The first ever US GT8 national saw Joaquin Desoto taking the TQ for the final but he got into trouble in the first minute allowing Mike Lyday to storm into the lead. Mid-race Mike had already built a 4-lap lead over the 2nd place driver which allowed him to take it easy and to cruise to the win in the 45 minute final.
Source: Sweep [sweepracingusa.com]
The final round of the JBRL Nitro Series was held this past weekend at the famous Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, CA. Kyosho driver Cody King took the win during the A final becoming the 2014 JBRL Expert Buggy Champion. Round 7 had Drew Moller (Mugen) coming in 2nd while Jeremy Kortz rounded out the podium in 3rd.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
Round 1 of the 2014/15 BRCA 1/12th Scale Nationals took place at Tonbridge in West Kent last weekend. A large and highly technical track layout greeted the drivers and for the brits who attended last month’s IFMAR World Championships in Florida the sight of a technical layout and good grip levels was very welcome. The weekend is split into two separate race meetings, with classes for 13.5 and 10.5 stock on Saturday and 10.5 and Open Modified on Sunday. In the 10.5 Stock class, Olly Jefferies was in commanding form driving his Reedy and LRP-powered Xray chassis. He won all four rounds of qualifying and was top qualifier ahead of reigning British Champion in this class David Spashett, driving the Zen-Racing car he has designed and developed himself. Mark Stiles was 3rd for Yokomo/Reedy.
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The Japanese JMRCA 1/8th Gas Off-Road Nationals were held last weekend at the Futaba Buggy track. In the main final Kenji Tsuruta, coming from 3rd on the grid, was able to take the lead in the opening lap and never looked back to take the win in the 60 minute race.
Source: Tresrey [tresrey.com]
The first round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup for electric touring cars was was held in Vaxjo on a small to medium sized track with quite an open layout and good traction. In the practice rounds Markus Hellquist set a first benchmark by pulling the fastest times in front of Daniel Carlsson and Jonas Andersson. After 3 rounds of qualifying with the best round to count the order kept the same, with Hellquist being 7 seconds ahead of Daniel Carlsson, and 10 seconds ahead of Jonas Andersson.
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The South American Nitro On-road Championships took place this past weekend at the Hernan Matticoli track in Buenos Aires. The event saw a massive turn out on drivers from five different countries including Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Argentina. A total of 110 drivers attended the on-road classes of 1/8th, 10th and 1/8th GT. In the 1/8th class Juan Pablo Golobic (Capricorn/Novarossi) took the win from Sebastián Recio (Capricorn/Novarossi) and Flavio Elias (Mugen/Novarossi). In the 1/10th 2oomm class Sebastián Recio (Capricorn/Novarossi) came out successful in front of Juan Pablo Golobic (Capricorn/Novarossi) and Agustin Cutini (Mugen/Novarossi).
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Ian Rickery took the double-win at the 2014 South Island On-Road Championships hosted by the Otago R/C Car Club in Dunedin, New Zealand. Ian won the in Modified Touring Car class and backed it up with an impressive 1/12 Modified win.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
It was a picture perfect day in sunny Florida at the Hurricane Off-road RC Track located inside Lake Park just outside of Tampa for the 3rd round of the Super Cup Championship Series. The brutal summer weather had taken its toll on the historic track and it took tons of hard work from the entire group of volunteers as the racing surface was primed for great outdoor racing. When Practice began Friday, racers searched for tire combo and setups for the changing track surface as it began to burn a groove in. At daybreak on Saturday racers filled into the park and we all were very excited about track conditions. The crew laid down Calcium on the track the night before and a small rain shower in the night wet the surface perfectly. The groove that had begun to show in practice was still there and more defined than when we left. Practice ended race morning just before 9am as the heat sheets filled with 132 entries from as far away as Tifton Ga.
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