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February 13, 2018

2018 Keilor Invitational – Report

The 2018 Keilor Invitational, Australia’s outdoor equivalent of the Reedy Race in the US, was held at the Keilor club in Melbourne, Australia. Racers battle it out in over five heats of 2WD and five heats of 4WD for the title of champion and unique to this event is that an invite class is also held for the popular 17.5T class while open classes allow racers to compete for direct invitations to the 2019 event. A junior class is also offered for the under 16 racers in the very strong junior scene. As always the club created a brand new layout for the event, with the 2018 track being very fast and flowing with lots of undulations. This created spectacular high speed freight train racing which required patience and aggression. Mother nature threw typical Melbourne changeable weather at the track, with everything from hot sun to wind and rain, but the track grooved up spectacularly throughout and kept racers on their toes choosing the correct tyre. Racers travelled from around the country for the event, with over 120 entries received.

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February 13, 2018

Dustin Evans doubles at Rumble in the Rockies

The 2018 edition of the annual Rumble in the Rockies race was held at MHOR RC in Aurora, Colorado this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Dustin Evans (Team Associated) with the TQ from the TLR duo of Andrew Kurtchi and Zeke Ballinger. Over in 4WD Modified Buggy it was again Dustin with the TQ, leaving behind Zeke Ballinger in P2 and Tyler Whitt (Team Associated) in P3. In the triple 2WD Mod A-mains Dustin would continue to excel and by bringing home wins in A1 and A2 he would take the overall title early. And with the win in A3 Andrew Kurtchi would secure himself the runner-up spot from Zeke Ballinger in 3rd.

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February 13, 2018

Tanner Denney wins at Panda Anniversary Bash

The 1st annual Panda Anniversary Bash was held at Hobby Action RC Raceway in Chandler, Arizona this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was TLR’s Tanner Denney with the TQ and he would also come out fastest in the single 5-minute A-main. Kyle Defatte (Team Associated), who started from the P3 spot on the grid, would end the main in 2nd from runner-up after the qualifiers, Tommy Hinz (Xray), in 3rd.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

February 12, 2018

Ben Sterling sweeps Victorian Drivers Series Rd1

The opening round of the 1/8th off-road Victorian Drivers Series was held at the BADrc track in Bendigo, Australia. Ben Sterling would sweep both the Pro Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes by TQing the qualification rounds and then winning the A-main finals. On the nitro podium Ben was accompanied by Matt Griffin in 2nd and Max Ricca in 3rd while in E-Buggy Ashley Peeler and Liam Jones rounded out the podium results.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

February 12, 2018

Winter Jumps Series Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the 6-race Winter Jumps Series was held in Äänekoski, Finland this past weekend. This round marked the end of the slippery polished floor tracks for this season as round 5 and 6 will be held on carpet tracks in Joensuu and Helsinki respectively. In the 2WD Buggy qualifying it was Joona Haatanen who TQ’d after struggling in rounds 1 and 2. In round 1 Lauri Ruotsalainen was the fastest driver while round 2 went to Karri Salmela. In the finals Joona continued to excel as he won all three finals pretty easily while also scoring the fastest lap. Lauri Ruotsalainen would come in 2nd overall from Karri Salmela 3rd.

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February 12, 2018

Silverstone Winter Series Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Silverstone Winter Series was held with a competitive field of 90 drivers attending. In the 2WD Buggy class and starting from 3rd on the grid Danny McGee (Schumacher) passed Tom Yardy early on and then put pole man Lee Martin (Yokomo) under pressure. Finally a rare error from Lee allowed Danny through to take a well deserved win from Lee 2nd and Lloyd Storey (Schumacher) 3rd. In 4WD Schumacher’s Greg Williams made a great start from 3rd on the grid and led to the finish. Pole man Ian Mellish chased hard and made it an exciting race before his car stopped with a mechanical problem near the end, allowing Tommy Hall (PR Racing) and Dan Austin (Tekno) to take 2nd and 3rd on the podium. Finally in the Short Course Truck class it was Richard Miller with the win from Russel Lee and Alan Day.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

February 12, 2018

TQ & win for Patrick Hofer at Swiss Off-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Swiss 1/10th Electric Off-road National Championship was held at the RC Poly-Fix Arena in Freienbach this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class, that attracted 46 entries, it was Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer with the TQ after the qualifiers from Nico Schmid (Xray) on the runner-up spot. After the triple A-mains it was again Patrick with the top spot as he came out fastest in A1 and A2 to take the day’s win from Nico Schmid 2nd and Fabian Luca Widmer (Yokomo) in 3rd. A3 winner, Florian Schmid would come in 4th from Philipp Huber 5th.

Image: Patrick Hofer

February 12, 2018

Ki Heung Kim wins at 2018 SRCC race

The 2018 SRCC race was held at the GRC track in South Korea this past weekend. In the Formula class Ki Heung Kim (Shepherd) took the win with Shepherd teammates Giu Jin Lee and Jae Kuk Yoo completing the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]