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October 28, 2019

Davis set early pace at Worlds as drivers battle high traction

Australia’s Jesse Davis is the early pace setter at the IFMAR 1:8 World Championships in California, the Infinity driver fastest in the opening day of official practice and again after 2 of the 5 scheduled rounds of today’s action. Behind, Dominic Greiner is second fastest today after topping the Round 7 of practice from reigning World Champion Dario Balestri and reigning 1:10 World Champion Naoto Matsukura. Next up it is ARC’s Silvio Hachler with the Mugen of 2018 World podium finisher Shoki Takahata completing the Top 6 times for this morning’s opening two runs. Super high winds overnight and this morning meant a delayed start to today’s schedule with the traction sprayed Steel City RC Speedway surface acting like a magnet to the dust blown in by the winds, winds that are forecast to return again on Wednesday when qualifying is to begin. As a result of the delay, drivers now have shorter run but already the traction is back up to the ‘super high’ levels drivers are finding difficult.

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October 28, 2019

Caldwell, Hooks & Battaile win at RC Pro finals

The 2019 RC Pro Series finals were held at Indy RC World in Garland, Texas over the weekend, attracting over 180 entries. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was Dillon Caldwell with the overall TQ from Jake French in 2nd. After the 30-minute A-main final it was still Dillon on top with 3rd place qualifier, Tyler Hooks in 2nd and 4th place qualifier, Aaron Royston in 3rd. Mike Battaile came in 4th from 11th place qualifier, Micah Smith in 5th.

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October 28, 2019

RCRA 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

The Southern Districts Model Car Club hosted the 3rd round of the RCRA 1/8th Off-road Nationals this past weekend, attracting 115 entries for the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes. The Nitro Buggy class was lead by Team Associated‘s Alex Bernadzik who took the overall TQ and also the win in the hour-long A-main event, leaving behind TLR‘s Andrew Foord in 2nd, a lap down while HB Racing‘s Craig Laughton came in 3rd, some 24 seconds behind Craig.

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October 28, 2019

Juan Carlos Canas crowned Spanish E-Buggy champ

The 4th and final round of the Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals was held at the Circuito de El Estrecho track this past weekend. The event saw over 50 drivers in attendance and it was Juan Carlos Canas with the overall TQ after the qualifiers, tie on points with Joan Espasa in 2nd. Jose Miguel Sanchez came in 3rd after the qualifiers. The triple 10-minute A-main events then saw Juan Carlos (SWorkz) coming out on top by a pretty good making in A1 and A2 for the early overall win, allowing him to sit out A3 that was won by Joan Espasa (Xray) who cemented his overall runner-up spot as Jorge Soler (Team Associated) came in 3rd overall. With the win, Juan Carlos also took the overall National 1/8th E-Buggy title, making it his second National 1/8th title this year following his historic win of the Nitro Buggy Nationals.

Source: InfoRC [inforc.net]

October 28, 2019

Davide Ongaro wins at Team Associated Trophy

The Ongaroring in Sacile, Italy played host to the 2019 Team Associated Trophy this past weekend, attracting local talent as well as guests from abroad. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class saw IMFAR World Champion, Davide Ongaro walking away with the TQ and win from Alessandro Scaramozzino (Team Associated) in 2nd and Raffaele Del Prete (Team Associated) in 3rd.

Image: Davide Ongaro

October 28, 2019

Kieran Cox TQs & wins at NDOR Winter Series Rd1

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]

October 28, 2019

Lee Martin wins at TORCH Indoor Winter Series Rd1

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]

October 28, 2019

2019/20 Euro Touring Series Rd1 – Report

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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