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September 12, 2016

Abisset wins French IC track finale as Mathieu takes title

The final round of the 2016 French 1/8th On-road Championship was held at the Beaumont-Monteux track last weekend. The weather was perfect with warm temperatures and bright sunshine. Leading the championship going into the final round Arnaud Mathieu (Capricorn) would only need a fifth place finish to take the overall Elite class title. The qualifiers saw Christophe Louis (Mugen) taking the top spot in front of Leo Arnold (Xray), one of the title contenders, while Arnaud Mathieu rounded out the top 3.

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September 12, 2016

Finnish Electric Off-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The fourth and final round of the Finnish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Vantaa track. In the 2WD qualifying Joel Valander TQed two rounds to take the overall TQ from Karri Salmela and Joona Haatanen. In the finals Joel was struggling on the drying track which allowed Karri to win the race and the National title. Joona Haatanen came in second thanks to winning the third A-main.

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September 12, 2016

Jörn Neumann takes German 2WD Buggy Championship

The 2WD portion of this year’s German 1/10th Electric Off-road National Championship was held at the AMC Langenfeld track this past weekend. Serpent’s Jörn Neumann took the overall TQ in 2WD Modified Buggy from Yokomo’s Marc Rheinard and Björn Prümper. The triple A-main events brought a similar result with Jörn making a clean sweep to take the overall title while Marc came out fastest in A2 and A3 to grab the runner-up and vice-championship spot from Björn. Christopher Krapp came in fourth from Oliver Speith in fifth.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 12, 2016

Wattakorn & Pichakorn win at Huge RC Club Race Rd6

Round six of the Huge RC Club Race series was held this past Sunday and in 1/8th Nitro On-road it was Chavit who set the TQ, however in the 30-minute main final it was Wattakorn to take the win some two laps ahead of Anutin with Wittaya completing the top 3 another four laps down. In 1/10th Nitro Touring Supawoot took the top qualifier honours but in the main event it was Pichakorn to take the win one lap head of Andy Moore and Supawoot, who rounded out the podium result three laps down.

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September 12, 2016

Deon Gove takes SA National Championship title

Midrand Offroad RC club in Johannesburg recently played host to the second round of the South African 1/8th Off-road National Championship. With the 2016 season being a 2-rounds affair and both counting towards the overall result the pressure was on for the top drivers. Friday saw the start of open practice before qualifying would start on Saturday. In Electric Buggy the championship would more than likely be contested by the top 4 drivers with Deon Gove leading over Aksay Patel due to a tie break at the first round at APN in Durban. Unfortunately Thomas Schmuck had to withdraw his entry and would not be able to defend his 2015 title at the final event. Quintis Van der Merwe would have an outside chance to take the overall championship as two new comers to E-Buggy would join for the final round. Both Dean Steenmans and Tiaan Oelofse, top nitro contenders, could split the tight field and rearrange the final points standing.

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September 12, 2016

2016 Tamiya Benelux finals – Report

For the sixth year running, the Tamiya Benelux finals were held at the fast and flowing track of MAC de Baanbrekers in Rucphen. Bringing together the best Tamiya drivers from The Netherlands and Belgium the event had a record attendance of 116 driver that raced in several classes including a Porsche 997 GT3 endurance race that was held on Saturday evening. The 2-day event saw timed practice and the opening qualifiers on Saturday followed by another qualifier and triple 7-minute A-mains on Sunday. Euro GT was the fastest class of the championship and it attracted the strongest field ever that included multi-Belgian champion Bart Vervloessem and his brother Jan Vervloessem, 2004 Tamiya F1 European Champion, Michael Lepelaer, Belgium’s former Stock Champion Stefan Rommens, 2006 Tamiya World Championship finalist Rob Chaldecott, Dutch Open Stock and Tamiya 2016 Champion Robert Krens as well as young Florian Joos. 10-times Belgian Champion and ETS winner Olivier Buytinck made a shock return to the Tamiya Cup races and set a very high benchmark for the other drivers.

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September 12, 2016

Claus Ryeskov wins at Danish 200mm National Rd3

Round three of the Danish 1/10th 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the HRCR track in Hillerod, Denmark. The weather forecast for the weekend was very bad but on race day the drivers were greeted by Sun and temperatures of about 23 degree Celsius. The usual suspects were complemented by a new entry this weekend with off-road driver Rune Gustavsen campaigning Claus Ryeskov’s spare car and he was fast right from the get go, putting the car on the 3 spot behind Claus in second and Martin No Hansen on the 1 spot. In the final Martin and Claus battled for the lead with Claus putting a lot of pressure on Martin. Claus tried to get past a couple of times and both would make an unfortunate contact in the chicane, sending Martin off the track. With Claus opening a gap the race was now on between Martin and Rune while Rene and Tom were in a battle too. Martin then encountered glow plug problems that send him dead last and Tom Limkilde smashed into the pitwall, ending his race due to a broken servo. About 28 minutes into the main light rain started to fall but the shower did not affect the overall standings and so Claus cruised to the win with Rune in tow. Rene would complete the top 3 while Martin and Tom rounded out the top 5.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 12, 2016

José A. Martinez wins at SOR Championship Rd5

Round 5 of the SOR Championship was held at the Barceloneta Speedway off-road track in Puerto Rico. José A. Martinez would take the TQ in the Nitro Truggy class and he would also walk away with the win in the 40-minute A-main encounter, ending the race some eight laps in front of Omar Lopez in second and Choto Mendez in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]