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June 14, 2016

Burak Kilic dominates Weser Ems Cup Rd3

The third round of the popular Weser Ems Cup was held at the Quakenbrück track in the North of Germany. Right from the start the Agama duo of Burak and Berkan Kilic dominated the proceedings, with Burak eventually taking the TQ after the three qualifiers from his brother Berkan. In the A-main Burak and Berkan battled for the lead until the 10 minute mark when Berkan made a mistake, allowing Burkan to open a gap and cruise to the win. Berkan would end the race on the runner-up spot from the Agama of Phillip Gabler, making it an Agama podium lock-out.

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June 14, 2016

Elias Johansson wins at Swedish National Cup Rd2

This past weekend round two of the Swedish National Cup was held at the nicely prepared “1990’s style” Örebro track. In 4WD Buggy Alexander Landén would take the overall TQ thanks to round TQs in the first and second qualifier, backing the results up with a second and a third place. The opening final then was quite eventful with some tough racing and Alexander was involved in an incident in the beginning of the final, but he recovered to take over the lead again only to get caught out by a rut which flipped the car with less than a minute to go. Alexander eventually finished fourth while the win grabbed by swift Elias Johansson.

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June 14, 2016

Russ Bryant & Paul Sinclair win at THE Series Rd2

The second round of THE Series was held at 710 Raceway in Okemos, Michigan. It was a long day, with racing starting at 9 AM and trophies around 11 PM. The track normally hosts 1/8th scales, and even though the crew had cut out the two big back jumps, a fast lap in Mod Buggy was 30 seconds. The track was bumpy and, as usual for Midwestern outdoor tracks with lots of sun and a nice breeze, watering was necessary. The whoops section was difficult at the beginning, and as the surface began to deteriorate the fast line through it disappeared. Russ Bryant started the day off by TQing all three rounds of Mod Stadium Truck qualifying. He then ran away with the main, leading wire-to-wire.

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June 14, 2016

3rd Annual Québec Classic – Announcement

The 3rd Annual Québec Classic will be held in Eastern Canada from August 25th to 28th. The organisers have found a new location for the event at Bego Racing RC Raceway right next to the Napierville Dragway and only 20 minutes away from downtown Montréal. It also is only a five hours drive from NYC and Toronto. Track design will be taken care of by Levi Jackson of SikTrack Design and the race schedule will see 12 hours of free practice starting Thursday, followed by 7 minute qualifiers on Friday and Saturday with the mains run on Sunday. Classes are Nitro Buggy and Truggy, E-Buggy and E-Truggy as well as SC 4WD with sign-up being available here. For more questions feel free to contact the organisers at jerome@jtq.ca.

June 13, 2016

Björn Prümper joins RC Concept

French company RC Concept have announced the signing of Germany’s Björn Prümper to their growing team. The Yokomo driver will attend all major national events along the EOS, using the company’s line of motors, speed controllers and batteries.

Source: RC Concept [rcconcept.net]

June 13, 2016

Rivkin & Maifield successful at ROAR Fuel Nationals

This past weekend saw the running of the 2016 ROAR 1/8th Fuel Off-road Nationals at Thornhill Raceway in Hutto, Texas. TLR’s Ryan Maifield would double TQ the event but in the hour-long Nitro Buggy A-main it was Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin who stole the show by taking the win with a narrow 1.5s from Maifield. Spencer would take the lead in the early stages of the main while Maifield dropped down the order, letting Ryan Cavalieri (Team Associated) and Ryan Lutz (Tekno) by. Also in the mix was HB’s Ty Tessmann who even lead in the early stages of the race but once things settled in, Spencer would control the pace from the front with team mate Ryan Cavalieri in tow. The latter would then fall back in the closing stages, allowing Maifield to put pressure on Rivkin while also Tessmann regained a podium spot shortly after. Ultimately Rivkin would bring home his first big national title in style to add to his Stock Buggy and Short Course Championships and his IFMAR 2WD World Championship title.

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June 13, 2016

Juan Carlos Canas takes 1/8th Buggy B Euros title

The Clube de Radiomodelismo in Freixedas, Portugal played host to the 2016 EFRA 1/8th Buggy European Championship B over the weekend. Gonçalo Melo took out the Top Qualifer honours after four rounds of high-intensity driving, just pipping fellow Junior driver Juan Carlos Canas on a tie-breaker. Both finished with 224 points after the four rounds, but a slightly better result for Melo in round four gave him the edge when dropped scores, of which each driver had two, were taken into account.

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June 12, 2016

Ryan Maifield double TQs ROAR Fuel Offroad Nats

Qualifying of the 2016 ROAR 1/8th Fuel Offroad Nationals at Thornhill Circuit in Hutto, Texas saw TLR’s Ryan Maifield walking away with double TQs in Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck. Scoring four round TQs on the opening day of qualifying, Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin denied Maifield the same spectacle on the second day by coming out fastest in the final Truck qualifier. Maifield had to settle for second, only a couple of tenth of a second shy of Rivkin’s time. Behind Maifield, Kyosho’s Jared Tebo, HB’s Ty Tessmann and Tekno’s Ryan Lutz would complete the top 4 while in Truggy Spencer Rivkin, Ty Tessmann and Jared Tebo made up the top 4.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]