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July 21, 2020

2020 Greek 1/8th Off-Road Championship – Report

The 2020 Greek 1/8th Off-Road Championship was held at the Speed Track Renti in Renti, Athens this past weekend in Nitro Buggy and Electric Buggy classes. The one-off event saw a total of 31 participants for the nitro category, more than any other class so far for the 2020 Greek Nationals. In qualifying Tasos Paparegas (Xray) was able to take the pole position just five tenths in front of very fast and experienced Giannis Papanikolaou (Kyosho) with Panagiotis Terzis (Mugen) only another three seconds behind. In the main final it was Tasos Paparegas who would hold the upper hand, adding another championship to his belt with Giannis Papanikolaou finishing in a strong 2nd place and Alexandros Anapoliotakis (Tekno) finishing 3rd after making up a lot of ground in the final.

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July 21, 2020

HNMC Covid Summer Series Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Herts Nitro Model Club Covid Summer Series was held this past weekend. The club is managing the Covid race period with reduced numbers to help with all the restrictions to improve safety for everyone. This round saw 53 competitors ready to battle it out on a damp drying track only three rounds as delay to the weather. Callum Niblett took TQ in Nitro Buggy, Karl Jackson in E-Buggy and Paul Fitzpatrick in Truggy. After the A-finals it was Xray’s Callum Niblett with the win in Nitro Buggy some ten seconds in front of the Team Associated duo of Lewis Jones in 2nd and Dylan Saunders, who finished another ten seconds down in 3rd. Simon Reeves and Darren Hayden-Ball came in 4th and 5th respectively while Taro Cradock, Jason Patey, Tehannah Cradock, Jimmy Whitehall, Toby Nicoll and Jamie Clancy completed the A-final result.

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July 20, 2020

Haatanen & Vilkman win at Finnish Open Rd3

The Fullspeed RC Racing Club of Vantaa in Finland hosted round 3 of the Finnish Open series this past weekend. The race was held in Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes and in Nitro Buggy it was JQRacing’s Joseph Quagraine with the overall TQ from Pekko Iivonen in 2nd. The 45-minute A-main then saw a close battle for the top positions with Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen eventually taking the win with a 1-lap margin from Pekko Iivonen (Team Associated) in 2nd. JQ had to settle for 3rd overall some 1.2 seconds behind Pekko while Ari Heinonen (Mugen) was the best of the rest, some 22 seconds behind Joseph. 5th placed Max Mört (Team Associated) ended the race already two laps behind Ari and in front of Tomi Salonen. Over in the E-Buggy class Aleksi Vilkman took home the win in front of Mikko Luopajärvi in 2nd and Arto Heinonen in 3rd.

View the E-Buggy podium here

July 20, 2020

Belgian Tamiya Cup Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Belgian Tamiya Cup was held at the Motorsport Arena in Genk this past weekend. The MRG track is located between a karting and MX track, which makes it the perfect location for petrol heads. Due to the Coronavirus measures, the drivers needed to wear masks, which made social interaction a bit strange. The race was held in perfect conditions though as most drivers were eager to rock their rides after such a long break. The fastest class of the day was Euro GT. Run with mostly TRF cars and powered by a Carson 12T combo these cars achieve similar speeds to the 13.5 class. After an absence of four years from the drivers rostrum, David Joos decided to make his comeback at this nice track of MRG Genk. Claude Gyselinck (TRF420) achieved a very popular TQ, his first TQ ever. He was followed by David Joos (TRF420), Steve Heyman (TRF419X) and the surprising Hannu Coopman who ran a TA07R. Hannu even finished a fine P2 in the opening A-main with his TA07 and grabbed a nice P4 overall in front of the unlucky Claude Gyselinck who couldn’t capitalise of his great TQ. The final victory went to David Joos, Wesley Desmet (TRF419XR), who won A3, finished in a fine P2 overall in front of Kenneth Meisters.

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July 20, 2020

Ollie Payne wins at King Of Clubs Rd1

The opening round of the King Of Clubs championship was held at the West London Racing Centre last weekend and while Billy Fletcher snatched the win in Touring 17.5T Blinky it was Ollie Payne with the TQ and win in 13.5T Blinky. Sunday morning the drivers were greeted with a wet track and Ollie missed practice and round 1 however he managed to take the TQ in rounds 3 and 4 which put him on pole for the single A-main. The final went smoothly and he managed to take the win in front of Ashley Wiffen in 2nd and Liam Hendy in 3rd, making it an all-Awesomatix top 3.

Source: Zen Racing [zen-racing.co.uk]

July 20, 2020

Johnson & Yoshii win at Summer Cooler

PDX Underground of Portland, Oregon held their Summer Cooler Modified race this past Sunday in 2WD Mod Buggy and 4WD Mod Buggy classes. The format was seven rounds of Reedy style racing with two drop outs and in 2WD it was Joseph Johnson (Yokomo) who took the win in the tie-breaker of fastest laps and time with Mikey Brown (TLR) having to settle for 2nd overall. Harley Yoshii (Yokomo) took 3rd to round out the top 3. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy Harley Yoshii would bring home the win from Daniel Jeppesen (Xray) 2nd and Mikey Brown in 3rd.

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July 20, 2020

Adrien Bertin wins at ARCF42 Challenge

The French ARCF42 club hosted their Challenge race this past weekend in nitro and electric 1/8th scale buggy classes. The nitro category saw HB Racing pilot, Eliot Marcon with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds. Adrien Bertin (HB Racing), who won the opening qualifier, came in 2nd. The half-hour long A-main event saw Adrien taking the win with a 1-lap margin on Celian Rousset (HB Racing) in 2nd, while Eliot came in 3rd overall, another lap down. Tomy Svitex and Nicolas Noble completed the top 5.

Image: Celine Leonard

July 20, 2020

Lex Tyler wins at High Rollers race

702 RC Raceway of Las Vegas, Nevada hosted the High Rollers indoor on-road race this past weekend. The event attracted over 75 entries and in Touring Modified it was Xray’s Lex Tyler with the overall TQ and also the wins in A1 and A2. Taking the title early allowed him to sit out A3 which was won by young Yokomo driver, Jacob Cruz who cemented his runner-up position from Katunyu Chom-im in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]