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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October 14, 2019

International Offroad Carpet Championship – Report

The 2019 International Offroad Carpet Championship was held at 702 RC Raceway in Las Vegas, Nevada this past weekend. The event took place back-to-back with the International Indoor Championships the week before and adding some nice obstacles converted the indoor on-road track into a challenging off-road circuit. At this year’s IOCC, it seemed to be Broc Champlin’s weekend with his 4WD car throwing down some of the only 18-lap runs of the event. In the A1 of 4WD Mod Buggy, Broc would finish a full lap ahead of his brother Blake to take the first win. It wouldn’t be so easy in the second main. As the two were slicing and dicing through traffic, Blake had to the goods to make the pass on his brother if only his brother left an opening. Excellent defensive driving would earn Broc a second win and over all win.

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October 14, 2019

Manuel Strano successful at Novarossi Trophy

The 15th annual Novarossi Trophy was held at the iconic Automodellistico 5 Colli track in Gubbio, Italy, host of the 2016 IFMAR 200mm Nitro Touring Worlds. In 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring it was Manuel Strano with the overall TQ from Daniele Agostinelli in 2nd. After the 30-minute A-main final it was still Manuel Strano (Serpent) on top with Michele Scaglioni (Serpent) coming in 2nd, some two laps down. WRC Racing’s David Loppini would complete the top 3 podium result only 1.2 seconds behind Michele.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


October 14, 2019

Arnaud Mathieu TQs & wins at Coupe De France race

The Thionville Model Club in France hosted the Coupe de France IC Track race this past weekend. The event was held in 1/8th IC Track and Electric Track classes and in the 1/8th Nitro category it was Arnaud Mathieu with the overall TQ, winning three of the four qualifiers, leaving behind Damien Thirion and Richard Volta in 2nd and 3rd after the qualifiers. After an eventful 30-minutes A-main it was still Arnaud on top as John Ermen, who suffered a bit in qualifying, came on the runner-up spot some three laps behind as Richard Volta would round out the top 3 result another lap down.

Image: John Ermen