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April 20, 2016

Max Götzl wins Czech Offroad Party series Rd1

The season opener of the Czech Offroad Party series was held in Kolin this past Saturday. Due to rain the qualifiers only started at noon and also for the main finals the drivers had to cope with a damp track and it was Max Götzl (Xray) who made the best out of the conditions by taking the TQ in all qualifying rounds to grab the overall TQ from Jiri Benes (Xray) and Frantisek Kalenda (Xray). For the main final Max was able to conserve his qualifying performance and after a flawless run he took the win from Jiri and Frantisek in second and third respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 20, 2016

Hovgaard & Gosvig score at Danish EP Buggy opener

The opening round of the Danish Electric Off-road Nationals was held in rather wet track conditions. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Yokomo driver Frederik Hovgaard who came out fastest in the A-mains by winning A1 and A2 to grab the overall win early. Behind him Jesper Rasmussen (Team Associated) and Mike Gosvig (Xray) battled for the runner-up spot with the better end for Jesper while Mike rounded out the podium result.

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April 19, 2016

Agustin Cutini doubles at Argentinian Nationals Rd1

The opening round of the Argentinian Buggy and Truggy National Championship was held at the Colonia Caroya track in Cordoba. In the Pro Buggy class Agustin Cutini would take the TQ and win from Nicolas Bregante and Sebastián Recio in second and third respectively. The three would also make up the Pro Truggy podium with Agustin taking the TQ and win from Nicolas and Sebastián.

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April 19, 2016

Cole Ogden wins Speed RC opening race

Speed RC Raceway, the all-new facility of TJ Bell and former Formula 1 and now Global RallyCross driver, Scott Speed held its opening race this past weekend in Mooresville, North Carolina. The TQ in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class went to Kyosho’s Jared Tebo with Mugen’s Cole Ogden qualifying for the 2 spot. At the tone Tebo jumped into the lead while Ogden dropped back to 5th. Later Cole would be able to catch up and to take the lead and after a couple of swaps up front due to wrecking, Cole would take the win with Jared in second. Tekno RC’s Barry Pettit completed the top 3 result.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

April 19, 2016

Hartson & Root win at JBRL Electric Series Rd2

The second round of the 2016 JBRL Electric Series was held at SDRC Raceway in San Diego, California this past Saturday. Once again the race attracted a good mixture of local talent and internationally experienced racers and in the 2WD Open Buggy class it was 2013 IFMAR 4WD Buggy World Champion, Steven Hartson who took the overall win from Brent Thielke in second and Casey Becica in third.

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April 19, 2016

Winter Jumps 2016 finale – Report

The final round of the Winter Jumps series was held this past weekend in Helsinki during the Model Expo hobby show. The track was laid out using “EOS carpet” and lots of jumps, making for a fun weekend of racing. The event started with controlled practice of the 2WD class followed by three rounds of qualifying of which the best one would count. Joel Valander would come out fastest from Jörg Tiit and Joona Haatanen. In the opening A-main Joel would take a comfortable win but Joona stroke back in A2, shifting the decision for the overall win to the third and final A-main that Jörg would lead in the early stages. Joel got a very unlucky mechanical failure that allowed Joona to take the win and with it the overall victory. Joel ended the day on the runner-up spot from third placed Markku Honkanen.

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April 18, 2016

Horne dominates JConcepts Factory Tracks Invitational

The 3rd annual JConcepts Factory Tracks Invitational was hosted by RC Clubhouse and attracted 360+ entries. RC Clubhouse and Al Horne’s Factory Tracks crew put together an amazing track that worked very well for the heads-up Invitational racing. For the Invite class, they would run the Reedy format with 2 Wheel on Saturday and 4 Wheel on Sunday, with five rounds each day and one throw out. Teammates Austin Horne and Mason Fuller would have a great 3-way battle with California native Rudy Rico throughout 2WD and 4WD. After the dust settled, Austin Horne would take his vehicles to the top of the podium with a winning score of 12 points. Mason Fuller and Rudy Rico would finished tied with 15 points, but Rudy edge out Mason on the tie breaker.

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April 18, 2016

Kaja Novotny takes double Open Challenge title

The 8th and final round of the Czech Open Challenge was held in Ruzyne. Once again Kaja Novotny was the driver to beat both in 2WD and 4WD as he took easy overall TQs in both classes. In the 2WD A-mains Kaja then had some good fights with Michal Blahovsky (SWorkz) for the win and the Xray driver would end the day on the 1 spot from Michal in second with Vaclav Broz (SWorkz) completing the top 3 result.

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