The second round of the 2020 AWS was held at the NDOR Notts & Derby Off Road club in the UK last weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Jack Hirst with the TQ and win, a lap in front of runner-up, Mitch Booth after the 15-minute main final. Kieran Cox came in 3rd while Matt Lewis and Liam Brocklehurst rounded out the top 5 results.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Round 3 of the Spanish IRC Series was held at the IRC Arena in Callosa de Segura this past weekend. In the Touring 10.5T Stock class it was Carlos Barros with the overall TQ after making a clean sweep in the qualifiers and he would also bring home the wins in all three A-main legs for the overall win in front of Jesus Dato Vidal and David Perez Molina. With one round to go Carlos is currently leading the overall championship and he is also the pre-event favourite going into the season finale.
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The second round of the Hungarian RC Prof series was held in Gyomro recently. In the 13.5T Stock Touring class it was Cristian Faur with the overall win from Mark Valent on the 2 spot. Viktor Kiss would complete the overall top 3 result.
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The opening round of the popular Longwy Winter Series was held last weekend in Longwy, France. The club, which is situated in the northern part of France, laid out a nice and flowing carpet track with the event drawing more than 100 entries and the biggest class of the weekend was the Touring 13.5 Superstock category with over 50 entries alone. After the triple A-mains and When the dust had settled, it was Tobias Vogel with the overall victory from Florian Joos in 2nd, the latter having to cope with a power deficit in A2 and A3 but was able to secure the overall runner-up spot with a win in the third A-main as Alexander Becker would round out the top 3 results.
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Race 2 of the Florida Nitro Series as held at the Arcadia-based Nugget’s Ranch Raceway this past weekend in pretty low temperatures. In the 1/8th Pro class it was Bobby Horan with the win in the 30-minute A-main event, some two seconds in front of Tony Rice as Rafael Angulo completed a very close top 3 finish just two seconds behind Tony.
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The Indonesian Touring Car Championship was held in Jakarta this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee with the overall TQ from Bowie Ginting, Izzah M., and Ronny Suwarto, all of which scored at least one round TQ. After the triple A-main events it was still Nicholas on top as he won A1 and A2 for an early overall as the Infinity duo of Peter Antonijzs and Izzah M. came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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The Futaba Buggy Track in Ichihara, Japan hosted the 2019 JMRCA 1/8th Buggy National Championships. Mugen’s Yusuke Sugiura grabbed the overall top qualifier spot and he would also walk away with the title after the main final, securing his third consecutive national Nitro Buggy title. Yusuke left behind his Mugen teammates, Kouki Kato and Kenji Tsuruta in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]
The opening round of the Swiss Electric Indoor Nationals was held at the FAMA track in Bulle this past weekend. In Touring Modified it was Awesomatix’s Michele Manzo with a clean sweep in the qualifiers, leaving behind Claude Hollinger in 2nd after the four rounds. The triple A-mains then again saw Michele checking out in all three legs for the overall win from Team Magic’s Philipp Huber 2nd and HB Racing’s Kevin Zwahlen in 3rd.
Image: Michele Manzo
