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June 12, 2018

5th Annual Quebec Classic – Announcement

The 5th Annual Quebec Classic race will be held from the 23rd to 26th of August near Montréal in QC, Canada. The event will see the attendance of reigning IFMAR World Champion, David Ronnefalk and 2014 World Champ, Ty Tessmann and it will be held in 1/8th Nitro and Electric Buggy and Truggy classes, 40+ Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy categories as well as 1/10th 2WD, 4WD and Pro4 SC classes. More information can be found here and sign-up for the race is already available here.

June 12, 2018

Jose Felix wins at Portuguese IC Track Nats Rd3

Last weekend’s third round of the Portuguese IC Track Nationals held in Monsanto not only saw the win of Bruno Coelho in the 1/10th 200mm class but also Jose Felix sweeping the 1/8th Nitro category. After taking the TQ Jose was also able to score the fastest lap and win in front of Vasco Sousa. In 3rd Alexandre Pereira rounded out the podium result. The next round of the championship will be held on the 14th and 15th of July at the Associação Modelismo Vila Real track.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 12, 2018

Sammy Moran double TQs & wins Mid Summer Shootout

The Pro-Line Mid Summer Shootout was held at Coyote Hobbies Indoor RC Raceway last weekend and it was TLR’s Sammy Moran that would sweep the ultra competitive 13.5 Wheeler and 17.5T Expert Buggy classes. Eliot Watson (Tekno) in 2nd and Wayne Wyrick (TLR) in 3rd would round out the 13.5T 4WD podium as the TLR duo of Ty Owings and Wayne Wyrick completed the 17.5T Expert Buggy podium.

View the 17.5T Expert Buggy podium here

June 12, 2018

Jessica Palsson wins at South Swedish Cup Rd2

The city of Höör played host to round 2 of the South Swedish Cup last weekend. HB Racing’s Hampus Berg made a clean sweep in the qualifiers from Jessica Palsson (Kyosho), who suffered a bit from the aftermath of illness, however starting from the P2 spot onto the 30-minutes main final she still got all cards on the table for an even better result. In the end Jessica was able to bring home the win with a 23-seconds margin on 2nd placed Hampus Berg despite an extra fuel stop. HB Racing driver Oskar Levin rounded out the top 3 results.

Image: Jessica Palsson

June 12, 2018

Nicolas Bregante TQs & wins Metropolitan Champs Rd4

The Speed Paradise track hosted round 4 of the Argentinean Metropolitan Championship recently and after taking the TQ in the qualifiers it was Nicolas Bregante (Xray) who also took the win in the 40-minutes long Nitro Buggy A-main. Alvaro Colombo came in 2nd from Fernando Villamil 3rd to round out the podium for HB Racing.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 12, 2018

Lazzerini doubles at Italian UISP GT & SGT Champs Rd2

Round 2 of the Italian UISP 1/8 GT & SGT Championship took place at the Monza with 56 drivers in attendance. Federico Lazzerini was the man to beat in the GT and SGT F1 categories and he also confirmed his qualifying performance by bringing home the wins in both categories with a few laps margin. The GT F1 podium was completed by Riccardo Ghidoni and Filippo Biancardi while the SGT F1 top 3 was rounded out by Daniele Stukul and Diego Pizzagalli.

View the SGT F1 podium here

June 12, 2018

Schumacher BTCC Rd3 & KO GP – Report

The 3rd round of the Schumacher BTCC incorporating the KO GP took place this last weekend at West London. Fine weather throughout saw some close racing with the drivers battling some hot tarmac. Schumacher’s Elliott Harper carried on his form from the last race with an excellent TQ and win in the Modified class. Elliott was followed closely by Xray’s Olly Jefferies and Team Associated driver, Matt White took 3rd overall.

Continue reading the report here

June 12, 2018

RC Lemans Series Rd3 – Report

The newly resurfaced Raco2000 track in Utrecht, The Netherlands played host to round 3 of this year’s RC Lemans Series this past weekend. The track work was finished only two weeks before the event and both club and drivers did their best to make best out of the still slippery track conditions. In the swift LMP1 Modified class the Altmann brothers were a step ahead of the others and both battled for the TQ spot. Both were in a league of their own, being about a lap faster than the other drivers. In the end Kai took the TQ from Tim with a 2-seconds margin. Patrick Vannieuwenhyse came in 3rd in front of Reinder Wilms and Joachim Behnken. Tim also broke the track record by nearly four tenths of a second, setting a blistering 13.275.

Continue reading the report here