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August 8, 2013

Neil Cragg secures 2013 BRCA 4WD buggy title

A win at the recent BRCA 1/10th off-road nationals in Stotfold secures Team Associated’s Neil Cragg the early win of the 2013 BRCA 4WD buggy title with one round remaining. Neil has scored maximum points in three rounds so far and can complete his 17th BRCA National Championship with a perfect score at Oswestry in the final round. Leading the points in the 2WD category entering the final round, Neil is in the driver’s seat to capture his second title this year.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

August 7, 2013

Gadermayer & Pfeifhofer win at Austrian nats Rd3

Last weekend saw the third round of the Austrian 1/10th off-road nationals held in Salzburg, after catastrophic weather conditions lead to a cancellation of round two in Steyregg. The biggest challenge for the racers was the extremely loose track, some of the locals raced old B4 cars with brushed speed controller and motors or only 1S LiPo batteries in the 2WD class. After four rounds of qualifying it was former Euro A-finalist Michael Gademayer who placed his Team Associated B4 with an old Nosram Dominator speedo and Reedy 12×1 motor on the TQ spot in 2WD and Hupo Hönigl (Team Durango) TQ’d three out of four rounds in 4WD.

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August 7, 2013

Miguel Matias wins Portuguese nationals Rd5

The Portuguese 1/8th buggy nationals round 5 were held at the Ortigosa track and with the championship being in its closing stages this was going to be an important race for some of the drivers. At the end of a challenging final it was TLR’s Miguel Matias who took the winning honours in front of teammate Ricardo Monteiro and Xray’s Bruno Coelho. Carlos Duraes came in fourth with Nuno Rebelo rounding out the top 5.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 7, 2013

JQ wins 2013 Nordic Championships

The annual 1/8th off-road Nordic Championships were held in sunny and hot Finland. This year the race was more international than normal with drivers from Finland and Sweden, but also Estonia, France, Italy and Germany. The race was incredibly close, with the fastest drivers being Joseph Quagraine, Ari Heinonen and Teemu Leino. In qualifying all but one round was decided with mere tenths of a second, often with all three drivers separated with less than 1 second after the 5 minute qualifying rounds. In the end Joseph Quagraine managed to TQ from Ari in 2nd and Teemu in 3rd. Throughout qualifying the top Swedish drivers, Christoffer Svensson and Andreas Edvinsson found their speed, and were looking stronger for the mains.

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August 7, 2013

Cody King doubles at JBRL Rd5

Another round of JBRL is in the books, and it was a good weekend for Kyosho/Reds’ Cody King. He would get the critical TQ point in the buggy class, and win both truggy and buggy main events. The truggy class win allowed Cody to make up some ground on TLR/Novarossi’s Adam Drake in that class, and put more distance between himself and the rest of the field in the buggy class. Cody has won the expert buggy final in each of the four rounds he has attended, and also collected some TQ points. This gives him firm control of the buggy class after 5 of the 8 rounds have been completed.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

August 6, 2013

Johnson TQ’s and wins at the ROAR outdoor regionals

Johnson TQ's and wins at the ROAR outdoor regionals

The 2013 Outdoor ROAR regionals were held in Cincinnati, Ohio and after two rain cancellations, the race finally took place at the end of July. On a last minute notice, the rain held off and the qualifiers started with VBC Racing’s Dave Johnson taking TQ after a first place finish in the third qualifier. In the main Johnson pulled away from the field to establish a 5 second lead and securing the victory with the upcoming VBC Wildfire D06.

Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]

August 6, 2013

John Ermen wins Dutch 1/8th nationals Rd5

The fifth round of the Dutch 1/8th on-road nationals took place at the legendary Apeldoorn track under scorching hot weather conditions. During Friday’s practice the drivers tried to adapt the chassis, tyres and engines as good as possible as the temperatures in the 36°C range caused the teams some problems here and there. Come Saturday the temperatures dropped a bit and this was reflected in the lap times that become more than half a second faster with the lowest temperatures and fastest times being achieved on Sunday. After three rounds of qualifying Robin d’Hondt took TQ followed by John Ermen and Steven Cuypers. Rick Vrienlijnck and Gunther van Staey followed in fourth and fifth place. In the semifinal B John Ermen had a very clean run and took the pole position for the final as Robin d’Hondt was some 13 seconds slower compared to the Xray driver.

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August 6, 2013

Belgian SCT Cup Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Belgian SCT Cup took place in the city of Enghien as part of a modelling fair. The temporary track was build in front of the Enghien castle and made with the support of MCM Racing, MC-Events and the city of Enghien. The race, directed by Jean-Paul Voumard and Edouard-Benoît Michez, attracted a lot of visitors who enjoyed the show. Nearly 40 drivers attended in the 2WD and 4WD class with the rear wheel class especially attracting younger drivers. In 2WD qualification, Nicolas Evens (TLR 22SCT) TQ’ed all rounds followed by Philippe Hautecoeur, Martin Vierin and Cédric Vandeginste, all running AE SC10’s, and all of which ended up equal on points after qualification. Jean-François Renard (TLR 22SCT) rounded out the top 5, trying to find the speed on this track after his win in Merchtem.

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