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March 1, 2016

Vanessa Wende takes Wintercup Offroad Series title

The fourth and final round of the German Wintercup Offroad Series was hosted by the MCRT Aschaffenburg club over the weekend. In the 4WD Buggy class Sebastian Fenske would take the TQ only a tenth of a second in front of team mate Vanessa Wende. In the triple A-mains Vanessa was able to do even better by coming out successful in front of Sebastian. The win handed her the overall 4WD title from Sebastian with Thomas Henrich completing the top 3 overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 1, 2016

Mike Gosvig wins at Danish EP On-road Nationals Rd4

Round four of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held in Aalborg. In the Touring Super Stock class Xray’s Mike Gosvig would win all qualifying rounds with a margin of around 1.5 to 2 seconds from Frederik Brolos (Yokomo) to grab the pole position for the finals. Off-road expert Jesper Rasmussen would place third on the grid with this Team Associated.

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March 1, 2016

Jake Mayo wins at 2016 California State Champs

The 2016 California State Championships were held this past weekend at Coyote Hobbies Indoor RC Raceway with more than 230 entries and racers coming from multiple states including Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and all across the state of California. Typical for an U.S. race the event saw the running of numerous Modified and Stock categories and in the premier class of 2WD Modified it was young Jake Mayo that pretty much dominated the proceedings and he would grab the overall win from Ash Deering in second and Rudy Rico in third.

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March 1, 2016

Ben Ellis sweeps P&T Hobbies Anniversary Race

Celebrating more than two decades of being in the business, P&T Hobbies and Raceway held their 25th Anniversary Race this past Saturday, sporting 3 rounds of rocket round qualifications and lengthened A-mains to determine who got to stake claim to some coveted titles amongst the 90+ entries that arrived. P&T being where it all started for Ben Ellis and there was no way the former local would miss out on such a unique race. Competing in 2WD Mod Buggy and Pro 2WD SC, Ellis was able to grab the overall TQ’s in both classes, and was able to win the lengthened A-mains in both as well, making it a clean sweep for him.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

March 1, 2016

Munn & Hadley win at Cabin Fever Indoor Supercross

The Pacific Northwest 1/8th racing season kicked off this past weekend in Lewiston, Idaho at the annual Cabin Fever race. This year’s event spanned 3 days with Friday being practice, Saturday three rounds of qualifying using your best two rounds in a qual point format and main events on Sunday – 30 minute nitro mains and triple A-Mains in electric. Drivers from Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Canada were all in attendance, itching to get racing after a long and wet winter up there with approximately 240 entries making for a very long but very fun weekend. In the Nitro Truggy class a great battle was on between Jesse Munn and Shane Pruegschat in round one with Shane getting Jesse on the last lap by 0.5 seconds. Jesse then would TQ rounds 2 and 3 to wrap up the overall TQ while Austin Azure would complete the top 3.

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February 29, 2016

Dimitriou wins Speed Hunters Series Rd2

The second round of the Greek Speed Hunters Series was held at the Zorri RC Track in Athens. The race format was the same as at round 1 with two 20 minute qualification rounds of which the three fastest consecutive laps would count towards the qualifying result. The finals were held in a triple 15 minute race format of which the best two would count. After the qualifiers Dimitriou would take the overall TQ from Likaris in second and Limnios in third. The finals then were a done deal for TQ holder Dimitriou who would score easy wins in the first two A-mains to grab the overall victory early. Likaris came in second, Limnios rounded out the top 3 result.

View the A-main result here

February 29, 2016

F1ItalianSeries GP7 & GP8 – Report

The F1ItalianSeries resumed with round 7 and 8 following some weeks off but unfortunately rainy weather made things unpleasant. The circumstances also lead to a slightly smaller field of drivers but nevertheless 20 racers attended and the qualifying of the GP7 round saw De Caro (Benetton) taking the TQ honours from Giorgio (Hesketh Racing). Championship leader Capuano (Ferrari) only placed in 6th after the qualifiers, showing that numerous drivers seemed to have upped their skills during the Winter. The actual race then had Capuano showing his real pace as he took the win in front of the second Ferrari of Magnocavallo. Cutugno (Red Bull) completed the top 3 result.

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February 29, 2016

Drake doubles at Winter Indoor Off-road Champs

Adam Drake doubles at Winter Indoor Off-road Champs

Wheatland Wyoming R/C Racing Club hosted the Winter Indoor Off-Road Championship last weekend. All-round nice guy Adam Drake conducted a clinic as part of the event and he would also set the pace and was the overall TQ in both Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck. Drake would then also lead both finals from start to finish to sweep the event.

View the Truck podium here