A qualifying round for the German 1/10th electric off-road nationals was held at the somewhat slippery astro turf track in Gemünden. In the 4WD class Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer took the TQ and win with his Reedy-powered B44.2 from Chris Geier (Yokomo) and Micha Widmaier (Schumacher/CS Electronic).
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This weekend was the 24th running of the annual Belgium GP. The event is very popular, with many people requesting entries, but due to the nature of the event and venue the organisers keep an entry limit of 80 in 2WD and 70 in 4WD, allowing reasonable length days and plenty of track time, with open practice in the days preceding the event. It really is a great event, very relaxed atmosphere and a showcase for RC racing with is location in a public park, where many activities take place over the weekend, drawing in many spectators and drivers from 7 countries.
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The biggest Greek electric off-road race of the year was held at the Fanatix racing track in the Northern suburbs of Athens. The event saw 2WD buggy racing on Saturday and the 4WD buggy and SC classes on Sunday with over 50 entries in total and the appearance of Team Associated factory team driver Peter Pinisch from Austria. Peter then dominated the 2WD class on Saturday, smashing the track’s lap record and winning the race in front of Vassilis Bournias (Schumacher) and Dimitris Fotinos on a close 3rd (Kyosho).
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The first round of this year’s Czech electric off-road nationals was held at the technical clay track in Debolin. On Saturday two timed practice rounds and five qualifications runs were held with David Kukla coming out successful in the 4WD buggy class, taking TQ for the finals. For the A-main David was able to conserve his performance, taking wins in all 3 final legs to take the first round of the two event championship. Dominik Sulc and Tomas Holicky completed the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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This past weekend the BRCA Truggy and E8 championship moved South to the newly revamped dirt track at Kent. The morning skies had a little moisture in them to welcome the drivers. The 6 minute practice session that both classes had was a little greasy but still allowed the drivers and marshals to get a feel of the new layout. Round 1 started with the E8 buggy doing there first qualifying run out of 3, with the best 2 to count. This resulted in an assortment of lap times with Kevin Brunsden fastest in heat 1 and Elliot Boots fastest in heat 2. By the time the Truggy class started the track was starting to loose the damp shine. Heat one of the Truggy class was won by Tony Truman and heat 2 by young Oliver Currie.
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The final round of Attiko championship took place after some rainy months at the FRT track in Athens. The race was postponed more than 5 times because of the weather conditions and it marked the highlight of the season as it was to decide the championship and the following 3 places. The top 4 drivers where close together in the championship and in qualifying it was last year’s champion Papanikolaou who showed great speed with the only 10 laps run. The 2nd place after qualifying went to Koudouris with Zagorisos sitting in 3rd place.
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The 2nd round of the Austria 1/8th off-road national championship saw a strong field of drivers competing with the likes of Hupo Hönigl, 2-times national champion Martin Karner, Euro finalist Dominic Bauer and Martin Wollanka in attendance. In the qualifiers two round wins secured Martin Wollanka the overall TQ for the finals and the Xray driver was also able to take the pole position for the A-main by winning his semifinal 4 seconds in front of runner-up Martin Karner. The final had the two Martin’s fighting for the first 10 minutes of the race until Wollanka’s pit crew realised that he had to do an additional stop for fuel compared to Karner. Nevertheless Martin Wollanka ended the race 1 lap ahead of Martin Karner with Klemens Heiss completing the top 3 result.
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The third Annual Team Associated Top Gun Shootout takes its name from the famous Top Gun Navy fighter school located just across the street in Miramar, CA. And while there weren’t any Maverick or Goose sightings, Team Associated did bring out their top guns with World Champions Ryan Cavalieri, Brian Kinwald, and Steven Hartson all in attendance. Much like the popular 80’s movie, there were also some rookies looking to make a splash against the established veterans of the industry.
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