Shay’s RC Park in Burghill, Ohio held their Spring Break Out race this past weekend with nearly 90 entries for the 1/8th off-road and 1/10th 4×4 Mod SCT classes. In the premiere Nitro Buggy category it was HB Racing’s Spencer Heckert with the TQ and win from Paul Ciccarello (Xray) on the 2 spot, a lap behind. A further lap down after the 20-minute A-main event was Serpent’s Adam Johnson in 3rd.
The MARCV track in Vierzon, France played host to round 3 of the 1/8th E-Buggy Championship this past weekend. The overall TQ went to TLR’s Jerome Sartel, however after the A-mains it was Team Associated’s Cyrille Baldini with the overall win from Jerome on the 2 spot. Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel would complete the top 3 podium result coming from 8th on the grid following a somewhat difficult qualifying.
Image: Jean-Pierrick Sartel
The third round of the Huge RC Challenge was held at the Huge RC Circuit indoor asphalt track in Bangkok, Thailand this past weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was former IFMAR ISTC World Champion, Surikarn C. with the overall TQ and also the win in the 7-minute main final. Purisek J. came in 2nd, five seconds behind while Tanat Best I. completed the top 3 another three seconds down. Yingyos Y. and Chatgul K. rounded out the top 5 podium result.
Image: Surikarn C.
Round 3 of the Trofeo Ciudad de Alcobendas was held at the ARCA track in Madrid, Spain over the weekend. In the 1/8th Electric Track class it was Jose Alberto Gonzalez with the overall TQ from Carlos Fernandez on the 2 spot. After the triple 4-minute A-mains it was again Jose Alberto who would hold the upper hand, taking the win from Gonzalo Garcia in 2nd and Carlos Fernandez in 3rd.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The FAMAR South American On-road Championships were held in Americana, Brazil recently and in the 1/8th IC Track Pro class it was Mugen’s Flavio Elias with the TQ, win and overall title. Fabricio Zamperetti came in 2nd in the 40-minute A-main final, two laps behind Flavio. Kazuo Ohara would round out the podium for an all-Mugen top 3.
Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]
The KRC Off-Road Circuit in Tokushima, Japan hosted the O.S. Off-Road Challenge this past weekend with some of the country’s fastest nitro off-road racers in attendance. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Yusuke Sugiura with he overall win from Kyosho’s Kazuya Tanaka in 2nd and Mugen’s Kenji Tsuruta in 3rd overall.
Image: Yusuke Sugiura
The Canberra club recently hosted round 2 of the Xray Racing Series Australia. Unfortunately the 2019 edition of the club’s round was to end in the same way as 2018 – with rain. The weather looked great at the start of the day, unfortunately as the progressed showers threatened, finally arriving just as the finals started. With the race meeting cancelled the organisers declared the results on the three rounds of completed qualifying. Before the rain, racing in all classes was close with only a few seconds separating the top three drivers in most classes. Alex Ilievski posted his fastest time in round three to take the overall win in Touring Stock 13.5, Nathan Tanti posted his quickest time in round two allowing him to secure 2nd place from an inconsistent Mark Wallin who finished 3rd.
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The Xray Racing Series Poland Nitro Off-road was held at the new track in Wlodawa recently. The track features a smooth US-style layout that was really challenging for man and machine as the big jumps and some of the corners make it difficult to pull consistent laps. The weekend kicked off with super dry conditions during Friday’s practice with the grip coming up on Saturday. Bartek Zalewski was the man to beat in 1/8th Buggy and E-Buggy with Seweryn Skowronski and Marek Cisek coming in 2nd and 3rd in the Nitro Buggy class as Sebastian Migal and Wojtek Rzepecki completed the qualifying top 3 in E-Buggy.
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