May 9, 2014

Turner & Rico win at JBRL Rd3

Turner & Rico win at JBRL Rd3

Round 3 of the 2014 JBRL Electric Series was run at Rainman’s Hobbies in Bakersfield, California. While Kevin Motter and Matthew Pages came out successful in the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes, Cody Turner took the win in Pro2 Short Course followed by Kevin Motter and Nicholas Blais in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Pro4 SC went to Rudy Rico who left Ryan Dunford and David Jenson behind while the 2WD Modified Truck win went to Jake Mayo. Matt Gilbert and Wayne Wyrick completed the top 3 result. In 1/8th E-Buggy Ryan Dunford ended the day on top with Rudy Rico and Nicholas Blais grabbing the two remaining podium spots. More results can be found on the official JBRL website by clicking here.

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May 9, 2014

Kurt van Vlemen wins at Benelux Truggy nationals Rd2

Kurt van Vlemen wins at Benelux Truggy nationals Rd2

The 2nd round of the Benelux Truggy nationals was held on the astroturf track of Helmond. 35 racers from the Netherlands and Belgium attended the event that was won by Belgium driver Kurt van Vlemen (Serpent). Jarno Pijper (Xray) and Jordy Velder (Kyosho) completed the top 3 result. The national series resumes on the 25th of May in Appingedam.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


May 8, 2014

Timo Schröder wins at Northern Germany champs Rd2

Timo Schröder wins at Northern Germany champs Rd2

The 2nd round of Northern Germany Championship took place at the technical track in Braunschweig. Shepherd driver Lars Hoppe and Timo Schröder again dominated the whole weekend and showed a great performance after the double victory at the first round in Munster with Lars Hoppe finishing in front of Timo Schröder. In qualification it was Lars Hoppe who took the TQ in front of Timo Schröder and Michael Pätz in third place. At the start of the final Lars had some problems with his engine which gave Timo the chance to push him hard. After the first fuel stop Timo took the lead with his Velox V8 EC and it was an interesting fight between them for the remaining 25 minutes until Lars’ engine flamed out. At the end Timo crossed the finish line 1 lap in front of Lars with Michael Pätz completing the podium 5 laps down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]


May 8, 2014

Cristiano Sartor wins 39th 1st May Trophy

Cristiano Sartor wins 39th annual 1st May Trophy

The Pista Futura track in Italy, host of the upcoming European Championship “B”, saw the 39th running of the 1st May Trophy. Team F.V.S.S. took the pole position and also the final victory with Cristiano Sartor (Shepherd/Novarossi) coming in 1st with Alberto Tedeschi (Serpent/Max) and Michael Canton (Mugen/Max) completing the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: F.V.S.S. [fvssrc.com]


May 8, 2014

Atsushi Hara wins Pro Buggy at Asia Contest

Atsushi Hara wins Pro Buggy at Asia Contest

The 2nd annual Asia Contest was run at the former IFMAR World Championship track in Pataya and saw SWorkz’ Atsushi Hara taking the win from Wataru Takashiro (Kyosho) and Paphon C (Mugen). Witsatut R (Agama) and Meen V (Mugen) completed the top 5 result.

Source: Asia Contest [theasiacontest.com]


May 7, 2014

ETS resumes at Porsche Museum

ETS resumes at Porsche Museum

The Yokomo Euro Touring Series resumes this weekend (9-11 May) following a 2-month break with the fahr(T)raum Museum, a homage to Austrian automotive pioneer Ferdinand Porsche, playing host to the start of the second half of what has been the most competitive start to the championship in its 7-seasons of existence. Situated in the Austrian town of Mattsee, the museum is home to unique automobiles from the 1900s and provides insights into the earliest days of automobile construction but this weekend it welcomes for the very first time some of the best drivers from the high tech r/c world of electric touring car racing for Round 4 of the World famous championship. With the opening three rounds, all run on venues familiar to ETS regulars, producing three different winners, the asphalt event is all new territory for the 270 plus entries.

Continue reading the full announcement here


May 7, 2014

Motter & Pages win at JBRL Electric Series Rd3

Motter & Pages win at JBRL Electric Series Rd3

The 2014 JBRL Electric Series round 3 hosted by Rainman’s Hobby & Raceway located in Bakersfield, CA took place last weekend and with 270 entries, breaking another record for the most entries in Bakersfield. Kevin Motter takes the win in 2WD Modified Buggy with his Team Associated B5M and put down some incredible laps taking the TQ spot and a dominate win in the A Main. Elsewhere in the 4WD class Matthew Pages drove his TLR 22-4 to victory. The 2014 JBRL Electric Series will resume on May 17th at OCRC.

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May 7, 2014

Nathan Bernal wins at Traction Raceway Showdown

Nathan Bernal wins at Traction Raceway Showdown

The 3rd annual Traction Raceway Showdown at Traction Raceway in Reno NV was held this past weekend. There were 147 entries, with four rounds of qualifying. JConcepts team driver Nathan Bernal dominated 2WD Modified Buggy and saw some great battles in 4WD Buggy. Nathan TQ’d three of the four rounds in 2WD, and qualified 2nd overall in 4WD. Going into the triple A-mains Nathan was able to win both A1 and A2 in 2WD, and in 4WD Nathan had some great battles with Chris Jarosz with him taking A1 and Nathan taking A2 and A3.

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