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February 19, 2019

2018/19 Essex Winter Series Rd4 – Report

This weekend saw the fourth round of the popular Essex Winter Series take place in the UK. As the penultimate round of the series, some of the championships could be decided, but with the high level of competition across all the classes, it was going to be a tough day for everyone in the points chase. In the Modified class, Olly Jefferies ideally needed a maximum points haul to force a showdown for the final round – but Elliott Harper could clinch the championship with a runner-up score, if Olly failed to take home the maximum points. Elliott put together a good first run, taking the top spot by nearly two-and-a-half seconds from his Xray teammate Alexander Hagberg. Olly set the third best time, just a few tenths back on the Swede, with Kyle Branson in fourth for Capricorn and Matthew White taking fifth with his Associated. Round two saw Alexander move to the top, besting his teammate by three-quarters of a second, as both the Xray drivers pulled out a two-second gap to Olly, who again took third, with Kyle and Matthew in fourth and fifth again as well.

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February 19, 2019

Motorama 2019 – Report

The Motorama 2019 was hosted at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, this past weekend. The race is actually part of a huge motorsport expo that incorporates ArenaCross racing, Car show, Go Kart racing, Quarter Midget racing, Scaling, Speed, show and beauty pageant all in one. Luckily for the racers, world-famous Scotty Ernst was on hand building both dirt tracks for 1/8th and 1/10th scale racing for all of the RC racing enthusiasts to enjoy. By taking the best 2 of 3 qualifiers to seed for the triple A-Mains, racing was action packed as both tracks were going off at the same time keeping racers that were participating in both, extremely busy. Here’s a recap of how it all went down.

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February 18, 2019

Oskar Navarro wins at Madrid Buggy regionals Rd1

The opening round of the Madrid 1/8th Buggy regionals was held at the Circuito Rozas de Puerto Real track this past weekend, attracting over 40 entries for the single 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. Oskar Navarro took the overall TQ in front of Dani Vega with Juanma Guillen coming in 3rd. In the 45-minute main final it was again Oskar Navarro who would hold the upper hand, bringing home a narrow 1.5s win in front of a recovering Juanma Guillen while Dani Vega had to settle for 3rd overall in front of Daniel Pariente and Oscar Martin.

Image: Dani Vega

February 18, 2019

Joan Espasa wins at Catalonian Off-road Champs opener

The Racbsa Montjuic track in Barcelona hosted the opening round of the Catalonian 1/8th off-road regional championship this past weekend. Carlos Pineda swept the qualifiers to take the overall TQ in front of Joan Espasa and young Marc Janer. The 45-minute main final then saw Joan Espasa (Xray) taking the win some 30 seconds in front of Alex Valls (Mugen) as Carlos Pineda (Team Associated) completed the top 3 podium result.

Image: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

February 18, 2019

Simon Nicholson wins at RCRA ACT State Titles

The 2019 RCRA ACT State Titles were held at the Kambah track this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class Yokomo’s Simon Nicholson took the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the A-mains, taking the title in front of Jeffrey MacKie (ARC) in 2nd and Lionel Saunders (ARC) in 3rd. Ed Clark and John Puse rounded out the top 5 results.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

February 18, 2019

Andy DiBrino wins at Rockstar Winter Off-road Series Rd6

PDX Underground of Portland, Oregon held round 6 of the 2018/19 Rockstar Winter Off-road Series last Friday. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was the Yokomo duo of Andy DiBrino and Joe Pillars who battled for the overall TQ with the better end for Andy, who would take the pole position by less than 0.2s. The single 5-minute A-main then would again see Andy on top with Joe coming in 2nd, some six seconds down on Andy.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

February 18, 2019

Louth RCCC Schumacher Winter Series Rd5 – Report

Round five of the Schumacher Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club took place this past weekend. An ever improving number of drivers and record entry would attend this meeting, with 85 drivers taking to the technical layout that the club had laid out, running the four classes of 13.5 Blinky, 17.5 boosted, Gt12 and Tamiya Euro Truck. In 13.5 Blinky the qualifying would be very close for the top spot. Ricky Lee would continue his fine form at Louth by taking the top spot with his Awesomatix. Chris Lovely would follow close behind with his Xray, Andrew Green and Nathan Winyard would leave it late in qualifying to take 3rd and 4th respectively. Mikey Mansell would follow close with his Capricorn, and 17.5 Boosted champion Jason Lovely would show well in the Blinky class in 6th with his Xray, Garry Plant would make up the A-final with his Awesomatix.

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February 18, 2019

Jack McMillan doubles at South Australian State Titles

The Adelaide Radio Control Raceway hosted the South Australian State Titles this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Jack McMillan (Team Associated) made a clean sweep, taking the overall TQ after winning each of the four qualifying rounds. In the triple A-mains events Hack was equally dominant, as he came out on top in all three legs to take the 2WD Modified State title in front of the Yokomo duo of Antoni Caretti and Damon Davis Perry.

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