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April 24, 2018

CJ Jelin takes April Fools Classic 4WD Mod title

The 30th annual April Fools Classic was held at Intermountain R/C Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah recently with about 400 entries for a multitude of electric off-road classes. When the dust had settled after qualifying it was Xray’s CJ Jelin with the TQ in the 4WD Modified Buggy class from Team Associated’s Dustin Evans in 2nd. In the opening A-main it was Dustin with the win after he was able to get past CJ when the latter went wide on the triple. A2 and A3 then were a pretty straight forward affair for CJ who would take the overall title from Dustin Evans 2nd and Team Associated’s Jake Mayo 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 24, 2018

Andy Murray takes BRCA GT12 National Championship

Round 3 and 4 of the GT12 BRCA National Championship was held last weekend hosted by the Chippenham Model Car Club in Wilshire. With this year’s format being two rounds of the series per weekend, one on Saturday and one on Sunday there was a lot to play for and it was championship leader, Andy Murray that would take pole position followed by new 1/12th European Champion Ollie Payne. The A-final went down to the wire with a close run battle between Andy and Ollie. A small mistake from Andy allowed Ollie to take the round 3 win, from Andy and his teammate Ben Vincent completing the podium.

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April 24, 2018

Mark Sousa doubles at Quebec Indoor Nationals

The Quebec Indoor Nationals were held in Degelis, Quebec over the weekend. The track crew laid down a great track that was very technical and high speed and the slippery track surface made it even tougher. Xray’s Mark Sousa would TQ two of the three Nitro Buggy qualifiers for the overall TQ from Damian Lamy while in Nitro Truggy Mark would come out fastest in Q2 and Q3 for the overall as Q1 winner, Eric Deschenes, would take P2 after the qualifiers. Going into the finals and in Buggy Mark quickly realised that the track had a lot more grip compared to qualifying so he went into the main with his setup from qualifying but the buggy was a bit to soft, making it hard to drive so he made a few mistakes in the beginning and went back to last and after that he quickly started to make moves and get back into first. From there he was able to stretch out the lead more and more every lap and was able to take the win with Mugen’s Sam Langer in 2nd and Team Associated’s Damian Lamy in 3rd.

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April 23, 2018

Jon Hazlewood wins at SRS Rd1

The opening round of the SRS was held this weekend with the series visiting South Coast. A great astro turf track and some fantastic weather meant there was some awesome and close racing in the 1/8th rally cross class. Ultimately it was Jon Hazlewood (Agama) the win by the narrowest of margins, some 0.03 seconds, over Kevin Brunsden (SWorkz) in 2nd and Mike Daniel (TLR) in 3rd.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

April 23, 2018

Harrold & Lewis win at NitroXCross opener

This past weekend was the start of the NitroXCross Summer Series with the series’ opening two rounds being held at Ledbury Model Car Club. The schedule saw two days, one round on each day and Saturday’s round one had James Harrold (Team Associated/LRP) taking the win from Michael Lewis (Team Associated/Alpha) and Jon Howells (Team Associated/Rex). Over on Sunday’s round two it was Michael with the win, Jon 2nd and Matt Lewis (Team Associated/Alpha) 3rd.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

April 23, 2018

Protoform Nitro Grand Prix – Report

The highly-anticipated first race at the brand-new Steel City RC Speedway went down this weekend, and it did not disappoint. The inaugural PROTOform Nitro Grand Prix attracted nearly 150 entries in six classes from all-across the United States, including factory drivers JJ Wang, Joaquin De Soto Jr. and Mike Swauger. Built on the grounds of Auto Club Speedway, home of NASCAR, Indycar, drag racing, autocross and karting tracks, the racing atmosphere at the new facility is second-to-none. The Goodwine family has created a world-class track that provided close racing all weekend long under the California sunshine.

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April 23, 2018

Eliot Marcon wins at French Elite Buggy Nats warm-up

The Boisset St. Priest track in France held their nationals warm-up race this past weekend. Most of the national front-runners opted to attend in order to prepare for next month’s third round of the Elite class nationals. Eliot Marcon (Mugen) would bring home the win in the Nitro Buggy class from Xray’s Yannick Aigoin 2nd and TLR’s Vincent Meertens 3rd.

Image: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]

April 23, 2018

HSH Sundayrace Cup Rd1 – Report

The opening round of this year’s HSH Sundayrace Cup was held at the HSH race track in Dintikon, central Switzerland. 35 drivers signed in for the four categories and beautiful weather made them all smile right from the start. In the premier Touring Modified class it was a clear win for local hero and TQ holder Michele Manzo in front of Boris Siladi 2nd and Jan Hässig 3rd.

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