A round of the SH-Cup was held at the BIG Hamburg track this past weekend. Mugen’s Carsten Keller took the overall TQ, however in the 35-minute A-main event it was Berkan Kilic with the win some 17 seconds in front of his brother Burak, making it an Agama 1-2. Carsten had to settle for 3rd, a lap short of the Kilic brothers.
Image: Abdullah Kilic
Round 4 of the 2019 Urban Touring Series was held this past weekend and the big story was Sean Lee’s domination of the event with his first ever win in the series, with the added bonus of a TQ. Prior to the event, the question everyone was asking was who would step up to the top step of the podium this time as the event would see several top racers skipping the round due to other commitments. The final entry count was still a healthy 19 racers, with several new faces and plenty of fast guys to make the race interesting. In qualifying, Sean Lee showed his intentions with TQ runs in both Q1 and Q2. In Q1, the early challenge from Esmail Apandi soon fizzled out as Esmail made a mistake. In Q2, PY Tang would give Sean a run for his money, but Sean held his nerve and took TQ by 1.3s margin. This would unlock Sean’s first ever overall TQ at a UTS event. Sean sat out Q3, and it opened the door for PY Tang to take TQ for the round and secure a P2 start in the mains. Esmail would qualify 3rd, with Koh Boon Yang 4th. Securing the other direct A-main spots were EC Wee and Hasron Robana.
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The Autos Radio Commandées du Berry club played host to round 4 of the French Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend. Loic Jasmin would take the overall TQ in the Touring Modified class from Antoine Brunet on the 2 spot. After the finals it was still Loic on top, however Cyril N’diaye would move up two spots to end the day on the runner-up spot.
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The second round of the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Rally X Nationals was held at the NWN track in Blackpool over the weekend. Team Associated’s Neil Cragg took the overall TQ, however he would come up just short in the final after a nice battle with SWorkz’s Elliott Boots who would walk away with the win. Two laps down on the two it was Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy with the final podium spot.
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This year’s host track to the ROAR 1/8th Fuel Offroad Nationals was none other than Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas. This legendary track has undergone some facility updates over the years with the addition of a roof but has remained as one of the best 1/8th tracks in the country. The covered roof guarantees a race, which was a major concern at last year’s Nationals in Lake City, Florida. If you’re new to RC racing, the 1/8th ROAR Fuel Nationals is one of the biggest races on the calendar and each year there are three new champions to crown: 15U buggy champ, Nitro Buggy champ, and finally a Nitro Truggy champion. With the best of the best in the industry all present to fight for each title, there’s no holding back as everyone is pushing for maximum performance and a crack at being called a National Champion.
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Round 3 of this year’s French Nitro Buggy National Championship was held at the TTRC90 track in Bermont. TLR’s Renaud Savoya was the man to beat all weekend as he not only took the overall TQ after the qualifiers but he also brought home the win in the 45-minute A-main final, some 26 seconds in front of Kyosho’s Rayan Medjoubi. Xray’s Jerome Aigoin came in 3rd, another four seconds down. Behind the three, Tom Robin and Felix Koegler would round out the top 5 results.
Image: Antoine Guyonnet
The second round of the Indonesian 1/10 Offroad National Championship was held at the Abadi Circuit in Bandung, Indonesia this weekend. The event attracted 60 entries from all over Indonesia to race in the 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy classes. Rama Tribudiman took the TQ in 2WD after a tight qualifying battle with Adrian Wicaksono. Rama then also earned the TQ in 4WD from Rama Danindro. In the 2WD final Rama took wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory from Adrian Wicaksono and Dimaz Arianto in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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Joern Neumann has won an exciting opening A1 at the EOS Season Finale in Austria. Starting from the TQ, the Schumacher driver was under intense pressure from Bruno Coelho off the start, leading to a mistake from the German midway through the race that let the Xray driver through. Once in front however, it was Coelho’s turn to face the pressure as Neumann came back at him forcing him into also making a mistake. While Neumann would get caught up in that mistake, he came out of it in the lead which he would hold on to until the finish. Joona Haatanen would also get by Coelho but they quickly touched and Coelho had to wait to let the Associated driver through which dropped them both one position. Unfortunately for Haatanen he would make mid air contact with Hupo Honigl and drop from 2nd to fourth on the last lap while Coelho went from P5 to second. Putting in a clean race, Schumacher’s Wesley van Helmond would come through from 6th to complete the Top 3 with his team-mate Michal Orlowski continuing to have a tough time as having made his way up to 2nd had a mistake and ended up 6th.
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