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July 21, 2017

BRCA 1/8th IC Track Nationals Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit National Championship headed back to the popular Halifax circuit facility. There was a good turnout of around fifty-five drivers across the two classes. Saturday was practice day with drivers working on different setups and trying things ready for Sunday. The weather forecast was good for a change and quite hot for the UK. In the Nitro class, it was very close between the top 4 across qualifying with just over a second and half covering 1st to 4th. With the track conditions getting hotter, drivers found it hard to improve with the fastest times generally set in round one or two. Spashett continued his good form, taking pole position from Mark Green, Neal King and Tim Wood. These drivers seemed to be in a league above the rest. Clive Connolly qualified a superb 5th, also followed by Andrew North, Neil Diver, Jason Frost and Michael Walton completing the line-up for the A-final. Andrew Hastings was very unlucky with engine issues in qualifying but would show his true pace dominating the B-final.

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July 20, 2017

Juan Jose Serna takes Colombian 1/8th Buggy title

The recent Colombian 1/8th Off-road Championships saw Juan Jose Serna (Xray) walking away with the win in the main final. Starting from the 8 spot on the grid following issues in the qualifiers, Juan would take over the lead in the main final at the five minute mark only so suffer more problems later on. He was able to re-enter the race though and at the some 38 minutes into the main he took over the lead again and never looked back to take the Colombian national title from Mugen racer Juan Pablo Torres in 2nd and Felipe Salazar (Xray) 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 20, 2017

Timezone GP/Sven Boehringer Family Reunion – Report

The 9th Annual Timezone Grand Prix was held in Battleground, Washington at the world famous, “The Backyard” track. The event is now known as the Sven Boehringer Family Reunion Race named after Sven Boehringer, who touched the lives of countless racers and a dear friend to many, passed away last year. The event was held in his memory and is now perhaps the greatest race on earth with friends and family arriving from all over the world to attend this great race. Behind the organization of Ryan Newbury and the track/property owner, the St Cyr family, the event was a huge success selling out in just eight minutes after open registration. It was only four years ago when the entry count was just 75 and now it has grown to maximum capacity capped limit of 200. Just by word of mouth, it has become The Race to attend because of the unique, challenging track and amazingly relaxed atmosphere. There’s no race like it and from the words of Rick St Cyr, “The Woodstock of RC Racing”. It reminds us of what racing is supposed to be … friends, family, and most importantly fun.

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July 18, 2017

Quebec RC Series Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Quebec RC Series was held in Charlevoix on a Levi Jackson designed track. In Nitro Buggy, Eric Deschenes took the TQ in the last round, and he was able cruise to an easy win in the final in front of David Lécuyer and local Daniel Dallaire.

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July 18, 2017

Adam Drake wins Nitro Buggy at Oil City Dash

Last weekend the R/C Racers of Edmonton hosted the Oil City Dash. The event had a full day of practice on Friday, qualifying on Saturday, and main events on Sunday. Mugen’s Adam Drake was the top qualifier in 1/8th Nitro Buggy and he went on to win the 45-minute final followed by Cory Drachenberg (Mugen) and Pete Tozzer (Team Associated).

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

July 18, 2017

Western German IC Track Championships Rd4 – Report

The fourth and final round of the Western German Nitro On-road Championship was held in Velp in the Netherlands. Nearly fifty racers made their entry for the event on the flowing and challenging 260-meter track. On Saturday, everybody was on fire using every single minute for intense practice and preparations. Just when the drivers briefing was held on Sunday morning, it started to drizzle which effected the early rounds of qualifying heats. Most of the drivers opted to do some laps on the slippery track in order to get into the ranking lists but racing at full throttle was on again during round three of the heats.

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July 18, 2017

Mustafa Alp doubles at TORC Nationals Rd3

Round 3 of Turkish TORC Nationals was held at the Efmod track recently in hot and windy weather conditions. Xray’s Mustafa Alp made clean sweeps in the Nitro Touring and Electric Prostock classes to secure the pole positions for the main finals. In the opening two electric A-mains Mustafa never looked back to take dominant win while the battle for the runner-up spot was between young Ahmet and Poyraz. In A1 and A2 Poyraz held the upper hand thanks to fresher tyres but in A3, that Mustafa sat out, Ahmet took the win which equalled the overall 2nd place for him while Poyraz had to settle for 3rd.

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July 18, 2017

Mickael Brandt takes Swedish 200mm title

The Swedish On-road National Championship was recently held at the Örebro track in 1/8th Nitro On-road, 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring and 1/10th Electric Touring categories. In the 200mm class main final Mickael Brandt would immediately open a gap on the field right from the start despite a hard-charging Per-Ola Hard that in turn was chased by Anders Mikkelsen and Petter Solvberg. Shortly before his 4:30 pitstop Mickael’s car ran out of fuel and it looked like everything was lost for Mickael but Per-Ola’s car also stopped while leaving the pits and so Brandt was back in the game. While trying to recover, Mickael made a mistake while passing a car on the main straight which send him further down the field. While making his way up the field again Mickael lost more time due to a flame out but pulling the fastest laps allowed him to gain a lot of places and right before his planned tyre change at half-time he was back in the lead again. Drivers on different tyre strategies mixed things up in the second half of the race but ultimately Mickael was able to bring home the win some two laps in front of Per-Ola Hard while Erika Hellquist rounded out the podium result a couple of laps down.

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