The Ospy Team track in Gussago, Italy played host to the 2019 Reds GP this past weekend. SWorkz’s Elliott Boots was in control of things all weekend in the Nitro Buggy class as be brought home both the overall TQ and also the win in the 45-minute A-main final. Kyosho’s Mattia Polito came in a close 2nd from SWorkz’s Leonardo Valante who rounded out the top 3 podium result.
The 6th and final round of the Czech MR Cup was held recently and it was Simon Horak who would score double wins in Touring Stock and Formula. Starting from pole position in Touring Stock Simon would sweep all three A-mains for the win from Radko Cernohous in 2nd and Lukas Hoch in 3rd. Over in Formula it was again Simon with the overall TQ and the wins in all three A-mains, however he got a run for his money from Lukas Hoch and Svetlin Douhlevski who would ultimately finish in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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The final round of the Italian 1/10th 200mm Nationals was held at the Vallelunga track last weekend. In the A-main it was Xray’s Mario Spiniello who took the win following a strategic race that saw a conservative first half of the race of Mario, but he would up his pace after a mid-race tyre stop, which allowed him to put pressure on Francesco Tironi (Infinity). Later Mario was able to take the lead, after a hard fought battle with Francesco, that Mario would extend to eleven seconds to take the lead from Tironi 2nd and Mugen’s Massimiliano Pau in 3rd. Overall in the championship it was Tironi with the win in front of Spiniello in 2nd as Occhipinti rounded out the top 3.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The final round of the Swiss Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Schaffhausen track recently. In the Touring Pro Stock class it was Nuno Huber with the overall TQ after the qualifiers and also the wins in all three A-main events. Michael Koch came in 2nd from Luigi Manzo in 3rd. Over in the Formula class it was Fabio Marzini with the TQ and win, leaving behind Michael Wuest in 2nd from Giacomo Moretti 3rd. With the win, Fabio also secured himself the overall Formula title.
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Mobile Hobbies of Shelby, North Carolina held their Fall Classic race last weekend. In Sportsman Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Michael Kuntz with the overall TQ and win, leaving behind Dennis Allison in 2nd. Luke Demming in 3rd would round out the all-Mugen podium.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
The Pista Radio Control track of Queretaro, Mexico played host to round 5 of the Mexican On-road Nationals recently. SWorkz’s Adrean Zavala was in control of things in the 30-minute GT class A-main event, as he brought home the win some three laps in front of Xray’s Carlos Preciado in 2nd. Gera Moreno (SWorkz) would round out the top 3 podium result another three laps down.
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The 7th and final round of the Heart of America Series was held last weekend in 1/8th IC Track, 1/8th GT and 1/10th 200mm classes. In 1/8th GT it was Vishal Singh with the overall TQ and he would also bring home the win in the 30-minute A-main event, leaving behind Tim Kristl II in 2nd, some 3.3 seconds behind.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
The 8th and final round of the 1/10th Off-road Championship was held in Bratislava recently. Right from the start the weather looked to play a factor and after Q1 it started to rain slightly but got worse over the day meaning the organisers had to call the race a day before the finals. This meant Lacko Toth would take the win in 4WD Buggy with Peter Tauber coming in 2nd and Milos Svihran ending the day on the 3 spot.
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