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October 24, 2013

Paparegas wins Greek Nitrofest

The annual Nitrofest took place in Thesaloniki in the North of Greece. On Saturday the race was on between Paparegas and Quagraine with the latter winning two out of the three qualifying rounds. On Sunday Paparegas shifted into second gear and won all qualifiers taking TQ for the finals. In the final Paparegas and Quagraine battled until Xray driver Paparegas made his move leaving the remainder of the field in the dust. At the end Papanikolaou was able to put some pressure on Paparegas but the latter was able to stay in the lead.

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October 24, 2013

Greek EP Buggy nationals – Report

The last round of the Greek electric off-road nationals was held at the Action Race astroturf facilities just outside Athens. Both 2WD and 4WD modified buggy classes were open for different title contenders, in 2WD Team Kyosho had two cars in the A-Main starting from TQ and third position on the grid. Pole man John Papanikolaou took two convincing wins in A1 and A2 securing the win. Argiris Papagiannakopoulos who was leading the 2WD championship and had to settle for 4th but that was enough to win the 2WD national championship. In 4WD again anything could happen with two racers aiming for the win and title. Again John Papanikolaou had the speed to TQ but settled for second on the grid with Argiris starting 6th in the A-Main final. Papanikolaou took his Kyosho Lazer FS2 SP to the second place on the podium that actually gave him his first national EP off-road title, while Papagiannakopoulos finished 5th after some troublesome final heats, but secured his second place on the championship title.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]

October 24, 2013

Hobbywing Asia Open 2013 – Announcement

The Hobbywing Asia Open 2013 will be held on December 14th and 15th in Guangzhou, China. The event will be run in Modified and Stock Boosted 13.5T classes and will see the attendance of the three former Touring Car World Champions Atsushi Hara, Andy Moore and Surikarn C. More information can be found here.

October 24, 2013

Steve Soon wins TC Stock at WCICS Rd2

The second round of the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series was held in the Capital city of Edmonton, Alberta. A record turnout for this race was just the beginning, and the entire weekend was a huge success. Racers from across Western Canada battled it out in 7 different classes. In the Team Great Hobbies sponsored Touring Car Stock class, after 4 rounds of qualifying, Steve Soon (Serpent) set TQ ahead of Austin Hauch (Xray). Steve kept it fast and clean and in a similar Vettel style performance, claimed pole, fastest lap and win. Ryan Rice (Xray) moved up to second, and Austin held on for 3rd. The rest of the results for all the classes can be found at WCICS.ca. It was a great weekend, and a big thanks to NASCAR, and all the class sponsors: Great Hobbies, Awesomatix, Novak, Orca, Orion, UPS & Best Western Hotels. Full results can be found on the official WCICS website and the next round of the series will take place in Penticton, British Columbia on November 8-10th.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

October 23, 2013

Fernando Gordinho doubles at Carpet Duel Challenge

This past weekend One Lug Raceway located in Albertville Alabama hosted its second annual Carpet Duel Challenge. Drivers from all over the South East United States attended this Duel. The biggest class by far was the ever growing Spec 17.5 TC class. Setting the early TQ in round 1 was Team USA ARC/Viper driver Fernando Gordinho. Fernando not only managed to TQ every round of qualifying in both TC and 1/12 but continued to drive his Trinity/Viper powered vehicles to both A-main podiums in both classes.

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October 23, 2013

Danni Eyde-Nielsen wins at DRCMU race

Last weekend saw the first round of the PileCup and DRCMU championship series at the indoor track in Broendby, just outside of Copenhagen. 50 drivers attended the race and had a fantastic weekend, with a lot of close racing, good food, big trophies and good fun. In the SuperStock class there was a comeback for Danni Eyde-Nielsen, who had been on “maternity leave” for some years, but he is now back together with his mentor Soeren Boy Holst in the T.O.P. racing team. The class was packed with good drivers, and it was obvious to see after practice that the fight for the 8 A-final places would be really tough.

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October 23, 2013

JBRL Electric Series Rd 8 – Report

The 8th and final Round of the JBRL Electric Series finished off at Jimmy’s home track – Hot Rod Hobbies. In 2WD Modified Buggy Team Associated’s Cody Numedahl came in first, followed by Kyosho’s Cody King and Kevin Motter (Team Associated). Cody also wrapped up the overall 2013 JBRL series championship.

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October 22, 2013

Phillip Atondo wins at Octoberfest

Central Valley R/C Raceway hosted the Octoberfest this weekend. TLR’s Phillip Atondo TQ’d the 1/8 Nitro Buggy class and was the only one to go the extra lap in qualifying. Race went deep into the night and track changed a lot with the moisture coming up and under the lights. At the start of the 30 minute buggy main Atondo made early mistakes as he dropped back to about 5th witch allowed Tyler Vik and Austin Blair to get out front. Vik and Blair were battling which allowed Atondo to reel them in. Atondo got by Blair and was setting his sights on Vik who was running a smooth race. Just after the halfway mark Atondo caught Vik and they would swap positions with a great battle and Atondo being patient to get around Vik. In the last 5 minutes of the race Vik crashed in the big rhythm section witch allowed Atondo to get by and pull away for the win.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]