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May 6, 2019

Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the 2019 FBA Belgian EP On-road Nationals was held this past weekend at the outdoor track of the MRCZ Zwevegem. Due to the bad weather that affected races all over Europe this weekend, the turnout was a bit lower than expected. The MCRZ club however did a great job to provide the drivers with a fun and technical track on the available parking lot. Free practice on Saturday proved that finding a good setup would be extremely difficult. The frequent rain showers meant that the drivers practiced with different grip levels on each and every run. When the racers arrived on Sunday morning, the track was fully wet and a wet race was declared. This meant that the racers could chose between a rain chassis and a dry chassis to cope with the changing track.

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May 6, 2019

Xray Racing Series Grand Final – Report

The 2019 Grand Final of the Xray Racing Racing Series was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia this past weekend. The race was held in electric and nitro classes and it was run both at the Arena’s indoor and outdoor tracks due to the unpredictable weather conditions. The electric classes were run on the facility’s indoor asphalt track with the Touring Modified class being the most exciting. Bruno Coelho took the overall TQ in front of Xray’s own Martin Hudy. Ultimately the finals ended as they had started with Bruno being pretty much unbeatable while Martin had to settle for 2nd overall and in front of Alexander Hagberg in 3rd.

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May 6, 2019

Carsten Keller wins West German Buggy regionals Rd1

The opening round of the West German 1/8th Off-road regionals, qualifying races for the Nationals, was held at the Stoppelhopser Oberhausen track over the weekend. Mugen’s Carsten Keller would sweep the Nitro Buggy class by taking the win with a 1-lap margin after the 30-minute A-main encounter. Kyosho’s Philipp Lütgert came in 2nd, a lap down as Mugen driver Jan Sievert ended the race on the 3 spot, some three seconds down on Jan. Maik Wiesweg in 4th and Kim Einert in 5th rounded out the top 5.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

May 6, 2019

Mitch & Culley win at 7th annual Hanging Judge

The 7th annual Hanging Judge Race was held at GS Hobby in Barling, Arkansas this past weekend. Attracting nearly 130 entries it was TLR’s JR Mitch with the TQ and win in the premier 2WD Mod Buggy class. Kyosho’s Braxten Culley would come in 2nd while TLR’s Todd Sieler completed the top 3 podium result.

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May 6, 2019

CTS4 Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the CTS4 was held at the beautiful Steel City RC Speedway in Fontana, California this past weekend, the soon to be new home track for the Reedy Race of Champions. Round 5 would not only be the second California race this season but is also Reedy Race warm up. In Modified Touring Brandon Clements would take the TQ and overall win. With the early cold weather shaking things up in the pits race started a little later hoping for better weather. In A1 Brandon takes off with the field scrambling to the front. In A2 a big accident in the carousel occurred giving Clements the lead taking home the win success as he sits out A3.

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May 6, 2019

Mack & Wischnewski win at German Nationals qualifier

The Minicar Club Wiesbaden played host to a round of the Central German Nitro On-road regionals this past weekend. In 1/8th IC Track class 1 it was Infinity’s Oliver Mack with the TQ and win from Shepherd’s Toni Gruber while Serpent’s Philip Sting rounded out the top 3 result after the 30-minute main final.

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May 5, 2019

Davide Ongaro sweeps RCGP opener

The opening round of the newly-founded RCGP series was held in Manila, Philippines this past weekend. The event is held in the RCGP Pro and RC2 Open classes with the latter being open to non-sponsored drivers while the RCGP category is intended for Pro teams of one to two drivers. The RCGP class is also separated into two races per weekend with race 1 being swept by Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro who took the TQ and overall win from the HB Racing duo of David Ronnefalk and Cole Ogden. Mugen’s Robert Batlle came in 4th from Infinity’s Kyle McBride in 5th. JQ Racing’s Max Mort, SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas and Infinity’s Lee Martin completed the top 8 results.

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May 5, 2019

Jesper Rasmussen TQs & wins at Danish Buggy Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Danish Electric Buggy Nationals was held at the Odense R/C Minirace club this weekend. Team Associated’s Jesper Rasmussen took the TQ and win in the 2WD Buggy class from up and coming Marcus Kaerup as veteran racer, Jonas Kaerup came in 3rd to round out an all-Team-Associated podium.

Image: Jesper Rasmussen