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June 17, 2019

Daniel Bernabe sweeps EFRA Buggy B Euros

The EFRA 1/8th Buggy European Championship B was held at the Silla track in Valencia, Spain this past weekend. Daniel Bernabe made a near clean sweep in the qualifiers, taking the overall TQ thanks to winning three of the four qualifying rounds. Oscar Navarro came in 2nd after the qualifiers after TQing one qualifier. The 45-minute main final then again had Daniel Bernabe (Agama/RC Concept) coming out on top, leaving behind HB Racing/Performa Racing’s Elias Johansson in 2nd, a lap down. Only two seconds back it was Mugen/Ultimate Racing’s Oscar Navarro who would round out the top 3 podium result.

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June 16, 2019

Asian Onroad Championship Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Asian Onroad Championship was held in Seoul, Korea at the beautiful GRC Raceway. This was the fourth visit of the championship to this wonderful facility and beside some very swift local talent it was the 2006 Electric Touring World Champion Andy Moore and 2012 200mm World Champion Meen Vejrak from Thailand who bolstered up the international field. With every passing main in the Modified touring class, no one could guess a winner. In the A1 final, TQ Akio Sobue had collected a win but only managed to finish fifth in the A2 final. E.C Kim had also collected a win in the A2 final and a second place finish in the in the A2 final.

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June 16, 2019

EFRA Electric On-road European Championship – Report

The 2019 EFRA Electric On-road European Championship was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia this weekend. The event started off on Thursday with three rounds of free practice, two rounds of timed practice, and one round of qualifiers. After the timed practice it was Bruno Coelho sitting in 1st position in Touring Modified, while Jan Ratheisky was 1st in Touring Stock and Formula. The day finished with the opening qualifying round where Bruno Coelho took the Modified, Oliver Bultynck took the Stock class and Jan Ratheisky topped the Formula class. Another four rounds of qualification were held on Friday. Qualification in the Stock class was very competitive and four different drivers had at least one TQ run including young Oliver Havranek. After all good racing it was Bruno Coelho taking overall TQ in mMified, Oliver Bultynck in Stock class and Jan Ratheisky in Formula.

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June 14, 2019

Daniel Bubel doubles at Danish 1/8th Off-road Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was recently held at the Skanderborg RC club. Daniel Bubel (Xray) took the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class and he would start from 2nd into the 45-minute main final, just behind Xray’s Peter Harder. When the dust had settled, it was Daniel with the win, some two laps in front of Steffen Culmsee (SWorkz) as Jan D. Hansen (Serpent) came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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June 14, 2019

Isergin & McMillan win Victorian State Titles

The regional town of Mildura hosted the 2019 Victorian State Titles recently, with over 100 entries keen to race on the famous red clay outdoors off-road track. The surface developed a fantastic blue groove during practice with a naturally bumpy character to challenge chassis setup and driving skill. In 2WD Mod Buggy, 14 years old Jordan Isergin took the TQ and win in the finals – his first Modified class state title. Completing the podium were Jack McMillan (18) and Lachlan Munday (13), all running Team Associated machinery.

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June 13, 2019

Blair & Drake win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd3

Round 3 of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League Nitro Series was held at Empire R/C Raceway in Brentwood, California last weekend. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ after the qualifiers, in the 20-minute A-main final however Drake would only finish in 4th, as Austin Blair took the overall from Kyosho’s CJ Jelin in 2nd and Tekno’s Steve Harris in 3rd.

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June 13, 2019

Czech Electric Off-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Horni Jeleni track recently. The weekend kicked off a bit delayed due to heavy rain on Saturday morning, however the track was race-ready soon so things could get underway as planned. In 2WD Buggy, it was Team Associated driver Ales Bidovsky who topped the first two qualifying rounds to secure the overall TQ. Max Götzl (Xray) took the third round with the fastest time of the day, but started 2nd on the A-main grid, while Michal Binder (Xray) was sitting in 3rd. Ales then also took the win in A1 as Max made some small mistakes, but Götzl came back with the win in A2, as Ales made a lot of mistakes, so it was all to decide in A3. Max was able to take the lead on the second lap and was able to hold it until the last one, but he made a mistake which cost him the win. So the podium stayed as it was after the qualifiers, as Michal took the 3rd place overall.

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June 13, 2019

Samuel Zayas wins at BRCC N.E.O.S 2019 Rd6

Round 6 of this year’s BRCC N.E.O.S series was held at the Barceloneta track in Puerto Rico. Raymond Soto (IGT8) took the overall TQ in the Nitro GT class, however the win in the A—main went to Samuel Zayas from Fernando Mendez in 2nd and Godfrey Franco, with the three making for an IGT8 podium sweep.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]