Round four of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals was held at the MBC track in Gouda. In the Touring Stock class it was Schumacher driver Robert Krens who took the TQ and, thanks to wins in A1 and A3, the overall victory from the Team Magic duo of Rob Jansen and Richard Arts. Rick Van Den Akker and Martijn Spaans completed the top 5 result.
The European F1 Masters will be held from the 19th to 21st of August at the world-famous Lostallo track in Switzerland. The race will be held under technical rules similar to the ETS ones but drivers need to bring their own electronics and tyres. The time schedule sees open practice on Thursday with the practice fees already included in the entry fee, followed by free practice and controlled practice on Friday. Saturday again sees controlled practice with the opening qualifiers on the afternoon. Lastly Sunday is scheduled for the remaining qualifiers and the finals. Due to the size of the track each group will be run with 10+ cars, ensuring exciting races. More information is available on the event’s Facebook page here and sign-up for the race can be done here.
Round 6 of the BRCA 1/10th IC Nationals was held last weekend at the Cotswold track situated on Kemble Airfield. Although the sun was out in force on Saturday, Sunday was to be a more overcast affair and a total of 42 drivers took part in the three classes of 1/10th 200mm, 1/10th Sports GT and 1/8th GT. In the 200mm class, Joe Kerry would take the TQ by almost breaking the track record. Mark Green and Alex Thurston would qualify second and third with Kai Grainger and Matthew Cook completing the top half of the grid.
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The Dash for Cash race was held at Dialed In RC Raceway over the weekend. TLR’s Tanner Denney made a clean sweep in Pro Buggy and E-Buggy to walk away with a double win after also taking the TQ position in both classes. In E-Buggy Tanner was sidelined by Mugen’s Adam Drake with whom he was tie on points after the double A-mains but the tie-breaker handed Tanner the overall win while Adam had to settle for second. In third Anthony Westergaard (Tekno) completed the podium result. In Pro Buggy two runner-up spots would hand Mugen’s Adam Drake the runner-up from Team Durango’s Travis Amezcua in third. Elsewhere in 1/8th Nitro Truggy it was again Tanner to take the top qualifier position. Following a win in A1 Denney suffered a mechanical issue in A2 with the 10th place in the leg led him drop to fourth overall. Up front Adam Drake grabbed the winning honours, coming from the 3 spot, in front of Carlos Arredondo and Tyler Brown.
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Round four of the Latvian Cup was held in Limbazi, gathering nearly 50 entries from Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. In the 1/10th 4WD Buggy class, Team C driver Domantas Cesiulis took the win from Roberts Treijs (Schumacher) in second and Uģis Zikmanis (Xray) in third. Ēvalds Butāns (HB Racing) and Jānis Daubergs (TLR) rounded out the top 5 result.
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This past weekend the 2016 Benelux Race was held at the MAC de Baanbrekers club in Rucphen, NL. The event saw the running of several electric on-road classes and in Formula 21.5T blinky, run on Ride tyres, Steve managed to take the TQ in the first three rounds of the qualifying while Patrick was on a solid P2 with three runner-up sports. In the final qualifier, run on Sunday morning, Patrick and Steve both opted not to start, allowing Tim Jansen to take the final qualifier and with it the 3 spot on the starting grid.
Superior Hobbies Beachline Raceway was the host of this year’s ROAR Region 4 1/10th electric off-road championships. The large turnout and hot weather made for three long hot days of exciting R/C racing. Practice on Friday saw drivers from all over Florida and even a few from Georgia arrive to do battle for the coveted regional titles. Saturday started early with two hours of open practice starting at 7 am followed by three rounds of qualifying. Sunday was another early start with two hours of open practice before the start of the triple A-mains. In 2WD Mod buggy JR Mitch would start 2nd on the grid. JR put in a great run to win A1, but in A2 JR would retire early with a mechanical issue setting things up for an interesting A3. In A3 JR would capitalise on an early mistake and take over the lead, there he was able to hang on to clench the 2WD Mod title. In 4WD Mod Buggy JR Mitch would show in the mains why he was the top qualifier taking the win in A1 and A2 to take his second title of the weekend.
The 2016 ROAR 1/8 Electric Buggy/Truggy and 1/10 4×4 Modified Short Course National Championships were held this past weekend at Stateline R/C on the Michigan/Indiana border. In 1/8 E-Buggy TLR’s Ryan Maifield steered his buggy to the overall TQ in the class thanks to three round TQ’s while in 1/8 E-Truggy Ryan had to fend off attacks from TLR team mate Dakotah Phend who took Q2 but overall Ryan would take a second TQ that weekend thanks to also coming out fastest in Q4. In 1/10 4×4 Modified Short Course Ryan cemented his will to make it a triple by again taking the overall TQ and the pole position for the triple A-mains. With bad weather in the forecast for Sunday, ROAR made the decision to run the opening A-mains and some of the lower mains on Saturday which turned out to be a wise choice as indeed rain kicked in on Sunday, washing away any chances for more track time.
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