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June 7, 2016

Graham Alsop wins East Shrewsbury Winter Series Rd3

Round 3 of the East Shrewsbury Winter Series saw Graham Alsop taking the TQ followed by Ashlee Owen. Ashlee then made a couple of changes to his car for the main helping him maintain a gap of approximately 5 to 6 seconds until the final fuel stop, when Graham pulled away to take a comfortable win. Kieran Cox had a final long battle for third managing to take a podium spot during the last laps, making it an Xray podium lockout.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 7, 2016

Kaja Novotny TQs & wins at Czech Open Rd4

The fourth round of Czech 1/8th Buggy Open series took place in Kolin last weekend. Despite the weather forecast not looking too good the home club prepared everything nicely, making it a great event for everyone. Following a wet Friday’s practice Saturday started with even more moisture but once the sun came out the track dried very quickly. The opening qualifier was won by Kaja Novotny ahead of his Xray team mates Max Gotzl, Frantisek Kalenda and Milan Mudra. The following two qualifiers were again won by Kaja who in turn took the overall TQ. The semifinals once again saw Kaja dominating and despite having a tyre coming loose, he was able to take the win to grab the pole position for the A-main.

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June 7, 2016

JQ grabs 10th Nordic Championship title

The 2016 Nordic Championships were held in Stockholm, Sweden over the weekend. The race, catering to racers from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, was TQed by HB’s David Ronnefalk, followed by Christoffer Svensson (Mugen) and JQRacing’s own Joseph Quagraine. The times were really close in qualifying with the rounds being decided on the last laps. David and JQ raced in the same semi final, and battled for the entire race, with David eventually coming out on top. The pace was fast enough to place them 1 and 2 on the grid for the main, with Svensson winning the other semi lining up third. The main was 60 minutes, and was pretty exciting for the first 10 minutes, with multiple lead changes, but then Ronnefalk clicked into a higher gear and pulled away. JQ and Svensson would go on battling for second place for almost 45 minutes. At that time, Ronnefalk just lapped JQ and flamed out right after handing JQ the lead. The last 15 minutes JQ just maintained his lead over Svensson who fought off a hard charging Marcus Sandberg (Mugen), and crossed the finish line winning his 10th Nordic Championship.

View the final results here

June 7, 2016

Schelle Racing Innovations 10 for 10 Onyx bearings

Schelle’s popular Onyx high-quality ball bearings are now available as a 10 for $10 deal. The greased ABEC3 standard bearings sport combined rubber and metal seals, making them ideal for kits and RTR vehicles as well as both 1/8th and 1/10th scale cars as they have a lower starting torque, making them run with less drag compared to other rubber-sealed bearings. The 10-piece ball race packs are available in a range of popular metric and imperial sizes.

Source: Schelle Racing Innovations [schelleracing.com]

June 7, 2016

Jamie Grayek wins at 2016 Rumble in Rome

The 2016 Rumble in Rome was held this past weekend at CRC Raceway in Rome, New York. After the dust had settled from the A-mains, Kyosho’s Jamie Grayek, who qualified in third place, would take the win in 1/8th Nitro Truggy from Mugen’s Derek Sousa in second and Ethan Mackanick (Mugen) in third.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com] | Image: Derek Sousa

June 6, 2016

Tanner Day sweeps Willamette Valley Classic

This past weekend the 2016 Willamette Valley Classic was hosted by Dave’s RC Tracks in Hubbard, Oregon. The two most competitive classes of the weekend being 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy and in 2WD Modified Buggy class, Kyosho’s Tanner Day would go onto TQ both rounds of qualifying to secure the overall TQ. Kyosho America team manager Joe Pillars would take the impressive win in the opening A–Main with Day finishing a few seconds back in 2nd. Day would then go onto take the Wins in A–Main 2 and 3 just ahead of Pillars to take his first championship of the weekend.

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June 6, 2016

Wahl, Hettrich & Vogel join T-Works

T-Works have announced the signing of Germany’s Tim Wahl, Valentin Hettrich and Tobias Vogel to their international team. The three will be using the company’s Tweak Terminator, Anti Tweak Blocks as well as accessories such as turnbuckles, body post locators and more during their campaign. This is what the three have to say:

One of the most important things with touring cars is to make sure that its always tweak free. T-Works has the best tools for this and we are thrilled to start this cooperation. Additionally T-Works also has great accessories for all kinds of cars. Thanks to T-Works for the trust and support as well as AME for making the deal happen.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

June 6, 2016

Bill Likaris wins Greek 200mm Championship Rd1

The first round of the Greek 1/10th Nitro Championship took place at the Fanatix Racing track in Stamata. After four rounds of qualification it was John Sotiropoulos who took the TQ spot in front of Dimitris Dimitriou, Nikos Karabelas and Bill Likaris. The top qualifiers made some mistakes already in the first few minutes of the main final what helped Bill Likaris to take over the lead. After a great 20 minute battle with Dimitris Dimitriou and Nikos Karabelas Likaris managed to see the checkered flag in first position with Karabelas in second and Dimitrou in third.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]