On the recent ROAR Region 4 championships Team RGT driver Troy Schaefer had a good weekend in the 13.5T Touring class. He was able to gap the TQ and set his pace early and he also went on to win his class in style. Elsewhere in the Modified Touring class RGT driver Felix Law ended the event on the podium behind Nitro National champ DJ Apolaro and National champ Mark Burt.
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The 2nd round of the popular Baden-Württemberg Cup took place near Stuttgart in Leinfelden-Echterdingen. Hannes Käufler was able to win the nitro buggy class, while his Reds teammate Ralf Dennenmoser finished 3rd.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
The 2nd round of the Swedish nitro on-road nationals was held on the track in Trollhättan near the former and now closed SAAB car factory. Friday afternoon practice was cancelled due to a lot of rain and the track was still wet on Saturday morning which led to no practice being held on the track before the race that saw a total of 5 qualifiers with the best 3 to count, followed by 20 minute semifinals and 45 minute mains. At the end of the 1/8th class final Marcus Lindner took the win from Magnus Bengtsson and Lars Haugen. Christoph Hedlund and Markus Hellquist completed the top 5 result.
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RC Hobby Garden near Barcelona hosted the Catalonia Electric Off-road Championship on what is considered to be one of the best tracks in Spain. In the 2WD Buggy class Carlos Vidal took the TQ and winning honours while dominating the field. Max Ricca and Juanma Flores Lerma completed the top 3 result.
Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]
Mildura RC Car Club in Victoria, Australia, held the second round of the State Series and it was very competitive, with drivers such as Josh Pain from West Australia and Matt Griffin entering. Finally in the 2WD Modified class it was Team Associated driver Ray Munday who won, leaving some of the very fast guys behind.
Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]
Last weekend the 3rd round of the combined Belgium and Dutch electric off-road nationals took place at the clay track of the MAC Vlijmen club in the Netherlands. The night before the race a massive rain shower turned the track into a mud puddle, but the track crew worked hard to get the track ready to race, and at 10:30 a.m. and with only an hour delay, the first qualification round was started. In both the 2WD and 4WD class the qualifications where close, with the top drivers being separated only by a few seconds. Just before the start of the 3rd round a big cloud covered the track in dark, while strong wind came up and rain started to fall. The officials decided to wait for better weather but after the second delay the officials decided to scrap the 3rd round of qualifiers and to go directly into the finals.
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During last weekend’s Alabama Manufacturers Shootout 5.0 in Cullman, Alabama, TLR’s Adam Drake took the TQ in the highly contested 1/8th E-Buggy class. On the start of A1 Drake fall back early on but Serpent driver Joe Bornhorst inherited the lead and tried to put some space between him and the pack. Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz slowly chipped away on his lead though and the two took it down to the last corner, with Bornhorst taking the win. A2 had TQ Adam Drake out in front with Bornhost and Lutz in tow for the first few laps. Drake bobbled, giving Bornhorst the lead with the two would later have coming together on the straight allowing Lutz to capitalize and to take the lead. Lutz then ran out front trying to get some distance on the field. Bornhorst chipped away on his lead and took the lead with about 2 minutes to go after Lutz tapped a pipe. Bornhorst fend off a late charge from Drake taking A2 and the overall win while Ryan Lutz came in 2nd overall. JQ completed the podium in 3rd.
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The 3rd round of the Dutch Truggy Cup was held at the astro turf track in Appingedam in the Netherlands. Kurt van Vlemen took the TQ honours and raced to the victory in the 30 minute final. Nathan Lejuez finished 2nd, only 4 seconds down on Kurt, while Bjorn Nagels completed the podium in 3rd place.
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