Haynes & Strasnick win Sweep Challenge

The Sweep Challenge was held at Controlfreakz Raceway in Chaplin Connecticut last weekend and was sponsored by Sweep Racing USA. With 7 heats of racing action split between 17.5, open mod and the 13.5 4wd mini classes, Ryan Lee and Steve Kong made the trip from Korea to participate in the event and showcase Sweep Racing products. In qualifying Mike Haynes was able to take the TQ position in both 17.5 and Open Mod classes. In the 17.5 class final Mike Haynes was able to hang onto the victory in the A final with Casey Retke finishing in second and Kenny Lambert taking final the podium position in third. The Open mod class had incredibly close racing action with Mark Strasnick taking the victory in the final with an amazing pace in the closing laps. TQ Mike Haynes finished second with Randy Bernard taking third position.

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Grainger wins Schumacher BTCC Rd2

Chris Grainger took round two of the Schumacher BTCC at the magnificent Cotswold track over the weekend. The modified class was dominated by the MI4 of Grainger who took FTD and the overall victory, the day was made sweeter for Grainger’s team as the modified class saw three of the Schumacher cars on the podium, Colin Price was second with John Pape third. In Pro Stock it was another Schumacher 1-2-3, James Hart took both legs of the A final ahead of Lee Price and Mark Musgrove, while in the stock class Zak Finlay won ahead of fellow Schumacher driver Scott Hauser. Many drivers were using the BTCC as warm up for the BRCA national in three weeks time, and with the event held in scorching hot conditions, it did cause a few problems with overheating motors and ESC’c. Drivers may be hoping for slightly cooler conditions in a few weeks time.