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November 18, 2014

New Zealand North Island EP Championships – Report

The 2014 Edition of the New Zealand North Island EP Champs took place at the North Harbour RC Car Club Track which is situated at the most Northern part of the country’s biggest city Auckland. The event was somewhat of a sombre affair on the knowledge that the track was ear marked to be redeveloped into a swimming complex in a short few weeks after the event. Come qualifying, the weather played ball after months of rain in the region, the sun was out, and so were all challengers for this event.

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November 18, 2014

Lutz takes E-Buggy win at the Battle of the Sikest

Last weekend’s Battle of the Sikest saw Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst taking the TQ in the 1/8th E-Buggy class over some of the fastest drivers in 1/8th electric racing. Bornhost then would take the opening A-main with a tone to tone victory over Tekno teammate Ryan Lutz who came in 2nd. In the second leg Joe would make a mistake in the first corner to give Lutz the lead. For the next few minutes the entire field would battle it out and Lutz would hold onto to take the win in A2, while Joe finished in 2nd. The third and decisive A-main would have the teammates Bornhorst and Lutz swapping the lead countless times. Side by side for nearly five minutes it would come down to Bornhorst making a mistake giving Lutz the room to take the overall win. With Bornhorst on the runner-up spot Kyosho’s Cody King would round out the podium.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

November 18, 2014

Cyrul & Lonergan take wins at Halloween Classic Race

The annual Halloween Classic race was hosted by the famous Gate crew of Cleveland. In the World GT 13.5T Spec class Josh Cyrul (SpeedMerchant), fresh off his win at the IIC in Vegas, went on to dominate qualifying taking TQs in every round. On Sunday, he started from the pole position and just drove away into the sunset. Josh was a full four tenth quicker than the 2nd place car of Brian Wynn (CRC) to take the win in the highly competitive class.

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November 18, 2014

Miguel Matias takes Portuguese 1/10th buggy titles

Last weekend the final round of the Portuguese 1/10th electric off-road national championship was held at the same indoor location the season kicked off earlier this year. The 2WD class title was already decided with Miguel Matias claiming the 2014 championship with a clean sweep ahead of Nuno Roque and Marco Timoteo. In the 4WD class the title was still up for grabs with Miguel Matias and his team mate Bruno Coelho battling for the overall win. Unfortunately due to racing at the IFMAR 200mm Worlds, Bruno was not able to attend the race and so Miguel quite easily won the race from pole position to snatch the 2014 title from Bruno Coelho and Nuno Roque.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 17, 2014

James Hart wins at GT12 Clubmans Series Rd3

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Round 3 of the popular GT12 Clubmans Series was hosted by the Broxtowe Model Car Club this past Sunday. After a welcoming drivers briefing from the club, the organisers held a vote to decide whether to change the qualifying format from “race” starts to staggered starts. With a majority show of hands it was decided to run staggered starts in qualifying. Broxtowe laid a technical and twisty track for the event, and unusually it was run anticlockwise. Grip levels came up steadily during qualifying, with drivers improving their times throughout the day.

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November 17, 2014

SARDA Electric On-road Nationals Rd5 – Report

The 5th and final round of the 2014 South-African ORE national championship were held at the 2002 Worlds track in Krugersdorp this past weekend. The weekend started out wet as a rain storm hit the track on Saturday morning which delayed the start of the qualification. One part of the track remained waterlogged and the layout had to be changed for the event to continue, which caused some unhappiness among the drivers, but in the end it was the best option for the sport. Due to the delay only two qualifying rounds were held on Saturday with the remaining two being held on Sunday morning followed by the mains.

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November 17, 2014

Haasbroek & Schmuck win South African 1/8th titles

The 4th and final round of the South African 1/8th off-road championships took place at Mandalay Raceway located in Pietermaritzburg, about one hour north of Durban. The qualifying had Miguel Haasbroek took an unexpected TQ ahead of South African legend Dean Steenmans in 2nd. Warren van der Merwe would round out the top 3.

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November 17, 2014

Essex Winter Series Rd 2 – Report

The second round of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. Again, the series featured a fully-booked entry, but a few last minute withdrawals allowed the organisers to accommodate the majority of the drivers on the waiting list. One of those was current UK National Champion, Olly Jefferies. With Round 1 winner Andy Moore and expected title contender Kyle Branson at the 1/10th 200mm Worlds, championship points would certainly be up for grabs.

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