The 209RCRaceway of Stockton, California was hosting the Carpet Champs 2019 over the weekend with nearly 100 entries. Four rounds of qualifying was held with double A-main formats. Tiebreakers were determined by the fastest single main, making for some good fun and close racing in some of the classes. In Modified Touring it was Eric Albano with the win from Gonzalo Cortes and Michael Lee in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Dirt Burner Hobbies and Raceway of Livonia, MI held their DBR Dirt Shootout last weekend with 127 entries. In 1/8th Open Buggy it was Mugen’s Val Kops, coming from P4 on the grid, with the win and fastest lap in the A-main, leaving behind Tekno’s Bill Taylor in 2nd and Mugen’s Larry Komisar, coming from P5, in 3rd.
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The 2019 RC Chili Bowl was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma recently with the race being considered the largest RC dirt oval race in the world. The race, now in its eleventh year, was held at the Tulsa Oklahoma State Fairgrounds and it mirrors the full-size Chili Bowl Midget Nationals also happening at the State Fairgrounds and just like their larger counterparts; the RC version of the Chili Bowl rumbles and causing noise of its own. With eight classes that included Late Model, Masters Outlaw Sprint, Midwest Modified Outlaw Sprint, Short Course B Mod, Short Course Modified, Street Stock and Wingless Sprint to choose from, many racers ran multiple classes to bring this year’s entry count to a record 460. With master race promoter Scotty Ernst at the helm, the RC Chili Bowl aims to be and is one of the premier RC oval races anywhere in the world. This year, the Chili Bowl filled up in record time and entries had to be cut off 6 weeks early to avoid an overwhelming amount of entries. The week started with the finishing touches being put on the track and racer’s registration taking place.
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The Xray Racing Series Slovakia was held at the famous Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin last weekend. The race was held in several electric off-road and on-road classes with off-road splitting into 62 2WD Buggy, 55 4WD Buggy, and four Truck entries. The race saw Martin Bayer on the top in all three qualification runs of 2WD and 4WD. Unsurprisingly Martin took the overall double TQ, Adam Izsay put his buggy on the 2 spot and Max Götzl completed the top 3 grid in both classes. Max also ran the Truck category and was able to take the TQ in front of Christoph Holzer and Lukasz Piecyk.
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The Brookthorpe Model Car Club held round 4 of their Winter Series this past weekend. The weather was quite chill but racing was hot and it was Team Associated’s Mike Lewis with the overall TQ and also the win in the 15-minute Nitro Buggy A-main. Matt Lewis (Team Associated) came in 2nd, leaving behind HB Racing’s Chris Lovell in 3rd.
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The opening round of the Grassroots Racing Series was held at Wild West R/C Raceway last weekend. Mugen’s Adam Drake was the man to beat all weekend, taking triple TQs in Open Nitro Truggy, Open Nitro Buggy and Open E-Buggy. The 12-minute Nitro Truggy main then saw again Adam on top, taking the win a lap in front of Tekno’s Dean Rock and two laps in front of TLR pilot, Felipe Martinez. Over in the Nitro Buggy main it was another win for Adam, a lap in front of Cole Jenson and TLR’s Anthony Westergaard. Adam would round out a perfect weekend with a win in the 8-minute E-Buggy main, lapping Anthony Westergaard (TLR) and Miguel Perez (Mugen) for the win.
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The 3rd annual Forever Heros Race was held at Chehaw RC Raceway of Albany, Georgia this past weekend. In the 40+ E-Buggy class it was Tekno’s Jamie Joiner with the TQ but after the double A-mains it was JQ Racing’s Mike Farmer with the win from Jamie Joiner 2nd and Mugen’s John Lian 3rd.
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The opening round of the Lap Paradise Off-road League was held at Lap Paradise RC Raceway in Ulu Tiram, Malaysia last weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Danny K. with the overall TQ, however his strength after the qualifiers would not stand as he suffered a DNF in the 60-minute main final, making way for JQ Racing’s young Adam Fikri who brought home the win from HB Racing’s Ben Panic on the 2 spot, some 14 seconds behind Adam. Terrence Lim (SWorkz) would come in 3rd place, some three laps down.
Source: JQ Racing [jqracing.com]
