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July 31, 2017

Mark Sousa wins Pro Nitro Buggy at King of Kings race

Stateline Raceway held the King of Kings race this past weekend and it was Mark Sousa who would take the win in the Pro Nitro Buggy A-main. Qualifying 4th on the grid, Mark had a good battle with Tyler Jones for 2nd in the opening stages before Tyler would make a mistake and Mark was able to get around him and was behind Dakota Phend by 8 seconds until Dakota broke his car. At that point Collin Weatherholt got around Mark for the lead and the two battled for a bit. Mark was able to get around him after Colin pitted but unfortunately he flamed out coming out of pit lane and that left Sousa to battle with Austin Horne for the win. Two two went back and forward but Mark Sousa (Xray) was able to open it up at the very end to take the win from Austin Horne (Team Associated) 2nd and Collin Weatherholt (TLR) 3rd.

Image: Mark Sousa

July 31, 2017

Haugen & Husman win at EFRA 40+ IC Track Euros

The 2017 EFRA 40+ Nitro On-road European Championships were held in Skarpnäck, Sweden, this past weekend. With the Friday being rained off the event was basically a 1-day affair which made it necessary to reduce the qualifiers to three rounds with the two best to count. In 1/8th on-road it was Sweden’s Mikael Fransson (Serpent) with the TQ while Andreas Husman (Mugen) TQ’d the 200mm Touring class. After the Superpole Lars Haugen (Mugen) in 1/8th and Mickael Brandt (Xray) in Nitro Touring were the two other drivers to score direct spots in their respective main finals.

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July 31, 2017

Caroli & Laubscher win at SARDA 1/12th Series Rd3

The third round of the 2017 South-African ORE 1/12th national championship series was held at the Welkom RC Arena this past weekend. With a tight 2017 RC racing schedule in South Africa some of the 1/12th drivers could not participate in the event but all the championship contenders were present for the four qualifying rounds and three finals. Most of the drivers arrived Friday for some practise and setup on the fast and very high traction track. Practice on Friday showed that the local Antonio Caroli and newcomer Hein Kotze would be drivers to beat in Modified and youngsters Brandon Solomon and Francois Laubscher in the 13.5T blinky stock class.

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July 31, 2017

Cragg & Martin win at BRCA 1/10th Off-road Rd5

Round 5 of this year’s BRCA 1/10th Off-road Championship was held at the Southport Model Racing Club this past weekend. Team Associated’s Neil Cragg would TQ and win the 4WD portion on Sunday in front of Yokomo’s Lee Martin and Schumacher’s Tom Yardy. The 2WD part, run on Saturday, also had Neil Cragg taking the TQ but with wins in A2 and A3 it was Lee Martin who snatched the win from Neil in 2nd and Tom Yardy 3rd.

Image: Neil Cragg

July 30, 2017

Jason Nugroho wins Indonesian Buggy Champs Rd3

Round 3 of the Indonesian National Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya track in Tangerang, West Java, Indonesia. A total of 76 drivers from Surabaya, Bandung, Medan, Banjarmasin, Bali, Kendari, Makasar, Gorontalo, Kupang, Batam as well as local drivers attended the event that originally saw six 10-minute qualifiers but due to heavy rain during qualifying day the race director decided to cut qualifying to four round of which two would count. Xray/Novarossi’s Jason Nugroho made the best out of the conditions, taking the TQ honours and also securing the win in the 1-hour main event some four seconds in front of Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) in 2nd while John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) rounded out the top 3 one lap down.

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July 28, 2017

Belgian SCT Cup Rd3 – Report

After the missed Belgium SCT race in Merchtem in June, everyone was looking forward to this very first race organised by the Bugg’Ittre club, even more as it is the only dirt track of the calendar. The club worked hard in preparing a nice event; unfortunately the party was a bit ruined by the rain which poured down all Saturday and would come back hard at the end of qualifications on Sunday. Race director and driver representatives then agreed to call it a day as the track was becoming dangerous for marshals.

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July 26, 2017

Jemison wins double oOple Off-road Open Series title

The recent oOple Off-road Open Series Championships saw Schumacher’s Ben Jemison taking the A-final wins in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. The final round of the oOoos was held at Bury and the wins enabled Ben to wrap up the title in both classes.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

July 26, 2017

RC Maniacs Argos Championship Rd2 – Report

The second round of the RC Maniacs Championship was held at the Argos track in Greece. Classes run were Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T blinky, and Formula 17.5T blinky. Tyres were open but the Touring car drivers opted to use LRP’s G32 tyre as it is the handout wheel for the Greek championships, while the Formula class relied on the new Hudy Formula tyres. To increase fun and add a bit of spectacle it was decided to run the event in a Reedy race format with six of eight rounds counting towards the overall results. In Touring Modified Xray’s Michalis Kiriazis was a force but he had to leave early due to family obligations – a situation local driver Diamantis Sotiris (Xray) took advantage of to grab the overall win with Nikos Nikolakopoulos coming in close 2nd. Christos Vasilopoulos (Tamiya) finished 3rd ahead of another local Xray driver, Christos Kindis.

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