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September 9, 2020

Thayer, Batta & Ashmore win big at Surf City Classic

Having covered the mod classes from the 13th Annual Surf City Classic that was held this past weekend at OCRC Raceway, the action was no less exciting in the Stock classes. In the 13.5 4wd Buggy class, it was Yokomo driver Matthew Gonzales that would get the TQ spot for the single 10-minute A-main ahead of Matthew Williby. As the tone went off, 5th place starter Jake Thayer got off to a great start and would find himself in 2nd place by the end of lap 2. He would then slowly begin catching the leader Gonzales during the next few minutes of the race by putting in fast and consistent laps. Right at the halfway point of the A-Main, the Yokomo/Muchmore driver made a great pass for the lead and would hold it to the end to take an impressive win. Matthew Gonzales would have to settle for 2nd with Matthew Williby completing the podium in 3rd.

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September 8, 2020

Marco Baruffolo wins 2020 HotRace Cup

The HotRace Cup took place last weekend at the NitroBuggy Genzone track, home track of Marco Baruffolo. The track conditions were really difficult with high grip and lots of bumps making it really hard to drive fast and safe. In qualifying it was Xray driver Baruffolo that took the opening round, with multiple European Champion Elliott Boots driving his SWorkz taking the other 2 rounds to claim the top qualifier spot. In the final Marco could get by the British driver on the opening lap, Boots having problems on the 2nd lap as his front tires came unglued, the resulting pit-stop dropping him out of contention. Baruffolo would go on to win by more than a lap in front of another SWorkz driver, Leonardo Valente in 2nd, with TLR driver Alex Zanchettin completing the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 8, 2020

Mächler, Vogl & Luyer victorious at 2020 Austrian EP Nats

The Austrian Nationals, compressed into one event, was held this past weekend at the track of MRC Wiener Neustadt. The Stock class was headed by ‘Mad Max’ Mächler, making the trip from Germany for the race and having TQ’d he would go on to take the win, needing to go to 3 finals having lost out to eventual runner up Philipp Neudinger who took A1. Alexander Mayer would round out the top 3 and give a podium lock out for Awesomatix. In the Modified touring class it would be Dominic Vogl that would take the top spot in qualifying in what was a very reduced field. The finals saw the Awesomatix driver come back from a difficult first main to take the title ahead of A1 winner Patrick Gollner (Xray) in 2nd and Sascha Klug (Awesomatix) in 3rd. FWD would see Florian Luyer win from pole, wrapping up the National title early again for Awesomatix, with Johannes Neumaier (Mugen) coming home in 2nd thanks to his win in A3, while René Kronsteiner (Awesomatix) would lose out on the tie break and have to settle for 3rd. The Formula class was dominated by Rene Kobel who took his Xray to the win from pole position to claim the title with Andreas Stiebler (Serpent) in 2nd and Michael Pittner (Xray) in 3rd.

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September 7, 2020

Nikko Haheim takes Norwegian cup

The Norwegian Cup race was held this past weekend at the upgraded facility in Lørenskog. This was a 2 day event with 3 qualifiers on Saturday and 3 mains on Sunday, so there was plenty of time to wrench and just enjoy a nice weekend with fellow racers. In the mod touring class Olav Dahle ended up taking the TQ honours ahead of Nikko Haheim and Helge Johannessen in 3rd. In A1 Nikko put Olav under immense pressure from the very beginning and after a few laps he opened a gap Nikko was trough. From there he could bring the car to the line some 6 seconds ahead of Mathias Nedrebo who came in 2nd, followed by Oyvind Stusdal. In A2 Haheim made a better start and managed to out drag Olav down the main straight and take the lead. From there he could control the gap back to Helge who came in 2nd, the result enough to secure the overall race win, and with it the Norwegian Cup title. With Nikko sitting out A3 Helge would go on to win the last main securing 2nd for the race with Mathias Nedrebo able to claim 3rd overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 7, 2020

2020 Surf City Classic – Modified Report

The 2020 Surf City Classic was held last weekend at OCRC Raceway, with racers greeted with a fresh and challenging new layout put in for the event. Attracting some serious talent from around California as well as out of state, it was the young guns that shone. In 2wd, it was an all Associated podium as Broc Champlin won from pole position ahead of 2wd Reedy Open winner Aydin Horne in 2nd place, with World Champion Spencer Rivkin finishing in 3rd. 4wd saw this year’s Reedy Race Invitational winner Ryan Maifeld take the win in front of his JConcepts team mate and TLR driver Tom Rinderknicht, who won the 4wd Reedy Open class, in 2nd with Aydin Horne completing the podium in 3rd. The Mod Truck class win went to Aydin Horne, to complete a good weekend for the Factory Tracks Racing team driver, with Rivkin in the runner up spot just ahead of Reedy team driver Dustin Evans in 3rd.

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September 7, 2020

Jorn Neumann triples at 2020 EOS Rd2

The 2nd round of the 2020 Euro Offroad Series was held last weekend at the Arena33’s new astro track in Andernach, Germany. With a massive gap between this and the opening round back in February, for a lot of drivers this was their first major event back racing after the Covid-19 lockdowns. In 2wd, Bruno Coelho mastered the tricky conditions to take the TQ spot for Xray, ahead of Jorn Neumann with his Schumacher in 2nd. An impressive run by Czech Xray driver Max Gotzl saw him line up in 3rd ahead of Marcel Schneider, Martin Bayer, Hupo Honigl and round 1 winner Michal Orlowski in 7th, the Polish driver feeling under the weather all weekend. At the end of the mains it would be Jorn Neumann, with wins in A2 and A3, that took the overall victory in front of Max Gotzl as Bruno Coelho who won A1 struggled in the remaining finals and could only manage 3rd overall.

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September 7, 2020

Davide Ongaro dominates 2wd Italian Nationals

The Italian 1/10th 2wd Nationals took place last weekend on the Green RC Team Track last weekend in Bellinzago Novares. Qualifying saw 1/8th World Champion Davide Ongaro dominate proceedings on the Astro track by taking all 5 rounds to line up on first for the triple mains. Team Associated team mate Alessandro Scaramozzino claimed 2nd with Paolo Moroni just one point behind in 3rd. In the finals Ongaro continued with to dominate, wrapping up the overall win in two finals, with Paolo Moroni winning A3 to take the runner up spot as Scaramozzino dropped to 3rd in the final overall standings.

Image: Davide Ongaro

September 3, 2020

HNMC GP2020 – Race report

The HNMC GP2020 took place over the recent bank holiday weekend with the club able to host the race during the Covid-19 closures having worked closely with the BRCA on safety solutions to make it happen. The format has remained the same for last three years with Saturday having controlled practice, Sunday is for qualifying with finals on Monday. Saturday was a damp day with drivers in heat 9 and 10 deciding not to run as it was so wet. On to qualifying and in Nitro Buggy Callum Niblett took the top spot with Jamie Clancy and Simon Reeves taking rounds 3 and 5 to end up 2nd and 3rd. Truggy would see James Baxter from Richard Cousins and John Niall in 3rd, while in E-buggy it was Michael Lightfoot from Darren Hayden-Ball with Mike Cradock. Evening fun was had with the longest distance travelled with one full tank of fuel. The winner was Glenn Smith, 2nd went to Toby Nicoll, while Craig Russell was 3rd, the top 2 completing 16 laps each, well off the record held by Karl Jackson of 18 laps back in 2018.

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