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September 18, 2014

Asian On Road Championships Rd4 – Report

Last weekend the 4th round of the Asian On Road Championships was held at the PYC Raceway in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is well know for being a hot bed of on-road racing and this weekend a great turnout joined for the AOC’s first visit to this place. The PYC Raceway is a beautiful facility tucked away between all the high rise buildings just outside of Hong Kong. The format for the weekend was controlled practice on Friday, qualifiers Saturday and Sunday morning and triple finals for all mains on Sunday. Unfortunately on Friday, mother nature had plans to wash out the Friday practice day as the drivers encountered heavy rains throughout the day. This made the organisers make some changes to the program on Saturday to give the racers some practice in the morning and then go into the qualifiers. PYC raceway has the capability to run at night and knowing they needed to get as many qualifiers in on Saturday as they could, the qualifiers were run until about 8.30pm getting 4 rounds in.

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September 18, 2014

Zachariades wins Dirt Paradise Championship Rd5

Last weekend the 5th round of the Dirt Paradise Championship was held in Nicosia, Cyprus with most of the country’s top drivers in attendance. The TQ in the Nitro Buggy class went to Nicholas Zachariades (Xray) who also took the win in the main final. Sotiris Taifas (Xray) finished 2nd, only a couple of seconds behind his teammate. Marios Christodoulou (Xray) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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September 18, 2014

2014 UISP Italian National Outdoor Champs – Report

The 2014 UISP Italian National Outdoor Championships were held in Bientina, close to Pisa with more than 60 drivers participating in the three classes of Touring Car Modified, 13.5T blinky F1 and 13.5T blinky F2. The schedule saw to controlled practice rounds on Saturday morning followed by three qualifying rounds while two more qualifiers and triple mains were run on Sunday.

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September 17, 2014

German Pro10 national championship – Report

German Pro10 national championship - Report

The 24th German Pro10 national championships were held at the MBC Bamberg track in Southern Germany. The track was open for practice from Wednesday on with the event would officially start on Saturday morning with timed practice runs. A total of 49 driver from the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Germany attended in the three classes of Pro10 Modified, Pro10 Stock 10.5T non-boost and 2WD Fun. In the premier class of Pro10 Modified a battle for the TQ arose between four drivers with 2013 vice-champion Tobias Weist taking the pole position for the finals in front of local hero Alexander Graßer and Sven Stoffels. On his way to the TQ Tobias clocked a new Pro10 lap record of 14.773s – only 174/1000th of a second lower than the 1/8th nitro on-road lap record.

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September 17, 2014

Van Helmond brothers take Dutch Buggy titles

Van Helmond brothers take Dutch buggy titles

After winning at the 7th and final round of the combined Dutch and Belgium Electric Buggy championship it was Wesley van Helmond (TLR) who took home the Dutch national title in 2WD buggy, as well the combined Belgium/Dutch title. Behind him Arjan van de Graaf (Yokomo) and Tom van Drunen (Team Durango) lined up in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 4WD class it was Wesley’s younger brother Dominique van Helmond (TLR) who was able to take home the Dutch 4WD title. Jack Box (TLR) came in 2nd followed by Leonard Giesbers (Team Durango).

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September 17, 2014

Marsh doubles at 2014 East Coast Race Against Cancer

For the 13th consecutive year, McCullough’s Off-Road Raceway in Sarver, PA hosted the annual East Coast Race Against Cancer. This year’s event garnered 269 entries and raised over $23,000 for the American Cancer Society. Racers from across the East Coast as well as Canada converged to race for this great cause over three days of competition. In the Modified 2WD Buggy class, it was all Team Associated on the podium with Brandon Marsh taking the win after a great battle with Luke McCullough who finished 2nd and Nathan Clark in 3rd.

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September 17, 2014

Risser & Konnings take Belgium Buggy titles

Risser & Konnings take Belgium buggy titles

After the 7th round of the combined Belgian and Dutch 1/10th Eletric Buggy championships Nicolas Risser (Team C) and Jean-Yves Konnings (Yokomo) grabbed this year’s Belgian championship titles. In 2WD Nicolas won the championship for the second year in a row, leaving Wouter Wijnen (Yokomo) and Bruno Heremans (X Factory) behind in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. The 4WD class had Jean-Yves Konnings taking the overall win from Erik Michiels (Team Durango) and David Pauwels (Xray).

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September 17, 2014

BRCA 1/8 Circuit National Championship Rd7 – Report

With the season into its closing stages, it was back to Mendip at Weston Super Mare for round 7 of 9. With the last two Mendip visits being subjected to rain in the finals, it was third time lucky for a completely dry qualification and finals. With a strong entry of 40 plus drivers, the competition was set to be very strong. With current championship leader Tim Wood absent due to holiday commitments allowed the chasing pack to take full advantage and possibly take over the championship lead at the end of the day. In Saturday practice it was Green who showed good pace early on followed closely by Hastings, Gouveia, Carr and Bancroft.

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