Young Jesper Rasmussen has emerged from a gruelling seven-race series to be double-crowned the 2WD and 4WD 2015 Danish Champion. Jesper secured the overall win in 2WD with maximum points in the 2WD class, with five TQs and five wins and he took the 4WD title with four TQs and five wins. Team mate Jonas Kaerup was runner-up in 2WD with a second-place overall.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
Schumacher Racing welcome Greg Williams back to the team. Greg is a regular A-finalist at the BRCA Off Road Nationals and achieved his best results when driving for Schumacher a few years ago. He is sure to be a strong contender with his new cars in 2016.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Horizon Hobby UK welcome Glenn Smith as the newest edition to the TLR UK team. Recent results have seen a real turn of speed from Glenn and his sponsors now hope to see him further his development with the support and experience of his new team mates.
Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.co.uk]
This weekend (18-20 September) the Euro Offroad Series opens its fifth season at the iconic Nürburgring racing circuit in Germany. Marking the 15th event of the high profile 1:10 electric offroad championship, Round 1 of the 2015/16 season takes place alongside the Nürburgring 1000KM, a round of the full size sportscar Blancpain Endurance Series. Heading the entry on the EOS’ first visit to the Nürburgring is defending double champion Lee Martin. Last season in addition to claiming the 2WD Buggy title, the Yokomo driver became the first driver to deny Joern Neumann the 4WD title, the German having held that crown since the creation of the indoor championship.
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The seventh round of the Dutch National Championship recently took place at the beautiful track in Hengelo. After three rounds of qualifying Marnix Bul took the TQ in the Hobby Class but he would encounter some difficulties in the semifinal when he had a flame-out at the start. Nevertheless Marnix was able to catch up quickly and bumped up to the main final coming in second after 20 minutes. Starting the main final from 5th position he climbed up the order constantly and after 25 minutes he crossed the finishing line in first position. With this result his current points in the overall ranking can’t be equalled by anyone, meaning Marnix will take the championship title at the last race.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Racers from across the eastern U.S. gathered at McCullough’s Off Road in Sarver, PA for the 14th annual East Coast Race Against Cancer. Despite rain showers drowning out the A-mains, the race still managed to raise over $20,000 in donations for the American Cancer Society, which puts the 14-year total upwards of $121,000 in donations. This year’s event saw over 200 entries, which brought some very intense competition. In Modified 2WD, Brandon Marsh took the winning honors, with Paul Nam finishing second and Luke McCullough in third. In the 4WD class Marsh took another win with Matt Stoltz in second and Alex Miller in third.
The 2015 North-West Championship Tour (NCT) Series began earlier this year in April and just recently finished this past weekend. This 6-race series would hit some of the best outdoor tracks in the beautiful Pacific North-West. After the dust had settled, Jesse Munn would take the 4WD Modified Buggy, 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/8th Nitro Truggy championship while Tayler Wonder grabbed the 2WD Modified Buggy title.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]
199 racers from all over Florida made their way to Beachline Raceway in Cocoa for the recent round 2 of JConcepts’ Super Cup Championship Series. Beachline’s large indoor pitting area filled in the early morning with racers quickly setting up to turn practice laps while working on tuning and tire combinations. Racing went live at 9:30am with 48 heats to be run over 2 rounds of qualifying. For the main event of the day, Modified 4WD was shaping up to be a epic showdown of skill and talent. JR Mitch set TQ with a time of 17/5:04.459. Mitch would amass a quick lead over Ryan Eckert. It looked as if Mitch would take a win until lap 9, JR’s car snapped an A-arm giving the lead to Ryan Eckert. Daimon Borkowicz was close behind and looking for the lead, but Eckert ran the clean laps to take the win with Daimon in 2nd. Leon McIntosh raced home for 3rd with Sebatian Hazbun 4th and Alfredo Arrieta 5th.
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