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June 29, 2020

Jared Wiggins doubles at TRH Summer Series Rd1

Thunder Road Hobbies of Moline, Illinois held round 1 of their Summer Off-road Series this past weekend, attracting close to 50 entries. In the Nitro Buggy A-main it was Jared Wiggins with the overall TQ and also the win, some two laps in front of Julian Malevanets in 2nd. “KBone” would round out the top 3 another lap down. Over in E-Buggy it was again Jared Wiggins with the overall TQ and win, leaving behind Rob Morney in 2nd and Tony Burton in 3rd.

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June 29, 2020

Riccardo Berton wins at Swiss Nitro Buggy opener

Round 1 of the Swiss Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at the ORCM Montagny track this past weekend. The event attracted drivers from Italy, France and of course Switzerland with Italy’s EFRA European Champion, Riccardo Berton (Infinity) leading the way both in the Expert class qualifying and the main final. Patrick Hofer (HB Racing) came in 2nd overall from HB Racing’s Jeremy Pittet in 3rd. Jerome Sartel and Joachim Kallen completed the top 5 result.

Image: Riccardo Berton

June 29, 2020

Hooks & Rose win at RC Pro Series North Rd2

Round 2 of the RC Pro Series North was held at Shaw’s RC Track in Ardmore, Oklahoma last weekend with 62 drivers and over 100 entries. Pro Nitro Buggy was TQ’ed by Agama driver, Brandon Rose, however it was Tyler Hooks (Tekno) with the overall from Brandon in 2nd and Micah Smith (Tekno) in 3rd. Dillon Caldwell (HB Racing) came in 4th overall while Aaron Royston (Tekno) completed the top 5 results.

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June 29, 2020

Burak Kilic TQs & wins at Elektro Cup Nord season opener

The opening round of the German Elektro Cup Nord series was held at the Modellsport Münsterland track in Nörstel, North Rhine-Westfalia this past weekend. The Mugen duo of Burak and Berkan Kilic battled to out for the overall win with the better end for top qualifier Burak, who brought home the wins in A1 and A2 of the 1/8th E-Buggy class while Berkan cemented his runner-up spot with a win in A3. SWorkz’s Sophie Müller came in 3rd overall.

Image: Modellsport Münsterland [modellsport-muensterland.de]

June 29, 2020

Harker wins StickIt1Racing Modified Off-road Series Rd3

Round 3 of the StickIt1Racing.com Modified Off-road Series was held at PDX Underground in Portland, Oregon. In the single 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Travis Harker with the overall win from Team Associated driver, Ryan Reavis in 2nd. Cole Hegar came in 3rd overall.

Soure: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

June 29, 2020

Elias Johansson wins at Procircuit Challenge

The Swedish Botkyrka club hosted the Procircuit Challenge this past weekend. Serpent’s Pontus Larsson took the overall TQ in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class after winning three of the four qualifying rounds while HB Racing’s Elias Johansson, who won a single qualifying round, came in 2nd overall. The 45-minute A-main event then saw Elias taking the win with a 2-lap margin while top qualifier Pontus came in dead last following a DNF. Team Associated driver Nils Gustafsson came in 2nd overall, some 30 seconds in front of Felix Angseryd (Xray).

Image: Elias Johansson

June 29, 2020

Thayer & Gonzales successful at JBRL Electric Series Rd4

The fourth round of the JBRL Electric Series was held at OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California this past weekend with 115 drivers in attendance. In 13.5T Expert 4WD Buggy it was 3rd place qualifier, Yokomo’s Jake Thayer with the win from top qualifier, Matthew Williby (TLR) in 2nd. A lap behind Kamryn Ayers rounded out the top 3 result.

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June 29, 2020

Goff & Prickett win at Carpet Wars Rd2

Beachline Raceway of Cocoa, Florida hosted the second round of the Carpet Wars series this past weekend, attracting 66 entries for the Modified and Stock 1/10th scale off-road classes. Yokomo USA team driver Kai Goff took the TQ and win in the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class from privateer Tyler Rimes, finishing 2nd overall with his Yokomo. Kyle Paquette (Team Associated) came in 3rd to round out the podium result. Over in 40+ Open 2WD Buggy it was John Prickett with the overall TQ and win, some 3.2 seconds in front of David Davis on the runner-up spot. Doggie Lee came in 3rd overall, some further 9.3 seconds back. 13.5T Stadium Truck saw again John Prickett with the overall TQ and win, a lap in front of Joey Fisher. Shaun Kart came in 3rd overall.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]