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June 17, 2019

Eric Jones wins at Midwest Series/Heart of America

Celebrating the 50th year of America’s longest standing series, the Midwest Series came to Lincoln Nebraska this past weekend to join forces with the Heart of America Series. In Open 1/8th scale it was Brad Mergy with the overall TQ from Eric Jones, the latter taking the win in the 30-minute main final, fending off Lon Burling for the win. Lon had to settle for 2nd, some 3.6 seconds down as Brad came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Image: Eric Jones

June 17, 2019

Schumacher BTCC Rd1 – Report

The 2019 Schumacher BTCC kicked off at the Bedworth track in the UK this past weekend. The weather was dry for almost all of the day except with some rain mixing it up during the last couple of finals. Olly Jefferies took the TQ in the Touring Modified class and he also walked away with the win in the A-main from Kyle Branson in 2nd and Michael Johnson in 3rd.

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June 17, 2019

Merlin Depta wins at West German IC Track regionals Rd3

The third round of the West German IC Track regionals, qualifiers foe the German Nationals, was held at the Dormagen track over the weekend. In the premier 1/8th IC Track Class 1 it was Steven Cuypers from The Netherlands with the overall TQ from Merlin Depta on the 2 spot. The 30-minute main final then saw Serpent driver Merlin holding the upper hand, taking the win some seven seconds in front of Robbin Hertong (ARC) as Tobias Hepp (Serpent) came in 3rd to round out the podium. Top qualifier Steven suffered and DNF and only came in 8th place.

Source: Maxima Mx [facebook.com]

June 17, 2019

Joni Skidmore wins at SRS Rd3

The third round of the SRS was held at the Slough track in the UK this past weekend. Agama’s Joni Skidmore took the win in the Nitro Buggy class piloting the new A319 with SWorkz’s Kevin Brunsden on the 2 spot, some 26 seconds pack. A lap down Taro Cradock (Kyosho) completed the top 3 result.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

June 17, 2019

Burak Kilic wins at North German Off-road regionals

The third round of the North German 1/8th Off-road regionals was held in Braunschweig this part weekend. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Agama’s Burak Kilic, piloting the new A319 buggy, with the win in the main final from Marcel Paul on the 2 spot. TLR’s Henrik Steiner came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Image: Abdullah Kilic

June 17, 2019

Danish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals – Report

The Tinglev club held round four of the Danish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals this past weekend. The 2WD class saw Team Associated’s Jesper Rasmussen making a clean sweep in the qualifiers to take the pole position for the triple A-mains from Team Associated teammate, Marcus Kaerup in 2nd. the finals then again had Jesper dominating the proceedings with wins in A1 and A2 allowing him to sit out A3. Mike Hansen (Schumacher) would come in 2nd thanks to winning A3 as Marcus Kaerup had to settle for 3rd overall.

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June 17, 2019

Jackie Shum wins at Team Powers Cup Rd1

The opening round of the Team Powers Cup was held at the PYC racing track in Hong Kong this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Yokomo/Hobbywing’s Thomas Hui with the overall TQ, however after the A-mains it was Jackie Shum (Yokomo/LRP) with the overall win from Fong King (Yokomo/Team Powers) on the runner-up spot. 3Racing/Scorpion’s Kit Chau came in 3rd to round out the podium as top qualifier Thomas had to settle for 8th overall.

Source: Team Powers [team-powers.com]

June 17, 2019

Tonisport Onroad Series North Division Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the Tonisport Onroad Series North Division was held at the MCV Tüttendorf track close to the city of Kiel this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was veteran racer, Uwe Reimers with a clean sweep after the qualifiers and he would also bring home the overall win thanks to winning A1 and A3 as A2 winner, Lukas Ellerbrock snatched the runner-up spot from runner-up after the qualifiers, Christian Stolze.

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