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September 27, 2016

BRCA 1/10th IC National Series Rd7 – Report

For the penultimate round of the BRCA 1/10th IC national series, the Adur club situated on the South coast of the county would be the venue. Unfortunately, due to the travel time required, many racers made the decision to not attend the meeting meaning that 23 drivers would compete with four drivers attending to race the 1/8th GT support class. The weather for the weekend proved to be cooler on the Saturday practice day with the temperatures rising for the main event.

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September 27, 2016

Takaaki Shimo wins 1/8th Expert class at KO Grand Prix

The annual KO Grand Prix was held at Greater LA RC in Gardena, California and in the 1/8th Expert class it was Mugen’s Takaaki Shimo who took the top qualifying honours. In the main final Takaaki would again excel to grab the day’s win and the 2016 title from Xray’s Mike Swauger.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenracing.com]

September 26, 2016

Glyn Beal TQs & wins at Spanish GT Champs Rd2

Round two of the Spanish GT Championship was held at the ARCA Circuito Grande track in several 1/8th GT classes including shaft-driven GT and belt-driven Super-GT categories. UK’s Glyn Beal made the trip over to Spain to race in the Nitro GT class in which he was a class of his own, taking the TQ for the 20-minute main final that he would eventually win in front of Toni Santana and Alberto Ibanez de Opacua in second and third respectively.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 26, 2016

Andy Moore wins 200mm class at JITC Farewell Race

Andy Moore wins at JITC Farewell Race

The JITC Farewell race was held this past weekend with the 2-day event attracting drivers from Indonesia, Brunei, the UK, The Netherlands and Thailand to compete in several nitro on-road classes. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring category, Infinity’s Andy Moore would take the overall TQ and it would be Andy and his Infinity team mate Jilles Groskamp who would battle it out in the main final until eventual leader Jilles ran into trouble. This promoted Bowie Ginting (Serpent), who started from the 5 spot following many troubles on Saturday, into second place with Andy Moore bringing home the win while Bowie was able to take the runner-up spot from Trin Tanongsakchaikul (Infinity) in third.

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September 26, 2016

Michael Salven crowned German 1/8th on-road champ

The German 1/8th Nitro On-road National Championships were held this past weekend at the AMC Hamm track. The qualification of the faster Class 1 was won by Mugen’s Robert Pietsch from John Ermen (ARC) and Michael Salven (Serpent) with Patrick Schäfer (Shepherd) and Steven Cuypers (Mugen) completing the top 5 result. The 45-minute main final then was a pretty close affair with the top 3 drivers being separated by only about 3 seconds on the finish line. Michael Salven would give Serpent’s new 977 Evo-2 a maiden national win with Steven Cuypers coming in second. In third ARC’s Lars Hoppe completed the top 3 podium result while TQ Robert Pietsch had to settle for 8th.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 26, 2016

Oscar Baldo wins Spanish Nitro Buggy Nats Rd3

Round three of the Spanish Nitro Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend at the San Jose track in Sevilla, Spain. A small and technical track with laptimes in the 30 seconds range and very little space to overtake made things interesting in the semis and the main final. The weekend started off with a dominating Robert Batlle that brought to everybody’s attention why he is a 10-times national champion. He absolutely smashed the qualifiers and took the overall TQ with one round to go, posting the exact same time in Q1 an Q2 to show his World-class skills and precision. Juan Carlos Canas, winner of the second round of the Nationals and reigning 1/8th Buggy Euro B champion, was the only driver that could almost-match Robert’s rhythm and consistency, although finishing 3 to 5 seconds off Batlle’s pace.

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September 22, 2016

2016 Midwest Series Rd5 – Report

Team Nitro RC Racing hosted race 5 of the 2016 Midwest Series at their Lynwood, Illinois facility. Just east of Chicago, this was the fifth race in a six races series and the point battles for the championship awards were heating up. First held in the summer of 1970, this is the longest running RC series in the United States. The event kicked off with open practice Friday, as competitors worked on their set-ups for the revised layout. Overnight rains pushed the program start back on Saturday morning but the Team Nitro crew, with the help of some volunteer racers, got the track in top condition and ready for racing. The series is contested at three different facilities, each hosting two races during the season. Top drivers from around the mid-west and Canada traveled to compete in the event this weekend, which was the final event for the Lynwood facility this year. The featured classes for the series are 1/10 Sedan and 1/8 Open 4WD, with Masters classes for both scales as well. The cars are run together by scale but scored separately by class.

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September 21, 2016

Peter Tozser doubles at Oil City Dash

The Oil City Dash is one of the premiere Off-Road events in western Canada put on by the RCRE club in Edmonton, Alberta and held on a DNC-style track with a great layout, elevation changes, and big air. Starting from the TQ spot in Nitro Buggy, Peter Tozser had some ground to make up after a first-lap incident, as Cory Drachenberg checked out from the get go with his buggy. Throughout the long main, Peter worked his way up the field and battled with Cory for the win in the closing minutes of the race to bring home his second victory of the event following his win in the hour-long and chilly Truggy A-main that Peter went on to win from Eric Hardy.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]