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October 16, 2019

2019/20 EssexCarpetClash Rd1 – Report

After a successful and well backed series in 2018/19, the EssexCarpetClash returned last weekend for their second season located in the south of England. The opening meeting was fully booked with both 4 and 2 wheel-drive classes, 2 wheel-drive being the more popular. Having completed all rounds of qualifying, top dog in 4WD was Stephen Brown who had a perfect qualifier taking all four rounds, showing that he was going to be difficult to beat come the finals. John Painter lined up 2nd on the grid, with Mark Lewis, a top runner from last year in 3rd.

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October 15, 2019

Stephane Bouche wins at French On-road Cup

The 1/8th On-road French Cup was held last weekend at the Model Club Thionville track in 1/8th IC Track and Electric Track classes. In 1/8th 4WD Electric Track it was Stephane Bouche with the win after the double A-mains, leaving behind Steve Olanier in 2nd, however the two were tie on points and the tie-breaker would bring the decision in favour of Stephane. In 3rd it was Frederic Vallejo who would round out the podium result.

Source: Team Corally [corally.com]

October 15, 2019

Sunday Race Cup Rd3 – Report

The 3rd round of the Sunday Race Cup was held at the HSH Racetracks in Dintikon, Switzerland with nearly 30 drivers in attendance. The warm and sunny weather made for perfect racing conditions and in Touring Cars Pro Stock Boris Siladi pretty much dominated the proceedings, as he took the overall TQ and came out on top in all three A-mains for the overall win. Behind him the race for the runner-up spot was on between Jan Hässig and Luigi Manzo. Ultimately it was Jan with a strong performance in A3 that secured him the overall runner-up spot.

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October 15, 2019

Phend sweeps TLR Championship Series Fall Champs

RC Excitement of Fitchburg, Massachusetts hosted the TLR Championship Series Fall Champs this past weekend, attracting nearly 160 entries. In the premier 2WD Mod Buggy class it was TLR’s Dakotah Phend with the overall TQ and he would also dominate the single 10-minute A-main event, taking the win a lap in front of TLR’s Aaron Kothman as Frank Root completed the top 3 podium result, another lap down, for an all-TLR podium. Over in 4WD Modified Buggy it was again Dakotah Phend with the overall TQ and win, leaving behind Frank Root in 2nd, a lap down, while Caleb Jennings (TLR) came in 3rd, a lap short of Frank.

Image: Aaron Kothman

October 15, 2019

Camden Lime TQs & wins at RCGP Rd4

Thunder Alley Raceway held the 4th and final round of the 2019 RCGP series last weekend. In the RC2 class it was HB Racing’s Camden Lime with the overall TQ from Team Associated’s Ryan Pavidis and Richard Saxton. In the 45-minute A-main final Camden had a bit of a rough start but about 13 minutes into the race he took over the lead from TLR’s Anthony Westergaard and from there he never looked back to bring home the win some 25 seconds in front of Anthony. Team Associated’s Aaron Dexter would complete the top 3 results from Colin Herzig 4th and Kody Watson 5th.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

October 15, 2019

Alejandro Perez wins at Andalusian Regional Champs Rd4

Round 4 of the Andalusian Regional Championship was held at the Circuito La Jara track in Spain last weekend, attracting 40 entries for the single Nitro Buggy class. Kyosho’s Alejandro Perez would set the pace in the qualifiers to take the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the 45-minute A-main event, however the win didn’t come easy as the lead swapped a couple of times in the first half of the race until things had settled in. Some 25 minutes into the race Alejandro took over the lead from Agustin Illanes (Mugen) and from there he never looked back to take the win a lap in front of Agustin as Alberto Pelaez (HB Racing) came in 3rd to round out the podium result another lap down.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]

October 15, 2019

Barbieri & Librizzi win at 2019 Muchmore Race

The MCM indoor track in Ciserano, Italy played host to the 2019 Muchmore Race this past weekend. The race also doubled as the warm-up to the forthcoming Campionato Costruttori event and it attracted some of the country’s fastest electric on-road racers. In the 13.5T Stock EFRA F1 Touring class it was Federico Barbieri with the overall TQ, some two seconds in front of Diego Locatelli. The triple A-mains then saw Federico making a clean sweep in the opening two A-mains for an early overall win from Orlando Fenili in 2nd and Diego Locatelli in 3rd, making it an all-WRC-Racing podium lockout.

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October 15, 2019

2019 JBRL Electric Off-road Series Rd8 – Report

The 8th and final round of the 2019 JBRL Electric Off-road Series was held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California this past weekend, attracting over 130 entries. 2WD Open Buggy saw TLR’s Brendon Larrowe taking the win from TLR teammate, Sammy Moran on the runner-up spot. Schumacher’s Jimmy Wright came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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