The Bütschwil Indoor GP was held in Bütschwil, Switzerland last weekend, attracting both local drivers and guests from the neighbouring countries. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Marc Heim with the win from Pascal Jutz on the runner-up spot. Germany’s Sven Rodewald would complete the top 3 podium result.
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The opening round of the South African SARDA National Electric Off-road Championship was held at the Viking Raceway in Tzaneen, South Africa. The under cover carpet track set the challenge once again not making it easy for any of the racers, the high temperatures with high humidity made it even tougher than usual, none the less all the drivers took on the challenge and the best came out on top. In the 2WD and 4WD Mod Buggy classes it was Charles Hollander with the overall TQ while the Stadium, Stock Buggy and 2WD SCT classes were TQ’d by Wickus Coetzer.
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The final race of this winter at Switzerland’s Scamora Arena was held last weekend. In 2WD Buggy it was Xray’s Kay Frehner with the win from Markus Streuli (Xray) in 2nd. Yokomo’s Fabian Luca Widmer came in 3rd to round out the top 3. Over in 4WD Buggy it was again Kay Frehner with the win and he would lead an all-Xray podium with Philip Jeisy and Markus Streuli rounding out the top 3 results.
The 8th annual RT-Pegasus Masters race was held in Piding, Germany last weekend, attracting many of the region’s fast electric on-road racers. In the competitive 13.5T Touring Stock class it was Simon Lauter with the win from Tobias Vogel on the runner-up spot. Christian Donath and Hannes Soyke would round out an all-Awesomatix top 4.
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The 2019 Chi-Town Shootout was hosted by Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois last weekend. While Ty Tessmann swept the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes it was Kyle Holmberg with the TQ and win in the 13.5T Wheeler class. Kyle took the overall TQ and he also came out on top in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory, as Nick Richards cemented his overall runner-up spot with a win in A3. Kaden Fuller rounded out the top 3 results.
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The third round of the Xray Racing Series Greece was held at its traditional location, the Fanatix Racing Track near Athens. Cold but sunny weather made for decent racing conditions and in the most competitive class of the day, Touring 13.5T Stock, it was Ioannis Nerantzis who was very fast from the first qualifier when the track was still wet. Ultimately he would take the overall TQ and also the win, however he was hotly contested by George Kalantzakis and Dennis Zogogianis who ended in 2nd and 3rd for an all-Xray top 3.
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Last weekend the 2019 Force Series was back at it attracting over 180 entries for a single day of 1/8th nitro and electric racing. Round 2 was hosted at Triple Nickel Raceway in Bartow, Florida and it couldn’t have been a better weekend of racing. The weather was perfect and the track was spectacular. The very unique and traditional Florida red clay made for awesome grip and even better battles on the track. It was a great showing for Team Associated’s Jackson Brunson in the premier Expert Nitro Buggy class. After coming off a good weekend of learning from the DNC, Jackson used his newfound experience and knowledge and put it to the test here at round 2 of the Force Series. The hard work has definitely paid off as Jackson qualified 3rd and moved into the race lead early to hold off a hard-charging Justin Fales of team Serpent. The finishing order was Jackson taking 1st, Serpent’s Justin Fales 2nd and TLR’s JR Mitch rounding out the top 3.
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The opening round of the 2019 1/10th Off-road Czech National series was held last weekend at a purpose-built track in Bohumín. Max Götzl would take the round 1 TQs in 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Truck and he would also lock the overall TQs in 4WD and Truck after Q2 but he suffered from some mistakes in Q2 of 2WD. Max went for the 2WD TQ in Q3, however a transponder issue meant he lost a lap and had to settle for 2nd on the grid behind Marek Schiller and in front of Pavel Dostál. In 4WD it was Ales Bidovsky 2nd and Marek 3rd, while in Truck Michal Pospisil came in 2nd and Ales Bidovsky in 3rd.
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