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November 11, 2014

Martin Harrison triples at Southern Indoor Champs

The 2014 Southern Indoor Championship took place at Autaugaville, Alabama this past weekend. The schedule was Friday practice, Saturday 4 rounds of qualifying with qual points and triple A mains on Sunday. Qualifying went well for Martin Harrison, he was able to TQ Pro4 SCT and E-Truggy. E-Buggy was more difficult to be as consistent but as the dust settled Martin was able to secure the 2nd spot on the grid. The last of the 4 rounds was a good indication of what the track would be like for the up and coming triple A mains. The track began to break down and make your line selection important.

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November 11, 2014

2014 Maritime Off Road Wars – Report

This weekend was the 2014 edition of the ever popular Maritime Off Road Wars. The event has created quite a following over the years with Ian Knight and his team running a great race program and laying, as ever, an excellent track. The track was very fast paced, with plenty of well profiled jumps to keep the drivers entertained and the racing close. The format would see 2WD run on Saturday and 4WD the following day. One round of practice, four rounds of qualifying and then three leg A finals would decide the winner. Unusually it would be FTD qualifying, a novelty to most drivers now used to the round by round format currently used, but a welcome change that requires a slightly different approach to the day.

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November 11, 2014

Curtis Door & Eric Albano win at Fall Brawl

Last weekend, A Main Hobbies would host its 2014 Fall Brawl at their indoor facility, Outback Raceway. The event would be host to over 270 entries making for close racing in all classes. Qualifying would consist of four IFMAR format rounds, taking your best two of the four. Qualifying would be a challenge on the high grip and fast layout, with slick clay tyres would be the choice throughout.

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November 11, 2014

Maurice Lüscher wins at ART Racing Team Cup

The Winter season of the ART Racing Team Cup kicked off in Münsingen, Switzerland on a high-grip indoor track. Maurice Lüscher took the TQ in the 1/12th class after the qualifiers and he also brought home the win in the triple A-finals to end the day in 1st place. Manfred Ebener came in 2nd while Michael Schäfer completed the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 11, 2014

Zac Ryan wins at Indonesia Buggy Championship

The 2014 Indonesia National Year End Buggy Championship was held at the C-Netic track in Surabaya, East Java with drivers from Australia, Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Bali, Balikpapan, Banjarmasin and Medan in attendance. The race format was five rounds of 7 minutes qualifying with the four best rounds to count, followed by Christmas tree finals. In the main final Zac Ryan took the win from Jason Nugroho who started from 11th on the grid. Adrian Wicaksono rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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November 11, 2014

Joe Pillars wins at South Valley Invert Race

The South Valley Invert off-road race was held this past weekend, presented by Cottage Grove RC Raceway in Central Oregon. For those who haven’t been to Cottage Grove Raceway, it is one of the hidden gems in the world of RC tracks. The facility is top notch with easy to see bright yellow piping, smooth medium-high grip surface and known to have some very wicked track layouts. The Invert format is also unique because of the reverse starting order on how you finish in A1. 3 rounds of qualifying determined the starting order of A1, but where you finish in A1 will determine where you start for A2 – but in reverse order. For example, if you finished 1st in A1, you will be starting 10th for A2. After A2 is ran, the combined A1 and A2 finishing results will make the starting order for A3. This interesting format added a bit of spice to the recipe making the racing more fun and challenging for everyone.

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November 10, 2014

Mathieu Briere doubles at French Cup

The French Cup for 1/10th electric off-road buggies was held last weekend by the Montbrison club with around 100 drivers in attendance. Qualifying both in the 2WD and 4WD category was dominated by the Xray trio of Mathieu Briere, Valentin Peuziat and Lorenzo Crolla as Mathieu took the TQ in both classes with Valentin coming in 2nd in 2WD and 3rd in 4WD while Lorenzo put his car on the 3 spot in 2WD and on the 2 spot in 4WD. In the 2WD A-main Mathieu secured himself the overall win early by taking A1 and A2 in style while Lorenzo grabbed the runner-up spot by winning the final A-main. Valentin had some troubles in the finals and had to make way for Julian Ferrandis in 3rd.

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November 10, 2014

Team Durango TC Winter Series Rd2 – Report

The 2nd round of the Team Durango Touring Car Winter Series was held at the Hinkley Model Car Club this past weekend. With local competition from regular club attendees fierce, the attending national “A” finalists had a battle ahead of them, as everybody was keen to show early pace on the flowing carpet track. At the end Ben Cosgrove was able to secure first overall in the Modified class ahead of Zak Finlay and Harley Eldridge. Chris Ashton and Jamie McDonagh rounded out the top 5.

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