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October 8, 2019

2019/20 Essex Winter Series Rd1 – Report

The 2019/2020 Essex Winter Series kicked off this weekend. With the championship continuing to be one of the most popular and prestigious races around, the competition was high and a few small tweaks to the series had positive responses from drivers across the board. In the Modified class, it was Elliott Harper who was out to defend his series title from last year and he kicked off qualifying by setting the best time, two and a half seconds ahead of Kyle Branson, with Matthew White and Chris Grainger just half a second further back and Paul Pinkney rounding out the top five. It seemed like it would take something special to stop Elliott dominating the race, but an element of luck is always needed and his luck ran out in Q2. After leading for over four minutes, he got caught up on a track marker that had moved, taking him out of the round.

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October 7, 2019

Ryan Maifield wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd7

Round 7 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at the Pro-Line Raceway in Banning, California this past weekend. The event attracted over 160 entries and in the Expert Buggy A-main it was Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo with the overall TQ. The joy wouldn’t last long though as Carlos scored a DNF, allowing 2nd place qualifier, Mugen’s Ryan Maifield to take the win a narrow 1.8 seconds in front of fellow Mugen racer, Adam Drake. TLR’s Anthony Westergaard would round out the top 3 result a lap behind the top 2.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

October 7, 2019

Patrick Danielsen wins at Danish EP On-road opener

The Aalborg RC Center hosted the opening round of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend. The event was held in several 1/10th on-road classes and in Touring Modified it was Xray’s Patrick Danielsen with the overall TQ after winning all three qualifying rounds. Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard had to settle for 2nd overall as Mike Hansen, Morten Iversen and Mad Koue were all tie on points for the 3rd place with the better tie breaker handing Mike P3 on the grid. The finals then saw Patrick, Frederik and Schumacher’s Mike Hansen conserve their positions in all three A-mains, meaning the three ended the day as they qualified.

Image: Mike Hansen

October 7, 2019

Toni Santana wins at Spanish GT8 finale

The final round of the Spanish GT Championship was held at the Automodelismo Autet club in the three classes of SGT, GTE and GTSerie. The latter saw Toni Santana taking the overall TQ from Alexis Rodriguez, and Toni would be able to conserve his momentum in the 45-minute A-main event, taking the win with a 1-lap margin from David Rebollo in 2nd and Borja Gutarra in 3rd. Joseba Dehesa came in 4th, another lap down as Gustavo Gines completed the top 5 results.

Image: Borja Gutarra

October 7, 2019

Silvio Hächler wins at Autumn Trophy

The Autumn Trophy was held at the Pista Leno track in Leno, Italy this past weekend, attracting many of the country’s swift nitro on-road racers of which some used the track time to prepare for the forthcoming IFMAR 1/8th Nitro On-road Worlds in California. In said class it was Switzerland’s Silvio Hächler (ARC) who would be able to walk away with the silverware in the 45-minute A-main event, leaving behind Infinity’s Francesco Tironi in 2nd while Capricorn’s Mirko Salemi came in 3rd to round out the top 3 podium result.

Image: Silvio Hächler

October 7, 2019

Joe Bornhorst sweeps 2019 Pro-Line Shootout

Thornhill Racing Circuit of Hutto, Texas hosted the 2019 Pro-Line Shootout this past weekend with nearly 200 entries making for a competitive event. In the premier Open Nitro Buggy A-main it was 3rd place qualifier, Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst with the overall win in the 45-minute A-main event as top qualifier, Dillon Caldwell (HB Racing) followed on the runner-up spot. 2nd place qualifier, Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre came in 3rd to round out the podium. Over in Open E-Buggy it was Serpent’s Brandon Rose with the overall TQ but again it was Joe Bornhorst, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, with the overall win from Dillon Caldwell in 2nd and Brandon Rose in 3rd, the latter two ending tie on points after the double A-mains with Dillon holding the upper hand after the tie-breaker.

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October 7, 2019

Xray Racing Series Slovakia – Announcement

Xray have announced full details of the 2019/20 Xray Racing Series Slovakia that will kick off on the 12th of October at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin. The 6-race series will be held in all major electric on-road and off-road classes, including Touring Modified, Touring Stock, FWD, Pan Car, Buggy and Truck, and full details can be found here.

October 7, 2019

Carsten Keller doubles at MesseCup Leipzig

The 2019 MesseCup Leipzig was held as part of the Modell Hobby Spiel fair in Leipzig, Germany last week. The event was held in a multitude of classes and in 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Carsten Keller with the overall win from Mugen teammate, Aaron Rönick in 2nd. Philipp Lütgert (Kyosho) came in 3rd to round out the podium from Sebastian Winterstein (Mugen) and Stev Krause (Kyosho) in 4th and 5th respectively.

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