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September 13, 2019

Panic & Abrahamek crowned Czech IC Track Champions

The 2019 season of the Czech IC Track Nationals recently concluded with round 5 of the series. The race however had to be cancelled due to severe rain all day so the price giving ceremony would be held instead with Branislav Panak taking the overall win in the 1/8th Nitro class from Martin Zvara in 2nd and Radovan Konopik in 3rd. Over in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was Michal Abrahamek with the title win from Michal Jansa and Marcel Dostal.

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September 12, 2019

2019 Hessen Cup Rd5 – Report

The MRC Meiningen in Germany played host to round 5 of the Hessen Cup series last weekend. The event was held in several 1/8th off-road categories including Hobby and Youth finals to make it a real grassroots racing series. However in the premier 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Jochen Weisner with the overall win from Vanessa and Marcus Wende.

Continue reading the report here

September 12, 2019

Turkey Onroad Championship Rd5 – Report

The 5th and final round of the Turkey Onroad Championship TORC was held at the Bursa Bumod track in great weather conditions and with a record entry for the 2019 season, making it the most competitive season of the last ten years. In the Electric Touring Modified class the race for the win was on between Atahan Yildiz, Mert Can Cakmak, Gökay Aktan and Yunus Şahin. In the end it was Mert with the win at round 5 from Athan Yildiz in 2nd and Yunus Sahin in 3rd, making it an Xray top 3. With his runner-up spot Athan was able to also seal the overall championship, his second in his young racing career.

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September 12, 2019

Walji & Parks win at WORS Rd5

Round 5 of the Canadian Western Offroad Racing Series was held recently. In 2WD Buggy it was Navaj Walji with the win from Mark Hughes in 2nd. Paul Parks, who started 2nd on the grid, had to settle for 3rd overall after some mixed results in the triple mains. In 4WD Mod Paul Parks was able to sweep all three rounds of qualifying to secure the overall TQ. A1 started out with a 4-way battle for the lead. After the 2-minute mark Paul was able to stretch a 2-second lead and secure the win. A2 started out much the same as A1, Paul put his head down and started putting in consistent quick laps to take the win in A2 and secure the overall win from Jeff Cohen and Jason Tellstone.

View the 4WD Buggy podium here

September 12, 2019

Louth R/C Car Club Winter Series – Announcement

The Louth Radio Control Car Club has announced the third running of its Schumacher Winter Series. Off the back of last year’s successful club championship, the rules and format have remained the same. The series has an array of different classes, 13.5 Blinky, 17.5 Open, GT12, Tamiya Euro Trucks and inclusion of the Tamiya M-Chassis and MTC. The emphasis is on the racing, and not the size of the budget, or the equipment each driver has. The club has brought the feeling of a big event, with banners, race reports and pictures, but placed it within a club environment. The series kicks off on October 13th. All dates, rules and regulations can be found here and here.

September 11, 2019

Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd7 – Report

The 7th and final round of the Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Greve RC Center last weekend. Due to heavy rain the E-Buggy and Nitro Truggy portion of the event had to be cancelled but luckily the track dried up for Sunday so the Nitro Buggy race would be held at planned. After some entertaining qualifiers it was Daniel Bubel with the overall TQ and after the semis it was again Daniel on top with Peter Harder starting from P2. At the start of the main final there was some tight racing between the top 3. Some minutes into the race Peter was able to take the lead from Daniel and get away from the pack in a dominating and consistent matter. Behind him, Daniel Bubel and Nikolai Lamberts would switch back and forth leading and defending. But a flameout from Daniel would see Nikolai move up to 2nd place and this is how the race ended with Daniel in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

September 11, 2019

Austrian 1/10th Buggy Nationals Rd4 – Report

The 4th round of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held on the astro-turf track of the MAC Traiskirchen club last weekend. Weather was again not on the racer’s side – it was raining all Saturday, and that was the reason why many people decided not to show up or opted to even drive home again. The remaining drivers still had good conditions and lots of fun on Sunday on a drying track, which made racing difficult, but fun. In qualifying it was a fight between Peter Pinisch and Hupo Hönigl in both classes with Hupo holding the upper hand to take the overall TQ in both classes. In the finals Lukas Grainer joined the club which made it a tight 3-way battle. Ultimately to was Hupo with the win in both classes as Peter and Lukas came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in 2WD while Lukas was able to grab the runner-up spot in 4WD, leaving behind Peter in 3rd. Over in 2WD Stock Buggy it was Michael Skolnik with the overall win from Hannes Mayer 2nd and Rene Levetzov 3rd.

View the 4WD Mod Buggy podium here

September 11, 2019

Alain Sarafyan sweeps Turkish Buggy Nats Rd4

The recently renewed Luleburgaz track played host to round 4 of the Turkish 1/8th Buggy Nationals, held in Nitro and Electric classes. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Alain Sarafyan with the win from Serkan Tumer in 2nd and Can Soykal in 3rd. Over in the E-Buggy category it was again Alain with the win at round 4, leaving being Ilker Ozcan in 2nd and Serkan Tumer in 3rd.

View the E-Buggy podium here