First round of the NDOR Winter Series was held over the weekend and the weather gods were in the driver’s favour as the sun was out. In the Nitro Buggy A-main Kieran Cox would start on pole for the A-main and after some crazy driving Kieran managed to win for Xray with new Tekno driver Liam Brocklehurst taking 2nd place after a crazy last corner battle with team mate Daniel Austin who took 3rd place.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
The opening round of the TORCH Indoor Winter Series was held this past weekend. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was Lee Martin with the overall TQ and also the win in the A-main events, leaving Yasir Mughal in 2nd overall and Jimmy Whitehall in 3rd. Kevin Brunsden and Jon Hazlewood would complete the top 5 results.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
The first round of the 2019/2020 Euro Touring Series takes place this weekend in Vienna, Austria. Being held once again at the Messe Wien exhibition centre, alongside the large Vienna Model Fair, the drivers were in the spotlight as passing visitors packed the barriers around the track throughout the day. In the Modified class, defending champion Bruno Coehlo opened proceedings by taking the first qualifying round, held on Friday evening. But come Saturday, it was his team-mate Alexander Hagberg who showed the pace as he took rounds two and three and four to put himself on pole position. Last securing the top qualifying position some five years ago back in February 2014 in Germany, the Xray driver was clearly happy with his new Xray chassis. Bruno amassed enough points to secure second on the grid, as the German world champions Marc Rheinard and Ronald Volker battled over third, with Ronald finally taking it with a P2 in the final qualifier. Elliott Harper showed a good amount of speed, mixing with the top four drivers during the qualifying heats and will start the A Finals from fifth on the grid.
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Round 1 of the Answer RC Winter Series was held at the Pendle and District Model Car Club in Nelson, UK this past weekend. The event saw Team Associated’s Neil Cragg taking the overall TQ in the Nitro Buggy class from SWorkz’s John Holmes in 2nd. In the 22-minute A-main event it was also Neil who would hold the upper hand as he took the win a lap in front of John, as Nick Cox (HB Racing) came in 3rd to round out the podium. Chris Sharpe-Simkiss (SWorkz) would come in 4th overall, leading the best of the rest.
Image: Neil Cragg
The Hong Kong based PYC track played host to round 3 of the Team Powers Cup this past weekend. In Touring Modified it was Kenrick Fong (Yokomo/Team Powers) with the overall TQ from Thomas Hui (Yokomo/Hobbywing) on the runner-up spot. When the dust had settled after the A-main, it was still Kenrick who would top the timing sheets as Thomas came in 2nd, also retaining his qualifying position. Yokomo/LRP’s Jackie Shum came in 3rd to round out the podium result from PC Boy (ARC/Hobbywing) in 4th, as Top Man (Destiny/Team Powers) completed the top 5 result.
Source: Team Powers [team-powers.com]
The 2019 Halloween Classic was held at the NORCAR The Gate track in Brunswick, Ohio this past weekend, attracting nearly 130 entries for the 1/10th and 1/12th on-road classes. In 1/12th Super Stock 13.5T it was Steve Radecky with the overall TQ after the qualifiers, however the single 8-minute A-main event had 3rd place qualifier, Max Kuenning coming out on top some 4.5 seconds in front of 5th place qualifier, Jared Bardin. 4th place qualifier, Joe Trandell came in 3rd to round out the podium.
Image: Max Kuenning
The final round of the French 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship was held in Perthuis this past weekend with the overall Elite category title still being up for grabs. Eliot Marcon took the overall TQ, winning two of the five qualifying rounds and leaving behind Jerome Aigoin, who also scored two round TQs, in 2nd after the tie-breaker. Yannick Aigoin came in 3rd from Renaud Savoya , who came out with a single round TQ, in 4th. The 45-minute A-main event then had Renaud Savoya (TLR) taking his fourth win in a row this season, some four seconds in front of Xray’s Yannick Aigoin while Team Associated’s Tom Robin came in 3rd, a lap down. Some six seconds behind Tom, Jerome Aigoin (Xray) lead the best of the rest. With the win, Renaud also secured himself the French national title, his 7th overall.
Image: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]
The opening round of the 2019/20 P-One Series was held at the newly built Agrigento track in Sicilia, South Italy recently. The event marked the first major race at the new facility with many fast driver attending the event that was held in Touring 13.5T Stock, LC Racing On-road and GT 21.5T classes. In Touring 13.5T, run with ETS motor and speedo combos, it was Mirko Giarritta with the overall win from Salvo Bonomo in 2nd and Patrick Santoro in 3rd.
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