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August 4, 2014

Darren Bloomfield takes BRCA 2WD buggy title

Darren Bloomfield takes BRCA 2WD title

This weekend was the 5th round of the BRCA Off Road National Series, held at Stotfold Model Car Club. Going into the 2WD event Schumacher’s Darren Bloomfield had a chance to wrap up the 2WD title, whilst Tom Cockerill had an outside chance to take it to the final round with a good result. But it was the Schumacher KF of Simon Moss that led the way in qualifying, taking the opening 2 qualifying rounds to secure TQ.

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August 4, 2014

Gunther van Staey wins Belgian GP

The Belgian Grand Prix was held at the Model Race Genk track this past weekend. Repeating his top performance from the Dutch 1/8th national round, ran four weeks ago at the same place, Gunther Van Staey outclassed his Belgian fellow drivers by taking both the pole and the win. German Mugen driver Tobias Hepp was the only driver who was able to stay in touch with Gunter but at around halfway into the final Tobias’ engine failed. This allowed Serpent driver Nico Vanwynckel, coming from 3rd, to move up to 2nd. Tim Vogels, 4th after the qualification, completed the podium in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 4, 2014

Hoppe doubles at North German Championships

North German 1/8th scale front runner Lars Hoppe took convincing wins at last weekend’s division 2 regionals. Lars joined the 1/10th scale class for the first time and scoring some fast runs in the two opening qualifying rounds allowed him to sit out the remaining two rounds to concentrate on 1/8th scale qualifying. At the end the Shepherd racer took the TQ spot in both classes to start the finals from the pole-position.

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August 4, 2014

Josh Adams takes HNMC Summer Series Rd5

The 5th round of this year’s HNMC Summer Series was held this past weekend. Team Losi Racing locked out the top 3 spots in the nitro buggy class with up and coming Josh Adams taking the win from Simon Reeves in 2nd and Karl Jackson who finished 3rd overall.

Source: HNMC [hertsnitromodelclub.co.uk]

August 4, 2014

2014 ROAR paved on-road nationals – Report

The 2014 ROAR paved on-road nationals were held last weekend at the Full Throttle RC Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida, home of this year’s IFMAR electric on-road World Championships. In the Touring Car Modified class it was Rick Hohwart who took the overall TQ from JJ Wang and Andrew Hardman. TC 13.5T non-timing had Scotty Gray securing the TQ spot from Josh Cyrul and Kyle Bergstrom.

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August 4, 2014

Dakotah Phend wins at Monsters of the Midwest Rd3

The 3rd round of the Monsters of the Midwest Summer Series was held at the Stateline RC track in Fremont, IN. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class saw a clean TLR podium sweep with Dakotah Phend taking the win from Tyler Jones and Collin Weatherholt.

Image: Dakotah Phend

August 4, 2014

Ryan Maifield sweeps 2014 Surf City Classic

The 2014 Surf City Classic took place this past weekend at OC R/C Raceway in Huntington Beach, California. The turnout was great with the pits completely full right from the start of the first practice on. Big names in attendance included current World Champions Jared Tebo Steven Hartson, along with Ryan Cavalieri, Ryan Maifield, Dustin Evans, Cody Turner, Tanner Denney, Spencer Rivkin, Brent Thielke, and Frank Root.

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August 1, 2014

Pedro Rombouts wins Dutch nitro on-road nats Rd5

For the 5th round of the Dutch 1/10th nitro on-road nationals the whole entourage moved to the MRG Genk track in Belgium. It was the first time the Dutch nationals raced on this track and most drivers soon found a good rhythm. In qualification Ricardo Hofmeijer clocked the fastest time with 51.6 seconds for three consecutive laps, handing him the TQ spot for the main final. Behind him both Pedro Rombouts and Daan Stuiver managed to get 51.7 seconds, placing them 2nd and 3rd on the grid respectively. In 4th Roy Bakker took the last direct spot to the main final by achieving a time of 51.8 seconds.

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