Round 4 of the Astro Winter Series was held at the Deerdale Off Road club last weekend. Frosty winter weather made for challenging track and racing conditions and in Nitro Buggy it was Graham Alsop who made the best out of it, taking the TQ and win from Mitch Booth in 2nd while Chris Sharpe-Simkiss completed the top 3 result.
Source: BRCA [brca.org] | Image: Astro Winter Series [facebook.com]
Round 4 of the popular Mibosport Cup was held at the Sport Hotel in Hrotovice, Czech Republic last weekend, attracting once again over 200 entries for the various electric on-road and off-road classes. In 2WD Modified Buggy the seeding practice was won by Ales Bidovsky while 4WD Mod Buggy was lead by Max Götzl. The 2WD Mod qualifying then saw Adam Izsay leading the way with wins in Q1 and Q2 with Q3 winner, Max Götzl in 2nd and Ales Bidovsky in 3rd.
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Round 3 of the popular RugRacers electric on-road series was held in Herts, UK last weekend. The race saw the running of Touring Stock, FWD and MTC classes and the latter had Mark Young taking the FTQ and pole position for the 2-leg final. Leg 1 saw most of the field squabbling at the start and by the end of the race Mark was a quarter of a lap in front of 2nd place so it was a comfortable win for him. Leg 2 saw a much cleaner start than leg 1 and after five minutes with all but one lap being under 12 seconds Mark took an easy win, practically a lap in front of the 2nd place driver. Behind Mark it was Josh Moore on the runner-up spot as Jack Anderson came in 3rd to round out the top result.
Source: Team Zombie [team-zombie.com] | Image: RugRacers [facebook.com]
The third round of the Northwest Indoor Series was held at the Tacoma RC Raceway in Tacoma, Washington last weekend, attracting nearly 170 entries for the multiple 1/10th scale buggy and truck classes. In the premier 2WD Mod Buggy class it was Tanner Day who took the overall TQ and with 2-1-6 finishes he also snatched the overall win, after winning the tie-breaker with Jackson Andres who scored 1-2-2 finishes. Harley Yoshii would come in 3rd overall with 3-4-1 finishes in the triple A-mains, making it an all-Yokomo top 3. 4WD Mod Buggy had Harley Yoshii taking the overall TQ and also the overall victory after winning the first and third A-main while coming in 2nd in A2. Tanner Day won A2 for the overall runner-up spot as Jackson Andres came in third after scoring a DNF in the opening A-main, completing another all-Yokomo podium.
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Round 2 of the popular RWMCC Winter Series was held in Slough, UK last weekend. Agama’s Kevin Brunsden made a clean sweep in the Nitro Buggy qualifying, taking wins in all four qualifiers for the overall TQ from Tekno RC’s Michael Lightfood. The 20-minute A-final then again saw Kevin leading the way and taking the win with a 30-seconds margin on Michael. Behind the two it was Taro Cradock (Kyosho) who would round out the top 3 result some 11 seconds behind Michael.
Source: Remote World Model Car Club [facebook.com]
The opening round of the popular NRW Offroad Cup was held at the Racing Arena Limburg indoor carpet track in Sittard, The Netherlands over the weekend. The race saw the running of Modified and Stock classes and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was Marcel Schneider with the overall TQ from Rik Haemers on P2. The opening A-main was won by Mick Burbach, however Marcel stroke back in A2 and A3 to take the overall win from Mick in 2nd while Rik Haemers completed the top 3 results.
NW Hobbies in Albany, Oregon will host the 2020 Muchmore Invitational on the weekend of the 1st of March. Muchmore’s Joe Pillars has helped put on these type of events in the Northwest for over 10 years with great success and the organiers couldn’t be more happy to work with him again. The fun and unique race format offers multiple classes of racing with the same vehicles to provide more time on the track and less time in the pits. Classes run include Invitational 2WD Mod Buggy, 2WD Mod Buggy, 40+ 2WD Mod Buggy, 13.5T Wheeler no-timing/no-boost, 13.5T Truck no-timing/no-boost, 17.5T 2WD Buggy no-timing/no-boost, and 21.5T 2WD Buggy no-timing/no-boost. Full details can be found on social media here and here.
The FEMCA IC On-road Championships and IFMAR 1/10th 200mm Pre-Worlds will be held as a joint event at England Park Raceway, Brisbane, Australia from May 26th to 31st. The Pre-World Championship for 1/10th IC Track Touring Cars will be run concurrently with the FEMCA Championships for 1/10th and 1/8th scale IC Track classes. All classes will be run using controlled fuel and tyres and more information can be found on the official event website here as well as on social media here.
