The opening round of the French electric on-road nationals took place at the MRC Longwy track. The Touring Car Stock class had Walter Pollet-Villard taking the win from Pierre Delorme while Valentin Lehmann completed the podium in 3rd position.
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Last weekend the Victoria State Titles took place at the Adrenalin Arena, host of round 2 of this year’s AOC Champsionship. The indoor asphalt facility was well prepared and the Touring Car Modified field was tightly contested with some of Australia’s best drivers in attendance. VBC’s Ryan Maker made a clean sweep in qualifying taking TQ by winning 6 out of the 6 qualifiers. Behind him Kyosho’s Simon Nicholson and Awesomatix driver Tom De Nardis battled for the 2nd spot with the better end for Simon. In the triple A-mains Ryan again was the man to beat and he took an early overall win by coming in 1st in the first two mains. Sitting out A3 Ryan made way for Simon whose win handed him the runner-up spot while Tom had to settle for third despite scoring two 2nd place finishes.
Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]
The Greek National Cup took place in Athens with drivers from all over Greek attending. Tasos Paparegas took the TQ spot after qualifying with Tsigos and Zagorisos in tow. The final was run in difficult conditions on a very bumpy track and once again it was Tasos who excelled with Tsigos being the only driver who was able to go Tasos’ pace. At the end Tasos Paparegas took the win from Tsigos and John Paparegas. Makropoulos and Papanikolaou completed the top 5 result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The first round of this year’s Portuguese 1/8th off-road championship took place at the CRF Freixedas track, the venue of an EFRA Grand Prix in August. After qualifying 2nd the final was dominated by Xray’s Miguel Matias who came in two laps in front of Goncalo Melo (TLR) and Ricardo Monteiro (TLR). Pedro Figueiredo and Nuno Rebelo completed the top 5 result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Race 2 of the Short Course Showdown Nationwide Tour was hosted by RC Excitement in Fitchburg, MA. With a full day of practice on Friday, the layout was fast and fun with lots of places to pass, making for a great racing weekend. The track opened at 7am on Saturday with 1 hour of open practice. After a quick drivers meeting racing kicked off at 9am. After round 1 Dustin Evans TQ’d Modified 2WD Buggy with his TLR 22 2.0 in mid motor configuration. Dustin also TQ’d 4WD Buggy and Modified 2WD Short Course while Dave Duncan TQ’d Stock 2WD Buggy with his Team Associated B5M. After two more rounds of qualifying on Saturday, the same drivers still held their TQ spots. Sunday morning started with 45 minutes of open practice followed by a final round of qualifying. When all the dust settled Dustin and Dave still had the TQ spots in the same four classes and both also where in control of their mains taking all 4 wins.
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During last weekend’s Top Notch Series race at the 702 Raceway in Las Vegas, Tekno RC’s Rudy Rico brought home the win the the 1/8th E-Buggy class. After taking TQ he went on to win the A-main event while Lou Figueria took the runner-up spot. Rudy’s Tekno teammate Jared Bryant rounded out the podium in 3rd.
Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]
The 2014 edition of the annual Japan All Star EP off-road race took place at the RC Park Gojo circuit in Gojo, Nara, Japan. The event brought many sponsored drivers from Kyosho, Tamiya, Yokomo and MuchMore and is an opportunity for racers to compete and interact with the top Japanese racers from around the country. The indoor facility is famous for its great track conditions and fun layouts with the owner being an experienced motocross track builder, who has worked with Richard Winkler of Dirt Wurx. To keep the surface in a high grip condition, water was provided by pipes buried under the track.
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March 21st through the 23rd marked the final race of the epic Pacific NW Showdown winter series 2014. The finale was held at Four Season’s raceway in Olympia Washington, home of Gary Brown, father to Northwest legend, Scott Brown. Unfortunately, good things must come to an end and after a long winter the final race was upon us. Undoubtedly saving the best race for last, Northwest’s finest 1/10th scale off-road drivers would once again meet up for a last showdown and make claim for the series overall championship title. The event was scheduled for open practice on Friday from noon till 9pm and all 4 rounds of qualifying to be ran on Saturday. Sunday would hold triple A-main events decided by best 3 of 4 rounds of qualifying with 6 minute lower mains for bumps and award ceremony held after racing.
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