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January 22, 2019

2018/19 RugRacers Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the popular RugRacers series and the first round of 2019 after the Christmas break attracted many drivers to return fully recharged and with new toys to play with as well. In 13.5 Blinky Touring, Tony Broad was the fastest out the blocks to take FTQ ahead of Ashley Wiffen and Shaun Batt. Leg 1 would see the win for Shaun with Tony charging back through the field and no way past Ashley. Leg 2 would go to Tony but not before coming under huge pressure from Ashley but with no mistakes held on to take the overall win to finish in qualifying order, meaning Tony Broad would take the day’s win from Ashley Wiffen and Shaun Batt.

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January 22, 2019

Zhao & Miller win at 2019 Ice Breaker

LSR Speedway of Sacramento, California held their 2019 Ice Breaker race last weekend. The event attracted 170 entries and in 2WD Expert Stock Buggy it was Yokomo’s Patrick Zhao with the overall TQ. Patrick then went on to win A-mains 1 and 2 for an early overall victory from Yokomo teammates Lucas Wedsted in 2nd and Nick Miller in 3rd. In the 13.5T Stadium Truck class it was Nick Miller with the TQ and win as he left behind Doug Lariviere and Chris Silva in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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January 22, 2019

Pietsch & Ongaro win at LRP Master race

Indoor Racing Chilelli in Castelnuovo Scrivia, Italy played host to the LRP Master 2019 race this past weekend. The race was held in a multitude of classes and in the premier Touring Modified category it was Nitro On-road ace, Robert Pietsch (Mugen) with the TQ and win from another Nitro front runner, Capricorn’s Mirko Salemi. Nicola Marrone (Infinity) would round out the top 3 result.

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January 22, 2019

Justin Fales wins Pro E-Buggy at 2019 SIC

The 2019 Southern Indoor Championship was held this past weekend in Autaugaville, Alabama. The event attracted over 550 entries and in the competitive Pro E-Buggy class it was as HB Racing’s Cole Ogden with the overall TQ. However after the double A-mains it was Serpent’s Justin Fales with the win, courtesy of winning A1 with a lap merging and coming in 2nd in A2. Cole Ogden had to settle for 2nd overall in front of Agama driver Ryan Lutz. Serpent’s Billy Easton came in 4th from Jacob Hardison 5th.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 22, 2019

Mike Lewis wins Winter Nitro X Cross Rd3

The third round of the popular Winter Nitro X Cross series was held at the Ledbury Model Car Club over the weekend. In Nitro Buggy it was Mike Lewis with the overall TQ and also the win in the 20-minute A-main, some eight seconds in front of Matt Lewis. Lloyd Pitt would wound out the all-Team-Associated top 3 two laps down.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

January 22, 2019

2019 Urban Touring Series Rd1 – Report

The 2019 season of the Urban Touring Series flagged off this past weekend at the Onroad Raceway of Urban PlaySpace in downtown Singapore. Apart from the presence of nine of the top-10 finishers from the 2018 season, the reigning Indonesia national champion Bowie Ginting, made the short hop over to race the roof at Urban PlaySpace, together with Peter Anthonisz. Qualifying in the Touring Car class saw a dominant PY Tang seize the pole position when he won two of the three rounds of qualifying. Esmail Apandi took P2 for the A-mains when he won Q3 with PY Tang sitting out. Dominic Quek would have to settle for a P3 start. Despite his lack of track time, Bowie managed to qualify direct into the A-main in P4.

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January 21, 2019

Champion Touring Series CTS4 Rd1 – Report

The season opening round 1 of the Champion Touring Series CTS4 was held at 702 RC Raceway in Las Vegas, Nevada. The round had racers from different parts of the Country and World like Texas, Arizona, California, Shanghai and Thailand. In the Modified division, Randy Caster, new Yokomo USA driver, showed pace early in the Friday open practice turning 11-second lap times. Local youngster Broc Champlin (Team Associated) also showed pace making a statement he was going to be competitive and would fight hard for podium. Xray team driver JJ Wang didn’t seem to have pace in early practice while his US team mate Chris Adams turned lower lap times but left the day not matching Caster’s time.

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January 21, 2019

Berkan Kilic wins at 2019 Messe Cup

The annual Messe Cup was held near Bielefeld, Germany as part of a hobby fair, attracting off-road racers from many parts of the country. In the premier 1/8th E-Buggy category, that was booked out as were the other classes offered, it was Agama’s Berkan Kilic with the overall win after the thrilling triple 10-minute A-mains. Mugen’s Carsten Keller came in 2nd, followed by Agama’s Burak Kilic in 3rd.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the update.