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May 17, 2016

Joe Kerry wins British 1/10th 200mm Nationals Rd3

Round three of the British 200mm Nationals was held at the fast Halifax track. The weather was very good with temperatures around 25 Degrees Celsius and Saturday’s practice saw Joe Kerry setting the pace getting down to 16.0 laptimes, with his best only 0.06 from the lap record. Alex Thurston was second quickest around 0.4 seconds back, just ahead of Matthew Cook who was third fastest. Overnight rain washed away some of the grip so it took a little while to build it up again on Sunday. By the end of qualifying it was Kerry who took the TQ with a time of 19/311.78.

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May 16, 2016

Arnaud Mathieu wins at French 1/8th On-road Nats Rd2

The second round of the French 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Mulhouse track. The demanding track with high tyre wear made things interesting and to top it off did rain make for another factor during the Elite class qualifying that was ultimately won by Adrien Bertin in front of Antoine Gaschet, Thomas Eytard and Anthony Abisset, while Arnaud Mathieu rounded out the top 5 after the qualifiers.

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May 16, 2016

Mark Green wins BRCA 1/8 Circuit Nationals Rd3

The third round of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit National series took place this past weekend at the small, tight and technical track of Adur. Close to the limit for how small of a track a modern 1/8 scale car can race around, this track provides a unique challenge with heavy braking zones, tight hairpins, and a short straight to keep the drivers on their toes. Saturday was dry, warm and perfect conditions for racing, Andy Hastings, Neal King and Tim Wood were setting the pace during practice on Saturday. Sunday morning was a touch colder, but stayed dry through the day.  After four rounds of qualifying Mark Green came out fastest on top of Andrew Hastings and Neal King.

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May 16, 2016

Maifield, Sartel & Monteiro win at 2016 TLR Cup

The Noeux les Mines in France track played host to the 2016 TLR Cup over the weekend. The event attracted a good amount of national drivers and also guest from abroad such as TLR’s Ryan Maifield and Dakotah Phend to battle against Europe’s fastest TLR drivers. In the premier Nitro Buggy class Ryan Maifield would grab the TQ from Renaud Savoya while Marco Baruffolo rounded out the top 3. In the Nitro Truggy category Jerome Sartel came out fastest after the qualifiers from Matt Lewis and Vincent Berthelot while in 1/8th E-Buggy Dakotah Phend took the TQ honours from Jean-Pierrick Sartel and Ryan Maifield.

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May 16, 2016

David Ronnefalk TQs & wins Buggy Euros warm-up

The RC Redovan track in Alicante in the south-east of Spain played host to the EFRA 1/8th Nitro Buggy European Championship warm-up race this past weekend. As annual the warm-up attracted both the hosting country’s fastest drivers as well as a good amount of guests to get some laps under their belts in preparation for the main event later in the year. HB’s David Ronnefalk would take the overall TQ after the four qualifying rounds from Kyosho’s Elliott Boots while the Mugen duo of Oscar Baldo and Joan Carlos Canas rounded out the top 4. In the semifinals disaster stoke for Elliott who suffered mechanical issues while leading his semi, denying him a place in the main final. David Ronnefalk though would cement his dominant performance by taking the pole position for the main from Oscar Baldo and Robert Batlle (Mugen). The 45 minute main final then again had David coming out fastest, some 25 seconds in front of Oscar Baldo while Robert brought home the final podium spot, one lap short of Oscar.

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May 12, 2016

Traugott Schär wins 200mm class at Swiss Nats Rd2

Round two of the Swiss Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the iconic Lostallo track. After four rounds of qualifying, Xray’s Traugott Schär grabbed the overall TQ but with rain pouring down in the main final, many drivers were uncertain what to expect during the race. Traugott Schär opted to run his spare rain car although he didn’t know anything about its behaviour in the given track conditions. At the end it worked out very well for the pole position holder as he won the A-main in front of his teammates Rapahel Wicki and Patrick Fankhauser in second and third respectively.

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May 12, 2016

Aaron Stringer wins at 2016 Rock Cup

Over 120 racers rolled into Rockhampton, Australia for the recent 2016 Rock Cup. This is one of the most anticipated races of the year for many drivers with epic track conditions and great competition. Saturday morning would begin with controlled practice, followed by three rounds of qualifying. Aaron Stringer went onto TQ rounds one and two of Nitro Buggy and would finish off the day with a 2nd in round three. The fourth and final round of qualifying was ran Sunday morning where Aaron would go onto lay down an impressive run to secure the overall TQ. He would then go onto dominate the Nitro Buggy A-Main Event by leading every lap and cruising home for the win.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]

May 11, 2016

Hanna, Mitch & Bernard win at Force Series Rd2

Round two of the Force Series was held in Perry, Florida at Blue Rock Raceway. With other races being scheduled at the same time, the turnout was uncertain, but the Force Series didn’t disappoint on Saturday with a total entry count over 125. The Blue Rock track conditions, a mix of hard packed blue groove areas with some dust mixed in, stayed about the same for round one of practice but the mains saw an increase of more dust at the beginning and it tapered off as the sun would fall and the race finished under the lights. Both A1’s for E-Buggy and E-Truggy saw JR Mitch and John Bernard both found wins, but it was only John who came back in A2 with a win, as Griffin Hanna won A2 in E-Buggy which gave him the overall win.

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