The RCI V2 indoor facility in Shanghai, China held an electric touring car race last weekend, attracting drivers to compete in a single 13.5T touring class. Jimmy Qian took the overall TQ and with wins in A1 and A3 he also snatched the overall win from A2 2inner, Simon Wang in 2nd. Hua came in 3rd overall to round out the top 3 result.
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The Levante Cup was held at the Circuito de Silla track this past weekend. In the single 2WD Buggy class it was Joan Espasa with the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifiers and also bagged the overall victory early with wins in A1 and A2, leaving behind Marcos Abarca in 2nd and Jaime Casanayor in 3rd.
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The 2020 Greek 1/8th Nitro GT Championship was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens this past weekend. The race attracted a total of 17 entries and was held in hot summer weather conditions. In qualifying Kostas Sidiropoulos (SWorkz) was able to take the pole position in front of Michalis Xristodoulou (Mugen) and Konstatinos Terlepanis (Serpent). In the 45-minute A-final Sidiropoulos took an early lead showing good pace but nitro newcomer Dimitris Ioannidis (Xray) was able to take advantage of his long stints to take the lead for a couple of laps before retiring with a mechanical failure. From that moment on Sidiropoulos established himself in the lead, lapping the field twice to take the win and with it the 2020 Greek Nitro GT title. Starting from 8th on the grid Konstatinos Agrafiotis (Xray) finished on a popular 2nd place with Konstatinos Terlepanis rounding out the podium.
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Round 1 of the NWN Summer Series was held this past weekend. Will Skidmore was pretty much in control of things in the Nitro Buggy class as winning four of the five qualifying rounds secured him the pole position for the 22-minute main final. The A-main then also went well for will who would lead from start to finish to take the win from Joni Skidmore in 2nd, a lap behind. Jack Hirst came in 3rd overall, finishing on the same lap as Joni.
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The Brookthorpe Model Car Club in the UK held their Dirt Track opening race this past weekend, attracting nearly 80 entries including former EFRA European Champion, Darren Bloomfield who made an appearance for Team Associated following a time-off from RC for a couple of years. Darren would sweep the competition by winning three of the four qualifiers for the overall TQ from Mike Lewis in 2nd and Matt Lewis in 3rd. In the single 15-minute A-main it was again Darren who would excel by taking the win some 30 seconds in front of Team Associated’s Mike Lewis in 2nd and Tekno RC’s Mitch Booth in 3rd, the latter finished already a lap down on Darren.
Image: Mitch Booth
The opening round of the Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals were held at the Kolin club this past weekend. The event kicked off with free practice on Friday with Saturday’s Nitro Buggy qualifying being won by Martin Bayer from Max Götzl in 2nd and Jiri Mara in 3rd. In E-Buggy Max made a clean sweep to take all four qualifiers from Ales Bidovsky and Jiri Benes. In the Nitro Buggy semifinals Martin Bayer posted the quickest time to grab the pole position from Max Götzl and Jiri Mara. The top 3 then had a little mix-up in the first lap after all made a little mistake, but later Martin was able to pull away and take the lead. Ultimately he crossed the finish line on the 1st place from Max 2nd and Jiri 3rd.
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The opening round of the South Swedish Cup was held at the Furulund club this past weekend. The event saw the running of Nitro Pro, Nitro Sport and an E-Buggy class and in Nitro Pro it was Agama’s Jessica Palsson with the TQ and also the win in the 30-minute A-main event. Kyosho driver, Pontus Magnusson came in 2nd overall, some five laps behind.
Image: Jessica Palsson
The city of Szczecin played host to the opening round of the Polish 1/8th Off-road Nationals this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Burak Kilic with the overall TQ from Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy in 2nd and Berkan Kilic (Mugen) in 3rd. The 45-minute A-main event then saw Berkan holding the upper hand and bringing home the win with a 2-lap margin on 2nd placed Burak. Jamie Clancy came in 3rd overall another lap down as Bartosz Zalewski and Bartek Zambrzycki completed the top 5 result.
Image: Abdullah Kilic
