classes and it saw Tamiya’s Christopher Krapp taking the win in Touring Modified from Serpent driver Thimo Weissbauer and HB pilot Ingo Herschbach.

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March 8, 2016

Nikos Georgiadis wins at Greek XWS Rd4

The fourth round of the Greek Xray Winter Series was held at the FRT track in Athens in the three classes of Touring Modified, Formula and 1/10th Pan Car. Especially the Touring class was a super close affair in qualifying with Thilo Tödtmann and Nikos Georgiadis battling it out for the TQ spot. Nikos looked like he would grab the pole position for the A-mains until Thilo took profit of servo issues Nikos experienced in the final qualifier. Behind the two Batas would line up in third on the grid.

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March 8, 2016

2015/16 Rug Racers Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the 2015/16 Rug Racers series also marked the end of the season, with the now famous or rather infamous lollipop throwing ceremony at the end of the day, and the championship in some classes being open till the very last round. In Touring Open Modified the series had been fortunate to have some of the best Touring drivers in the country, showing them all how to drive a really fast car really well, none more so of course than the current UK touring car champion Elliott Harper, who may be fast on track but also showed his quickness on the scrutineering table as well, after he went at the ride height checker with a Vernier after someone passed comment to him that it was marginal, he proved it wasn’t. Another of the young stars, Harley Eldridge, made 2nd her own, although Brian Eldridge did nab 2nd in round 3 but Harley still went one better to take 1st.

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March 8, 2016

Raffy Abello dominates Philippines season opener

With the start of the 2016 off-road season in the Philippines this recent February, drivers were eager to get some laps under their belts before the annual pre-summer track renovations. The season started with Raffy Abello mounting back-to-back wins, continuing a streak that started in 2015. Raffy dominated and finished a lap ahead of the competition in the first and second rounds.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]