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February 13, 2018

2017/18 WBC Series Rd3 – Report

The third round of the 2017/18 WBC Series was hosted by the Boras Miniracing Klubb and held in Viskafors, Sweden on a mixed track that offered both tight and technical sections as well as high speed sweepers. Saturday was 2WD day and in the mains it was Team Associated’s Jesper Rasmussen who had found a good pace and brought home wins in the opening two A-mains to snatch the overall victory early. Wilhelm Skjöldebrand (Team Associated) came in 2nd from Niclas Mansson, who grabbed the final podium spot from Alexander Landen (Xray) on the 4th spot.

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February 13, 2018

Ethan Lefebvre wins at Thornhill Spring Series Rd1

The opening round of the Thornhill Spring Series was held recently at the facility’s Jr. carpet track and in the 4WD Buggy class it was Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre with the win despite track building duties on Thornhill’s big track that weekend. Lance Myhre (Xray) would come in 2nd from 3rd placed Jason Christie who rounded out an all-Xray podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 13, 2018

Essex Winter Series Rd4 – Report

The penultimate round of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. Despite both the titles being wrapped up at the previous round, Olly Jefferies and Zak Finlay led two quality fields, looking to keep as many wins under their belt as possible. In the Modified class, Schumacher’s Elliott Harper picked up the challenge, taking the fastest time, by just over two seconds, in the opening qualifier. Alexander Hagberg took second for Xray, in front of the Team Associated of Chris Grainger and newly crowned champion Olly Jefferies. Alexander, who since moving to the UK has raced at EWS whenever his hectic world-wide scheduled has allowed, then moved to the top in Q2, one second up on Olly, with Chris and Elliott both within half a second of the Xray driver. An intense fight in the third round saw Alexander just pip Elliott to the top spot by a mere five-hundredths, with Olly half a second back and Chris in fourth. This meant Elliott would need to top the last qualifier in order to deny Alexander his first EWS pole position, however the Swedish driver was firmly into his rhythm, and set the best time of qualifying, in front of Olly, Elliott and Chris, to ensure he would line up on pole for the single leg A Final. Elliott would start second, with Olly third and Chris in fourth, and Yokomo’s Harley Eldridge continuing her impressive run with another top-five starting position, tied on points with the Team Associated of Alan Bickerstaff.

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February 13, 2018

2018 Keilor Invitational – Report

The 2018 Keilor Invitational, Australia’s outdoor equivalent of the Reedy Race in the US, was held at the Keilor club in Melbourne, Australia. Racers battle it out in over five heats of 2WD and five heats of 4WD for the title of champion and unique to this event is that an invite class is also held for the popular 17.5T class while open classes allow racers to compete for direct invitations to the 2019 event. A junior class is also offered for the under 16 racers in the very strong junior scene. As always the club created a brand new layout for the event, with the 2018 track being very fast and flowing with lots of undulations. This created spectacular high speed freight train racing which required patience and aggression. Mother nature threw typical Melbourne changeable weather at the track, with everything from hot sun to wind and rain, but the track grooved up spectacularly throughout and kept racers on their toes choosing the correct tyre. Racers travelled from around the country for the event, with over 120 entries received.

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February 13, 2018

Dustin Evans doubles at Rumble in the Rockies

The 2018 edition of the annual Rumble in the Rockies race was held at MHOR RC in Aurora, Colorado this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Dustin Evans (Team Associated) with the TQ from the TLR duo of Andrew Kurtchi and Zeke Ballinger. Over in 4WD Modified Buggy it was again Dustin with the TQ, leaving behind Zeke Ballinger in P2 and Tyler Whitt (Team Associated) in P3. In the triple 2WD Mod A-mains Dustin would continue to excel and by bringing home wins in A1 and A2 he would take the overall title early. And with the win in A3 Andrew Kurtchi would secure himself the runner-up spot from Zeke Ballinger in 3rd.

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February 13, 2018

Tanner Denney wins at Panda Anniversary Bash

The 1st annual Panda Anniversary Bash was held at Hobby Action RC Raceway in Chandler, Arizona this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was TLR’s Tanner Denney with the TQ and he would also come out fastest in the single 5-minute A-main. Kyle Defatte (Team Associated), who started from the P3 spot on the grid, would end the main in 2nd from runner-up after the qualifiers, Tommy Hinz (Xray), in 3rd.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

February 12, 2018

Ben Sterling sweeps Victorian Drivers Series Rd1

The opening round of the 1/8th off-road Victorian Drivers Series was held at the BADrc track in Bendigo, Australia. Ben Sterling would sweep both the Pro Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes by TQing the qualification rounds and then winning the A-main finals. On the nitro podium Ben was accompanied by Matt Griffin in 2nd and Max Ricca in 3rd while in E-Buggy Ashley Peeler and Liam Jones rounded out the podium results.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

February 12, 2018

Winter Jumps Series Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the 6-race Winter Jumps Series was held in Äänekoski, Finland this past weekend. This round marked the end of the slippery polished floor tracks for this season as round 5 and 6 will be held on carpet tracks in Joensuu and Helsinki respectively. In the 2WD Buggy qualifying it was Joona Haatanen who TQ’d after struggling in rounds 1 and 2. In round 1 Lauri Ruotsalainen was the fastest driver while round 2 went to Karri Salmela. In the finals Joona continued to excel as he won all three finals pretty easily while also scoring the fastest lap. Lauri Ruotsalainen would come in 2nd overall from Karri Salmela 3rd.

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