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November 23, 2015

Dustin Evans dominates NW Astro Invitational

Dustin Evans dominates North-West Astro Invitational

The 2015 North-West Astro Invitational was hosted by NW Hobbies in Albany, Oregon this past weekend. Run in several classes including Invitational 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy the event attracted both local talent and internationally experienced drivers. In the Invitational class, run in a Reedy format, TLR’s Dustin Evans would make a clean sweep to take the win from Tanner Day (Kyosho) and Robert Bakoczy (Schumacher). Casey Vitale (Schumacher) and Andy DiBrino (Kyosho) would round out the top 5 result.

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November 23, 2015

Hanna doubles at Thanksgiving Showdown race

Speed RC of Charlotte, NC recently held their Thanksgiving Showdown race that attracted a total of 109 entries. In the 2WD Pro Buggy class Max Flurer came out fastest after the triple qualifiers from Robert W. Meyer Jr. and Griffin Hanna. In the A-main the top 3 would put a small gap on the field and TQ Max would lead Robert and Griff around for the first few laps. The three would trade positions numerous times and while this was going on, home town young Allex Mueller caught the three and made a charge to the front. He and Griff mixed it up a few laps and after the dust settled, Griffin was able to take the checkered flag with the win. In the 4WD class Griffin Hanna took the overall TQ after the qualifiers and in the A-main he found himself in a battle with young gun Levi Jakson, but Levi had to retire early with mechanical issues and that would allow Griff to grab his second win of the weekend.

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November 23, 2015

Dutch MRC Cup Rd2 – Report

This past weekend the second round of the famous MRC Cup was held in the Netherlands. Considered the biggest indoor on-road series in the Netherlands the race attracted over 50 entries to compete in the four classes of Touring Stock 17.5, Tamiya Top Stock, Tamiya M-Chassis and Formula 21.5T. The race format was two qualifiers followed by triple finals. In the Touring Stock 17.5 class, run with Trackstar motors, some of the usual frontrunners were absent from the event and after the two qualifiers it was Rob Janssen (Team Magic) who took the TQ from Eric Bresser (Xray) in second and Jan Kraanen (Xray) in third.

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November 20, 2015

Bratis wins at Greek Attiko Cup

The Greek Attico Cup was held recently at the Fanatix Racing Track. In the 1/10th Formula class Bratis (Xray) would come out successful from Zogogiannis (Xray) on the runner-up spot. Bouleros (Xray) rounded out the podium while Panagiotopoulos and Karounis completed a top 5 all-Xray result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 20, 2015

Lopez & Macia win Spanish Endurance Nationals

The Spanish 1/8th Nitro On-road Endurance Nationals were hosted by the Carsol club in Elche. The four hour Endurance race sees pretty simple rules with a limit of six sets of tyres and a 15 laps penalty for an extra set as well as 30 minute stints for 2-driver teams and 20 minute stints for 3-driver lineups. The race started in the afternoon and ended under floodlight to make for a very special atmosphere. Right before the start the team of Blanco and Sevilla ran into engine problems meaning they would loose around 15 minutes while up front Nacho Lopez and Pablo Macia set the early pace despite 5 minute fuel stints. In second place and on the same lap Alberto Alonso and Victor Gonzalez, on a 6 minute refuelling strategy, tried to keep up with the pace of the leaders. The team of Cuesta, Pastor and Revert would hold the third place in the opening stages.

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November 20, 2015

Harley Yoshii doubles at Northwest Indoor Series

The opening round of the 2015/16 Northwest Indoor Series was hosted by Tacoma R/C Raceway in Tacoma, WA. Harley Yoshii would take the TQ in the Modified 2WD and Modified 4WD classes while Shane Borden came out fastest in the Pro Stock Buggy class. In the Mod 2WD mains Yohii took a dominant win in A1 but a third place in A2 meant the third and final A-main would bring the decision. The leg took off and with an uncharacteristic mistake out of Harley, so Ryan Matesa took the lead, making Harley charge hard the rest of the race, but ending up in second. It came down to a tie-breaker with Harley taking the overall by 0.8 seconds. In the Modified 4WD class Harley scored two tone-to-tone wins to grab his second title of the weekend. Elsewhere in the Pro Stock 2WD class, Shane decided to replicate Harley’s wins, taking the overall win with one final to spare.

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November 20, 2015

Marco Kaufmann wins at Pegasus Masters

The Pegasus Masters was held in Piding, Germany with 96 entries in four electric on-road classes. The track was made using the famous ETS carpet and the control tyre for the Touring classes was the Volante indoor tyre. In the Touring Modified class Marco Kaufmann (Xray) would dominate right from the start by coming out fastest after the practice and scoring round TQs in the first three qualifiers on Saturday. Despite posting the only 24 laps run the whole weekend Marco struggled on Sunday when Q4 and Q5 went to Xray teammate Tim Wahl. In the finals the fight was then on between Marco and Tim with the latter taking the win in the opening main following an early mistake of Marco. Kaufmann though stroke back with a win in A2, meaning the decision over the overall win would be made in the third and final A-main. From the tone both tried to open a gap on the field and due to the tight nature of the track overtaking was difficult and so Marco would hold the upper hand to take the win in A3 and with it the overall victory from Tim Wahl and Dominic Vogl (Yokomo).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 20, 2015

ROAR Super 8 regional – Report

The ROAR Super 8 regional was held at ProlevelRC in St. Louis, MO, on a technical yet fast and high-bite layout. The race saw the running of a Touring Modified, Touring Stock, 1/12th Modified, 1/12th Stock as well as Formula class and the race format was three rounds of qualifying on Saturday with a final qualifier on Sunday followed by the mains. In the Touring Mod class Cody Woods would come out fastest while in Touring Stock Eric Andreson took the overall TQ. Drew Ellis put his car on pole position in 1/12th Mod while the 1/12th Stock class had Jim Piersol taking the TQ honours. Finally in the Formula class it was Jack Kloeber who found the fastest way around the track.

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