August 5, 2020

Carbognani wins at Minicar Fontanellato 30 Years Trophy

The Italian Minicar Fontanellato held their 30 Years Anniversary Trophy last weekend in several 1/10th and 1/8th scale electric on-road classes. In Touring 13.5T EFRA it was Alessandro Arisi with the overall TQ after a clean sweep in all three qualifying rounds. The opening A-main was won by Edoardo Forte, however Guido Carbognani would take wins in A2 and A3 for the overall from Edoardo Forte in 2nd and Nicholas Papa in 3rd.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

August 5, 2020

Pro Stock Series – Report

The Wiesbadener Minicar Club hosted a round of the Pro Stock Series last weekend. The event was held in Open and PSS classes and in 1/8th Open it was Dennis Weihert with the win from Olaf Engelmann in 2nd and David Kröger in 3rd.

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August 5, 2020

Baruffolo & Zalewski win at XRS Poland Race Camp

The 2020 XRS Poland Race Camp was hosted by Latina RC Racing recently with the workshop-oriented event featuring a nitro and electric buggy race to round out the week. All participants progressed a lot over the week and especially the rookies such as Sonia Skrzypek, Filip Pawłowski, and Asia Sych. Racing-wise and in the Nitro Buggy class it was Xray’s Marco Baruffolo who took the win at the week-concluding race with Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski coming in 2nd and Xray’s Bartek Zalewski rounding out the top 3 result. Over in the E-Buggy race it was Bartek Zalewski who lead and Xray 1-2-3 with Pawel Ntkowca coming in 2nd and Asia Sych ending the day on a popular 3rd place.

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August 5, 2020

Loris Luise wins at Italian UISP GT Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the Italian UISP GT National Championship was held at the Pista Verde Fener track last weekend. In the Super GT Expert class it was Loris Luise with the overall TQ and he also brought home the win in the half-hour long A-main event, leaving behind Fabio Vigani in 2nd, some six seconds behind. Natanaele Senesi came in 3rd overall, a lap down.

Image: Loris Luise

August 4, 2020

Myron Kinnard wins at 2020 Summer Sizzler

Soda City RC Raceway of Columbia, South Carolina held their 2020 Summer Sizzler last weekend in several 1/10th and 1/12th scale electric on-road classes. In USVTA it was Nathan Flores with the overall TQ, however the single 8-minute A-main saw Myron Kinnard with the win, after taking the lead in the opening stages of the race and never looking back. Nathan had to settle for 2nd overall, only 0.3 seconds behind while Tony T came in 3rd overall, some two laps down.

Thanks to Myron Kinnard for the update. | Image: Shawn Waswick

August 4, 2020

Paul Ciccarello wins at Tiltyard World

The Tiltyard Worlds were held in Dayton, Virginia this past weekend. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Xray’s Paul Ciccarello with the win from P3 on the grid. Paul dropped back to 4th early in the main but then made his way back up to 2nd, with Jason Schreffler (HB Racing) and him would go back and forth a few times for the lead and Paul would wind up with the win. Jason Schreffler came in 2nd overall as Travis Jones (Tekno) rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 4, 2020

Markus Hellquist takes Swedish IC Track title

The Lidköpings R/C Club hosted the Swedish Nitro and Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend with classes run included 1/8th IC Track, 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring as well as Electric Modified Touring. In the premier class of 1/8th IC Track it was Mikael Fransson with the overall TQ a narrow 0.1 seconds in front of Alexander Andersson. Markus Hellquist came in 3rd overall, another 0.2 seconds back. In the main final Markus kept the car on the wheels, and after 41 minutes and with one fuel stop remaining he was right behind Niclas Nilsson, fighting for the win. Markus’ mechanic pulled out a quick pit stop, letting him exit the pit lane just in front of Niclas to take the lead Markus would hold onto until the chequered flag, taking the win just 0.8 seconds in front of Niclas Nilsson. Niklas Johansson came in 3rd overall, already three laps behind.

Source: Markus Hellquist

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