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March 4, 2015

Nielsen wins Rd6 as Johnsen takes Danish LeMans title

Nielsen wins Rd6 as Johnsen takes Danish Le Mans title

The final round of the Danish Electric On-Road Championships was held on a purpose-built track inside a shopping mall 15 kilometres outside of Copenhagen. 21 drivers attended in the Le Mans class and again the race as on between Rasmus B. Nielsen and Michael Johansen with Peter Harder and Thomas Mortensen also being in the mix. All participants of the final round would have 10 points added for the championship result and therefore every of the previous winners was eager to show up. So far the season saw three different winners with Thomas Mortensen winning the first round, Michael Johnsen scored in next three rounds and while Rasmus B. Nielsen grabbed the win in the penultimate round, meaning the race for the title was on between Thomas Mortensen, Rasmus B. Nielsen and Michael Johnsen.

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March 4, 2015

Slovakia Cup 2014/2015 Rd3 – Announcement

This coming weekend the Hudy Arena will host round 3 of the popular Slovakia Cup on both their on-road and off-road indoor tracks. Registration is available here and more information regarding details and rules can be found here.

March 4, 2015

Patrick Hofer doubles at Köngen Indoor Masters

The 2015 Edition of the Köngener Indoor Masters race in Germany saw Patrick Hofer dominating both the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes. A field of 150 racers made the event highly competitive while the large carpet track surface challenged each driver every lap. Patrick was the fastest in each of the five qualifying rounds in the 2WD class en route to the main event win. While not as dominant in 4WD, Patrick still took a convincing win for his second title of the weekend.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

March 4, 2015

Mansson & Ausfelt win at VBC Cup Rd3

Round 3 of the VBC Cup was held at Klippan RC on a medium-size carpet track with two wooden sections and quite a lot of jumps. The race was a two-day event with 2WD being run on Saturday and 4WD on Sunday and a total of 56 entries made for good competition. The finals of the 2WD class were a 2-man race between Team Associated’s Niclas Mansson and TLR driver Otto Ausfelt. At the end Niclas came out successful in front of Otto while Erik Mansson (Team Associated) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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March 4, 2015

Alejandro Daras wins Levante EP Championship Rd1

The opening round of the Spanish Levante EP Championship was held at the La Nucia track. Xray team driver Alejandro Daras took the TQ and brought home the win after some hard fights with Andres Marcelino (Mugen) in the finals. Serpent driver Toni Alcala rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 4, 2015

Benek Cup Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Polish Benek Cup was held in the city of Lodz. The organisers built an impressive 36×24 metres track with 16 different obstacles including an 8 metres long table top jump. Around 50 drivers split into the three classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and a beginner category. The race saw the attendance of young Michal Orlowski who opted to race in Lodz despite other race commitments. The Schumacher factory driver then went on to take the TQ in both the 2WD and 4WD class and he also quite easily won the A-mains make it a double at the weekend.

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March 3, 2015

Matias doubles at RC Indoor Oeste opening race

This past weekend saw the opening race of the RC Indoor Oeste track in Portugal. Miguel Matias took the TQ and win in both the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. In the Nitro category Joao Figueiredo and Rabio Ramos rounded out the podium while in the E-Buggy class Nuno Roque and Pedro Dias came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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March 3, 2015

Russian Grand Prix 2015 – Announcement

The 2015 Russian Grand Prix will be held from the 9th to 12th of April during the Moscow Hobby Expo. The event will see electric on-road racing on Thursday, 1/8th E-Buggy, Stadium Truck and 1/18th scale Monster Trucks on Friday as well as 1/10th off-road racing on Saturday and Sunday. More than 250 drivers from Europe, Asia and Russia will be in attendance with last year’s race attracting drivers such as Hupo Hönigl and Shin Adachi. Sign up for the event is available here while more information can soon be found here or by contacting the event organiser Dmitry Malyshko here.