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May 1, 2017

HSH-Yokomo Sunday Race – Report

Round 1 of the HSH-Yokomo Sunday Race was held this past weekend at the Dintikon track in Switzerland with about 50 drivers in attendance. The race was held in the four classes of Touring Modified, Formula, Touring Pro Stock Race Truck and Yokomo Acadamy Kids. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Michele Manzo taking the win, just a week after his victory at the first Swiss championship race, in front of Florian Hauser and Oliver Krähenmann.

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May 1, 2017

Trieb & Heusel win at Austrian 1/8th Buggy Nats opener

The opening round of the Austrian 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held in Graz over the weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class and in a somewhat dramatic main final, Jürgen Trieb (SWorkz/TPro) would take the win by 0.5 seconds in front of Marc de Zwart (TLR/HotRace Tyres). Dominic Bauer (Mugen/Pro-Line) rounded out the podium result in 3rd. In the 40+ main final Wolfgang Heusel (TLR) would walk away with the win from Georg Horninger (SWorkz) in 2nd and Klaus Maunz (JQRacing) 3rd.

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April 28, 2017

Martinez & Alonso win at Baracaldo regional race

The Spanish Baracaldo track recently held round three of the electric on-road regional series. In the Touring Stock class young Yeray Martinez, who started from the 3 spot on the grid, would take the day’s win after coming out fastest in A1 and A3. Edgar Schultz would grab the runner-up spot from 3rd placed Unai Rodriguez. In the Touring Modified category it was Javier Alonso who brought home the hardware from teammate Jorge Las Vegas while Chicha Rioja had to settle for 3rd overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 28, 2017

Florian Fürstenberg wins at LRP-HPI-Challenge Rd4

Round four of the North division LRP-HPI-Challenge was held at the RC-Glashaus track in Quickborn in the outskirts of Hamburg. In the Touring Stock class Florian Fürstenberg would have a rough qualifying but in the end he would grab the pole position for the A-mains that he would sweep to take the overall win with Lukas Ellerbrock and Kevin Sparbier coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively to round out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 27, 2017

Van Helmond & Ausloos win Belgian/Dutch Nats opener

The first round of the Belgian/Dutch National Electric Off-road Championship took place at the BPT track in Soignies. In the 2WD Buggy class Wesley van Helmond (Schumacher) took the TQ after the qualifiers in front of Thibault Jacqueloot (Team Associated) and Schumacher driver Brent Ausloos in 3rd. After some close racing Wesley would then also take the overall win after coming out fastest in the first two A-main legs. Thibault would end the day on the runner-up spot while Bruno Heremans (Team Associated) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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April 27, 2017

Josh Pain takes 4WD Modified win at WA State Titles

The 2017 WA Electric Off-road State titles were held at MORBC last weekend. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class it was Team Associated driver, Josh Pain who took the win from Yokomo’s Kyle Francis on the runner-up spot. With a win in A3 Riley Papalia (Xray) secured himself the final podium spot in 3rd.

View the final results here

April 26, 2017

Speed King Tour Rd2 – Report

The second round of 2017 Speed King Tour was held at the TM Circuit outdoor tarmac track in the Wakayama prefecture. Due to the track layout only the Touring Car Modified and Stock classes were held and the Oval class dropped for this round. Yokomo young gun Yugo Nakashima took the TQ in the Modified class from Infinity’s Akio Sobue in second.

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April 26, 2017

Bregante wins at Argentinian Metropolitan Champs Rd2

Round two of the Argentinian Metropolitan Championship was held at the Speed Paradise track recently. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class Nicolas Bregante took the win in the 30-minute main final with a one lap margin on Alvardo Colombo in second. Sebastian Recio would complete the podium in 3rd, about 0.3 seconds down on Alvaro. Lucas Lemes and Matias Lence rounded out the top 5 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]