The 2020 1/10th Electric Off-road Nordic Champs will be hosted by the MHF-U Skarpnäck club in Stockholm, Sweden from the 28th to the 30th of August. More details as well as a promotional video can be found on the event’s official social media page here.
The 2019 La Carrera del Jamón race was held at the IRC Arena in Callosa de Segura, Spain last weekend. Run in a single 10.5T Touring class it was Carlos Barros with the overall TQ after a clean sweep in the triple qualifiers. The opening two A-mains then again saw Carlos excel as he took the overall with a leg to spare, leaving behind Vicente Eres in 2nd and Eduardo Rocamora in 3rd.
Image: Carlos Barros
The Model Indoor Oss indoor track hosted the OliebollenCross XXL race last weekend that was held in 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. In 2WD the race for the overall TQ was between Pieter Beekman, Senne Pauwels and Wesley van Helmond. Ultimately it was Pieter with the overall TQ thanks to two round TQs from Senne and Wesley who took a round each. When the dust had settled after some entertaining A-mains, it was Senne and Wesley who ended tie on points with Senne eventually taking the win in the tie-breaker from Wesley in 2nd and Pieter in 3rd.
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The Rapallo track in the North-western part of Italy hosted their year end race this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy F1 category it was Leonardo Valente with the overall win in the 45-minute main final from EFRA European Champion, Riccardo Berton on the runner-up spot, a lap down. Giovanni Camamo came in 3rd, another two laps down.
Image: Leonardo Valente
Outlaw RC Motorsports Park of Welland, Ontario held the Skycraft Hobbies Grand Prix the past weekend, attracting over 130 entries. In the Open Mod Touring class it was Barrett Morrow with the overall TQ and the young man would also sweep the single 6-minute A-main event, leaving behind Douglas Shewfelt in 2nd, some 3.5 seconds behind while Adam Hutchinson came in 3rd, already a lap down.
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Round 3 of the Nitro X Cross Winter Series was held at the Brookthorpe track in the UK this past weekend. In the 20-minute Nitro Buggy A-main it was Tekno RC driver, Mitchell Booth with the overall win some eight seconds in front of Mugen’s Ben Billing on the runner-up spot. Tekno RC’s Wes Jolly came in 3rd to complete the top 3 result a lap down.
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The 6th and final round of the 2019 Urban Astro Buggy Championship was held at Urban RC in downtown Singapore this past weekend. The round saw plenty of exciting races, and more importantly, another opportunity for Singapore’s off-road enthusiasts to get together to share a fun day on the roof at Urban RC. In the 2WD Buggy class, that attracted nearly 20 entries, it was Esmail Apandi with the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifiers as Sean Lee TQ’d a single round for P2 on the grid. The triple A-mains saw Esmail taking pretty dominant wins for an early overall victory from A3 winner, Sean Lee. Behind the two, the race for the final podium spot was on between Julien Foo, Steven Ong and TS Bay with the three ending tie on points eventually. When the dust had settled and after the tie-breaker, Julien would snatch overall P3 from Steven in 4th an TS in 5th.
Round 5 of the popular Herts Nitro Model Club Winter Series attracted 75 racers with dry weather making for good racing conditions all day. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Jamie Clancy with the overall TQ while E-Buggy was top qualified by Richard Miller. The main Nitro Buggy A-final was another epic battle between Joni Skidmore and Jamie Clancy under the flood lights with the lead changing constantly on the last few laps. Ultimately it was Jamie Clancy with the win from Joni Skidmore 2nd and Lewis Jones in 3rd. The E-Buggy A-main had Richard Miller taking the overall win from Tony Verboom in 2nd and Holger Lykke in 3rd.
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