May 5, 2015

Maifield & Schoettler win at JConcepts Spring INS

Maifield & Schoettler win at JConcepts Spring INS

After four intense qualifying rounds at the JConcepts Spring Indoor National Series, TLR/JConcepts’ Ryan Maifield would earn top honors and lead the pack around in the 4WD Modified Buggy A-main number 1. Within the first minute, the top 3 drivers would slowly separate themselves from the rest of the field. AE/JConcepts’ Michael Schoettler would be the first to make a small mistake after landing wide in the double triple section, teammate Spencer Rivkin would capitalize on Schoettler’s mistake and take over 2nd. Both drivers would work together to try and reel Maifield back in, but as the gap was starting to shrink, it would be Rivkin who makes a small error in the chicane section and give 2nd back to Schoettler. On the gas and going fast, the local favorite would close the gap down, but there wasn’t enough time as Maifield would take the checkered flag and win by just 1.5 seconds over Schoettler. Rivkin would recover and finish 3rd.

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May 4, 2015

Neumann wins rain-affected German Nats qualifier

Neumann wins rain-affected German Nats qualifier

The opening round of the Western division German 1/8th Nitro Off-road qualifiers was held at the Stoppelhopser Oberhausen track. The qualification was won by Marcel Guske who took the TQ from Jörn Neumann and Maik Wiesweg. Unfortunately later the race had to be cancelled due to massive rain pouring down with the ranking after the semifinals seeing Jörn Neumann on the 1st spot, which then handed him the day’s win from Lukas Strothmann and Bart Mullink.

Image: Jörn Neumann

May 4, 2015

Oliver Mack wins Central German Championship Rd2

Oliver Mack wins Central German Championship Rd2

The second round of the Central German Championship was held at the MC Ettlingen track where the ENS Rd3 as well as the Euros A will be held later this year. Saturday started out with free practice in the morning and right from the start Shepherd factory racer Oliver Mack showed a great performance clocking the fastest lap times with team boss Patrick Schäfer being second fastest. As the weather forecast predicted a lot of rain for Sunday it was decided to run two qualifying rounds on Saturday afternoon. In the first round Oliver had a good run and he took the TQ nearly one lap ahead of fellow Shepherd racer Dennis Weihert. In the second round Oliver had a contact with another car and unfortunately these were the only two runs under dry conditions for the whole weekend so the Expert drivers decided to count the result after qualifying which handed Oliver the win over Dennis Weihert.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 4, 2015

Aaron Stringer wins at 15th annual Rocky Cup

Aaron Stringer wins at 15th annual Rocky Cup

The 15th annual Rocky Cup in Australia attracted nearly 110 drivers and in the Nitro Buggy class it was Aaron Stringer who dominated the qualifying although being chased by Jason Dyckhoff but at the end Aaron took the overall TQ by winning four out of the four qualifiers. Aaron also grabbed the TQ in the Truggy class but a mechanical failure in the final meant an early end of his truck ambitions. After the disappointment of the Truggy final Aaron and his team were keen to make amends and he got a great start in the Buggy final and was followed closely by Jason Dyckhoff. The two drivers battled for 10 minutes with less than 10 seconds between them. However, Dyckhoff made a big mistake that gave Aaron another 7 seconds. After that Aaron started to drive away and he took a comfortable win 1 lap on Jason Dyckhoff in second.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]

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