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December 16, 2019

Batlle & Canas successful at Bigbang Race

The Circuito Municipal de Sax track in Spain held the Bigbang season closing race this past weekend, attracting over 80 entries for the Nitro and Electric Buggy classes. The Nitro Buggy class was top qualified by Manuel Iniesta from Bryan Baldo and Dani Bernabe, however it was Juan Carlos Canas with the pole position for the 45-minute A-main event. Carlos would also lead the very early stages of the race until Mugen’s Robert Batlle took over the 1st spot and never looked back to take the win with a lap margin from SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas. HB Racing’s Manuel Iniesta started from 4th into the race and was able bring home the final podium spot from Juan Espasa in 4th.

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December 13, 2019

Xray Racing Series Slovenia Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia was held at the Genius Ring recently and in 13.5T Touring it was a fight between round 1 winner Nejc Mihelic and Italy’s Mattia Collavo. In the end Nejc managed to stay on top for another TQ while in the 21.5T Formula class it was Herfried Pucher who took the TQ without any problems, since main rival Matej Dobnikar could not attend this round.

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December 11, 2019

RC Kongen Winter Off-road Series Rd3 – Report

The Danish RC Kongen club held round 3 of their Winter Off-road Series last weekend in 2WD Modified, 4WD Modified and Sportsman classes. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was young Marcus Kaerup (Team Associated) with the overall TQ from Jonas Kaerup (Team Associated) in 2nd and Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard in 3rd. In the single A-main event Marcus took a popular win with a lap margin from Frederik while Jonas came in 3rd, less than a second behind Frederik.

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December 11, 2019

2019 Top Gun Shootout – Report

San Diego, California based SDRC RC Raceway hosted the 2019 Top Gun Shootout last weekend, drawing nearly 270 entries. While Matthew Gonzales and Tanner Ashmore took home wins in the 13.5T 4WD and 17.5T Expert 2WD Buggy class respectively, it was Broc Champlin who snatched the 2WD Mod Buggy title, coming from 3rd on the grid. 2nd place qualifier, Dustin Evans would retain his runner-up spot after the single 10-minute A-main as top qualifier, Aydin Horne had to settle for 3rd overall, making it an all-Team-Associated top 3.

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December 11, 2019

Volker & Donath win at EWS International

The 2019 edition of the EWS International took place last weekend. Ronald Volker initially set the pace during qualifying in the Modified class, and then on Sunday morning made it a clean sweep by topping all four rounds with his development Yokomo chassis. Behind him, long time Marc Rheinard secured second on the grid for Infinity, the German also running a prototype car as Infinity continue to test their upcoming IF14-II. Lucas Urbain was the big mover on Sunday morning, with third place in Q4 moving the Frenchman up to third on the A Final grid. Yannic Prumper and Christopher Krapp rounded out the overall top five, with the Xray trio of Alexander Hagberg, Bruno Coelho and Elliott Harper not able to replicate the pace they had shown throughout practice and having to start the finals from deep in the field. The A Final line up was completed by former event champion Kyle Branson, and Awesomatix’s Loic Jasmin. Alex Thurston was the unlucky BQ driver, missing out on the final place on a tie-break with Loic by three-tenths of a second.

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December 11, 2019

Mario Spiniello wins at Antonio Calce Memorial race

The second Antonio Calce Memorial race was held at the TQR track in Teverola, Italy. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class Mario Spiniello set the pace from the get go and he also took the overall TQ after the qualifiers. In the A-main Mario would lead from tone to tone despite having two additional pit stops for refuelling. Behind him it was Esposito Lauri Biaqio in 2nd and De Simon Giuseppe completed the top 3 podium results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 11, 2019

Reunion Island 3-hour endurance race – Report

The Champ Fleury track in cooperation with Modelisme Reunion Racing held a 3-hour 1/8th Nitro Rallygame endurance race on Reunion Island last weekend. The teams consisted of at least three drivers and in the end and after an entertaining 180 minutes it was Team Megafun with the win from Team Serpent in 2nd and Team MRCB in 3rd.

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December 10, 2019

Luis Gudino crowned double Mexican champion

The Mexican 1/8th Off-road Championship was held recently and it was Luis Gudino (SWorkz) who would be crowned double national champion after winning the Nitro and Electric Buggy classes. Iram Torres (Mugen) and Felipe Martinez (TLR) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Nitro Buggy class.

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