The opening round of the Austrian 1/8th Electric Off-road Nationals was held this past weekend and it was Rene Kargl (SWorkz, Hobbywing, Pro-Line) who walked away with the win. Winner of round 1 of the nitro off-road nationals, Jürgen Trieb (SWorkz, Nosram, TPRO) came in 2nd while Andreas Mayr (Mugen, Tekin, Pro-Line) would round out the podium in 3rd.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
Club Circuit Téléguidé St-Hyacinthe in Quebec, Canada help its 3rd Annual Quebec Onroad Nationals with 65 racers and 135 entries coming from across Canada and the US, making it the second biggest event in Canada. Competition was very close and the changing track condition made it very challenging to stay on top, there were top notch drivers competing in each main who showed a high level of sportsmanship. In the premier Modified Sedan class it was Team Associated’s Keven Hebert who took the TQ and win from AE teammates Alex Fournier and Adam Hutchison.
Round 2 of the Victorian Drivers Series saw over 100 entries race at the Knox club in the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The club had recently laid down a new clay surface – which received over 80mm of rain just before the event. Thanks to hard work from the club, the track was fantastic for the event, providing a low-wear, consistent race surface akin to an indoor track. The Modified 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes were dominated by Team Associated/Reedy drivers, with factory driver Ray Munday taking TQ and winning all three mains of each class for a perfect score for the weekend. Andrew Selvaggi (Team Associated/Hobbywing) and Matt Kellett (Team Associated/Reedy) were close behind for a Team Associated podium sweep in both 2WD and 4WD Modified. The Modified Truck class was taken out by 12-year-old gun Jordan Isergin.
The first round of the Portuguese National Championship was held at Figueira da Foz track in Maiorca in the centre of Portugal. The event saw Fábio Torres Ramos taking the TQ spot, setting the fastest lap and winning the main final one lap in front of the 2nd placed driver Nuno Duraes with Hugo Trindade completing the podium another three laps down.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The Golden Week Off-road Championship, one of the longest running events in Japan, took place at the Yatabe Arena with Yokomo’s Ryan Maifield attending as a special guest. Ultimately Ryan would sweep the race, taking the wins in both the 2WD and 4WD classes from the Kyosho duo of Yusuke Sugiura in 2nd and Juriya Kajiwara 3rd in 2WD while the 4WD podium was rounded out by Yokomo’s Kaito Kodera and Kai Kikuchi.
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Round 1 of the Turkish On-road Championship was held at the Efmod Track in İzmir. Unlike last year the weather was nice all weekend and in the Electric Touring Prostock class it was Mustafa Alp who took the TQ after winning three of the five qualifiers. In the finals Mustafa came out fastest in A1 and A2 to take the overall win early, leaving Ahmet Kasap and young Poyraz Serezlioğlu in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The second round of the 2017 South-African ORE national championship was held at the newly-built Gear Raceway in Ballito. The outdoor asphalt track offered a mixed layout with medium traction with the grass infield took many victims during the weekend. It was evident from the start that local driver and owner, Deon Gove was the man to beat while Jason Hillcoat, Ashley Hurley and Hein Kotze also were pretty fast during the pre-national practise weekend.
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Capricorn team driver Federico Barbieri took another convincing TQ and win in the Touring 10.5 Stock class at the first round of the LRP-Associated Summer Championship held on the La Valletta track. Winning all three rounds of qualifying, he managed to transform his pole position into a win in A1, finishing 2.2 seconds ahead of Gianluca Beggio’s Xray, while in A2 he DNF due to a technical problem. Federico then managed to keep his cool and went on to win again ahead of Beggio with a lead of 3.2 seconds. The final’s podium would be completed by Gianluca Beggio (Xray) and Ruggero Zanusso (Team Associated).
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
