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September 4, 2019

Collin Weatherholt wins at Labor Day Challenge

Clark RC Park of Reeseville, Wisconsin hosted the Labor Day Challenge last weekend, attracting over 90 entries for the 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road classes. In the Nitro Buggy category it was Jared Wiggins with the overall TQ, however in the 15-minute A-main event it was Collin Weatherholt with the win a lap in front of 3rd place qualifier, Alex Vaughn. Jared Wiggins had to settle for 3rd overall, another eleven seconds behind Alex.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

September 4, 2019

Spencer Rivkin doubles at Surf City Classic

OCRC Raceway of Huntington Beach, California hosted the 12th Annual Surf City Classic race last weekend with over 310 entries for the Modified and Stock 1/10th off-road classes. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was Broc Champlin with the overall TQ but in the single 10-minutes A-main event it was 3rd place qualifier, Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin who would hold the upper hand, taking the win 5.6 seconds in front of Kyosho’s CJ Jelin as Team Associated’s Rob Gillespie came in 3rd, another two seconds down.

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September 4, 2019

Ragaut & Berthoud win at Coupe de France

The RACG Grenoble club held the Coupe de France electric on-road race last weekend in several electric on-road classes. In Touring Modified it was Hugo Ragaut with the overall TQ from Cyril N’diaye on the P2 spot after the qualifiers. The single 10-minutes A-main event again saw Hugo coming out on top, leaving behind Cyril in 2nd place some nine seconds behind. Behind the three it was Jeremy Limoges who would round out the top 3 podium result.

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September 3, 2019

BRCA Touring Car Nationals finale – Report

The final round of this year’s BRCA Touring Car Nationals were held at the iconic Aldershot last weekend. Heading into it both classes were yet to be decided. In Modified, Olly Jefferies has been battling hard with Elliott Harper all season and either of them could take the championship and in Stock the battle would be between Schumacher’s James Hart and Zak Finlay with Colin Jackson having an outside chance. In Modified Olly dominated proceedings with his prototype Schumacher chassis, winning all four rounds locking out TQ for the meeting. His rival Elliott Harper (Xray) would line up second from Team Associated’s Zak Smith who was also very fast this weekend.

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September 3, 2019

Romanian 1/10th Buggy Nationals – Report

This year’s Romanian 1/10th Buggy Nationals were held in Pucioasa on a technical, high-traction indoor carpet track. In the Senior 2WD Buggy class it was the duo of Catalin Matei and Cristian Faur who battled it out with Catalin, top qualifier, made it to the top opening two A-main events. Cristian Faur had to settle for 2nd in front of George Vladu to complete the podium.

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September 3, 2019

Infinity World Challenge – Report

Last weekend the Infinity World Challenge Race was held at the Morac Ring in Austria. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was Nejc Mihelic with the round TQ in Q1 from Branislav Panak in 2nd. Q2 was lead by Branislav most of the time but a last lap mistake allowed Tomas Liptak to TQ the round. Overall however it was Nejc Mihelic with the TQ after the qualifiers. In the first of the two finals it was a clean run for Nejc Mihelic as he managed to run away from Branislav and Tomas while the two battled for 2nd position. The battle was lost for Branislav later as he ran out of fuel on lap 52 and then again on the last lap so it was an easy win for Nejc who would finish 1 lap ahead of Tomas and 2 laps in front of Branislav.

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September 3, 2019

Mauritian Electric On-road Championship Rd6 – Report

The Mauritian RLMC/MMC Electric On-road Championship recently concluded with the sixth and final round of the series. The event was again held three different classes with 1/8th BL Open being won by Mosheen Casseem from Christophe Cazin on the runner-up spot. Jovanni Appasamy came in 3rd to round out the podium at round 6.

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September 3, 2019

SBS 1/10 EP Malaysian Major League Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the SBS Major League at the SBS Speedway in Sg Buloh, Malaysia recently. The penultimate round of the series saw a hiccup with the timing software, forcing the race director to start the race later in the afternoon but with a lower than usual amount of entries finishing by the end of the day was not a concern. As in every round so far, 4WD Modified Buggy saw the most participants and this time was no different. Competition was fierce with reigning champion Bashir (Team Associated) battling against Shahrin (Xray) and Kent (Tekno) for the the win this round, however Bashir maintained his composure and grabbed the win in all the mains. Shahrin came in 2nd and Kent was 3rd.

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