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February 7, 2017

2017 Spring Super Cup Rd2 – Report

Over the weekend Florida’s Lake Park played host to the second round of the JConcepts 2017 Spring Super Cup Series. The event was a fusion of New School meeting Old School as Lake Park once upon a time hosted one of the biggest races in the United States that saw roots dating back to the 80’s – those referred to it as the Florida Winter Champs. Although the gear has changed with the advent of mid-motors cars, LiPos, brushless motors, and modern tire technologies, Lake Park was transformed into a modern day classic for the weekend with over 250 entries. Iconic for the red clay surface and great Florida winter weather, the Lake Park track crew, headed by long-time Florida native Ryan Eckert, did a fantastic job with track prep and layout. The layout was awesome and consisted of a great mix of jumps, elevation changes, and flow that resulted in a really fun track that was also a delight to race on.

Continue reading the report here

February 7, 2017

Micha Widmaier doubles at Indoor GP Rd3

The third round of the Swiss Indoor GP was held at the Indoor Bike Park in Pfäffikon. In the premier 1/8th E-Buggy class it was SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier who set the TQ and he would also bring home the win after the A-mains in front of Robin Frischkopf (Xray) and Tom Sommer (Mugen). In the 1/10th 4WD Buggy class the pole position was obtained by Markus Streuli but wins in A2 and A3 secured Micha his second overall win of the day with Xray’s Robin Frischkopf second and TLR’s Markus Streuli in third.

View the 4WD podium here

February 6, 2017

RugRacers Series Rd5 – Report

The penultimate round of the UK RugRacers series was about to get underway on a freezing cold morning. Controlled practice was the first order of the day then straight into the qualifying format of four rounds of FTD. In 13.5 Open, Marcus Askell set the early pace for Dean Gibbs to improve then Ashley Wiffen to stretch out an extra second to take pole ahead of the finals. Leg one went to Dean Gibbs after putting the pressure on and managing to get past Ashley to take the win. Leg two went to Marcus, up from 3rd on the grid, with a clean drive to the flag. Overall Ashley Wiffen took the day’s win from Dean Gibbs in second and Marcus Askell third.

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February 6, 2017

Ofir Avitan TQs & wins Israeli League Rd5

Round five of the Israeli League was held at the Speed Racing Track and it saw Ofir Avitan taking the TQ honours after the four rounds of qualifying. At the start of the main final Yaniv Sivan rolled his car while Ofir Avitan and Tal Siles battled for the lead. The latter than suffered from a flame out that cost him a couple of positions and at the 25 minute mark Yaniv managed to take over the second place after a huge comeback. Yaniv was even able to close the gap to Ofir, however as he ran out of time he had to settle for second behind winner Ofir while Aviv Mimon obtained the final podium spot.

View the final results here

February 6, 2017

Andrea Simari successful at Italian LRP-AE-Challenge

The Chilelli indoor track in Scrivia, Italy played host to the LRP-AE-Challenge this past weekend. In the 13.5T class Andrea Simari (Capricorn) would take a convincing overall TQ after winning all three rounds of qualifying. In the finals Andrea continued to dominate and with tone-to-tone wins in the triple mains he would round out a perfect weekend to take the overall win from Andrea Valerio (Xray) and Stefano Bizzocco (Xray) while also setting the fastest lap of the day.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

February 6, 2017

Andreas Johansson wins at MSEC Indoor Cup Rd5

The fifth round of the MSEC Indoor Cup was held in Örebro and hosted by the Bofors MRK club on a quite technical track. 67 drivers signed in for the four classes offered and in Touring Modified practice Marcus von Elling set the fastest three consecutive laps from Andreas Johansson and young Lukas Knutsson. The qualifying result was based on the best single result out of three rounds in total. After three rounds Andreas Johansson placed himself on the top spot, 3 seconds ahead of Lukas Knutsson, and 6 seconds ahead of Kristoffer Axelsson. The finals then saw some really close racing between the top three drivers. A1 was won by Andreas Johansson while A2 was won by Lukas Knutsson. In A3 Andreas, coming from pole, made no mistakes to take the overall win from Lukas and Kristoffer.

View the final results here

February 5, 2017

Robert Batlle takes Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy title

The Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend at the La Jara club. The event was held on a clay track located in a greenhouse, making for special conditions and atmosphere. After the qualifiers it was Mugen’s Juan Carlos Canas who put his buggy on pole position from Mugen teammate Robert Batlle and TLR’s Oscar Baldo. In the opening 10-minute A-main it looked like Carlos could be able to challenge Robert for the win but once the record multi-national champion checked out, he would ultimately grab a 3-seconds win from from Juan Carlos in second and Carlos Pineda in third. A2 was an even more dominant affair with Robert coming out one lap ahead of Canas despite loosing the rear wing of his Mugen. With the overall win and title already secured before the final A-main, Robert opted to sit out A3, making way for Juan Carlos who cemented his vice championship with a win over Bryan Baldo. Overall and behind Robert and Juan Carlos, Carlos Pineda (Team Associated) would round out the top 3 result.

View the A-main results here

February 2, 2017

2017 California Touring Series – Announcement

The 2nd Season of the California Touring Series is taking off February 25th to 26th. This year will have SoCal and CenCal tracks in the mix with the first three rounds being in Los Angeles. With a successful inaugural season in 2016, CTS2 will attract more racers and make racing exciting to watch. Modified Touring Champion and Team Yokomo driver Eric Albano will have his title to defend on some strong competition during the six rounds of the series.

Source: CTS [facebook.com]