The 3rd round of the GM Touring Car Championship was held at the Shenzen KRC track in Shenzhen, China. Fai Ho took the TQ after the qualifiers and also came out successful in the A-mains to take the win from Howard Cho in 2nd and Guo Yao Wei who rounded out the podium in 3rd.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
At the 6th round of the Dutch Buggy Cup 13 year old Jarno Pijpers took the win in the Hobby class, handing him the overall Hobby category championship title. Jarno also grabbed the win in the Sportman class while Jordi Velder ended the race on the runner-up spot. Jasper van Duppen rounded out the podium in 3rd.
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The final of the German 1/8th E-Buggy nationals was held at the RC Racing Club Eisenach track this past weekend. The weather made for mixed conditions the whole weekend and especially the 40+ A-main was run in pretty severe rain. The man to beat during the weekend was Steven Schöniger who not only took TQ but also dominated the 15 minute final. In 2nd place seasoned racer, Daniel Reckward finished the main some 10 seconds behind Steven while Marvin Fritschler completed the top 3 result. Stefan Scheuenplug in 4th and Luca Jost in 5th position rounded out the top 5.
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Cedric Nickell came out successful at the League 4 race in Matigny, France this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy Open category Cedric ended the final with a 10 second gap on Pierre Descamps. A lap down Maxime Bulliot rounded out the podium in 3rd.
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The East Coast Race Against Cancer was held at McCullough’s RC Raceway with his year’s event drawing just over 250 entries among a number of different classes, the biggest being the 1/8 Electric Buggy and Truck. Tekno’s newly signed Joe Bornhorst was the man to beat in 1/8th E-Buggy and E-Truggy as he was able to set the TQ pace in both classes. In the 10 minute E-Buggy final Joe took off and never looked back, leaving Mike Speranza behind to take the win. In 3rd Paul Ciccarello rounded out the podium. In the 8 minute E-Truggy final Joe again lead the race from tone to tone to bring home the victory some 7 seconds in front of Anthony Mazzara and Mike Speranza.
Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]
The final round of the LRP Challenge Italy will take place this weekend at the Miniautodromo T5 in Roma. Classes run will include Touring Car Modified, Stock 13.5T and Stock 17.5T. More information (in Italian language) for all last-minute deciders can be found here.
Round 4 of the South African electric on-road championships was held at the Meyersdal Model Car Racing Club just south of Johannesburg, drawing 121 entries from all over the country. Track temperatures in the high 50’s all weekend added and very windy conditions that brought dust from a nearby construction site made for tricky conditions. In the Touring Car Modified class Jason Hillcoat was the man to beat by winning the first three qualifiers to take the overall TQ early.
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Last weekend the 5th round of the Dirt Paradise Championship was held in Nicosia, Cyprus with most of the country’s top drivers in attendance. The TQ in the Nitro Buggy class went to Nicholas Zachariades (Xray) who also took the win in the main final. Sotiris Taifas (Xray) finished 2nd, only a couple of seconds behind his teammate. Marios Christodoulou (Xray) rounded out the podium in 3rd.
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