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April 19, 2016

Winter Jumps 2016 finale – Report

The final round of the Winter Jumps series was held this past weekend in Helsinki during the Model Expo hobby show. The track was laid out using “EOS carpet” and lots of jumps, making for a fun weekend of racing. The event started with controlled practice of the 2WD class followed by three rounds of qualifying of which the best one would count. Joel Valander would come out fastest from Jörg Tiit and Joona Haatanen. In the opening A-main Joel would take a comfortable win but Joona stroke back in A2, shifting the decision for the overall win to the third and final A-main that Jörg would lead in the early stages. Joel got a very unlucky mechanical failure that allowed Joona to take the win and with it the overall victory. Joel ended the day on the runner-up spot from third placed Markku Honkanen.

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April 19, 2016

Bezerk RC XB2 Dirt Edition option parts

For those that are running Xray’s XB2 Dirt Edition 2WD off-road buggy in less-than-ideal conditions, Bezerk RC have introduced two new option parts to fine-tune the buggy for lower grip and bumper track conditions. First up is a 2.5mm carbon fibre chassis that provides a healthy weight saving for Stock racers coming in at 87g while providing some extra flex if track conditions call for it. Also new is a lower tower to add much needed droop to the rear. This increases rear cornering grip and aids in bump handling ability. The tower has been lowered 5mm and geometry corrected so the shock angles remain the same. Made from 4.0mm carbon fibre the tower also looks good while adding strength at the same time. Other heights are also available for those that are in need of in-between sizing.

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April 18, 2016

Rick Hohwart wins Touring Mod class at CTS Rd3

Round three of the California Touring Series was held at the famous Speedworld Raceway in Roseville, California. The round’s winner for Modified Touring class is Team Associated’s veteran racer Rick Hohwart. With his first win followed by two runner-up finishes, he secured the points chase and continues to lead the series. In Q1, Hohwart made a mistake that cost him TQ over Brandon Clements (Awesomatix) a local favourite, and he would then qualify behind Clements coming on to the main. In the main Hohwart trailed Clements at about the 2 minute mark as Clements went wide and Hohwart made a clean pass for the lead. With a huge bobble by Clements, Team Yokomo driver Eric Albano would then secure 2nd followed by Brandon. The top three finishers now have one win a piece for the series. The next race will be held June 19th at P1 Hobbies in Ukiah.

Source: CTS [facebook.com]

April 18, 2016

Horne dominates JConcepts Factory Tracks Invitational

The 3rd annual JConcepts Factory Tracks Invitational was hosted by RC Clubhouse and attracted 360+ entries. RC Clubhouse and Al Horne’s Factory Tracks crew put together an amazing track that worked very well for the heads-up Invitational racing. For the Invite class, they would run the Reedy format with 2 Wheel on Saturday and 4 Wheel on Sunday, with five rounds each day and one throw out. Teammates Austin Horne and Mason Fuller would have a great 3-way battle with California native Rudy Rico throughout 2WD and 4WD. After the dust settled, Austin Horne would take his vehicles to the top of the podium with a winning score of 12 points. Mason Fuller and Rudy Rico would finished tied with 15 points, but Rudy edge out Mason on the tie breaker.

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April 18, 2016

Kaja Novotny takes double Open Challenge title

The 8th and final round of the Czech Open Challenge was held in Ruzyne. Once again Kaja Novotny was the driver to beat both in 2WD and 4WD as he took easy overall TQs in both classes. In the 2WD A-mains Kaja then had some good fights with Michal Blahovsky (SWorkz) for the win and the Xray driver would end the day on the 1 spot from Michal in second with Vaclav Broz (SWorkz) completing the top 3 result.

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April 18, 2016

Bowie Ginting successful at Indonesian Nats Rd3

Bowie Gintig successful at Indonesian Nats Rd3

The third round of Indonesian 1/10th Nitro On-road National Championship was recently held at the SIS track. Bowie Ginting would dominate the 200mm class qualifying, scoring the only 25 laps run to leave Muhammad Izzah and Christian Mamesah in second and third respectively. Unfortunately just before the 30-minute main final heavy rain started to fall, leaving the organisers no choice but to cancel the main. Based on the qualifying results Bowie was then called the winner of the day from Muhammad and Christian. Haryo and Fayakhun Andriadi completed the top 5 result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 18, 2016

Ofir Avitan scores Israeli League Rd9 win

Round nine of the popular Israeli League was held at the Speed Racing track at Near Moshe. After a rainy week the race started on a slightly wet track but the hot sun soon dried it out. Ofir Avitan would take the TQ spot after the qualifiers from Omer Assayag and Yaniv Sivan. At the start of the 40-minute main final Ofir Avitan jumped into the lead while Omer Assayag had to quit due to radio issues. Yaniv Sivan, coming from the 3 spot, managed to take the lead at some stage but a few mistakes and a fast pace of Ofir Avitan saw Yaniv dropping back to second. Meanwhile Aviv Mimon, coming from the 4th spot, had moved up to third place and a fuel flame out at the 35 min mark by Yaniv Sivan ultimately promoted Aviv into second place behind Ofir and in front of Yaniv.

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April 18, 2016

Lacour & Jacquin win at Mauritius National Champs Rd1

Round one of the Mauritius National Championship was held at the Winner’s Speedway track on a sunny Sunday even though it rained on the previous night. The event was run in three different classes, 1/10 GP, 1/10 EP and 1/8GT. In the 1/10 GP class, Clarel Lacour took the top qualifying honours followed by Kenny Allas. During the final, Clarel showed confidence and managed to handle the pressure from both Giovanni Arekion and Keny Allas. Clarel opted for a less aggressive and softer setup this time around due to the low traction on that day and during the last 5 minutes of the 30-minutes final, Clarel managed to open a gap of two laps.

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