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October 30, 2017

Hohwart & Epp win at Protoform Cup 2017

The Protoform Cup 2017 was held at Cal Raceway in Orange, California this past weekend. In the premier Touring Modified class Rick Hohwart, JJ Wang and Randy Caster all battled for the overall TQ with all three scoring round TQs and the tie-breaker deciding the grid positions. Ultimately it was Rick who took the pole position for the triple A-mains by 0.13 seconds. JJ would line up 2nd from Randy in 3rd. In the finals Rick Hohwart (Team Associated) made a clean sweep, taking all three qualifiers for the overall win from 2nd placed Randy Caster (Team Associated) who would lead most of A2 but last lap traffic and a tangle meant Rick would take the overall early. 3rd placed JJ Wang (Xray) had some mixed finals, ending the day on the final podium spot.

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October 27, 2017

Patrik Pozgaj crowned Croatian Touring Stock Champion

Last weekend saw the final round of the Croatian Touring Stock Championship. The weekend started off with nice weather on Saturday and Patrik Pozgaj was able to take the two opening qualifiers to gain the overnight TQ from Zeljko Selman and Borna Pliskovac. A final round of qualifiers would be held on Sunday but lower temperatures and clouds meant Saturday’s setups were made redundant. However it was still Patrik Pozgaj on top of the timing sheets and he would continue to perform in the triple A-mains were he set a new Stock class track record with a 20.094, beating Selman and Pliskovac in the progress and also taking the 2017 Croatian Touring Stock title.

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October 27, 2017

Tanner Stees wins at Arizona State Championships

The Arizona State Championships were held recently at Hobby Action raceway. The layout for the track was welcomed by many and a huge triple and a quad section was something different for an indoor track and a nice change of pace for indoors. The single 8-minute 4WD main on Sunday saw Xray’s Tanner Stees walking away with the win. Coming from the 2 spot on the grid, Tanner would gain the lead after a couple of laps and he was able to break away from the 2nd placed driver until Tanner had a problem with lap traffic and had to be marshalled were he fell back down to 2nd. The battle continued on once again until the leader made a mistake and Stees was able to take the lead and get a gap going until the end of the race, where he finished 1st from Team Associated’s Ashe Deering 2nd and Tekno’s Billy Fischer 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 27, 2017

Tim Wood crowned BRCA 1/8th IC Track Champion

The final round of the British IC Track Championship took place at the Cotswold circuit in central UK. Saturday Morning was damp, so cars hit the circuit for practice in the afternoon only. Noticeable quick cars were Green, Wood, Spashett, and Hastings. Sunday saw a fully dry track from the start. Four rounds of qualifying saw Mark Green take a superb TQ, but the title contenders lined up 2nd Spashett and 4th Wood. The start of the A-final saw a Green get away swiftly, with the title protagonists battling hard for 2nd. A close exciting race saw Wood’s Serpent hounding Spashett’s ARC and at the second round of pit stops, Tim’s mechanic Nicola performed the undercut – with a pitstop one lap early. This allowed Tim to squeeze past Dave into an exciting turn 1. After 30 minutes, the race result was declared as 1st Tim Wood, winning the 2017 British Championship from runner-up, Dave Spashett.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 27, 2017

Casal Ribeiro & Ramos win at Portuguese Cup

The 1/10th Electric Buggy Portuguese Cup was recently held at the RC Oeste indoor track in Torres Vedras, Portugal. In the 2WD class Nuno Casal Ribeiro and Pedro Gomes battled for the TQ with the better end for Nuno who took the pole position for the A-mains in the tie-breaker. In the finals it was again Nuno who held the upper hand to take the day’s win from Marco Timoteo 2nd and Pedro Gomes, who suffered some mishaps, in 3rd.

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October 26, 2017

Brazilian Nitro On-road National Champs Rd3 – Report

The 3rd and final round of the Brazilian Nitro On-road National Championship was held in Americana/SP, home of the 2015 IFMAR 1/8th World Championship. High temperatures during the day made for challenging conditions for men and machines. In the 1/8th Pro class it was Flavio Elias with the win from Kazuo Ohara and Samuel Prato.

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October 26, 2017

Belgian SCT Cup Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the Belgian SCT Cup was held at the Off-road Racing RC Torhout club. The event marked the serie’s first visit at the venue whose 250 metres long astro turf track offers both technical and flatout sections, with some tricky jumps in between that require very precise driving. Due to rainy weather in the built up to the event, the track was still wet in the morning and it took until the afternoon to dry up, making tyre choice critical. In Pro2 qualifying, Géry Ledocq (Kyosho) took the TQ by winning all three rounds while Nicolas Evens (TLR) obtained the second spot of the grid despite some mechanical issues in the final run. Tom Vercarre (TLR) and Guillaume Laffut (TeamC) fought for P3 all morning long and eventually it was Tom who rounded out the top 3 results.

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October 25, 2017

Spanish National Series finale – Report

Madrid played host to the final round of the Spanish National Series. Going into the finale Javier Alonso, Marc Moix, Javi Ferrando and Carlos Ferrando all had their chance to get the title and it was Javier who set the early pace by TQing three of the qualifying rounds while Carlos locked the P2 spot on the grid after coming out fastest in the final two qualifiers. In the first main, Javier Alonso had a big crash at the beginning which let Carlos Ferrando pick up the lead and cruise to the finish line. In A2, Javier Alonso was on new tyres which gave him enough advantage to take the main easily so in the last leg, the title was at stake between Alonso and Ferrando. Both soon separated from the field and fought for the championship, which finally ended up in Carlos’ hands. The podium was completed by Javi Ferrando making a 1-2-3 for Xray.

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