The opening round of the 2016 Buggy Challenge Southern was held at the Pattaya track in Thailand. The 6-race series will visit three different tracks and round 1 had Mugen racer Meen V. taking the TQ and win in dominant fashion. Mongkolphan L. (HB) took the runner-up spot from a happy Paphon (Mugen) who ended the race on a fine third place despite suffering from engine problems during the main.
The RC Ring Snow Race was held at the RC Ring indoor race track. Local driver Tasos Batas (Xray) took the TQ after the qualifiers from Mitropoulos (Yokomo) and Sikianakis (TOP). In the finals Tasos made a clean sweep by winning all three A-mains with Mitropoulos and Georgiadis (Xray) fighting for the second spot. At the end Mitropoulos would come out successful as he grabbed the runner-up spot from Georgiadis with all drivers finishing within a second in all three finals.
The 2016 WRC Contest was held at the RC-Landia track in Scandiano, Italy with some of the fastest Italian racers in attendance. Classes run included Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T, Formula 21.5T, Pan Car and 1/12th Modified. In the Touring Modified class Dario Balestri (Capricorn) was the man to beat as he won two of the three qualifiers and all three A-main legs. At a distance Alessio Menicucci (Xray) ended the race on the runner-up spot while Fabrizio Manicardi (Xray) completed the top 3 result. In the Touring Stock class Gabriele Berselli (Yokomo) took the winning honours after coming out successful in the first and third A-main. Davide Bertuzzi (Xray) snatched the win in the second A-main and with it the overall second place from Capricorn pilot Federico Barbieri who rounded out the podium with a fine third place despite missing the free practice runs on Saturday.
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This weekend was the 3rd annual Sub Zero Challenge at 510 Raceway in Foley, Minnesota. The 4×4 short course class was TQ’d by young Seth VanDalen and he would take wins in A1 and A3 to grab the overall victory from Sam Sovacool in second and Alan Smith in third.
Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]
The 2016 Coliseum Classic race was held at RC Fun Park and it was Drek Cathcart who took the a double TQ in the 1/8th E-Buggy and SC 4×4 classes. In the finals Derek easily drove away from the field to top off a perfect weekend. Derek was sidelined by Todd Pfahler and Jarred Nave on the E-Buggy podium while RJ Hart and Steve Hodgson came in second and third in the SC 4×4 class.
The Hudy Racing Arena played host to round four of the Slovakia Cup over the weekend. The event attracted a record breaking 140 entries including some international guests. The 1/10th Buggy classes saw newly signed Xray driver Hupo Hönigl coming out fastest in 2WD while Martin Bayer was the man to beat in the 4WD qualifiers. Hupo would continue to dominate in the 2WD mains as he won all three legs to take the overall win from Martin Bayer (Xray) and Juraj Hudy (Xray).
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The Korean Sweep Challenge was held at the Busan World indoor circuit and the event saw Kim Sungmin taking the TQ in the the Touring Stock category. In the finals Kim would again excel by taking a dominant win over second placed Kim Boram and third placed Mun Taesung.
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The fourth annual GP of Lyon was held over the weekend and as usual the event attracted some the country’s fastest drivers. In the 2WD Buggy class Xray’s Lorenzo Crolla would win the double A-mains to take the overall victory, coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Renaud Savoya ended the day on the second spot in front of Stephane Deroch (Team C).
