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September 12, 2016

Deon Gove takes SA National Championship title

Midrand Offroad RC club in Johannesburg recently played host to the second round of the South African 1/8th Off-road National Championship. With the 2016 season being a 2-rounds affair and both counting towards the overall result the pressure was on for the top drivers. Friday saw the start of open practice before qualifying would start on Saturday. In Electric Buggy the championship would more than likely be contested by the top 4 drivers with Deon Gove leading over Aksay Patel due to a tie break at the first round at APN in Durban. Unfortunately Thomas Schmuck had to withdraw his entry and would not be able to defend his 2015 title at the final event. Quintis Van der Merwe would have an outside chance to take the overall championship as two new comers to E-Buggy would join for the final round. Both Dean Steenmans and Tiaan Oelofse, top nitro contenders, could split the tight field and rearrange the final points standing.

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September 12, 2016

2016 Tamiya Benelux finals – Report

For the sixth year running, the Tamiya Benelux finals were held at the fast and flowing track of MAC de Baanbrekers in Rucphen. Bringing together the best Tamiya drivers from The Netherlands and Belgium the event had a record attendance of 116 driver that raced in several classes including a Porsche 997 GT3 endurance race that was held on Saturday evening. The 2-day event saw timed practice and the opening qualifiers on Saturday followed by another qualifier and triple 7-minute A-mains on Sunday. Euro GT was the fastest class of the championship and it attracted the strongest field ever that included multi-Belgian champion Bart Vervloessem and his brother Jan Vervloessem, 2004 Tamiya F1 European Champion, Michael Lepelaer, Belgium’s former Stock Champion Stefan Rommens, 2006 Tamiya World Championship finalist Rob Chaldecott, Dutch Open Stock and Tamiya 2016 Champion Robert Krens as well as young Florian Joos. 10-times Belgian Champion and ETS winner Olivier Buytinck made a shock return to the Tamiya Cup races and set a very high benchmark for the other drivers.

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September 12, 2016

Claus Ryeskov wins at Danish 200mm National Rd3

Round three of the Danish 1/10th 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the HRCR track in Hillerod, Denmark. The weather forecast for the weekend was very bad but on race day the drivers were greeted by Sun and temperatures of about 23 degree Celsius. The usual suspects were complemented by a new entry this weekend with off-road driver Rune Gustavsen campaigning Claus Ryeskov’s spare car and he was fast right from the get go, putting the car on the 3 spot behind Claus in second and Martin No Hansen on the 1 spot. In the final Martin and Claus battled for the lead with Claus putting a lot of pressure on Martin. Claus tried to get past a couple of times and both would make an unfortunate contact in the chicane, sending Martin off the track. With Claus opening a gap the race was now on between Martin and Rune while Rene and Tom were in a battle too. Martin then encountered glow plug problems that send him dead last and Tom Limkilde smashed into the pitwall, ending his race due to a broken servo. About 28 minutes into the main light rain started to fall but the shower did not affect the overall standings and so Claus cruised to the win with Rune in tow. Rene would complete the top 3 while Martin and Tom rounded out the top 5.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 12, 2016

José A. Martinez wins at SOR Championship Rd5

Round 5 of the SOR Championship was held at the Barceloneta Speedway off-road track in Puerto Rico. José A. Martinez would take the TQ in the Nitro Truggy class and he would also walk away with the win in the 40-minute A-main encounter, ending the race some eight laps in front of Omar Lopez in second and Choto Mendez in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 12, 2016

Gosvig & Hovgaard take Danish EP buggy titles

The seventh and final round of the Danish Electric Off-road Nationals was recently held and in the 4WD class the championship was already decided with Xray’s Mike Gosvig having taken the title going into the final round. Mike wanted to end the season on a high though and by taking five of the five qualifiers he grabbed the TQ spot for the A-main events. Sunday mains day and Mike wasn’t able to take over his qualifying performance as the weather was changing all of the time, making the race a gamble. At the end Team C driver Jan Larsen would walk away with the day’s win from Frederik Hovgaard (Yokomo) in second and Mike Gosvig in third.

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September 12, 2016

BRCA Electric Touring Nationals Rd5 – Report

The final round of this season’s BRCA Touring Car series took place at West London and saw a dominating performance by Schumacher’s Elliott Harper taking the win and TQ. The two day event saw very mixed conditions with the first day being an almost a wash out with only two of the scheduled three rounds of qualifying being run on Saturday, this left the bulk of the event to become an almost one meeting with three rounds of qualifying and three finals being held on Sunday. Harper took all three rounds of qualifying and the all three legs of the A-final, finishing second was Paul Pinkney (Schumacher) getting his best result of the season, third was Chris Grainger for Team Associated.

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September 12, 2016

Roy Gjemble crowned Norwegian 4WD national champ

The fourth and final round of the Norwegian National 1/10th was held this past weekend and hosted by the Trondheim RC Car Club at the astroturf track in Skogn. Unfortunately the weather, that was warm and sunny during the 2WD portion of the event, changed over night and turned into heavy rain so the 4WD race was definitely a wet race event as it rained throughout all four qualifiers. Malin Karlsen was unbeatable in qualifying and took the TQ honours after winning the two first rounds. Her buggy looked really good in the wet and in what was a switch of roles from from the 2WD event, Roy Gjemble and his Schumacher took the second spot on the A-main grid while another Schumacher driver, talented Steffen Hjortshøj, completed the top 3.

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September 12, 2016

Brunei Nitro GT Nationals Rd5 – Report

Round five of the Brunei Nitro GT Nationals was held at the big Budiman Youth Park track in the country’s capital. Even though the turnout was smaller than at the previous rounds, the race still offered very close and competitive racing. With the series’ top two points leaders Darul and Pg Shamsul absent from this race it was a great opportunity for the other racers to score some big points. In the qualifying rounds, Bahreen, one of the up and coming stars in this class swiftly clinched to TQ spot after topping two rounds straight.

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