The recent 2016 Team Associated Off-road Championships were held at Trackside R/C in Brookfield, Wisconsin and in the 13.5T 4WD class it was Paul Ciccarello who grabbed the overall TQ after taking round TQs in three of the qualifiers. Paul would then also come out on top in the opening two A-mains to take the overall win from teammate Kyle Gannon.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The Silverstone RC MCC venue in Northhampton played host to round two of the BRCA Micro Nationals this past weekend. It was a cold November morning and the drivers were greeted with a twisty technical track, with a few jumps and added features to keep even the best drivers on their toes. Ben Cosgrove went on to take TQ in rounds three and four and this meant that he was tied on points with Phil Sleigh for the TQ battle. Ben had the fastest round time so that would give Ben the overall TQ. The A-main would be a close fought affair with the overall win going to Ben Cosgrove with Phil Sleigh in second and Eugene Galley third.
The 2016 JMRCA 1/10 EP Off-Road Nationals for 2WD and 4WD Buggies were held at the World Famous Yatabe Arena over the weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class, it was Kyosho’s Yusuke Sugiura taking the overall TQ with his RB6.6. Sugiura would go onto take convincing wins in A-mains one and two and secure the JMRCA 2WD Buggy National Championship. Kyosho’s Naoto Matsukura also showed great speed in the finals, coming from the sixth starting position to finishing second overall.
Pro-Line Racing hosted the final round of the JBRL Nitro Series this past weekend with the event having 120 entries including Adam Drake, Cody King, and Joseph Quagraine. Drake was the top qualifier in both rounds of qualifying for Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck. In the Buggy class, Drake pulled away from the field in the early stages of the race, but had a bad lap or two and allowed Cody King to catch up. Adam and Cody had a great battle in the middle part of the race, but Drake eventually settled into a groove and distanced himself from the field. Drake took the victory followed by Cody and Joseph. Elsewhere in the Nitro Truck final, Adam Drake led wire to wire and took the victory.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
This past weekend saw the third round of seven of the 2016/17 Schumacher Masters Series, hosted by Worksop Radio Car Club at the North Notts Community Arena, Worksop. The quick, open track sported some particularly long sweeping corners, tight jump sections and carpet only used on one jump. This event also saw new steel marshal protectors located at the quicker areas of the track. Overall in the 2WD class TQ holder Craig Collinson came out fastest in the A-mains from Greg Williams and Mitchell Fiddling.
The 2nd annual Master Of Dirt race was held at BeachRC in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with close to 250 entries. Griffin Hanna took TQs in all three classes of 2WD Modified, 4WD Modified and Modified Stadium Truck. In the finals Griffin continued to dominate, taking wins in 2WD Buggy and Mod Truck to round out a near perfect weekend.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Braming in Denmark played host to the final round of the National 1/8th Off-road Championship. The event kicked off with E-Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes on Saturday with the qualifiers being started right after a single round of practice. Agama’s Burak Kilic would take the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also come out fastest after the triple E-Buggy finals to take the day’s win from TLR driver Jan Larsen in second and Mugen’s Florian Müller in third.
The 2016 Team Associated Off-road Championships were held this past weekend at Trackside R/C in Brookfield, Wisconsin. After qualifying was complete, Ryan Cavalieri would got onto TQ 2WD Modified Buggy, Modified Truck, and 2WD Modified Short Course. He would also tie for the overall TQ in 4WD Modified Buggy, but was just edged out by his teammate Spencer Rivkin. Cavaleri would then win A-Main one and two of 2WD Modified Buggy to take home his first championship of the weekend. Cav then would also win A-mains two and three of 4WD Modified Buggy to take home his second championship and to round out a perfect weekend he would also come out fastest in the single A-mains in Modified Truck and 2WD Modified Short Course to complete the sweep for the weekend.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com] | Image: Ryan Cavalieri
