The Nitro Compound of Maricopa, Arizona hosted a round of their Points Series last weekend. The Open Nitro Buggy class saw Mugen’s Ryan Maifield taking the overall TQ and he would also sweep the 20-minute A-main event, taking the win a lap in front of Xray’s Tanner Stees as Mugen’s Mike Truhe came in 3rd to round out the podium some 5.7 seconds in front of 4th place finisher, Tommy Hinz.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
Round 4 of the 2019 Arrowmax Cup was held at the Tom Racing Circuit track in Hong Kong last weekend, attracting a somewhat low amount of entries due to the still ongoing riots in the city. Due to only a handful of drivers signing in for the Touring Modified class, both Simon Yeung and Fai Ho decided to join the Touring Stock field, making the race pretty exciting for all drivers involved. And so there were some intense battles going on, both Simon and Fai Ho raced in the Stock class for the first time while Stock specialist Johnson was standing his ground in qualifying. Xray/Zero Tribe driver Simon had a hard time in the beginning to adapt his Modified car for the Stock class and with the lack of pace in the opening qualifier, Fai Ho (Awesomatix) took the opportunity to take the Q1 TQ spot. Simon however found a lot of pace for Q2, taking the TQ in that round. Johnson (Awesomatix) came back strong in Q3 to take the TQ, however in the end it was Fai Ho who won the final Q4 for the overall TQ position.
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The final round of Spanish GT8 Nationals took place in Valencia recently. Toni Santana was in full swing and by bringing home the wins in both 1/8th Nitro GT and Electric GT he would be awarded with the overall championship titles in both categories. In the Nitro class David Revollo and Borja Gutarra would come in 2nd and 3rd respectively while Vicente Saez and Enrique Jarque rounded out the Electric top 3.
The Copa Interamericana was held in Queretaro, Mexico over the weekend and in the 1/8th Nitro GT category it was Adrean Zavala (SWorkz/Picco/PMT) with the overall TQ and also the win in the A-main final. Two laps behind it was Paolo Morgati (IGT8/Max/PMT) on the runner-up spot while Emiliano Robles (SWorkz/Picco/PMT) came in 3rd to round out the podium.
Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]
Flowood Indoor R/C Park of Flowood, Mississippi held the 2019 ROAR Region 6 Regionals this past weekend, attracting over 60 entries. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Blake Boggs (Team Associated) with the win, a lap in front of TQ holder “Little Chicken” (Team Associated) as 3rd place qualifier, Kody Watson (JQ Racing) retained his P3 qualifying position some three laps. In the Under 17 ranking it was Kody Watson who would bring home the win and thus his second podium result.
The final round of the Malaga regional championship was held at the Club RC Alhaurin de la Torre in Alhaurin de la Torre, Spain this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Alejandro Perez with the overall TQ from Agustin Illanes in 2nd place. In the 45-minute main final Alejandro would lead from start to finish as Agustin came in 2nd, a lap down. Jose Palma would complete the top 3 podium result some four laps down, retaining his qualifying position. With the win Alejandro Perez also took the overall regional championship title.
Image: Alejandro Perez
The final round of the Malaysian 2019 KLGP series took place at the KL International RC circuit with drivers from Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei in attendance. Already during qualifying Yee Kok Leong showed his dominance by taking the TQ spot in the 1/8th IC Track class with his Novarossi-powered Shepherd. The main final saw some great battles in the beginning but already after a few minutes Yee pulled away from the field and went on to win the hour-long main final some four laps in front of Austin Wong (Mugen/Max) in 2nd and Ben Sew (ARC/O.S.) in 3rd position.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The second round of the 2019/20 Schumacher Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club took place this past weekend. Chris lovely who took the top spot in the opening round of the series would set the initial pace with his Xray in the 13.5 class. However he was pushed hard by the returning Alex Brocklebank and the new Schumacher Mi7. Joseph Cocking would place his Yokomo BD9 Medius into 3rd ahead of the X-rays of Callum Chapman, Andrew Green and Daniel Burks.
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