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April 27, 2017

Van Helmond & Ausloos win Belgian/Dutch Nats opener

The first round of the Belgian/Dutch National Electric Off-road Championship took place at the BPT track in Soignies. In the 2WD Buggy class Wesley van Helmond (Schumacher) took the TQ after the qualifiers in front of Thibault Jacqueloot (Team Associated) and Schumacher driver Brent Ausloos in 3rd. After some close racing Wesley would then also take the overall win after coming out fastest in the first two A-main legs. Thibault would end the day on the runner-up spot while Bruno Heremans (Team Associated) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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April 27, 2017

Philippine Masters 2017 Track Focus – CV Offroad Track

Ahead of our coverage of the 2017 Philippine Masters, which begins tomorrow, we take a look at the track that will host the event, CV Offroad Track. The Philippines is not a country that springs to mind when one thinks of 1:8 Offroad racing but this weekend it will welcome some of the sport’s biggest names as they travel to Manila to complete in the Philippine Masters. Now in its seventh year, the event has slowly grown each year but 2017 is certainly a year that should put it on the international calendar with the entry boasting 3 World Champions including the reigning champion David Ronnefalk. First organised in 2011 by Dogbone RC, the country’s Mugen & Serpent distributor, the race moved to the current CV Offroad Track in 2014 where it started to enjoy an increasing profile. With the Quezon City RC Car Club bringing in Scotty Ernst as an announcer for their first year of hosting the race, aiming to get international attention from such a move, things have just grown ever since. With 2015 marking the first year of US star Adam Drake and Aussie Kyle McBride competing, this year they are joined by Ronnefalk, Ty Tessmann, Atsushi Hara, Richard Saxton with even HB Racing designer Torrance Deguzman coming out of international retirement to race. Such a strong entry marks out the Philippine Masters as Asia’s main annual buggy event, a fact QCRCCC, which this year celebrates its 20th year since founding are proud of and keen to develop further.

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April 26, 2017

Bregante wins at Argentinian Metropolitan Champs Rd2

Round two of the Argentinian Metropolitan Championship was held at the Speed Paradise track recently. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class Nicolas Bregante took the win in the 30-minute main final with a one lap margin on Alvardo Colombo in second. Sebastian Recio would complete the podium in 3rd, about 0.3 seconds down on Alvaro. Lucas Lemes and Matias Lence rounded out the top 5 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 26, 2017

Austin Blair wins at Tekin Shootout

Amain’s Silver Dollar Raceway recently played host to the 2017 Tekin Shootout. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class the 20-minute A-main saw a close fight between Austin Blair (SWorkz) and CJ Jelin (Xray) who constantly swapped positions due to being on different fuel strategies. In the closing stages and after the final fuel stop, Austin got into the lead again and even after a hard chase CJ was not able to catch him again meaning Austin would take the win a narrow 0.132 seconds in front of CJ while Mason Eppley (Tekno) rounded out the top 3.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 26, 2017

Konsta Saarinen takes double Winter Jumps title

The Finnish Winter Jumps Offroad Indoor Championship concluded this past weekend with the final round being held at the Model Expo Toy Fair in front of thousands of spectators. Due to the unfortunate clash with the EOS finale in Austria some of the Finnish frontrunners such as Haatanen, Salmela and Valander would be absent from the meeting. This made way for young and talented Konsta Saarinen who had a shot at both the 2WD and 4WD titles. Ultimately he would clearly dominate the weekend, taking the TQs and wins in both classes and with him the double title.

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April 25, 2017

Tyler Busch wins at Spring Smack Down

The Timewarp RC/Lake in the Hills 5th Annual Spring Smack Down was recently held with over 150 entries. Tyler Busch would walk away with the win in Stock Buggy while Tom Gwinn and Chris Gilliland made up the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 25, 2017

Jason Breiner successful at West Coast Challenge Rd1

The Florida-based West Coast Challenge recently had their opening round with about 100 entries for the race. In the 4WD Buggy A-main Jason Breiner (Team Associated) came out fastest from runner-up, Ben Pinover and 3rd placed Ryan Petitt (both Xray).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 25, 2017

Mattia Polito wins at FastRace Trophy

The FastRace Trophy was held this past weekend at the Ospy Team track in Gussago, Northern Italy. In the F1 category the main final was won by young Mattia Polito with Luca Puerari coming in 2nd some three laps down. Leonardo Valente took the TQ but had to settle for 3rd overall as he fell victim of bad luck at the start of the final.

Source: Pepe Group [pepegroup.net]