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November 12, 2014

Hagberg TQs opening qualifier in Thailand

Alexander Hagberg took a somewhat surprise TQ run in the opening qualifier of the 200mm World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, the round seeing all of the Top 10 from practice having difficult runs. Running in the second fastest heat having been 11th in practice, the Xray driver set the fastest 5-minute time by just under a second from the Serpents of Dominic Greiner and Tadahiko Sahashi, the Top 6 for Q1 all running in the same group. An incident filled top heat would go to Mark Green but suffering a body tuck after contact with Teemu Leino, the Serpent driver’s time would only be good enough for 11th. The top seed for qualifying having topped timed practice, Leino would end up 13th. Defending Champion Meen Vejrak would roll his KM resulting in tyre damage that left him struggle to 36th.

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November 11, 2014

Martin Harrison triples at Southern Indoor Champs

The 2014 Southern Indoor Championship took place at Autaugaville, Alabama this past weekend. The schedule was Friday practice, Saturday 4 rounds of qualifying with qual points and triple A mains on Sunday. Qualifying went well for Martin Harrison, he was able to TQ Pro4 SCT and E-Truggy. E-Buggy was more difficult to be as consistent but as the dust settled Martin was able to secure the 2nd spot on the grid. The last of the 4 rounds was a good indication of what the track would be like for the up and coming triple A mains. The track began to break down and make your line selection important.

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November 11, 2014

2014 Maritime Off Road Wars – Report

This weekend was the 2014 edition of the ever popular Maritime Off Road Wars. The event has created quite a following over the years with Ian Knight and his team running a great race program and laying, as ever, an excellent track. The track was very fast paced, with plenty of well profiled jumps to keep the drivers entertained and the racing close. The format would see 2WD run on Saturday and 4WD the following day. One round of practice, four rounds of qualifying and then three leg A finals would decide the winner. Unusually it would be FTD qualifying, a novelty to most drivers now used to the round by round format currently used, but a welcome change that requires a slightly different approach to the day.

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November 11, 2014

Leino top seed for qualifying

Teemu Leino will be the top seed for qualifying at the 200mm World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand tomorrow after the fourth & final practice at the Huge RC Circuit showed no improvement on the HB driver’s CP3 pace. Bringing 5-days of practice to a close, it was Dario Balestri would would top the round but with JJ Wang the only Top 10 driver to better his time the line up for the top qualifying heat remains unchanged. Behind Leino it was Nicholas Lee who ended the day second fastest, followed by Balestri and Mark Green making it four different manufacturers represented in the Top 4.

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November 11, 2014

Curtis Door & Eric Albano win at Fall Brawl

Last weekend, A Main Hobbies would host its 2014 Fall Brawl at their indoor facility, Outback Raceway. The event would be host to over 270 entries making for close racing in all classes. Qualifying would consist of four IFMAR format rounds, taking your best two of the four. Qualifying would be a challenge on the high grip and fast layout, with slick clay tyres would be the choice throughout.

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November 11, 2014

Maurice Lüscher wins at ART Racing Team Cup

The Winter season of the ART Racing Team Cup kicked off in Münsingen, Switzerland on a high-grip indoor track. Maurice Lüscher took the TQ in the 1/12th class after the qualifiers and he also brought home the win in the triple A-finals to end the day in 1st place. Manfred Ebener came in 2nd while Michael Schäfer completed the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 11, 2014

Leino improves pace in Bangkok

Albeit by just 0.004 of a second, Teemu Leino improved on his opening practice pace in the penultimate round to stay on top of the ranking ahead of Nicholas Lee and Dario Balestri. Running a 3-consecutive lap time of 42.326 in CP3, the Finn topped the round ahead of Serpent’s Mark Green and defending World Champion Meen Vejrak, both drivers also producing their best times so far. Overall the round made for little change at the top with Leino continuing to hold P1 from Nicholas Lee and Dario Balestri with Green the biggest mover, breaking into the Top 10 to go fourth overall.

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November 11, 2014

Zac Ryan wins at Indonesia Buggy Championship

The 2014 Indonesia National Year End Buggy Championship was held at the C-Netic track in Surabaya, East Java with drivers from Australia, Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Bali, Balikpapan, Banjarmasin and Medan in attendance. The race format was five rounds of 7 minutes qualifying with the four best rounds to count, followed by Christmas tree finals. In the main final Zac Ryan took the win from Jason Nugroho who started from 11th on the grid. Adrian Wicaksono rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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