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March 12, 2014

Vässmar & Nilsson win at Swedish nationals

Last weekend the Swedish electric on-road Nationals was held in the town of Växjö, in the south central part of Sweden. The race was run in 1/10 Touring Modified and 1/12th scale Modified on a pretty challenging track with some tight 180 degree corners and tricky chicanes. In 1/10 TC most of Sweden’s fast drivers were in attendance. The qualifiers got underway on Saturday after a whole day of free practice on Friday with three out of five rounds to count. In Q1 Magnus Vässmar took the round in front of Niclas Nilsson and Markus Hellquist. Q2 had Niclas taking the round in front of Markus. Q3 was a blueprint of Q1 with the order being Magnus, Niclas and Markus. Q4 went to Niclas with Magnus in 2nd, so for the final round Magnus and Niclas had 2 TQs each. Q5 was run on Sunday morning and some bad driving from Niclas destroyed his chances to take the desired pole position letting Magnus taking the round in front of Markus and Daniel Carlsson securing Magnus the overall TQ.

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March 12, 2014

Thornhill Racing Circuit hosts ROAR Offroad Fuel Nats

The 2014 ROAR 1/8 Offroad Fuel Nationals will be held on the weekend of the 22nd of June at the Thornhill Racing Circuit. Deep in the heart of Texas, the best that ROAR has to offer will descend onto a track designed and built by world-renowned Joey “The Dirt” Christensen to contest who will be the next U.S. national champions. Joey will also be hosting the nationals warm-up race, billed as “The Dirt Lonestar Nitro Challenge” which will be held on May 15th to 18th. Registration for the nationals is scheduled to open on ROAR’s website on March 21st, 2014. More information can be found here.

March 12, 2014

Barry Baker wins at JBRL Electric Series Rd1

Round 1 of the 2014 JBRL Electric Series visited IERC Raceway in San Bernardino, California and was greeted by a record 400+ entries. More popular than ever, the JBRL Series includes a variety of indoor and outdoor tracks across Southern California, with participation from some of the top factory drivers in the region. In 1/8 E-Buggy Reedy’s Barry Baker was pretty much the dominating factor. Starting from the pole position, Barry led wire to wire for the win in the 10-minute main event to take maximum points and another cool plaque. And in what many consider to be the premier off-road class in the series and in the U.S. as a whole, 2WD Modified, Barry Baker came back from a poor start that saw him fall as low as ninth to take the win with his Reedy-powered buggy.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

March 11, 2014

José Areias wins at Portuguese 1/8th on-road nats Rd1

The first round of the 2014 Portuguese nitro on-road nationals took place at the Sintra track near Lisbon. The weekend started with a low grip track on Saturday and cloudy, partly wet racing on Sunday but culminated in a dry semi and main final that was won by new Capricorn driver José Areias. The 1/8 class podium was completed by Mário Miranda in 2nd and Solange Araujo in 3rd place.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

March 11, 2014

Xray Challenge Germany – Report

The first Xray Challenge Germany was held at the small permanent indoor track of the MAC Adenau club which is located just outside the famous Nürburgring. The race entry was limited to 50 drivers due to the pit space being limited. The race was sold out immediately, which gave an indication of the big interest in these kind of races. The classes run were TC Modified, TC Stock 13.5T as well as 1:12 Stock 10.5T. The track, even though being fairly small, proved very enjoyable to drive with its high traction level and challenging corners.

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March 11, 2014

Sinclair & Bickel win at Mafia Mayhem Race

REO Raceway in Rockport, Indiana hold the Mafia Mayhem last weekend. Track owner Jay Bickel was very pleased with the 155 entry turnout, one of the largest ever at REO. X Factory team drivers Paul Sinclair and Cody Bickel dominated most of the racing action, taking TQ and winning 4 classes. Sinclair took the TQ in 4WD and the fiercely-fought 2WD Buggy class, just one second over his teammate, and was able to cruise to a victory in both A-mains. Cody wrapped up the racing truck classes, showing an incredible pace. Particularly exciting was the Short Course A-main, which featured 5 drivers in the hunt for more than half the race until Cody was able to break away with 4 minutes to go, taking the win with his SCX-60CF.

Source: X Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

March 10, 2014

Christian Cavicchioli wins at Max Power Trophy

Last weekend the Mini Circuit M.C.S. 80 in Bologna held the Max Power Trophy, the first important race after the Winter season. In the 1/8th on-road class Christian Cavicchioli (Capricorn/XRD) took TQ after winning the first and third qualifying round. Alberto Tedeschi (Serpent/Max Power) and Mattia Collavo (Capricorn/XRD) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively. For the 30 minute final Christian was able to conserve his performance to take the win in front of his Capricorn/XRD teammate Mattia. Alessandro Bracci (Xray/Max Power) came in 3rd to complete the podium.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

March 10, 2014

Tony Evdoka doubles at NCRC race

The Northern Cyprus Racing Club hold an indoor electric off-road race during the past weekend with a special guest in form of UK’s Tony Evdoka in attendance. The meeting was called the Jump Buggy Jump race and took place on a demanding carpet track with three walls of death, huge jumps and slippery wooden plates. At the end it was Tony who TQ’d both the 2WD and 4WD class and he also went on to win both classes in style. The runner-up spot in the 2WD class went to Deniz Aksüt while Umut Oztumen completed the podium. In 4WD Ilker Ercen came in 2nd and Ahmet Akber took the last remaining podium spot.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]