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May 31, 2016

Jared Tebo doubles at 2016 JC Spring Nationals

Jared Tebo doubles at 2017 JC Spring Nationals

The 2016 JConcepts Spring Nationals where held at The Plex in Omaha, Nebraska over the weekend. The event attracted both local talent as well as national front runners and the opening Nitro Buggy qualifiers saw Jared Tebo walking away with wins in Q1 and Q2 but in Q3 of Buggy Tebo and Jonathan Burkhalter battled for the round TQ with the two being separated by only a tenth of a second. With Jonathan leading he would bobble right at the end, handing Jared another TQ for a clean sweep. In Truggy things looked a bit different. Jared ran onto engine trouble in Q1 after damaging his engine’s carburettor after landing a jump, causing the engine to work erratic for the remainder of the run. After sorting the problems out for Q2 Tebo was on fire, taking wins in the following rounds to also grab the TQ position in Truggy.

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May 30, 2016

Carsten Keller wins at West German regionals Rd2

Round two of the German West division Nitro Off-road regionals was held in Kürten over the weekend. Different from other parts of the country the weather stayed dry, meaning good and high grip racing conditions. In the qualifiers the race for the TQ position was on between Carsten Keller (SWorkz) and Jörn Neumann (Serpent). At the end Carsten would be able to grab a very narrow TQ and the fight between the two would continue in the main final when both swapped the lead several times in the opening stages. About 10 minutes in to the main Carsten was able to open a gap that he would be able to extend to over a lap at the end of the 30-minute final. Jörn Neumann had to settle for second while Daniel Reckward (Serpent) completed the top 3 result another lap down.

Source: Spielzeugautorennfahrer [spielzeugautorennfahrer.de]

May 30, 2016

Paolo Morganti TQs & wins at 39th annual Texas Biggie

Last weekend’s Texas Biggie race saw Paolo Morganti taking the TQ in the GT8 class. In the 25-minute main final Paolo would continue to dominate by bringing home the win some two laps in front of Tony Luna with young Marcus Cole rounding out the podium another four laps down.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 30, 2016

Milan Holthuis takes Dutch 200mm Nats Rd2 win

Genk in Belgium played host to the second round of the Dutch Nitro On-road Nationals. The weekend started off dry on Saturday and even the two opening qualifiers on Sunday would be held on a dry track but for round three the rain came. Daan Jacobs (Serpent) took the TQ from Capricorn driver Milan Holthuis while Roy Bakker (Shepherd) completed the top 3 result. Just in time for the main finals the rain poured down even more, making for tricky conditions in the double 20 minute finals. The opening leg then was won by Daan but as usual rain mixes things up quite heavily and so the second and decisive leg was a pretty entertaining affair. Milan would run into engine problems after it refused to run on water instead of fuel but when servo issues hindered Daan, Milan was able to grab the win meaning both would end tie on points. The tie-breaker then handed Milan a narrow win as he scored the faster run. Daan had to settle for second while newcomer Mark Been completed the top 3 result.

Thanks to Mark Holthuis for the report.

May 30, 2016

Tosolini & Whiting win at 39th Texas Biggie race

The 39th annual Texas Biggie race was held this past weekend with some of the country’s fastest nitro on-road drivers in attendance. WRC’s Chris Tosolini would sweep the 1/8th Open class with his Ielasi Tuned GTX, taking the TQ and win while Loran Whiting (Capricorn/Ielasi Tuned) came out successful in the 1/10th 200mm Sedan class. Finally Jeff Whiting (Capricorn/Ielasi Tuned) would add another win for the Whiting family by coming out fastest in the 1/8th Masters class.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

May 30, 2016

Santana brothers sweep Spanish 1/8th GT champs Rd1

The opening round of the Spanish GT Championship was held at the Santa Oliva track this past weekend. Toni and Dioni Santana would sweep the GT and Super GT classes with respective TQs and wins to round out a perfect race weekend.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

May 29, 2016

Reno Savoya wins rain-affected French Buggy Nats Rd3

The third round of the French 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Longvic next to France’s mustard capital of Dijon. Sunday started out nice and sunny but after the semifinals heavy rain started to fall, leaving the organisers no choice but to cancel the A-main. This left Reno Savoya (TLR) with the win from Xray’s Yannick Aigoin with a lucky Jean-Pierric Sartel rounding out the podium. Reno now already scored two wins in the national championship this year while another frontrunner, Jerome Aigoin flamed out two times in his semi, meaning no top 12 finish at round three for the Kyosho driver.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

May 29, 2016

Atsushi Hara clinches 2016 FEMCA Buggy title

The final day of the 2016 FEMCA 1/8th Buggy Championship, held at the Southern Alley Track in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, started with a delay due to heavy rain but thanks to the track’s efficient water drainage the organisers were able to start the lower finals soon after the weather cleared up. In the semifinal A, the grid leader, Wataru Takashiro took an easy win while in the semifinal B, Shin Adachi finished first after Atsushi Hara ran into receiver pack issues. At the end Atsushi Hara finished in eights and managed to secure a lucky 15 spot for the A-main final. In the main, Atsushi soon stormed to the front and in lap 9 he was able to take the lead. From that moment on the race started to heat up with Atsushi Hara and Wataru Takashiro racing bumper to bumper, exchanging the lead, until Wataru Takashiro had to pit, rectifying a steering link issue which left Atsushi Hara in the lead that he would hold on to until the checkered flag to take the title from Shin Adachi in second and Paphon Chanyasak in third.

View the final result here