The Greek Attiko Cup was recently held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. The race format was three rounds of qualifying followed by 30 minute finals and in the 200mm Sedan class it was Xray driver Dimitriou who took the overall TQ by coming out fastest in the early round one that allowed for the fastest times. Second on the grid was young and talented Licaris (Shepherd) from Sotiropoulos (Mugen) in third.
The grand daddy of all indoor races in North America, the U.S. Indoor Championships, was held in Cleveland, Ohio with the 36th running of this prestigious event attracting over 330 entries. In the 1/12th Modified A-main, CRC’s Andrew Knapp had a classic dogfight with Team Associated driver Keven Hebert. It was a real treat and a pleasure to watch both drivers wrestle the little rockets around the track within inches of each other. After a couple lead changes and a couple minor board meetings, Andrew fought his way to the front, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, to win the A-main in the featured class at the U.S. indoor Champs.
The Indonesia National Year End Championship was held at the Maxspin Track in Lembang, West Java. In the 60 minute main final Reza Rakasiwi (Kyosho/MX) took the win from Stanley Wangsanegara (Mugen/O.S.) in second and Adrian Sutanto (TLR/O.S.) in third. Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi), who started from the 2 spot into the final, ran into trouble once the track got bumper and problems with traffic had him ending the race in fourth place. Overall in the Indonesian Buggy championship Reza Rakasiwi would grab the 2015 title with Jason Nugroho taking the runner-up spot and vice-championship title.
The Black Saturday Blowout was held at Radioactive Raceway in Wingo, Kentucky with 120 entries in the one day event. The race schedule saw rocket rounds with three, five minute qualifiers and single 8-minute A-mains. In the Modified 2WD Buggy class, after close battles with teammate Chris Rakus and Xray’s Nate Jaskot, Team Associated driver Blake Boggs would end up overall TQ. In the main Jaskot, Rakus and Boggs would be swapping the lead early and eventually Boggs would pull away near the end to take the win.
The final round of the Greek Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Zorri racing track near Athens. The opening 4WD qualifier, run in wet conditions, was won by Sikianakis with Tasos and John Paparegas one second behind him. Tasos then won the second round more than a lap ahead of the second place driver and another win in Q3 secured him the overall TQ from John Paparegas, with Sikianakis rounding out the top 3.
The fourth round of the Danish DRCMU series was hosted by the Djurs RC Racing Club on a fast and flowing track with decent grip. In the 17.5T Blinky Touring class Chris Nielsen was able to TQ all three qualifiers after pulling some fast laps during practice and going into the qualifiers from the top spot.
Quickly establishing itself as “the” on-road race in Japan, the AOC finale brought a lot of international talent to the legendary Yatabe Arena setting the stage for the biggest race of the year and with some saying “the biggest race the country has ever seen”. With multiple former World Champions, National Champions, and numerous international stars attending this event, the competition keeps getting higher making it a battle of champions.
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This past Sunday Swifts Raceway held the final round of the Autumn Shoot Out Series. With over 60 drivers in attendance, the season finale was going to be an exciting one. The track layout was fast and flowing with a lot of great areas for overtaking. The team had also managed to schedule in a structured practise making a perfect event to use as a practice before the Nationals. All the championship titles were still available going into the final round with the GT12 title the closest and it would be Mark Jewitt and Andy Murray who were giving it everything for this final battle. For the last few rounds it was Jewitt who was just able to keep ahead and take TQ. The pair were divided by literally nothing, only a 0.52 second difference over 6 minutes. It was going to be another titanic final. Craig Mawson and Stephen Lander were also locked in a qualifying battle and finished 3rd and 4th respectively.
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