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May 27, 2014

JConcepts NC 1/10 State Champs – Announcement

JConcepts NC 1/10 State Championships – Announcement

The JConcepts North Carolina 1/10 Off Road State Championships will be held on the 28th of June at The Warehouse RC Complex in Haw River, North Carolina. The race will be held in 1/10th electric classes such as 2WD Modified Short Course, 2WD 17.5 Short Course, 4WD Short Course, 2WD Modified Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Modified Stadium Truck. The 2 day event sees practice on Friday June 27th and racing on Saturday June 28th. Sign up is now under way on rcsignup.com.

May 27, 2014

Patrick Hofer sweeps Swiss off-road nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the Swiss electric off-road nationals was held at the Umwelten Arena in Spreitenbach on a medium-bite carpet track with 120 drivers in attendance. Team Associated/Reedy’s Patrick Hofer swept both the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes after taking the TQ in the 4WD class and starting from the 2nd place on the grid in 2WD. In 4WD Patrick was sidelined on the podium by Milan Steiner (Team Durango/Team Orion) and Peter Forster (Yokomo/Nosram), while Nico Schmid (Yokomo/Hope Modellbau) and Gregi Gassmann completed in the podium in the 2WD class.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

May 27, 2014

EFRA GT-Rally Eurocup – Announcement

During the EFRA “Flat Chassis” European Championships that will be held from the 1st to 3rd August in Gubbio, Italy, a GT-Rally Eurocup for 1/8th scale GT and Rally chassis will be held. Being an open event, the race only requires a national licence to participate and it is understood that the race is being held to determine the need of an official EFRA 1/8th GT class.

EFRA definition of a GT/Rally Game car
Rally Game Class cars are powered by an internal combustion engine with piston and glow plug. Transmission can be on 2 or 4 wheels. They are based on 1/8th Off-road cars, with some changes to adapt them to an on-road track.

The official EFRA 1/8th GT/Rally Game rules can be found in this document (PDF file).

Source: EFRA [efra.ws]

May 27, 2014

Xray Challenge Korea – Annoncement

Xray Korea invites all Xray drivers to take part at the Xray Challenge Korea. Taking place at the Kirina Circuit on the 1st of June, the race sees the running of electric and nitro 1/10th classes along a 1/8th nitro on-road class. Xray’s Alexander Hagberg will be present for support. More information can be found here.

May 27, 2014

Kennie Ekenstierna takes 1/8 Off-road Swedish Cup

The Swedish 1/8th Off-road Cup was run last weekend at the technical multi-surface track of Höör. Rainy weather on Saturday morning meant the organisers had to skip the first round of practice in order to prepare the track. The qualifying saw a battle between Christoffer Svensson, Johan Balsberg and Kennie Ekenstierna with the better end for Kennie who scored two round wins and ultimately set the fastest time to take TQ.

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May 27, 2014

Ryan Maker TQ’s & wins at NSW State Title 2014

Ryan Maker TQ's & wins at NSW State Title 2014

VBC Racing’s Ryan Maker has TQ’d and won a hotly contested Modified field at the 2014 NSW State Titles at Sydney’’s premier SMA track. Ryan wrapped up TQ in the first 3 rounds of qualifying with his Muchmore-powered VBC D06, ahead of Simon Nicholson and Craig McPhee. Ryan took a close win in the first A-main from Simon and Ari. A mistake by Simon on the 3rd lap of A -main 2 gave Ryan a 2 second gap which he was able to maintain and secure his 2nd NSW State Title. Ryan sat out the last final which saw Simon take the win from Ari Bakla (Xray) and Nathan Reese (Xray).

Click here to view the top 10 result

May 27, 2014

Serpent Challenge Slovenia – Announcement

The Serpent Challenge Slovenia will be held on the 1st of June in Tolmin. The race will be held in 1/10th electric, 1/10th touring, 1/8th track, 1/8th GT/Rally and 1/5th scale classes with a factory driver supported workshop on Saturday while Serpent designer Michael Salven is present for additional support. More information about the event can be found here.

May 27, 2014

Robert Batlle takes Spanish E-Buggy nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy national championship was run at the dusty Sant Joan de Moro track. In the final Robert Batlle (Mugen) came out successful in front of Agama’s Dani Vega and Serpent’s Sergio Martinez. Tony Alcala (Serpent), Akejandro Daras (SOAR) and Dani Garcia (Serpent) completed the top 6 result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]