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October 24, 2016

JJ Wang takes double ROAR Fuel On-road titles

The 2016 ROAR Fuel On-road Nationals were held this past week at Homestead RC Raceway in Florida. Chinese-American JJ Wang was the man to beat in the premier 1/8th Open and 1/10th 200mm Sedan classes as he took the top qualifier position in both categories. In the hour-long 1/8th Open class final, JJ would lay down a commanding performance by taking the win some three laps ahead of Joaquin Desoto Jr. and Paolo Morganti, who completed the podium another three laps down. In the 200mm Sedan class, DJ Apolaro was in the mix for the overall win but JJ would ultimately hold the upper hand, ending the 60-minute encounter a lap in front of DJ with Scotty Gray rounding out the podium result in third.

Image: Rick Wang

October 24, 2016

Weissbauer & Mächler win at South German regional

Weissbauer & Mächler win at South German regionals

A round of the South German Indoor regionals was held this past weekend at the SLR Ingolstadt club. Thimo Weissbauer would take a dominant TQ in the Touring Modified class from Viktor Wilck in second and Frederik Südhoff in third. In the triple A-mains both Thimo and Frederik would battle for the overall win with each having scored a win and a second place before the third and decisive A-main. In leg three Thimo held everything together to take a second leg win some 2.7 seconds in front of Frederik to grab the overall win. Frederik came in second from Viktor Wilck who scored a 4-4-3 in the finals which let him end tie on points with Dominik Fleischmann but the better tie-breaker handed the Swede the final podium spot.

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October 24, 2016

Jeff Dayger successful at NORCAR Halloween Classic

The past weekend the 2016 NORCA Halloween Classic was held at The Gate and in the 1/12th 13.5T class it was Jeff Dayger who walked away with the win. In a star-studded field Jeff would come out fastest in the single 8-minute A-main from top qualifier, Johnny Wiita and runner-up after the qualifiers, Joe Trandel. Michael Hanulec, coming from the 9 spot on the grid ended the race in fourth place from veteran racer, Josh Cyrul in fifth.

Source: Trinity [trinityrc.com]

October 24, 2016

Hu Wei Ping joins Sweep Racing

Sweep Racing have announced the signing of 9-times Chinese 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Champion, Hu Wei Ping to their team. The winner of this year’s Chinese National Championship and the recently held Chinese Open will use Sweep Racing’s tyres and accessories from now on.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]

October 24, 2016

Steven Hartson doubles at JBRL Electric Series finale

The 8th and final round of the 2016 JBRL Electric Series was recently held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. In the premier 2WD Open Buggy Steven Hartson would walk away with the win from Jake Mayo and Tyler Fenster but overall in the championship it was Jake who took the title honours from teammate Steven. David Jenson would round out the championship top 3 result.

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October 24, 2016

Griffin Hanna wins Pro Nitro Buggy at Scaretacular race

The 2016 Scaretacular race was held at Cape Fear Raceway in Holly Springs, North Carolina with about 90 entries in total. The race format was straight up rocket round with three rounds of qualifying and 20 minute nitro mains. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was Griffin Hanna who set the TQ and in the main final he would lead the pack around and would swap positions with Blake Pickett but with a small mistake, Griffin was able to regain the lead and take the win from Blake Pickett in second and Colby Bush in third.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 23, 2016

2016/17 Winter Jumps Rd1 – Report

The popular Finnish Winter Jumps RC off-road series recently had its opening round held at the Vaasa RC Club, host of the 2011 IFMAR 1/10th off-road World Championships. Different from other racing series that are run on grippy carpet or astroturf tracks, the Winter Jumps series also has two races held on slippery surfaces with the Vaasa round being one of them. In the 2WD race Joona Haatanen dominated every qualifier with his Team Associated buggy and he would also win the A-mains to take the day’s win from Schumacher driver Touko Silpola and Konsta Saarinen (Xray).

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October 22, 2016

Leino takes final qualifier to start 2nd behind Greiner

Teemu Leino has TQ’d the final round of qualifying at the concluding round of the Euro Nitro Series in Italy and will start the title deciding 45-minute A-Main in Fiorano from second on the grid behind Top Qualifier Dominic Greiner. The Team Infinity driver topped Q3 by 6/10ths from Q1 & 2 pace setter Greiner, with new team-mate Marc Rheinard a further 7/10ths off completing the Top 3. For Leino’s main title rivals the round would net a P6 for championship points leader Dirk Wischnewski while Erik Dankel would go out with conrod failure while setting the TQ pace. The result means Wischnewski starts 5th while 2014 Champion Dankel will line up 9th.

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