The OUP Cup was held at the Hong Kong based Lali Warehouse indoor dirt track this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Tekno RC’s Jonathan Yeung with the overall TQ and he would also bring home the win in the 45-minute A-main event, some three laps in front of Korean Agama racer, Kevin Lee. Serpent’s Leif Leung would round out the top 3 results another lap down.
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The third round and midway point of the X-Factory UK Winter Series took place this past Saturday, with a good turnout in both classes. A technical and tricky track greeted the racers and once all four rounds of qualifying had concluded it was Mark Lewis (Team Associated) who would take the TQ in the 2WD class in round 4, followed by Alex Haywood (Team Associated) in 2nd, Joe Renton (Team Associated) completed the AE 1-2-3 for qualifying in 3rd, Karl Jackson (Schumacher) in 4th, Gareth Cutting (Team Associated) in 5th and Brandon Young (Team Associated) in 6th, the remaining A-final spots would be decided via the bump-ups and those who would promote from the B-final.
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The Xpress Cup 2K19 was hosted by MCM RC in Italy this past weekend. In the Touring FWD class it was Andrea Tonini with the overall TQ after the qualifiers and he would also bring home the win after the triple A-main events, leaving behind Alex Caminati in 2nd from Silvano Zanoni in 3rd. The popular GT 21.5T EFRA class saw again Andrea Tonini leading the way in the qualifiers and also the finals as Carlo Mastursi and Alex Caminati came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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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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.
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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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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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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