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April 20, 2016

Hovgaard & Gosvig score at Danish EP Buggy opener

The opening round of the Danish Electric Off-road Nationals was held in rather wet track conditions. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Yokomo driver Frederik Hovgaard who came out fastest in the A-mains by winning A1 and A2 to grab the overall win early. Behind him Jesper Rasmussen (Team Associated) and Mike Gosvig (Xray) battled for the runner-up spot with the better end for Jesper while Mike rounded out the podium result.

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April 20, 2016

Gray & Desoto Jr. win at Miami Grand Prix

Last weekend’s 2016 Miami Grand Prix attracted over 200 drivers to compete in the four classes of 1/8th Open and Masters, 1/8th GT and 1/10th 200mm Sedan. While Chris Tosolini grabbed the win in the 1/8th Open category it was Scotty Gray who came out fastest in the Sedan class from Paolo Morganti. Junior Castellanos rounded out the top 3 result. In the growing 1/8th GT class Joaquin Desoto Jr. took a comfortable win with a 4-lap margin over runner-up, Joachim Bruneau. Charles Parsons came in third another two laps down.

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April 20, 2016

Chris Tosolini wins at Miami Grand Prix

Last week the top US nitro drivers made there way to Homestead, Florida to compete in the 2016 Miami Grand Prix with the top drivers from almost every manufacturer set the stage for a shootout in nearly perfect South Florida weather. As practice began the fastest 1/8th drivers were getting down into the 15’s showing some ballistic pace. DJ Apolaro, Paolo Morganti, Chris Tosolini, and Joaquin Desoto Junior all looked to be a factor to contend for the win. On Friday qualifying got underway and DJ Apolaro set the bar putting down a 16 lap run followed by Paolo, Joaquin, and Tosolini.

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April 19, 2016

Czech National On-road Championships – Report

The 2016 Czech National On-road Championships were held this past weekend in Prague. In the premier class of Touring Modified the battle was on between last year’s champion Kuba Simurda (Xray), who ultimately took the TQ, Jiri Vysin (Xray), Petr Grof (VBC Racing) and Michal Blahovsky (Serpent). In the finals Simurda and Vysin offered a huge show while battling for the overall win but with victories in A1 and A2 Vysin would come out successful to grab the overall title with one leg to spare. Simurda had to settle for second while Grof rounded out the top 3.

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April 19, 2016

Olly Jefferies & James Hart win at BTCC opener

Round one of the 2016 Schumacher BTCC took place at the fantastic Cotswold track. Over the Winter the club have done a great job giving the facility and update with fresh paint and TVs in the pits for live timing. Many drivers were using the unofficial warm up as testing for the national which will be held in two weeks’ time. In the Modified class, Olly Jefferies took fastest time in all four qualifying rounds and went on to take the win in the single leg A-final.

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April 19, 2016

Agustin Cutini doubles at Argentinian Nationals Rd1

The opening round of the Argentinian Buggy and Truggy National Championship was held at the Colonia Caroya track in Cordoba. In the Pro Buggy class Agustin Cutini would take the TQ and win from Nicolas Bregante and Sebastián Recio in second and third respectively. The three would also make up the Pro Truggy podium with Agustin taking the TQ and win from Nicolas and Sebastián.

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April 19, 2016

Cole Ogden wins Speed RC opening race

Speed RC Raceway, the all-new facility of TJ Bell and former Formula 1 and now Global RallyCross driver, Scott Speed held its opening race this past weekend in Mooresville, North Carolina. The TQ in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class went to Kyosho’s Jared Tebo with Mugen’s Cole Ogden qualifying for the 2 spot. At the tone Tebo jumped into the lead while Ogden dropped back to 5th. Later Cole would be able to catch up and to take the lead and after a couple of swaps up front due to wrecking, Cole would take the win with Jared in second. Tekno RC’s Barry Pettit completed the top 3 result.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

April 19, 2016

Hartson & Root win at JBRL Electric Series Rd2

The second round of the 2016 JBRL Electric Series was held at SDRC Raceway in San Diego, California this past Saturday. Once again the race attracted a good mixture of local talent and internationally experienced racers and in the 2WD Open Buggy class it was 2013 IFMAR 4WD Buggy World Champion, Steven Hartson who took the overall win from Brent Thielke in second and Casey Becica in third.

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