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March 17, 2016

JR Mitch triples at Region 4 Championships

The ROAR Region 4 1/8th scale championships were held at Triple Nickel in Bartow, Florida. A staple in the Florida racing scene for decades the facility put in one of the best layouts the state has seen. A very fun flowing circuit with well built jumps and elevation changes throughout the lap. The weather held up nicely allowing a good groove to form in the racing line however the threat of rain led to a little under-water issue on Sunday due to the forecasted rain that never came, let the track get a little dry and slick dust on main event day making set up and tyre selection crucial.

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March 17, 2016

Joseph Quagraine wins at Mexican Nationals Rd1

The opening round of the Mexican Off-road Nationals was held in Monterrey, Mexico. The event draw some 120 entries most of which attended in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class with Truggy and Electric Short Course classes also being run. JQRacing’s own Joseph Quagraine, who is currently on a US tour, managed to the TQ the Nitro Buggy class and he would also bring home the win from Felipe Martinez and Diego Marroquin.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]

March 16, 2016

Joel Valander doubles at Finnish Winter Jumps Series

The recent round of the Finnish Winter Jumps Series was held outside of Finland in Tallinn, Estonia with drivers from several countries in attendance. Saturday was devoted to the 2WD Buggy class and it was Joona Haatanen who grabbed the TQ in front of Joel Valander, who was fastest after the practice rounds. In the opening A-main Joel capitalised of a mistake of Joona, handing Valander the win from runner-up, Jörg Tiit. A2 then saw Joel only finish in third place due to a couple of errors but he stroke back in the third and decisive A-main when Joona opened the inside line on the first lap, allowing Joel to slip through. From that moment on he never looked back to take the win and with it the overall victory in the 2WD class.

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March 16, 2016

Cole Ogden teams up with Mugen Racing

Mugen Seiki Racing have announced the signing of Cole Ogden to their team. The former TLR driver and The Dirt Nitro Challenge Nitro Buggy finalist will bring a tremendous amount of racing experience into the super star US team that includes icons such as Adam Drake and Mike Truhe.

Source: Mugen Racing [mugenracing.com]

March 16, 2016

Super Cup Championship Series Rd3 – Report

The popular Super Cup Championship Series headed north for race 3 of the 2016 Spring Session to a new track for the series, Newberry RC Park just outside of Gainesville. It takes many styling cues from the now retired Shiverville Raceway and with 199 entries and another nice sunny Florida day everyone had another great race day. Unfortunately a heavy downpour late Thursday night changed everything for Friday’s practice but the Newberry crew was not going to give up yet and spent most of Friday and into the early morning of Saturday to be sure the racers had a great surface to run on Saturday.

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March 16, 2016

Yeung & Law successful at Sunpadow Strait Cup

After the successful China National Championship race in 2015, the Xiamen ARC International Raceway hosted the Sunpadow Strait Cup last weekend, attracting around 200 entries to race in the two classes of 1/8th EP Buggy and 1/8th GP Buggy. Racers from Hong Kong, Macau, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and Mainland China attended the race with the ARC International Raceway being located inside an industrial park, offering a size of 70×40 metres and a true world-class facility to host high-level races. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class 13-years old Jonathan Yeung from Hong Kong would take the TQ but due to bad weather the finals would be cancelled, handing Jonathan the win based on the qualifying results. Sam Chen from Taiwan would take the runner-up spot while Taiwan’s Ngai would end the 2-day event in third.

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March 15, 2016

Cavalieri & Phend win at Cactus Classic

Beside their respective wins in the Modified Truck and 4WD Modified Buggy classes Ryan Cavalieri and Dakotah Phend also came out successful in the Modified Short Course categories. In 2WD Modified Short Course veteran racer Brian Kinwald (Team Associated) would take the TQ position after the qualifiers but in the final Brian’s AE team mate Ryan Cavalieri would take the title from Brian while TLR’s Ryan Maifield rounded out the podium result in third. Elsewhere in the 4WD Modified SC class TQ Dakotah Phend (TLR) came out fastest in the single 7 minute A-main from David Jenson (TLR) and Gregg Taylor.

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March 14, 2016

Slovakia Cup Rd6 – Report

The sixth and final round of the Slovakia Cup was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin over the weekend. The event saw the running of several electric on-road and off-road classes and it had Martin Hudy taking the TQ and win in the Touring Modified class from Austria’s Martin Wollanka in second and Patrick Gollner in third. In the overall championship Martin Hudy took the title from Zdenko Kunak and Oliver Havranek.

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