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April 21, 2017

Haatanen tops first controlled practice at EOS

Joona Haatanen has set the early pace at the Euro Offroad Series season finale in Wels, Austria. In the first of the controlled rounds of practice, the Team Associated driver set the fastest three consecutive laps by 0.029 of a second over Yokomo’s Lee Martin. Taking his first 2WD win at the previous round in Germany, Bruno Coelho would complete the Top 3. Making his EOS debut Ryan Maifield set the 4th fastest time, with the Yokomo driver calling the carpet surface track ‘a lot of fun’.

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April 20, 2017

Kostas Katsantonis wins at Greek EP Buggy opener

The opening round of the Greek 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Attiki in the south of Athens. Kostas Katsantonis would take the TQ despite any practice before and beating many swift local racers. In the finals Kostas had a hard time but he would ultimately walk away with the day’s win courtesy of 1st place finished in A1 and A3. Kyosho driver Fotinos would come in 2nd while TLR’s Nicolas Floudas came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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April 20, 2017

Dennis Chiang wins at The NOOB race

The NOOB club race series for 2WD buggies held its 2nd round this past weekend in Singapore. Running on a mixed loose dirt, low traction carpet track made for pretty challenging racing conditions. In the opening A-main Dennis Chiang, coming from the 3 spot on the grid, would secure the crucial leg 1 win as his main rivals made mistakes during the race. In leg 2, Dennis secured a 2nd place finish after a race long battle with Sean Chang who started from P2, while Mark Lim finished first. Leg 3 of the finals was washed out as a thunderstorm descended on the track just before the start. The overall results would be based on the two legs that had been completed, with Dennis taking the overall win on a tie-break based on his faster run in leg 1. Mark Lim and Sean Chang would round out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 19, 2017

Dillon Caldwell wins at Dirtburners club race

The St. Louis Dirtburners recently held a round of their club race series and in the 1/8th nitro buggy class it was Nate Jaskot who took the TQ after the qualifiers. In the 15-minute main final Dillon Caldwell (Xray) got into the lead on the opening lap and he never looked back from that moment on. In the end Dillon was able to manage a 30-seconds gap on second placed Colton Kiefer (Serpent) while Aaron Pucci (Mugen) rounded out the top 3 result another six seconds down.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 19, 2017

WBC Cup Rd5 – Report

The fifth and final round of the Swedish WBC Cup was held at the IRC Arena, with the usual breed of fast drivers being present to battle for the top spots. In the premier 2WD class it was the battle between Elias Johansson, Niclas Månsson and Wilhelm Sköldebrand that dominated the event. After some intense qualifiers Niclas took TQ followed by Elias and Wilhelm. In the opening A-main Elias won with a fast and steady drive, while Niclas finished 2nd in front of Wilhelm. The latter then came out successful in A2 after a superb drive while Marcus Lind and Niclas made up the top 3 so far. A3 would then bring the decision for the day’s win and even the overall title. Elias was trailing Niclas for the first couple of laps and eventually managed to get by and hold the lead until the finish. With the win Elias Johanssen also took the 2016/17 WBC 2WD title.

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April 19, 2017

Daniel Grobe wins at Thornhill Club Race

Thornhill Racing Circuit of Hutto, Texas recently held a club race that attracted close to 90 entries. The race format was rocket round qualifying followed by double A-mains and in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Xray driver Daniel Grobe who took the win from Xray teammate Jason Beam. Team Associated driver Smiley Henn rounded out the podium in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 19, 2017

Joel Lee doubles at Cottage Grove Invert race

Cottage Grove RC recently held their annual Invert race. The event sees the A1 grid order start based on qualifying order, A2 grid order is inverted, and the combined A1 and A2 points decide the A3 starting order. The two best results of three then decide the final results. In 2WD Pro Stock Buggy Joel Lee would take the TQ and with wins in A1 and A3 he would grab the overall beside scoring a DNF in A2 due to a stripped bulkhead camber link. Terry Shulz would come in 2nd from Loren Smith 3rd.

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April 19, 2017

6th Annual Spring Classic – Report

The 6th annual Spring Classic race was hosted by Bluegroove Hobbies and Raceway over the Easter weekend. The 3-day event opened with controlled practice on Friday, three rounds of qualifying on Saturday, a fourth round of qualifying on Sunday, and then all of the mains. There were eight classes to compete in with the largest class being 17.5 2wd buggy with 38 entries. The track layout used a mix of straights, table tops, off-camber sections, and a small rhythm section. The last race of the weekend was the Modified 2WD Buggy class, and after the final lap had been counted Alex Vanderbeek took home the win, privateer Drew Rubenking captured 2nd place, and team mate Mason Fuller would take the 3rd place on the podium.

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