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May 22, 2014

Nielsen & Jenson take wins at JBRL Rd4

This past weekend was JBRL round 4 at OCRC in Huntington Beach, CA wit a great turnout once again for the JBRL with 265 entries for the one day event. Doug “Casper” Nielsen was able to take a convincing win in Electric 8th scale. Casper drove his Tekin-powered TLR buggy to the victory. He would start the main in P2 loosing out on the TQ by only .8sec over TLR teammate David Jenson. At the tone David Jenson would lead the field for the start of the 10 minute A-main with Casper following close behind and the two would break away from the pack after a few laps. After a couple of minutes into the race David would make a mistake and Casper would be able to capitalise passed David and never look back. TLR/Tekin teammate Ryan Dunford would put in a great run to finish 3rd and take the JBRL points lead with the effort after 4 rounds. In Pro-4 Casper would finish a strong 3rd to put him on the podium with TLR teammates David Jenson first and Ryan Dunford 2nd to ensure a TLR podium sweep with the SCTE 2.0.

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May 22, 2014

Baha & YL Tan win at DBKL GP race Rd2

The 2nd round of the DBKL GP on-road race was held at the Kuala Lumpur International RC Circuit with around 50 entries in the 1/8th nitro on-road, 1/10th 200mm and 1/8th GT classes. Due to massive rain on the final’s day, the organisers had not chance but to use the qualifying results to determine the winners. This handed the win of the 200mm class to Baha with Zoey Zac and Ben completing the top 3 result. In the 1/8th on-road class, YL Tan took the TQ and win from Suah and Haji Jusri who came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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May 22, 2014

Tasos Paparegas wins Greek 1/8 Buggy nationals Rd2

The 2nd round of the Greek 1/8 Buggy nationals saw Tasos Pagaregas scoring an easy win after taking TQ in the qualifiers. John Papanikolaou qualified in 2nd place while Makropoulos completed the qualifying top 3. In the final Tasos lead from wire to wire while his brother John was in a nice battle with John Papanikolaou, with the better end for Paparegas who wrestled down Papanikolaou to take the runner up spot.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 22, 2014

Joelson wins at SA on-road gas championship Rd2

The 2nd Round of the South African National Championship was held at the TVR Raceway near Johannesburg. Drivers from all over the country attended the event that was run on a track with a fast and flowing layout with medium traction that saw many drivers struggling to make 5 minutes in the qualifiers. Current SA champ Wayne Joelson was the only driver to complete 19 laps taking the TQ position. Sundays finals had much cooler weather, so the traction was much better, but engine tuning became even more critical. Wayne took the win after 45 Minutes followed by young upcoming driver Ayrton Vermaak and Willie Noordman in 3rd.

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May 22, 2014

Mibosport Cup Summer 2014 – Announcement

Mibosport will hold a number of races during the Summer in the form of an on-road series, off-road “club” meetings and a single off-road event. Starting with the on-road races, this year’s Mibosport Cup will see the running of only 2 races but they are held on what are considered the best tracks in the Czech Republic. The series opener takes place on the 14th of June in Brno and resumes on the 2nd of August in Blansko. Both events see the running of Touring Car Modified, Stock LRP, Formula and Yokomo GT classes. The technical regulations are the same as used on the popular Mibosport Winter Cup.

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May 22, 2014

Coelho & Carvalho win at Portuguese champs Rd2

Last weekend the 2nd round of the Portuguese national touring car championship was run at the Maia track near Porto. In the modified class Bruno Coelho took the and the win from Joao Malverio and Jose Pequito. Helder Silva and Pedro Moura completed the top 5 result.

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May 22, 2014

Endurance Championship Austria – Announcement

Endurance Championship Austria - Announcement

The 5th running of the Endurance Championship Austria will take place on the 21st of June at the Tirol Ring in Kematen, Austria. The 10h race, organised by the MRC Zillertal club, will be run with Tamiya TT01 chassis equipped with control electrics in the form of a Speed Passion Citrix Stock Club speedo and MMM 13.5T motors using a 55/26 gear ratio. Ride 36R tyres and Tamiya GT bodies such as the Mercedes SLS, Audi R8 or Porsche GT3 are mandatory for all cars as are front and rear LED lights. The race will start at 1 p.m. with a special top qualifying to determine the starting grid taking place before. Entries for the race are still availably by clicking here.

May 22, 2014

The Italian Job Race – Announcement

The 2014 Italian Job Race will be held from the 12th to 14th of September at the IBR Padova indoor track. The race is run on a completely redesigned track that will be build just for this race to make for equal chances for all competitors. With only one week to go before the IFMAR Worlds in Italy the event may develop to something of an unofficial worlds warm-up and therefore many top drivers are expected to make their entry. The race will offer Pro and Sport buggy classes with the latter being run in control Sweep tyres and also offering the chance to grab a 1-year full sponsoring from Team Orion and Sweep. Detailed information and sign-up are available by clicking here.