The fourth round of the 2014/15 Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend at the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice, Czech Republic. The event attracted 198 drivers in total, with 38 drivers attending in Touring Car Modified, 30 drivers signed in for Stock LRP, 13 drivers for the Formula class, 9 drivers tackled the 1/12th scale class, 58 drivers came to drive 2WD Buggy and 50 drivers attended in 4WD Buggy.
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The penultimate round of the 2014/15 BRCA 1/12th scale Nationals was held at the permanent Teesside track near Stockton on Tees last weekend. It was a somewhat depleted field due to the travelling distance for some competitors, so Saturdays qualifying started with three heats of 13.5 and fiveheats of 10.5 stock. After 4 rounds of qualifying in 10.5 Stock the normal order resumed with Team Zen principal David Spashett heading the times with Andy Murray and Mick Farrell following close behind. In the 13.5 Stock class it was Leigh Dibble, Matthew Lax and Jason Butterfield heading the timesheets.
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The Warm Up del regional Madrid was held this past weekend at Seracines RC in Madrid, Spain. SWorkz’ Alberto Garcia was the man to beat in the final and he ultimately won the race to get a splendid start into the 2015 season.
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The final round of the MAC Vlijmen Winter Championship was held last weekend with Paul Dijkstra taking the overall win with his ORB Racing front wheel drive buggy, a project based on several Team Durango DEX210 V2 parts. TLR team driver Wesley van Helmond would end up on the runner-up spot while Tom van Drunen (Team Associated) rounded out the podium in 3rd. More information on the winning buggy, that might become available as a conversion kit, can be found on ORB Racing’s Facebook page here.
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The 2015 Southern Indoor Championship was held in Autaugville, AL with 197 entries in several classes. Friday morning practice started and went to 8 PM that night. The track looked to be a fairly easy layout but drivers quickly discovered just the opposite. The cold and damp surface was slick and quickly developed lots of ruts, breaking bumps and holes throughout. Then there was the woop section which was a handful by itself. On Saturday John Michael McGinty was able to TQ 3 out of the 4 rounds of qualifiers earning him the overall TQ in Pro Electric Buggy. Sunday morning the mains kicked off bright and early. There were triple A mains for all electric classes. John Michael was able to lead the A1 main from start to finish to take the win. In A2 he swapped the lead back and forth with Mugen teammate Barry Pettit. With 3 laps to go Barry slipped by John to take the lead but on the next lap John Michael slipped by Barry on the inside right after the crossover section and he was able to keep his lead and won the A2 main giving him 1st place overall for the class.
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Xray has announced the contract renewal with talented French driver Lorenzo Crolla for the 2015 season. The dedicated off-road racer will attend all French championship races, the French cup, the EOS series and the European Championship and he is always happy to help with technical support and service at the races. Lorenzo says:
I’m very glad to renew with Xray for the 2015 season. I’m very satisfied about the performance of both Xray 1/8 and 1/10 off-road platforms, taking big pleasure running with the XB8, XB4 and the upcoming XB2. I will be available at all French races to provide technical support and service to Xray customers so do not hesitate to contact me at any time.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Benek Offroad Cup takes place in Lodz, Poland on the weekend of the 1st of March in the three classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Truck. The event will be held in a large sports hall using a huge 990 square meter track. It starts on Friday with free practice and culminates on Sunday with triple mains and the race will see some special guests such as Malin Karlsen from Norway and 2014 Junior European Champion Michal Orlowski. Sign in is available here and more information can be found on the event’s Facebook page here.
Round 2 of the four-round BRCA 1/12 GT12 Nationals took place at the Broxtowe track in central UK. GT12 cars are simplified 1/12 scale pan cars which utilise basic suspension, 13.5 stock motors, and GT style bodies. The emphasis is on affordable, low-cost racing that is well suited to club, regional, and national competitions. Over the last two years GT12 has exploded in popularity in the UK as drivers have welcomed the simple and low-cost nature of racing the class at club level. At this event there was a capacity entry of 70 GT12 cars complimented by 20 World GT cars and 10 F1 cars.
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