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August 5, 2019

Cavalieri & Albano win at ROAR EP On-road Nationals

The 2019 ROAR Electric On-Road Paved Nationals were held at Speedworld R/C Raceway in Roseville, California this past weekend. In the premier Modified Touring Car class it was Brandon Clements with the overall TQ, however it was multi-time ROAR National Champion, Ryan Cavalieri with the wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory from EJ Evans on the runner-up spot. Felix Law came in 3rd to round out the podium in 3rd from A3 winner, Brandon Clements.

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August 5, 2019

Davide Ongaro sweeps RCGP Series Rd5 & Rd6

Round 5 and 6 of the 2019 RCGP Series were held at the Pista DirtRaceRC track in Asti, Italy over the weekend. In the premier RCGP class it was Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) who would make a clean sweep at Saturday’s round 5 and Sunday’s round 6, taking the overall TQs and wins on both days for yet another perfect weekend. Juan Carlos Canas (SWorkz) and David Ronnefalk (HB Racing) came in 2nd and 3rd in Saturday’s qualifying but after the double A-mains it was Elliott Boots (SWorkz) with the overall runner-up spot as Juan Carlos Canas came in 3rd to round out the podium. Sunday’s round 6 then saw Marco Baruffolo (Xray) snatching the P2 spot after the qualifiers from Elliott Boots in 3rd. The single A-main then saw the dominator of the weekend bringing home the win with a 10-seconds margin as Juan Carlos and Elliott came in 2nd and 3rd, albeit still on the same lap as winner Davide who now made it six wins out of six rounds.

Source: RCGP [rc-gp.com]

August 3, 2019

Bezerk RC Pro 10 Winter Series Rd1 – Report

The first round of the Bezerk Pro 10 Winter Series was held at England Park Raceway, Queensland, Australia, last Saturday. After three rounds of qualifying Shannon Overson secured the TQ spot with Scott Tapsall and Jason Wicks in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Due to a few technical issues in race control there were only two finals run. With one win each between Shannon Overson and Clayton Hughes after both finals, the win went to Shannon with a superior second final result. 3rd place went to Scott Tapsall with Richard Chun and Ryan Andrews finishing 4th and 5th. The second round of the series will be held on the 24th of August.

Thanks to Shannon Overson for the report.

August 1, 2019

Ryan Lutz doubles at King Of Kings

Stateline Raceway of Fremont, Indiana played host to the 2019 King of Kings race last weekend, attracting nearly 430 entries. The event saw the attendance of many of the country’s swift 1/8th scale off-road racers and in the premier Nitro Buggy class it was Agama’s Ryan Lutz with the overall win, some two laps in front of HB Racing’s Spencer Heckert on the runner-up spot. Xray’s Mark Sousa came in 3rd to round out the podium as class TQ, TLR’s Dakotah Phend had to settle for 6th in the 45-minute A-main event.

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August 1, 2019

Branislav Panak wins rained-out Czech IC Track Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Czech IC Track Nationals was held in Brno recently. Running the track in reverse direction, the fast layout and tyre-hungry surface made for some challenging conditions for all drivers. To this added rainy weather on Saturday that ultimately forced the race director to call the event a day. With the results taken from the three qualifying rounds it was Xray’s Branislav Panak with the overall win from Xray teammate, Marcel Dostal. Shepherd’s Martin Zvara came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 31, 2019

Adam Drake TQs & wins at 2019 Bring The Heat

The annual Bring The Heat race was held at Flowood RC in Flowood, Mississippi last weekend. The event had close to 200 entries and in the Expert Nitro Truggy class it was Adam Drake with the overall TQ and also the win in the 35-minute A-main event. Three laps behind it was Cameron Breaux on the runner-up spot as Aaron Royston came in 3rd to round out the podium another lap down.

Image: Adam Drake

July 31, 2019

Nejc Mihelic takes early Austrian 1/8 IC Track title

The third round of the Austrian IC Track Nationals was held at the LAMAC track last weekend. Due to bad weather prediction for Sunday all four qualifying rounds would be held on Saturday. Right from the start it was Nejc Mihelic who set the pace and with all four rounds completed it was still Nejc on top followed by Herfried Pucher and Michael Holler. On Sunday the rain arrived as expected and just when the main finals started. So the organisers had to call the race a day and by taking the qualifying results to determine the winner it was Nejc with the win from Herfried and Michael. With the win Mihelic already took the overall championship title thanks to scoring three wins in a row and with the season finale still to come in September.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 31, 2019

Cole Ogden TQs & wins at Southern Offroad Series Rd3

Round 3 of the Southern Offroad Series was held at S&B RC Speedway in Piedmont, South Carolina, attracting more than 160 entries. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was HB racing’s Cole Ogden with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind Kyosho’s Matt Merhring in 2nd, some three laps down. HB Racing’s Cameron Saxon would finish the main on the 3 spot with Nick Hartman and Dave Carmendy completing the top 5.

Image: Cole Ogden