The opening round of the Cadiz regional championship was held at the Circuito de El Estrecho track in Spain last weekend. The event saw the running of 1/8th E-Buggy as well as 1/10th 2WD and 4WD classes and in E-Buggy it was Juan Carlos Canas with the overall TQ and also the win after the triple A-mains, leaving behind Adrian Macias in 2nd and Albert Pelaez in 3rd.
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The Pista Verde track in Fener, Italy held a friendship race last weekend, the first event following the Corona virus shutdown in Italy. In the 1/8th On-road class it was Cristiano Sartor (ARC/Matrix/Extreme Energy/Hasi) with the win from Marco Bianchi (ARC/Matrix/Extreme Energy/XRD) in 2nd. Claudio Codazzi (ARC/Hot Race/Extreme Energy/Hasi) rounded out the top 3 podium result.
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Round 4 of the JBRL Electric Series was hosted by the OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California last weekend. While Jake Thayer and Matt Gonzales took home wins in the Expert 13.5T 4WD and Expert 17.5T 2WD classes, it was Team Associated’s Ron Devoll who excelled in 2WD and 4WD Open Buggy. In 2WD Open it was Team Associated’s Davey Batta on the runner-up spot with Xray’s Jake Mayo rounding out the top 3 podium result. Over in 4WD Open Buggy, Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo took home a 2nd place finish behind Ron as Brandon Larrowe rounded out the podium for TLR.
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Round 1 of the Border Wars series was held at Amarillo RC Motocross in Amarillo, Texas last weekend, attracting nearly 130 entries. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Chris Boice with the overall TQ and win from 8th place qualifier, Scottie Brewer in 2nd. Graham Hill would end the day on the 3 spot from Jimmy Deprez, who bumped-up all the way from the D-main. Brian Beck would complete the top 5 results.
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The opening round of the MRcup was held in Svitavy, Czech Republic last weekend. The schedule for the weekend saw practice on Saturday with the actual race being held on Sunday with one additional round of practice followed by triple qualifiers and mains. In the premier class of Touring Modified it was Jiří Vyšín who lead an all-Xray podium with Radko Černohous and Pavel Dostál coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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The Norwegian 1/10th IC Track Championship was held at the Starmoen track last weekend. The facility is located about 170km north of Oslo and both the regulations due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and the fact, that the event was broadcasted live on Norwegian national television made for a very special atmosphere. Racing-wise no one held back and the outcome was open till the very end, with young and talented Olav Dahle taking the overall TQ. In the following Super Pole race Petter Solvberg, Oyvind Stusdal, Trygve Berntsen and Christian Hovden fought for the positions and ultimately it was Petter Solvberg who came out fastest after some very intense and nail-biting minutes.
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Round 4 of the JConcepts Force Series was held at Southside RC Raceway in Lake City, Florida last weekend. The event attracted nearly 150 entries for the 1/8th Off-road and 1/10th 4×4 SC classes and in Expert Nitro Buggy it was Kyle Phillipps with the overall TQ from Julien Oliveras, the latter having to settle for 2nd after the tie-breaker. The 25-minute A-main event then saw Team Associated driver, Lee Setser taking the overall win some 15 seconds in front of Kenny Morris Jr. (Xray). Julien Oliveras (Team Associated) came in 3rd overall, already a lap down.
The opening round of the Madrid regional 1/8th Off-road Championship was held at the Mejorada del Campo track in nitro and electric classes last weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Oscar Navarro with the overall TQ from Daniel Pariente in 2nd. Ultimately it was Juanma Guillen (Team Associated) with the win from Alex Valls (Mugen) in 2nd and Daniel Pariente (SWorkz) in 3rd.
