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December 7, 2015

Maifield takes new 2WD to victory at JConcepts INS

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Ryan Maifield has taken the overall 2WD Mod Buggy win at the JConcepts Indoor National Series Finals in Omaha Nebraska. Winner of A1 from fourth on the grid, the TLR driver was gifted an early Christmas present in A2 when arch rival & Top Qualifier Ryan Cavalieri rolled his Associated onto its roof on lap 6 allowing Maifield to go to the front. While Maifield would make a mistake in the double double while leading, Cavalieri would simultaneously get it wrong in the same section of track allowing Maifield to survive to win the leg and claim the overall win on his dirt race debut with the TLR22 3.0. World Champion Spencer Rivkin would take a hard fought win in A3 but on the tie break it was Cavalieri who got second with the the 17-year-old having to settle for completing the podium at the Hobbyplex.

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December 3, 2015

Hudy to supply official tire additive for ETS 2015/16

Hudy Tire Additive (#106260) has once again been chosen by the ETS organisation as the official tire additive for the 2015/2016 season. The additive, which will be coloured for each round, comes supplied in a special ETS specific 30ml see-through bottle and will be handed out to all racers at the start of each event.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

December 2, 2015

Marco Baruffolo joins Hot Race Tyres

Italian company Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of 2013 European Champion B, Marco Baruffolo to their team. Following a very strong showing this year Marco will not only use Hot Race’s tyres in the 2016 season but he, along with his father, will also assist with product development during his campaign that will see appearances at all major national and international races including the IFMAR Worlds in Las Vegas.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

December 1, 2015

Ronald Volker dominates AOC finale

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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December 1, 2015

Mibosport Cup Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend at the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice. The event again attracted a good amount of entries with 229 sign-ups in the six classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula, and 1/12th scale, as well as 2WD and 4WD Buggy. 38 drivers attended in the Touring Modified class in which Elliott Harper had a very good start when he won the opening qualifier. Unfortunately he failed to keep up with the pace and was beaten by Finnish driver Viljami Kutvonen, who took the overall TQ. Elliott finished on the 2 spot behind Viljami and ahead of Marc Rheinard. A bit further down the A-main grid Harley Eldridge was the first girl ever in the history of the Mibosport Cup to end up in the Modified class top 10 after the qualifiers.

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November 29, 2015

Ronald Volker tops Qualifying at AOC Rd5

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The 5th and final round of the Asian Onroad Championships has made its way to historic Yatabe Arena in Japan. The popularity of this race has exploded each and every year as the finale race was sold out months prior and hitting over 250 entries making this Yatabe’s biggest race ever (by entry count).

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November 24, 2015

Patrick Hofer sweeps MRTO Challenge

This past weekend the MRTO Challenge was held with around 150 drivers from Switzerland, Austria and Germany in attendance. The purpose-built track offered a lot of grip and the different jumps present made for an entertaining time. Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer was on a mission, TQing all three classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and 2WD Truck. On Sunday Patrick would continue to be on top of the field, taking the win in the 2WD class from Schumacher driver Micha Widmeier and Kyosho’s Luca Rau. In the 4WD class Patrick lead a Team Associated trifecta with Markus Metsch and Nico Schmid sidelining Patrick on the podium in second and third respectively. Finally in the 2WD Truck class Mr. Hofer would come out successful from Jan Dissler and Jakob Pirolt.

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November 23, 2015

Coelho wins in Slovakia to share EOS lead with Martin

World Champion Bruno Coelho kept Xray’s unbeaten record at the Hudy Arena intact by claiming his first Euro Offroad Series victory today with a dominant and important win in A3. Going into the closing race of the Slovakian event, three drivers stood a chance of the Round 2 victory with Coelho needing to do the most to deny A1 winner Martin Wollanka and A2 winner Lee Martin the win. Top Qualifier for his team’s home event, the Portuguese ace would put in a stunning drive to not just win the leg but set the all important fastest race time. Running 14 laps over the 5-minutes, the only driver to do so over the 3 legs, this would give him the tie break, all three drivers ending up on the same points with a win and 2nd each. While Martin would finish second to Coelho in the deciding race, Wollanka’s A2 winning time would secure the Austrian second with third meaning both the reigning champion and Coelho are now tied at the top of the points standings.

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