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July 14, 2020

Ben Billing wins Ledbury Summer Series Rd1

The opening round of the 2020 Ledbury Summer Series was hosted by the Ledbury Model Car Club in the UK last weekend, attracting over 30 entries. In the single, mixed 1/8th Buggy class it was Ben Billing with the overall TQ and the HB Racing driver also brought home the win in the single 15-minute main event. Arron Knight came in 2nd overall, some 20 seconds behind as Carl O’Connor (Tekno RC) completed the top 3, only 0.039 seconds behind Arron.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

July 13, 2020

Myron Kinnard wins USGT at ROAR Region 3 Champs

The 2020 ROAR Region 3 Championships here held at Apex RC Raceway in Murfreesboro, Tennessee this past weekend. The event drew racers from all over the region and beyond, including Ohio, Missouri, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama Illinois and Indiana. Friday was an all day practice day. New layout and new drivers all over made for some good runs and the field of drivers was a who is who of National Champions including Eric Anderson, Kemp Anderson, Bill Sydor, John Barron, Justin Lyons and others top drivers that were set to all go after top 3 podium spots. As qualifying got under way, Team Associated/Reedy’s Myron Kinnard was able to take the TQ in round one of USGT from Ohio’s hotshot Von Perry of Capricorn/Motiv. In round 2 Myron was able to make some minor adjustments to his USGT car that put him two seconds ahead of his current TQ and at 98.9%. For the final round of the event Myron was able to hold on to his TQ for the event in USGT, just one second over Perry.

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July 13, 2020

Kenrick Fong wins at HKRCSA Series Rd1

The opening round of the HKRCSA Series was held at the TRC outdoor track in Hong Kong over the weekend. In the premier class of Touring Modified it was Kenrick Fong (Yokomo/Team Powers) with the win from Hay (Xpress/Dash) on the runner-up spot. YH Cheung (Xpress/ORCA) came in 3rd overall while Stick King (Serpent/Scorpion) and Tong Chung (Xpress/Hobbywing) completed the top 5 results.

Source: Xpress [rc-xpress.com]

July 13, 2020

Rinderknecht sweeps AE/Reedy Summer Series Rd2

The second round of the Team Associated & Reedy Summer Series was hosted by the Hobbyplex Raceway in Omaha, Nebraska this past weekend, attracting nearly 160 entries. The event was held in a multitude of 1/10th off-road classes and in the premier category of 2WD Mod Buggy it was Tom Rinderknecht (TLR) with the overall TQ from Alex Vanderbeek (Team Associated) in 2nd. The single 8-minute A-main would see Tom out front from tone-to-tone and he would take the win with a lap margin from Alex Vanderbeek in 2nd. Aidan Olson (TLR) came in 3rd overall, another 16 seconds back. 4WD Mod Buggy again saw Tom Rinderknecht leading the way as he took the overall TQ and win with Aidan Olson and Alex Vanderbeek coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

View the 4WD Mod Buggy podium here

July 13, 2020

Jared Wiggins wins at LCRC Raceway Season Opener race

LCRC Raceway of Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania hosted their Season Opener race over the weekend, attracting nearly 300 entries. In the Nitro Truggy class Team Associated’s Jamie Grayek would take the overall TQ, however after the 15-minute main final it was 2nd place qualifier, Tekno RC’s Jared Wiggins with the win some 17 seconds in front of Jamie. Anthony Mazzara (Mugen) came in 3rd overall, another 3.5 seconds behind.

Image: Jared Wiggins

July 13, 2020

Joni Skidmore successful at NWN Summer Series Rd2

The second round of the North West Nitro Summer Series was held in Weeton, Blackpool this past weekend. Joni Skidmore would bring home the win for Mugen some 14 seconds in front his brother and fellow Mugen racer, William Skidmore. HB Racing’s Graham Alsop came in 3rd overall, a lap down.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

July 13, 2020

Jesper Rasmussen TQs & wins at Odense club series Rd1

The Danish Odense RC Minirace club hosted round 1 of their popular club racing series this past weekend. In the combined Stock/FWD 17.5T JuStock class it was electric off-road ace, Jesper Rasmussen with the overall TQ after winning all three qualifying rounds. In the triple A-finals Jesper would hold onto the lead despite a hard charging field to take the win in front of Mads Koue in 2nd and Rasmus Andersen in 3rd.

Image: Jesper Rasmussen

July 13, 2020

Max Mächler TQs & wins at RCK Challenge

A round of the RCK Challenge Central/West Division was held at the recently renewed outdoor asphalt track of the DJK Andernach club. The event saw the running of four electric on-road classes and in Touring Super Stock it was Awesomatix’s own Max Mächler with the overall TQ after a clean sweep in all four qualifying rounds. The triple A-mains then again saw Max out in front and by winning A1 and A2 he grabbed the overall win with one leg to spare. A3 winner, Manuel Wagner (Xray) came in 2nd overall from Jill Bartsch (Awesomatix) in 3rd.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]