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May 4, 2015

Neumann wins rain-affected German Nats qualifier

The opening round of the Western division German 1/8th Nitro Off-road qualifiers was held at the Stoppelhopser Oberhausen track. The qualification was won by Marcel Guske who took the TQ from Jörn Neumann and Maik Wiesweg. Unfortunately later the race had to be cancelled due to massive rain pouring down with the ranking after the semifinals seeing Jörn Neumann on the 1st spot, which then handed him the day’s win from Lukas Strothmann and Bart Mullink.

Image: Jörn Neumann

May 4, 2015

Carlos Duraes wins SWorkz Euro Cup

Last weekend the first ever SWorkz Euro Cup was held in Valladolid, Spain with around 55 drivers from Japan, Taiwan, Portugal and Spain in attendance. After 4 rounds of qualifying young Ricardo Monteiro took the overall TQ, leaving driver such as SWorkz star Atsushi Hara and Spanish SWorkz frontrunner Alberto Garcia behind. In the semifinals Alberto was on top of the game, coming in with a one lap margin and he also lead in the opening stages of the 45 minute main final until radio issues forced him to hand the lead to Ricardo with Atsushi in 2nd place. Later Atsushi got under pressure from Carlos Duraes until Hara lost valuable time to radio issues. With only two minutes on the clock Richardo and Carlos battled for the win with the better end for Carlos who crossed the finish line first to take the first ever SWorkz Euro Cup title.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

May 4, 2015

Volker secures 2nd win of ETS Season #8

Ronald Volker has won the fourth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series, the win in Austria marking the reigning champion as the first double winner of Season #8. An A3 showdown between the Yokomo driver and Tamiya’s star of the weekend Akio Sobue, Top Qualifier Volker wouldn’t put a wheel wrong to secure the overall win ahead of the Japanese A1 winning driver. Securing third in A3 after team-mate Bruno Coelho crashed on the penultimate lap, Xray’s Alexander Hagberg would complete the podium at the second running of the fahr(T)raum hosted event.

Continue reading this report here or our full event coverage here.

May 4, 2015

Oliver Mack wins Central German Championship Rd2

The second round of the Central German Championship was held at the MC Ettlingen track where the ENS Rd3 as well as the Euros A will be held later this year. Saturday started out with free practice in the morning and right from the start Shepherd factory racer Oliver Mack showed a great performance clocking the fastest lap times with team boss Patrick Schäfer being second fastest. As the weather forecast predicted a lot of rain for Sunday it was decided to run two qualifying rounds on Saturday afternoon. In the first round Oliver had a good run and he took the TQ nearly one lap ahead of fellow Shepherd racer Dennis Weihert. In the second round Oliver had a contact with another car and unfortunately these were the only two runs under dry conditions for the whole weekend so the Expert drivers decided to count the result after qualifying which handed Oliver the win over Dennis Weihert.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 4, 2015

Intech announce the BR-6 2.0 Sport & BR-6E Sport

Intech have released first information on two forthcoming 1/8th scale Sport-level buggy kits, the nitro-powered BR-6 2.0 Sport and the brushless-propelled BR-6E Sport. Both vehicles will feature new black anodised Swiss 7075-T6 aluminium shock towers for improved durability while also coming with premium plastic, high-qualify aluminium and light graphite parts. Using optional parts the buggies can be further adapted to your needs. Full features and specifications should become available in time for the release.

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May 4, 2015

Aaron Stringer wins at 15th annual Rocky Cup

The 15th annual Rocky Cup in Australia attracted nearly 110 drivers and in the Nitro Buggy class it was Aaron Stringer who dominated the qualifying although being chased by Jason Dyckhoff but at the end Aaron took the overall TQ by winning four out of the four qualifiers. Aaron also grabbed the TQ in the Truggy class but a mechanical failure in the final meant an early end of his truck ambitions. After the disappointment of the Truggy final Aaron and his team were keen to make amends and he got a great start in the Buggy final and was followed closely by Jason Dyckhoff. The two drivers battled for 10 minutes with less than 10 seconds between them. However, Dyckhoff made a big mistake that gave Aaron another 7 seconds. After that Aaron started to drive away and he took a comfortable win 1 lap on Jason Dyckhoff in second.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]

May 4, 2015

JConcepts Spring INS – Spencer Rivkin interview

JConcepts’ Jason Ruona had an in-depth interview with one of the biggest rising stars in the game, Spencer Rivkin. With much to talk about, find out what’s on Spencer’s plate as he answers some of Jason’s questions at the JConcepts’ Indoor National Series round 2 at Tacoma R/C Raceway.

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May 4, 2015

JConcepts Spring INS – Brent Thielke interview

Team Associated’s Brent Thielke was on hand at round 2 of the JConcepts Indoor National Series. Read the interview with Jason Ruona and Brent Thielke below and get an inside scoop on what’s happening with Team Associated.

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