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October 23, 2014

Chris Bridgewater wins Northwest Championship Tour

The Northwest Championship Tour is an outdoor series that runs throughout the Pacific Northwest, drawing top drivers from the region. The series spans six events, bringing turnouts beyond 300 entries. Typical of the Great Northwest, a wide array of weather was seen during the series. With the best four out of six races counting towards the final series points, Team Associated/Reedy driver Chris Bridgewater was able to take the series overall win in 2WD Modified Buggy, 2WD Modified Short Course, and 4WD Modified Buggy. Bridgewater was able to lock up the 2WD Modified Buggy and 2WD Short Course classes with perfect scores for the series, along with taking home 11 TQs and 11 wins among the three classes.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

October 22, 2014

EOS #4 kicks off at Poland’s largest hobby exhibition

Season #4 of the Euro Offroad Series kicks off this weekend (24-26 October) at Poland’s largest hobby exhibition with the 1:10 Offroad championship’s international entry set once again to showcase r/c racing in front of over 40,000 show goers. The third year running that the EOS season will commence in the city of Poznan as part of ‘Hobby’, it will be the first time that the entry for the championship’s buggy classes will be headed by separate drivers. Chasing a fourth consecutive title, Joern Nuemann heads the 4WD Buggy entry while his 2WD Buggy Championship nemesis Naoto Matsukura makes the trip from Japan for the first time to one of Poland’s oldest cities.

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October 22, 2014

Tasos Paparegas wins Greek Buggy Championship

The final round of the Greek 1/8th Off-Road Championship was held at the Zorri track in Athens in sunny and hot weather conditions. Tasos Pagaregas took the TQ for the finals but he had to battle against some very fast local drivers who would also put some massive pressure on him in the 45 minute final. Right from the start Makropoulos, Tsigkos and Perogianakis, who were the podium finishers of a race held the week before, chased Tasos hard who suffered a major problem after the second pitstop when a stone got stuck between a front arm and the chassis. Tasos drove that way for at least 10 minutes and he lost the lead after building an 11 second gap. Later in the race Tasos had to protect his spot against Zagorisos, who had worked his way up coming from 10th on the grid. Then, at the 25 minute mark, Tasos heavily crashed his car into the barriers after a driving error but the stone that blocked the suspension got loose and he was able to work his way up again to take the win in front of Zagorisos in 2nd and Makropoulos in 3rd place. The win at the final round of the championship handed Tasos the overall title with his brother John taking the runner-up spot.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 22, 2014

Lutz doubles at Byron Fuels Heartlands Challenge

Ryan Lutz has concluded the 2014 Byron Fuels Heartlands Challenge by taking the first place overall finish in both Nitro Buggy and Truggy. The Hobbytown Hobbyplex facility presented the field with an awesome track surface, guaranteeing some exciting action and it was Ryan who took an early TQ run in the first round of qualifying in both classes. With the competition battling for supremacy, Ryan stayed cool under pressure from Cody King to push to a double win.

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October 22, 2014

ROAR announce first 2015 calendar dates & tracks

ROAR have announced first dates and tracks for their National Championships for 2015. Horsham RC will play host for the Carpet On-Road Nationals from the 26th to the 29th of March. The 1/8th Fuel Off-Road Nationals will be run from the 18th to the 21st of June by A-Main Hobbies, while the 1/8th Electric Off-Road Nationals will be run at LCRC from July 9th through to the 12th. Last but not least the 1/10th Electric Off-Road Nationals will be held at SRS Speedway from August 6th to 9th. Still open are the dates and tracks for events such as the Paved Electric or Fuel On-Road Nationals.

October 21, 2014

Haatanen & Salmela win at Winter Series Rd1

The first round of the Winter Off-Road Series in Finland saw Joona Haatanen being on fire in the 2WD Buggy class. He dominated the proceedings taking every round of qualifying and the mains. Meanwhile in 4WD Buggy it was team mate and good friend Karri Salmela who broke up the Haatanen party by taking a fantastic win.

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October 21, 2014

Turner & McDuffie win at JBRL Electric Series Rd9

The 9th and final round of this year’s Jimmy Babcock Racing League series was run at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, CA this past weekend. Once again the race attracted a good turnout of racers including local talent and nationally experienced drivers. The 2WD Modified Buggy class had Kyosho’s Cody Turner walking away with the win from Kevin Motter (Team Associated) and Zachary Rogers (Kyosho).

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October 21, 2014

Michal Blahovsky wins at RC1 Cup

Last weekend the RC1 Cup was held in the Czech Republic. Run in various electric on-road and off-road classes the event saw Michal Blahovsky taking the TQ and win in the 2WD Modified Buggy class from Serpent team mate Jan Kanina.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]