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April 8, 2019

Schneider & Becker win at Longfield Triple Days Rd3

Round 3 of the Longfield Triple Days series was held in Langenfeld recently with over 90 entries for the several electric off-road classes. The schedule saw controlled practice on Saturday followed by the opening qualifier with the final two being held on Sunday. The 4WD Buggy class was won by Marcel Schneider who was fighting with Jens Becker for the overall. Marcel however win A2 and A3 for the overall from Jens in 2nd. Thorsten Schmitz came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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April 8, 2019

USVTA Triple Crown Rd2 – Report

Round two of the USVTA Triple Crown came to Finish Line Raceway and Hobby Shop in Hudson, Indiana. Racers traveled from around the nation to gather valuable points for this years inaugural USVTA Triple Crown. This second race saw 44 entries with 36 of them in the Triple Crown Classes of USGT, Formula, and VTA. In USGT qualifying, Awesomatix driver Clayton Young would take TQ in round 1 and reset it each run there after with Steve Martin (Xray) in 2nd and Myron Kinnard (Team Associated) 3rd. In Formila it was John Barron dominating qualifying in his Xray over Jeffery Hendrix (Team Associated) in 2nd and Young (Roche) 3rd. VTA would see Young lead an Awesomatix sweep of the top three with Scott Windsor 2nd and Mark Miller 3rd.

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April 8, 2019

Boots & Martin win at BRCA 1/10th Off-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the BRCA 1/10th Off-road Nationals was held at the Robin Hood Raceway this past weekend. SWorkz’s Elliott Boots took the win for his new 2019 chassis sponsor while Yokomo’s Lee Martin and Team Associated’s Neil Cragg had to settle for 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the 2WD Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Lee Martin with the win from TQ holder, Neil Cragg (Team Associated). Yokomo’s Tom Cockerill rounded out the top 3 podium result.

Image: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

April 7, 2019

Indonesian EP Offroad Nationals Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Indonesian 1/10 Offroad National Championship was held at the SDC Off-road track in Serpong, Indonesia. The event attracted 60 entries from all regions of Indonesia to compete in the 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy classes. Bowie Ginting (Yokomo) took the overall TQ in 4WD Mod while Rama Tribudiman (Team Associated) setting the TQ in 2WD Mod. The start of the A-mains in both classes were slightly delayed to to rain but after the action resumed, Bowie took the win in 4WD while Rizki Pradana sealed the 2WD A1. Later the organisers had to wait for another one and a half hours to decided wether there would be another round of main finals. Ultimately it was decided to run a second leg with single best to take. Again, Bowie took the win in the 4WD class with a comfortable margin to Rama Tribudiman and Jason Nugroho. In A of 2WD Mod, Rama avoided the early mishaps of A1 to score a perfect race and secure the win, followed by Rizki Pradana and Dimaz Arianto.

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April 3, 2019

Nico & Florian Schmid win at Offroad Masters Rd3

Round 3 of the Offroad Masters series was held in Islikon, Switzerland recently. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Xray’s Nico Schmid with the win from Xray teammate, Kay Frehner. Schumacher’s Elias Ehrmann came in 3rd to round out the podium. Over in the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was Florian Schmid (Xray) with the win from Kay Frehner (Xray) while Elias Ehrmann snatched another podium result in 3rd.

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April 3, 2019

Clarel, Casseem & Chinnayya win at Mauritian Champs

The second round of the Mauritian On-road Championships were held last weekend. In the 10.5T Touring class it was Lacour Clarel with the win from Jovanni Appasamy in 2nd and Emrith Shelesh in 3rd. Over in the 1/8th BL Open class Mosheen Casseem came out on top and in front of Danen Conjamalay and Jovanni Appasamy in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Finally in the 1/8th BL Promo category it was Nikheale Chinnayya from Neale Chinnayya in 2nd and Matteo Maka in 3rd.

Thanks to Jovanni Appasamy for the update.

April 3, 2019

Kevin Nielsen takes Danish TC Stock title

The final round of the Danish DRCMU series was held in Randers this past weekend. Held in several electric on-road classes it was the Xray duo of Patrick Folman and Kevin Nielsen who battled it out in the Touring Stock class. Patrick would take the overall TQ with Kevin sitting in 2nd and with Patrick coming out on top in A1 and A3 while Kevin won A2, it was Patrick with the day’s win from Kevin on the 2 spot. Young Casper Lund (Xray) would round out the top 3 after achieving his first podium result. Overall in the Championship it was Kevin Nielsen with the title thanks to five TQ spots and wins as and two 2nd place finishes over the season.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 3, 2019

Borkowicz & Setser win at Super Cup Series Rd4

Round 4 of the Super Cup Championship Series headed south to Mills Pond RC Speedway in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. A fresh layout was laid out a couple weeks prior and with a few final touches during the week leading up to Race 4, all the time and hard work paid off. The weather was also perfect and with 116 entries it was going to be a great day of racing. A few computer glitches slowed things down a bit but everyone seemed to still have a great day hanging out at the track. Racing-wise and in the 2WD Mod Buggy class it was Daimon Borkowicz with the win from Lee Setser and Paul Wynn.

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