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December 12, 2016

2017 Euro Nitro Series to open in France

The Euro Nitro Series is excited to announce that it will travel to France for the first time in 2017 with Mulhouse in the east of the country the location for the opening round of Season #4 of the high profile Onroad Nitro Championships on May 19-21. Continuing as a four round championship, this will be the first year all rounds will be staged in different countries with Germany, Austria and Italy making up the rest of the schedule. A country with a rich history of onroad nitro racing, and with the ENS attracting a growing number of French competitors each season, the addition of Mulhouse has been welcomed by both manufacturers and racers.

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December 12, 2016

Double delight for Tebo at Speed RC

Jared Tebo completed the buggy double at Speed RC in North Carolina as the track played host to the JConcepts Indoor National Series Finals for the first time. Winning 4WD with relative ease, sewing up the overall win in A2 earlier in the day, in 2WD it was to go down to the wire. With Rivkin taking an easy win in A1, in A2 things really hotted up with the pair clashing a number of times and it was Daimon Borkowicz came away with the win ahead of Tebo and Brent Thielke with Rivkin fourth. This set the stage for a three way showdown and while all three led the decider it was Tebo who was at the front at the finish-line to take the win. Finishing third behind Alex Kosciuszek in A3, Rivkin was less than impressed by the Kyosho ace’s driving. With Rivkin ending up second overall it was Thielke who completed the podium as Borkowicz struggled towards the end of the leg going from leading to finishing with a P6.

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December 12, 2016

Tebo takes 4WD win at JConcepts Finals

Jared Tebo claimed the 4WD Buggy win at the JConcepts Indoor National Series, the Kyosho driver completing a perfect weekend when, like in qualifying he wrapped things up early, by securing the overall victory with another win in A2. Having dominated the opening A-Main, it looked like he was going to repeat the performance in the second of the three encounters but riding the curbing he rolled his ZX6.6 allowing Spencer Rivkin to the front. Rivkin however would make a carbon copy of Tebo’s mistake and with his Associated on its roof letting Tebo resume the lead where he would stay to the finish for the win. Going on to take A3, Rivkin would get second in North Carolina which was enough to secure him the overall JConcepts INS title. Daimon Borkowicz would complete the race podium on the series’ first visit to Speed RC.

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December 12, 2016

Essex Winter Series Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Essex Winter Series championship took place this weekend. As the last major event of 2016, everyone wanted to end on a high, but also take the opportunity to stand out as a championship contender. In the Modified Class, Elliott Harper was heading the standings with two perfect scores from the two rounds so far. The first round of qualifying showed that his run of success was possibly about to end, after an incredibly close round saw Elliott only just snatching the fastest time on the final lap, pipping young Harley Eldridge to the top spot by three-hundredths of a second. Kyle Branson took third in the round ahead of Chris Grainger, but the top eight were covered by less than four seconds.

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December 12, 2016

Kaja Novotny successful at XRS Poland Rd2

The second round of the XRS Poland was held this past weekend in Lodz. In the opening 2WD and 4WD qualifiers, Xray’s Kaja Novotny would lead the way but two messed-up rounds meant that the decision for the overall TQs would be shifted to Sunday as Bartek Zambrzycky was hot on the heels of Kaja. On Sunday morning a leaking shock absorber of one of the competitors left the usually high grip carpet greasy as soap meaning the remaining qualifiers would be held in very difficult conditions. Especially the 2WD buggies were sliding a lot but some last-minute setup changes on Kaja’s buggy allowed him to snatch the overall TQ and also in the 4WD class the young man would excel on the unusually slippery track.

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December 12, 2016

Milan Mudra doubles at Lestr Cup Rd3

Round three of the popular Lestr Cup saw Milan Mudra taking the TQ in the 2WD Buggy class while Xray teammate Max Götzl came out fastest in the 4WD qualifiers. In the 2WD finals Milan continued to be on top, ending the day with a first overall win from Max in second and Zdenek Miksovsky (Xray) in third. In the 4WD finals Max wasn’t able to fend off Milan who took his second win of the day, making the 4WD results a blueprint of the 2WD class with Max in second and Zdenek in third.

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December 12, 2016

Robert Batlle wins 5th annual Adventscup

The fifth annual MCT Adventscup was held at the Czypu-Drom indoor clay track in Germany. The event attracted both local talent and also guest drivers from abroad such as Mugen Seiki’s Robert Batlle and Agama’s Darren Bloomfield. In the 10-minute A-main encounter, Robert would take a commanding win while also scoring the only sub-22 seconds lap in the final. Darren Bloomfield had to settle for second while Serpent’s Jörn Neumann ended the main 10 seconds down on Bloomfield in third place. Laurin Czypulowski and Jan Sievert would complete the top 5 result.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]

December 12, 2016

Phend doubles at Horizon Hobby Midwest Classic

The 2016 Horizon Hobby Midwest Classic race was held over the weekend, hosted by Leisure Hours R/C Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. TLR’s Dakotah Phend would sweep the 2WD Modified Buggy class by taking the TQ and win from TLR teammates Dustin Evans and JP Richards in second and third respectively.

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