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November 5, 2014

Swauger & Breton win at ROAR On-road Fuel Nationals

The 2014 ROAR Fuel On-Road Nationals were held at the Ft. Myers RC Car Club in Ft. Myers, Florida. In the 1/8th Open On-road class it was Paolo Morganti (Serpent) who took the TQ for finals and he even led the main for most of the time but a problem cost him dearly, handing the win to Mike Swauger (Xray). Joaquin Desoto Jr rounded out the podium some 10 laps down on Paolo. Those three drivers were the only to complete the full 45 minute final with 4th placed Tony Rice only running for 42 minutes. Ralph Burch had to end his race after two third of the distance but he still made the top 5. In the 1/8th Masters class Chuck Moon took the TQ but it was Peter Breton who grabbed the overall win from Don Jones in 2nd and Rick Davis in 3rd to make it an all-Serpent podium. TQ Chuck Moon came in 4th while Jim Rice rounded out the top 5.

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November 5, 2014

Mike Lyday wins first ever US GT8 national

The first ever US GT8 national saw Joaquin Desoto taking the TQ for the final but he got into trouble in the first minute allowing Mike Lyday to storm into the lead. Mid-race Mike had already built a 4-lap lead over the 2nd place driver which allowed him to take it easy and to cruise to the win in the 45 minute final.

Source: Sweep [sweepracingusa.com]

November 4, 2014

Cody King takes JBRL Nitro Series Buggy title

The final round of the JBRL Nitro Series was held this past weekend at the famous Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, CA. Kyosho driver Cody King took the win during the A final becoming the 2014 JBRL Expert Buggy Champion. Round 7 had Drew Moller (Mugen) coming in 2nd while Jeremy Kortz rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

November 4, 2014

Kenji Tsuruta wins JMRCA 1/8th off-road nationals

The Japanese JMRCA 1/8th Gas Off-Road Nationals were held last weekend at the Futaba Buggy track. In the main final Kenji Tsuruta, coming from 3rd on the grid, was able to take the lead in the opening lap and never looked back to take the win in the 60 minute race.

Source: Tresrey [tresrey.com]

November 4, 2014

Golobic & Recio win at South American Championships

The South American Nitro On-road Championships took place this past weekend at the Hernan Matticoli track in Buenos Aires. The event saw a massive turn out on drivers from five different countries including Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Argentina. A total of 110 drivers attended the on-road classes of 1/8th, 10th and 1/8th GT. In the 1/8th class Juan Pablo Golobic (Capricorn/Novarossi) took the win from Sebastián Recio (Capricorn/Novarossi) and Flavio Elias (Mugen/Novarossi). In the 1/10th 2oomm class Sebastián Recio (Capricorn/Novarossi) came out successful in front of Juan Pablo Golobic (Capricorn/Novarossi) and Agustin Cutini (Mugen/Novarossi).

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November 4, 2014

Greek Touring Series Rd7 – Report

Greek Touring Series Rd7 - Report

The 7th and final round of the Greek Touring Series for Nitro and Electric Touring classes was held at the Fanatix track and saw John Sotiropoulos taking the win in the nitro class from Spiros Sotiropoulos and Tsiklitiras. In the overall championship John brought home the title from Spiros while Nick Nikiforos rounded out the podium in 3rd. In the electric class the race for the runner-up spot was on between five drivers. Georgiades already secured himself the championship title thanks to winning six out of six races and it was Papachristos who took the winning honours in the final round in front of Doucakus and Zogogianis. The win at the final round then handed Papachristos the overall 2nd place from Zogogianis.

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October 31, 2014

Bruno Coelho TQ’s & wins Portuguese Cup 2014

Bruno Coelho TQ's & wins Portuguese Cup 2014

The 2014 Portuguese Cup was held at the Torres Novas track, home of past and future European Championships. The weather was fantastic all weekend long and a very well prepared track greeted the drivers. In the 1/10th 200mm class Bruno Coelho took the TQ and on top of that he also came out successful in the final that he won some 7 laps ahead of 2nd placed Joao Nascimento. Jorge Azinheira rounded out the podium in 3rd place.

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October 31, 2014

Oscar Baldo wins at Levante regional champs Rd1

The first round of the Levante regional championship was held in Alicante, Spain with more than 60 drivers in attendance. The A-main saw Xray’s Ignacio Candel chase Mugen driver Oscar Baldo hard for the whole race but at the end Oscar took the win with Ignacio in 2nd. Jose Tomar Escudero (Bergonzoni) rounded out the podium in 3rd place.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]