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March 14, 2017

Bowie Ginting wins at Indonesian On-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Indonesian Electric On-road National Championship was held at the Giant Arena in Banjarmasin on Borneo Island. An attractively huge and technical layout attracted a total of 65 drivers to competed in the 1/10th Modified and FWD classes. In the Touring Modified category, Christian Mamesah would take Q1 while in Q2 Bowie Ginting stroke back following some technical issues in the opening qualifier. In the third and final qualifier Bowie sealed his overall TQ with his second 17-laps run.

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March 13, 2017

Yardy & Williams wrap up Silverstone Winter Series titles

The Silverstone Winter Series concluded with wins for Tom Yardy in 2WD, Paul Crompton in 4WD, and Richard Miller in the Truck class. Tom Yardy also secured the 2WD series win from team mates Charlie Ware in 2nd and Jack Neal in 3rd while Greg Williams wrapped up the 4WD series win ahead of Matt Dodd and Felix de Hamel.

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March 13, 2017

Dakotah Phend doubles at inaugural Desert Classic

The 1st annual Desert Classic race was held this past weekend at Hobby Action RC Raceway in Chandler, Arizona. TLR’s Dakotah Phend would take the TQ in the 2WD Modified Buggy class and he also brought home the win after coming out fastest in A1 and A2, leaving Yokomo’s Ryan Maifield and Xray’s Ty Tessmann behind in second and third respectively. In the 2WD Modified SC class it was again Dakotah who excelled, bringing home the TQ and win from Ryan Maifield in second and Spencer Rivkin third.

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March 13, 2017

California Touring Series Rd2 – Report

Round two of the California Touring Series was held at RoadRunners RC Club in Camarillo, California this past weekend hosting 100 entries. In the end, it was the same winners from round 1 who were victorious. In the Modified division, it was Team Associated driver Rick Hohwart who came out on top with TQ honors and win followed by Eric Albano (Yokomo) and EJ Evans (TOP Racing).

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March 13, 2017

LRP-AE-Challenge Italy finale – Report

The final round of the Italian LRP-AE-Challenge took place last weekend on the iconic track of Vedano, in the surroundings of Monza. In the 13.5T Stock class Capricorn’s Federico Barbieri took a convincing TQ by winning the opening qualifier in front of Andrea Valerio’s Xray and the second one ahead of the Xray duo of Beggio and Puleo. The finals were pretty entertaining, with a couple of contacts and three different winners for the three legs. A1 was won by Ruggero Zanusso (Team Associated) after the TQ driver made a mistake and Puleo took the lead, only to lose it after a contact with Zanusso’s car.

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March 13, 2017

Sartel & Briere win at French 1/10th off-road opener

The opening round of the French 1/10th off-road national championship was held this past weekend in Louvres. Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel would come out on top in the 2WD class, taking the day’s win from Renaud Savoya (TLR) in second and Armand Launtheaume (Xray) in third. In the 4WD category Mathieu Briere would lead an Xray 1-2-3 with Jean-Pierrick in second and Valentin Peuziat third.

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March 13, 2017

Yannick Aigoin wins MBCP Fun Race

The French MBCP club held a Fun Race this past weekend. With the track being both technical and slippery things were pretty challenging for the drivers and ultimately Yannick Aigoin (Xray/Ultimate) would prevail, taking the day’s win in the Nitro Buggy class from Edouard Hugon (Agama/Alpha) while young Eliot Marcon (Mugen/Ultimate) would round out the top 3 result.

Image: Yannick Aigoin

March 13, 2017

Jones & Howson win at Stotfold Winter Series finale

The final round of the Stotfold Winter Series was held this past weekend, attracting over 50 drivers. In 2WD Kit Jones would bring home the day’s win and he would also take the overall title from Ian Buck second and Alex Carter third. In 4WD David Orbell would bring home the day’s win with Joe Howson taking the overall from John Myall second and Simon Overall third.

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