The second round of the MIO race series was held last weekend and in the 2WD Buggy class it was Team Associated driver Thibault Jacqueloot that came out on top after the triple A-mains. The Xray duo of Jarno Pijpers and Bart Wubben would complete the top 3 result in second and third respectively while Sander Van Genechtenen and Stephane Roufosse rounded out the top 5 result.
Aanekoski R/C center, near Jyvaskyla, Finland, hosted the first round in a series of four national championship races, the 12Track Tour. The hosting club did a great job organizing their first-ever 1/12th nats to showcase the 30x16m track’s technical layout. Classes were 1/12th Mod 6.5 blinky, Stock 13.5, run with GT bodies, and a Formula class. Vesa Yli took three out of four qualifying rounds to take the TQ ahead of Ari-Pekka Kyykka, followed by Panu Vehniainen in third. Vesa managed to lead from wire to wire in all three mains to take the victory home from the opening round. The order remained the same in top three as in qualifying. The series will continue the first weekend of February in Eurajoki, with rounds three and fourto be raced at a double event in Oulu at the end of February.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
The Essex Winter Series team have announced the 2017 EWS International event. Formerly known as the ICC, now re-named in line with their well-known EWS series of races, the event will take place over the weekend of 31 March to 02 April 2017, at EWS’s popular venue in the south-east of the UK. An ETS-carpet track covering 24×34 metres will greet racers, with classes for Modified and Super Stock 13.5 Touring Car, plus a Formula class. The event looks to grown on previous years, with race teams and international drivers from Infinity, Tonisport and Awesomatix already confirmed to attend. Entries are open now, and will only remain open until 23 December. Race entries, along with details of hotels, travel tips and full event rules, can be found on the EWS Website here, or by emailing Oli Meggitt (oli.meggitt@gmail.com).
Serpent have announced the signing of Felix Law to their Asian team. One of the friendliest and loudest in the pits, Felix, also known as “More Powa” will be driving both on-road and off-road classes throughout Asia. With the knowledge of multi-platform racing Felix will also support all Serpent customers and stage some race clinics too. Felix has the following to say about the deal:
After a long thinkover, I have finally decided to join Team Serpent for upcoming seasons and start this exciting adventure. I have to thank Serpent and Mr. Lau for giving me the chance to work with Team Serpent to expand all of their upcoming projects and ideas. For anyone out there, feel free I contact me on Facebook if you have any question, I will do my best to help.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The 2016 edition of the popular Fall Brawl race was held this past weekend at Badlands in Myrtle Beach with over 550 entries. The track was very fast overall with lap times dipping to 21 seconds and the surface stayed very smooth. The conditions however were ever changing and the paramount tire choice was the hardest part of the racing. In Pro Nitro Buggy Mugen’s Cole Ogden would take the overall TQ from Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz. Main day Sunday started at 7am and the program was shortened throughout with shorter mains so the organisers and driver could try to beat the incoming rain. The A-main started and Ryan Lutz crashed after shorting the first double and fell to 9th on the first lap. He quickly moved up to 4th and then both third and second let him by as he came up on them and Lutz set his sights on Ogden who was 5 seconds up. A couple laps later Cole got into a crash and Ryan just moved past him into the lead. Ogden eventually had to come in for a tire change as his was coming unglued so now Ryan worked up a 5 second lead ahead of Noah Dickerson about 7 minutes in and that seemed to be the same cushion for the next 10 minutes as Noah stayed on Ryan’s pace. After the last stop though Ryan suddenly had a 14 second lead and eventually he found himself right behind Noah on the last two laps. Lutz wanted to put him a lap down and he knew Noah wanted to stay on same lap and Dickerson fought him off hard and Lutz couldn’t get past and so Ryan Lutz came home with just under a lap victory from Noah Dickerson (Mugen) second and Griffin Hanna (Serpent) third while top qualifier, Cole Ogden had to settle for fourth overall.
Source: Ryan Lutz [facebook.com]
The Boraas RC Club played host to the second round of the popular VBC Cup this past weekend. The race was held on a tight yet fast track and after reseeding it was Yokomo driver Danuel Kobbevik that had scored the three fastest laps in a row and he would continue to dominate the qualifying of the 4WD class, taking three round TQs and being the only driver to put in a 19-laps qualifying run while also scoring the fastest lap in the process. Behind Daniel, Hampus Berg (HB Racing) and Alexander Landen (Xray) made up the top 3 result. In the finals it was again an all-Daniel show, the young man would score wins in A1 and A2 to take the overall win early. Behind him the race was on for the remaining podium spots with Hampus and Alexander confirming their qualifying performances.
The recent Archway Classic at SmacTrac in St. Louis, Missouri was a fun trophy race with the 2016 edition marking the second annual race. Dillon Caldwell was able to TQ all three rounds in 4WD Modified buggy. The A-main was very tight racing as were the qualifiers. Right off the start, the top three broke away all battling for the top spot. Two minutes into the race the second and third spot got together and Dillon broke away. All Dillon had to do now was not to crash and the win would be his and at the end it would all work out, allowing Dillon to grab the victory from Jonathan Burkhalter in second and Brad Dean third.
The recent Raybeck Cup was held in the Czech Republic and it saw Martin Bayer leading an Xray top 4 after the 2WD qualifiers. Ales Bidovsky, Kaja Novotny and Marx Götzl would follow in second to fourth plate and Martin would also be on top of the proceedings after the first two A-mains, handing him the overall win with one leg to spare. The fight for the runner-up spot was on between Kaja and Ales with the better end for Kaja who took the second place on the podium from Ales in third.
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