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August 3, 2020

Matt Gonzales TQs & wins at JBRL Electric Series Rd1

The rescheduled round 1 of the 2020 JBRL 1/10 Electric Off-Road Series was hosted by Coyote Hobbies in Victorville, California this past weekend, attracting 180 entries. In the 13.5T 4WD Expert Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Matt Gonzales with the overall TQ and he would also dominate the single 6-minute A-main event, leaving behind Kamryn Ayers in 2nd, a lap down. 0.6 seconds behind Kamryn it was Doug Lariviere (Team Associated) who would round out the podium result.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

August 3, 2020

Graham Alsop wins at Dirt Attack Rd2

The second round of the Dirt Attack series was hosted by the East Shrewsbury club in the UK. Graham Alsop took the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class, leaving behind Matt Box in 2nd, already two laps down. David Gibson came in 3rd over, some five seconds behind Matt.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

August 3, 2020

Clancy Jackson win at HNMC Summer Series Rd3

The third round of this year’s HNMC Summer Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK this past weekend. The booked-out event attracted 60 entries and the race format would see four qualifiers with the best three to count. The Nitro Buggy qualifying was between Callum Niblett and Jamie Clancy with Jamie taking the honors while E-Buggy was dominated by Karl Jackson. The finals then saw Jamie Clancy (Team Associated) with the win in Nitro Buggy as Callum Niblett (Xray) and Taro Cradock (Kyosho) came in 2nd and 3rd overall. The E-Buggy category was won by Karl Jackson from Glen Downer and Keith Harries.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

August 3, 2020

Berkan Kilic wins at Polish Off-road Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Polish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Poznan this past weekend. The third of five rounds saw Mugen’s Berkan Kilic walked away with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class from his brother and fellow Mugen racer, Burak Kilic. Xray’s Bartosz Zalewski came in 3rd overall to round out the podium result.

Image: Abdullah Kilic

July 31, 2020

2020 U.S. VTA Nationals – Announcement

APEX Raceway and Hobbies of Murfreesboro, Tennessee will host the 2020 U.S. VTA Nationals from the 17th to 20th of September. This year the organizers are looking to make the event the best its ever been, offering many great things including low entry prices, more practice and setup time, 1st and 2nd places trophy for B mains, plenty of door prizes, and many more things to be added later. The event will still have the signature 1-minute VTA qualifier as well as the all important TQ sign-up and paid, that gets a free entry to the VTA class. This year track owner Eric “EA” Anderson has made some very important changes and upgrades to the track and the layout will be very racer friendly while still being technical for the most advance driver. More details can be found on social media here.

July 31, 2020

TRCA Offroad Series Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the TRCA Offroad Series was held at the newly established Titan RC Arena in Warsaw, Poland last weekend. The event saw the running of Modified and Stock Buggy classes as well as Truck Pro and Mini categories and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was Bartek Kramza (Xray) with the overall TQ from Jeremiasz Kramza (Schumacher) in 2nd. A1 and A2 then again went in Bartek’s favour as he took home the win in both legs to take the overall from Jeremiasz in 2nd. Sebastian Migal (Xray) came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Continue reading the report here

July 30, 2020

Thurston & Mansell win at British 1/8 IC Track opener

The 1/8 Circuit British Open Championship 2020 finally started with a full entry at the famous Halifax circuit in the UK. Limited numbers were allowed in each race and precautions in place to follow Coronavirus guidance and keep racers safe. Both nitro and electric classes were popular with many new drivers trying their hand at 1/8 after lockdown, the British weather played its part with a damp track at times, in qualifying Alex Thurston lead the way in the nitro class from Tim Wood and James Conolly. In the electric class it was a close battle with Jamie Paton, newcomer Mikey Mansell, Rob Scott and Michael Lee with Capricorn driver Mikey taking TQ.

Continue reading the report here

July 30, 2020

Guillaume Tremblay wins at Quebec RC Series Rd3

Bego Raceway of Napierville, Canada hosted round 3 of the Quebec RC Series last weekend, attracting over 135 entries. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Damian Lamy (Team Associated) with the overall TQ, however it was 2nd place qualifier, Guillaume Tremblay (Mugen) with the win in the 20-minute A-final event after swapping places with Damian several times during the main. Behind the two, it was David Lecuyer (Team Associated) with the final top 3 spot.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]