At last weekend’s Byron On-road Challenge Andy Liu took the win in the 1/8th Nitro GT class after taking TQ in convincing manner. Shawn Bucklin grabbed the runner-up spot, Chad Kiffe completed the podium in 3rd.
Source: Sweep [sweepracingusa.com]
The Lap Paradise Challenge was held in Johor Bahru with 50 entries from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Switzerland in attendance. The race format saw three rounds of 10 minute qualifying with the best round to count and “Christmas tree” bump-up finals. Jason Nugroho was able to TQ the first two rounds of qualifying until Didier Perrin from Switzerland took the overall TQ in the 3rd and final qualifier.
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At the recent EFRA GP in Leipzig, Germany Toni Gruber took the win in the 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road class. In the final he came out successful leaving Rico Kröber and Willy Lehmann behind. Alexander Naumov completed the top 4 result. In the 1/8th class Toni started from pole position and he was able to pull away quickly but a technical issues around the 12 minute mark ended his chance to take the second win of the day. The win then went to Michael Kammer with Merlin Depta and Alain Levy completing the podium.
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With Team Associated having confirmed his exit from their team, effective July 1st, Ryan Maifield has sent us the following statement bidding farewell to the team that gave him his big break some 13 years ago.
As most of you have heard Associated/Reedy and I have parted ways. I have had a lot of success, fun and great experiences with the guys at Associated over the years and I will always cherish those memories. I want to thank them for everything they have done for me so far in my career, especially Brent Thielke, Richard Saxton, Sean Cockran, and Cliff Lett. Without their guidance and support I couldn’t have accomplished what I have accomplished. Especially early on in my career, they gave me everything I needed to be successful in this industry, on and off the track and I will always appreciate that. I hope to remain friends with everyone at Associated and I wish them luck in the future.
The 2014 Byron On-road World Challenge was run this past weekend at the Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. Mugen’s JJ Wang took the TQ and race win in both the 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm classes. Vincent Jackson and Eric Jones came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the in the 1/8th class while Ditta Claymore and Loran Whiting completed the 200mm class podium.
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The 2014 Catalonian regional nitro on-road championships where held at the Cerdanyola modelcar track. Sergi Franch was able to TQ the meeting with flawless driving, being the only driver to pull 17 second laps and by also setting a new track record with 17.489 seconds. In the main Sergi did not look back to take the win from Jaime Lacuesta and Cesar Rubio which handed him the Catalonian 1/10th 200mm regional title.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 4th round of the French Elite championship was run in the town of Les Andelys in the North of France. Known for being a very rainy region, this weekend made no exception. On Saturday only two rounds of qualifying could be completed with Jerome Aogoin taking the overnight TQ. More rain during the night and on Sunday morning forced the organisers to cancel the race, taking the qualifying results to determine the winner. Therefore Jerome Aigoin (Kyosho) was handed the win in front of Renaud Savoya (Xray) and Jummy Weimann (Kyosho).
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The 2nd round of the Italian nitro on-road championships was run at the Ayrton Senna circuit in Melzo. In the 1/8th Expert class Lamberto Collari took the win in the 45 minute final one lap ahead of Mirko Salemi and Alberto Picco. Daniele Ielasi came in 4th, Francesco Tironi ended the race in 5th place.
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