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September 11, 2013

Magnus Björndal wins Swedish North Cup

Magnus Björndal wins Swedish North Cup

The final round of the Swedish North Cup took place this past weekend in Robertsfors. 39 racers attended at last year’s Swedish Championship track and it soon became apparent that many drivers could fight for the top position. At the end Magnus Björndal was able to take the winning honours one lap ahead of Richard Malmlöf and Richard Bagger who was another lap down. The overall title went to Magnus in front of Björn Engman and Richard Bagger. The best junior, Viktor Westerlund came in 8th in the last round securing him a top 10 finish overall.

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September 10, 2013

Belgian SCT Cup Rd5 in Kampenhout – Report

For the fifth round of the Belgian SCT Cup the drivers travelled to the iconic Kampenhout track that was as challenging as always with its elevation changes, off camber turns and different track surfaces. As usual, the Heremans’s ensured a smooth organisation and the day went flawless. The first qualifier was run on a wet track but once the sun came out the surface started to dry. Nicolas Evens (TLR 22SCT) TQ’ed the first two runs while Jean-François Renard (TLR 22SCT) took the last one. Behind the two Edouard-Benoît Michez, Philippe Hautecoeur and Cédric Vandeginste, all running Associated SC10’s, battled for the remaining top 5 spots.

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September 10, 2013

Reno Savoya wins 4WD at French electric nats

The MBGO Gonfreville club hosted the final round of the French electric nationals in the Northern West of France. After three rounds of practice and six rounds of qualifying Xray’s Reno Savoya TQ’d the 4WD class with his team mates Armand Lantheaume and Lorenzo Crolla being very fast too. In the finals Reno took the win in leg 1 and 2 allowing him to sit out the final A main to watch Armand and Lorenzo battle for the win. At the end it was Armand Lantheaume who took the runner-up spot with Lorenzo Crolla taking the final podium spot.

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September 10, 2013

Patrick Hofer sweeps Swiss off-road nats in Oberbüren

The last round of the Swiss electric off-road nationals took place at the well-known and tricky Oberbüren track. In qualification Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer made his intentions clear and TQ’d the 2WD, 4WD and SC 4×4 class. Come the finals the conditions changed to the worse as rain transformed the sandy track into a mud puddle. Patrick kept his cool and went on to win all modified classes in order to take his 5th national title in a row.

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September 9, 2013

Hupo Hönigl wins Austrian buggy nats Rd4

The fourth round of the Austrian electric off-road nationals took place in Krieglach. 36 drivers in 2WD and 28 entries in 4WD tried to tackle the dusty clay track that got better during the practice heats but later on started to break up. Some drivers tried to race mid motor buggies in 2WD one of which was Team Durango’s Hupo Hönigl, but the tricky surface made the buggies difficult to drive and since these cars need a different racing line most of the drivers came back to rear motor machines for the qualifiers and finals. Sunday Morning started with four rounds of qualifying and when the dust settled the Team Durango duo of Hupo Hönigl and Martin Kreil lead in 2WD with equal points, but a faster time gave Hupo the TQ spot. 3rd and 4th went to the Team Associated duo Pinisch/Pfeifhofer, also equal in points with 3rd going to Peter Pinisch. In 4WD Hupo took 3 out of 4 rounds, taking the TQ in front of Yokomo’s René Trauner and Stefan Pfeifhofer (Team Associated) with Martin Kreil in 4th and Pinisch in 5th position.

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September 9, 2013

Adam Drake sweeps JBRL Nitro Series Rd6

Team Losi Racing’s Adam Drake made a clean sweep at the recent JBRL Nitro Series round 6 at Thunder Alley Raceway. In the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy class Adam came in first and he also took home the win in E-Buggy after fighting all the way to the finish line with team mate Mike Truhe. Jose Alvarado (TLR) took the victories in both Sportsman Buggy and Truck.

Thanks to Adam Drake for sending the report.

September 9, 2013

Lee Martin wins BRCA 1/8th buggy title

The fifth and final round of this year’s BRCA 1/8th nitro buggy nationals took place at the Slough RC track, oldest on the calendar for the BRCA national series. A few drivers could still win the championship, and Mugen’s Lee Martin was the one driver who had it in his own hands. Regardless of any result, if he finished 5th or higher, he would win the series in 2013. The track was prepared in the weeks before the race and early on the track was dusty and loose, with contrasting smooth and bumpy sections. Due to the abnormally good summer weather in the UK, it had caused the tracks surface to be very dry and it needed a lot of water. The track had a couple of new features and corners to make it a little different from normal.

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September 9, 2013

Steven Brown wins 2WD at Apex Models Grand Prix

The Apex Models Grand Prix was run last weekend at the Surrey and Hants Radio Control Car Club in a Reedy Race format in wet and dry conditions. RudeBits Kyosho DB2 driver Steven Brown took the win from Tony Evdoka (RudeBits Kyosho) and David Burton (RudeBits Kyosho) who finished third in the 2WD class.

Source: RudeBits [rudebits.co.uk]