This past weekend was round #4 of the R/C Pro Series at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas. The event had over 200 entries and it was Adam Drake who set the pace in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Truck classes and lined up first for the 45 minute buggy and 30 minute truck final in which he was able to conserve his qualifying performance to take the win in both categories.
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Tekno RC’s Rudy Rico has secured himself the 1/8th E-Buggy and Pro4 Short Course titles at this year’s JBRL Electric Series. In the 1/8th class Rudy scored a total 610 points leaving Ryan Dunford (TLR) and Chris Blais (Team Associated) in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. In Pro4 Rudy left the TLR duo of David Jenson and Ryan Dunford behind who rounded out the top 3 overall result.
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The 5th and final round of the Jakarta Regional Buggy Champsionship was held at the Graha Raya track in Serpong, West Java. The 45 minute main final on the dusty and bumpy track, that was also used for the penultimate round two weeks ago, was a challenge for all drivers with Jason Nugroho, coming from 5th on the grid, taking the lead some 25 minutes into the race. Jason was able to maintain his position until the chequered flag to take the win in front of Adrian Wicaksono and Rama Tribudiman. Deslina Nenenk and John Agus rounded out the top 5 result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 2nd round of the 2014/15 Herts Winter Series was held this past weekend. Kyosho’s Elliott Boots took the TQ and win in the Nitro Buggy class on the track that will host the 2015 EFRA Euros B. Darren Bloomfield finished the 20 minute main final some 9 seconds behind Elliott in 2nd place while Graham Alsop (Hot Bodies) rounded out the podium in 3rd.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]
Naoto Matsukura completed a perfect weekend in Poland as he backed up his 2WD success with a convincing first 4WD victory at the opening round of the Euro Offroad Series. Getting his 2WD title defence underway on Saturday by collecting maximum points, his Sunday win means the Yokomo driver heads back to Japan as leader of both championships. Becoming only the third driver to win in 4WD, Matsukura did so with ease backing up his A1 win with another tone to tone win despite a lap 10 error that cost him over 2-seconds. Taking the win in A3, defending champion Joern Neumann would as he did in 2WD, finish 2nd overall with American Carson Wernimont completing the podium at the Poznan ‘Hobby’ exhibition hosted race.
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A clean sweep of the opening three qualifiers at the Euro Offroad Series season opener in Poland this morning have secured Naoto Matsukura an early overall TQ for 4WD. The Yokomo driver secured his second ever EOS pole position in the 4WD class, having TQ’d last season’s final round, by topping Q3 ahead of defending champion Joern Nuemann having also beaten the German in Q2. A repeat of the Q2 Top 3 Lee Martin would again post the third fastest time.
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Winner of 2WD yesterday, Naoto Matsukura got 4WD underway this morning at the Euro Offroad Series underway in Poland with a TQ run in the opening round of qualifying. Having set the pace in Friday’s practice, the Yokomo driver survived two mistakes over the 5-minutes to just pip Team Durango’s Michal Orlowski by 4/10ths of a second. Completing the Top 3 for the first of the five scheduled qualifiers was Lee Martin with defending champion Joern Neumann posting the fifth fastest time.
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Naoto Matsukura got his 2WD title defence in the Euro Offroad Series off to the perfect start in Poznan, Poland, as he took the overall win at Round 1 of the championship’s fourth season. Having survived making contact with Top Qualifier Carson Wernimont in A1, the Yokomo driver wrapped up the win in A2 with a more straight forward pass on the American to win by 10-seconds. Taking the win in A3 ahead of Lee Martin, Joern Neumann would claim second overall with Martin completing the podium, his first in 2WD for Yokomo.
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