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May 21, 2019

Urban Astro Buggy Championship Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the 2019 Urban Astro Buggy Championship was run this past weekend, and it was Esmail Apandi who dominated and secured his second win of the season on the trot. A nice turnout of 16 racers signed up to challenge themselves on the new layout at Urban’s Offroad PlaySpace on the rooftop in downtown Singapore. Racers were initially greeted by overcast skies that soon turned into a thunderstorm just before the start. Racing started once the rain stopped, thanks to the track’s Eager quik-dry surface. Nonetheless, the slick surface would test the racers, with many scrambling to switch to wet tyres for the start of qualifying.

Continue reading the report here

May 21, 2019

Cody King wins at Grassroots Racing Series Rd6

Round 6 and also the season finale of the Grassroots Racing Series was held at Thunder Alley RC Raceway in Beaumont, California this past weekend. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was former IFMAR World Champion, Cody King (Kyosho) with a popular win from HB Racing’s Cole Jenson on the runner-up spot. TLR’s Anthony Westergaard would complete the top 3 podium result.

Image: Cody King

May 21, 2019

Lars Hoppe wins at North German IC Track regionals

Last weekend a round of the North German IC Track regionals took place at the track of the MC Munster club. With treads of rain before the weekend the race itself stayed dry, making for good racing conditions for the drivers. After four rounds of qualifying in the 1/8th IC Track class, it was Serpent’s Merlin Depta in front of ARC’s Lars Hoppe and Shepherd’s Timo Schröder. In the entertaining 30-minutes main finale there were some ups and downs for everyone and in the end it was Lars with the win just 0.16 seconds in front of Merlin. Serpent’s Lennart Skornia completed the podium in 3rd position.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]

May 20, 2019

JC Canas successful at Spanish E-Buggy Nats Rd3

The third round of the Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals was held at the CARTT Fuencarral track in Madrid this past weekend. The event attracted 75 entries and it was SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas who would lead the way, taking the TQ and also the win after the triple A-main events. Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo came in 2nd, starting from 3rd, while runner-up after the qualifiers, Oscar Navarro, had to settle for 3rd. overall. Joao Espasa and Ignacio Candel rounded out the top 5 results.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

May 20, 2019

Franz Engel wins at Austrian 200mm opener

This past weekend the first round of the Austrian 1/10th 200mm Championship took place at the SFMAV Nußdorfring club. With fantastic spring weather, a total of 38 participants made their way to Salzburg. After the qualifiers Leonardo Varga secured the TQ ahead of Gerhard Kandelhart and Christoph Rohrmoser, all running Shepherd cars. The start of the A-main was very turbulent, and due to technical problems of Leonardo, Gerhard could take the lead, but unfortunately later also had to retire from the race. Christoph Rohrmoser took profit of the situation up front, snatching the lead and pulling a gap from the chasing Franz Engel and the rest of the field. Five minutes before the end, tyre strategy came into play. Franz Engel was able to pass Christoph Rohrmoser, who was already on the rims, for the lead and after 45 minutes, Franz was able to take a popular win from Christoph Rohrmoser 2nd and veteran racer Hermann Berger in 3rd, all running Shepherd cars. Over in the Youngsters class it was Simon Engel with the win at his maiden nitro race.

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May 20, 2019

Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of 6 of the Belgian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the outdoor asphalt track of HRT club in Houthalen. The technical track is ideally suited for electric touring cars, however the bumpy surface meant that the pilots would face a real challenge to find the ideal setup for their cars. Saturday was open for free practice and the fastest driver in Touring Modified would be Oli Bultynck. Oli posted a 15.6 lap time and was closely followed by Florian Joos with a 15.8 and Mitchell Van Es. In Stock, the fight for the title between current championship leader Vincent Van Gansen and Giovanni Moguez would see a third contender. After a short break from racing, Nicolas Delisé made his return with an Xray and posted the same lap times as the other two protagonists. In the Fun class, Luc Wauters seemed to hold the upper hand with a lap time nearly 0.3 seconds faster than his competitors. On Sunday however, everything would change as heavy showers were expected to hit the track.

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May 20, 2019

Hampus Berg wins at Swedish Buggy Nationals Rd1

Round 1 of the Swedish 1/8th Buggy Nationals was held at the Botkyrka MK club near Stockholm. Changing weather conditions made things challenging for the drivers and it was Niclas Mansson who took the TQ after the qualifiers with Pontus Larsson and Elias Johansson sitting in 2nd and 3rd respectively. During the semifinals it started to rain which set the stage for an entertaining main final. At the start, Nille got away in the lead, but then his engine stopped and he lost the 1st place while Hampus Berg and Elias Johansson had a long battle with Jessica Palsson just a couple of seconds behind. Just before last pit stop Elias flamed out which made way for Hampus Berg who brought home the win in front of Jessica and Pontus.

Image: Hampus Berg

May 20, 2019

JConcepts Monster & Mega Tour – Announcement

As the popularity of RC Monster Truck and Mega Truck racing and competition continues to boom, JConcepts has added a new event to the 2019 calendar. The Monster and Mega Tour will hold its inaugural event at The Track in Gaithersburg, Maryland, during the weekend of December 7-8, 2019. The Track, owned by Mimi Wong, is no stranger to hosting large events, most recently hosting the 2017 1/10th ROAR Electric Nationals along with a slew of high-level regional events. The Monster and Mega Tour will feature events centered around the naming formula while competing in all sorts of qualifying trials, side-by-side racing and the wildly popular freestyle. The Track provides enough space for two indoor tracks, one on brushed concrete and the other on dirt. The concrete surface, has a slight texture and provides the placement for the Fred Reep designed track to be used by the Sport Mod, and Pro Mod trucks for racing and all-out freestyle competition. The hard packed dirt track will be the setting for Classic, Retro and the Mega truck races built in the image of a full-size track of yesteryear. Full details can be found on the dedicated event website here.