Singen in Germany played host to round two of this year’s Alpencup series. Michel Buschor (Xray) would take a double win in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes with Elias Ehrmann/Schiller (Xray) coming in 2nd and Roger Frei (Team Associated) completing the podium in 2WD. The 4WD class top 3 result was rounded out by Yokomo driver Philippe Weber and Silvio Pietroboni in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The Rocky Mountain Meltdown was held in Calgary, AB recently and it saw Robert Bowers walking away with the TQ and win in the E-Buggy class. Following some entertaining qualifiers Robert would lock up the TQ and pole position for the final that saw him dropping to 2nd after some early lap mistakes. This meant he would be in a battle with Jordan Anderson and Byron Brown but Robert settled down again and he worked on getting back to leader Carter. Bowers came closer but had a handful to really get to Carter’s bumper until disaster stroke for the leader with one minute to go. With a lucky break Robert got past Carter for that extra lap and to take the win from Jordan Anderson and Byron Mackenzie.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
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Round three of the Metropolitan Championship was held at the Speed Paradise track recently. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class Nico Bregante (Xray) would secure himself the third consecutive pole position and race win this season with Alvaro Colombo (HB Racing) and Lucas Pons (Mugen) coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Elsewhere in the Master Category Augusto Occhiuzi achieved his third consecutive victory followed by Jean Moreteau and Alejandro Pisani for an all-Xray podium lock-out.
The annual Norwegian 24h Touring Car race was recently held in Lørenskog, Norway. The race format sees teams of a minimum of three drivers battle it out on the track for 24 hours straight using 13.5T blinky powered touring cars. The race is run on spec tyres, with up to three sets being allowed and using a single car – with a spare car for wet conditions. Right from the start Team ARC, with ETS star Helge Johannesen as their fontrunner, and Team Kvinesdal, with the reigning Norwegian Champion would pull away from the field. After a short drizzle and utilising the wet cars, Team Kvinesdal had a good lead after the first hours.
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Round 3 of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held in Clermont Ferrand over the weekend. In the Touring Modified class Alexandre Duchet would walk away with the win after coming out on top in A1 and A2 and following mishaps of Loic Jasmin. Cyril N’diaye would end the day on the 2nd place, Lucas Urbain obtained the 3rd spot on the podium and Loic Jasmin had to settle for 4th overall.
Round 1 of the Danish Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the Naestved track in perfect weather conditions. In the premier 1/8th on-road class it was Martin N.O. Hansen who took the day’s win from Rasmus B. Nielsen in 2nd and Martin Dyrland 3rd. Bo Nielsen and Henrik Christensen would round out the top 5 result.
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Round 2 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held this past weekend at Fear Farm R/C Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. Mugen’s Adam Drake made a clean sweep in the 1/8th E-Buggy qualifiers, taking the overall TQ in front of the Tekno RC duo of Dean Rock and Damien Coleman. In the 10-minute main final Adam was again the dominating driver as he took the win a lap in front of Dean Rock while Damien Coleman had to settle for 3rd another lap down.
Image: JBRL [jimmybabcock.com]
