April 23, 2019

Sam Langer sweeps 2019 Quebec Indoor Nats

The 2019 Quebec Indoor Nationals were hosted by the Bego Racing RC Raceway this past weekend. The event was held in a variety of 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes and it would be Sam Langer who would sweep the Nitro Buggy, E-Buggy and E-Truggy categories. Jerome Treignier took the TQ in Nitro Buggy, however in the 30-minute main final it was Sam Langer with the win some two laps in front of David Lecuyer in 2nd and Jerome Treignier in 3rd.

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April 23, 2019

Drake & Westergaard win at Grassroots Race Series Rd5

Round 5 of the 2019 Grassroots Race Series was held at the Pro-Line track in Banning, California. The event attracted nearly 120 entries and in Open Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the TQ and win from HB Racing’s Cole Jenson 2nd and TLR’s Anthony Westergaard in 3rd.

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April 23, 2019

Adam Fikri wins Malaysia Saudi RC Federation Race

The Putrajaya Offroad RC track of Putrajaya, Malaysia played host to the Malaysia Saudi RC Federation Race this past weekend. JQRacing’s Adam Fikri took the TQ in the 1/8th Nitro buggy class and he also brought home the win in the 60-minute main final, leaving behind Serpent’s Mizan in 2nd place, while Kent Sung completed the top 3 result. Team Associated’s James Khoo and Mugen driver Meshaal Alnowaser came in 4th and 5th respectively.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]


April 23, 2019

Delorme & Limoges win at French On-road Champs Rd2

The second round of the French Electric On-road Championship was held at the Longvic track over the weekend. In the Touring Stock class it was Pierre Delorme with the win from Briac Berthoud on the 2 spot and Julien Jost in 3rd. Over in the Formula class it was Jeremy Limoges who brought home the silverware from Willy Voisangrin 2nd and Varinard Jean-Michel 3rd.

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April 23, 2019

Rayan Medjoubi wins French 1/8th Buggy Nats Rd1

The Mini Auto Club Andelysien played host to round 1 of the French 1/8th Nitro Buggy national championship this past weekend. The top qualifying spot went to TLR’s Renaud Savoya, however in the A-main it was Kyosho’s Rayan Medjoubi who would prevail, taking the win after a tough fight with Renaud. TLR’s Tom Robin would round out the podium in front of 4th placed Thomas Musso (Mugen) and 5th placed Vincent Meertens (Xray).

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April 23, 2019

Ryan Lutz wins 2019 DXR Dirt Kings race

The 2019 DXR Dirt Kings race was held held at the Harper Adams University in Shropshire, UK over the weekend, attracting some of the world’s fastest 1/8th nitro off-road racers. Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro would sweep the Nitro Buggy qualifiers with a clean 800 points score, followed by Agama’s Ryan Lutz in 2nd, tie on points with Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo. New SWorkz signing, Elliott Boots and teammate Juan Carlos Canas would follow in 4th and 5th, again tie on points. The 45-minute main final than would see a very close outcome with Ryan Lutz taking a slim 2.5 seconds win from Davide in 2nd while Juan Carlos came in 3rd, only ten seconds behind Davide. Agama’s Burak Kilic and SWorkz’s Elliott Boots came in 4th and 5th, already two laps down.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]


April 23, 2019

Jackson Andres sweeps 2018/19 NIS

The fifth and final round of the 2018/19 Northwest Indoor Series was once again hosted by Tacoma R/C Raceway in Washington. This 5-race series would begin at the end of 2018 and would go through April of 2019. Each round of the series would see many of the best drivers that the Northwest has to offer. With each drivers four best finishes out of 5 counting, there was no room for error in this extremely competitive series. After the dust had finally settled from this intense 6-month series, it was Yokomo USA team driver Jackson Andres taking the impressive overall series championships in both the premier 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes.

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