The 2019 Sunpadow International Off-road Grand Prix will be held from March 22nd to 24th at the Sunpadow ARC track in Xiamen, China. The prize money race will be held in 1/8th Nitro and Electric Buggy classes and sign-up is available here from the 2nd of January 2019.
The 2019 HB Racing European Race Days will be held from April 5th to 7th at the ARCF42 club near Lyon, France. The event is open to all drivers piloting HB Racing 1/8th Nitro and Electric Buggies and a set of HB Racing Megabite yellow compound tyres will be included in the entry. The weekend will kick off on Friday, with Saturday and Sunday being the race days. Sign-up opens on January 15th and more information will soon be available here.
The third round of Xray Racing Series Slovakia took place at the Hudy Racing Arena last weekend. In the Modified class Zdenko Kunak and Martin Hudy put their cars in the front row followed by Oliver Havranek. In the opening A-main the top 3 finished as they started however the second A-main was more interesting. Following mistakes of Zdenko and Martin it was Oliver in the lead, but when Martin made a mistake he hit Oliver in the process, allowing Zdenko to take the win and with it the overall from Oliver 2nd and Martin 3rd. In the third main the battle for the lead was on between Oliver and Martin as Zdenko made a mistake in the opening stages. In the end it was Martin who would hold the upper hand, taking the win for the overall runner-up spot from Oliver in 3rd.
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Apex Raceway of Murfreesboro, Tennessee held the Tennessee Indoor State Offroad Champs last weekend, attracting some of the region’s fastest electric off-road racers. In the premier 2WD Mod Buggy class it was John Barron II with the win from Tony Fox and Luis Oros.
Round 6 of the HNMC Winter Series was held last weekend in freezing weather conditions. Conditions on Sunday would be damp and slippery all day with most racers using Ultra soft tyres. Just over 40 diehard club racers made the trip and the Nitro Buggy TQ went to Graham Alsop, while Erik Lykke came out on top in E-Buggy and Warabie Tatejoki wrapped up the Truggy TQ. In the 20-minute Nitro Buggy A-final it was Graham Alsop with the in from Lewis Johns and Kevin Brunsden. The 12-minute E-Buggy main went to Erik Lykke from Darren Hayden-Ball and Holger Lykke while the 20-minute Truggy main was won by Warabie Tatekoji from Darren Ropper and Brin Tourle.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
A round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was recently held at the Trinko Racing Hall in Mistelbach. The event was held in the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, 1/12th scale and Pro10 GT and in Touring Modified it was a 2-horse battle between Sascha Klug and Patrick Gollner. After the qualifiers it looked like Sascha would be the man to beat but Patrick worked tirelessly to fine-tune his car’s setup and his own driving, eventually being able to put pressure on Sascha in the A-mains. In the end it was Patrick who would prevail, taking the day’s win from Sascha Klug in 2nd and Christian Luyer in 3rd.
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Last weekend’s Full Throttle Race was held in Mumbai, India as part of the Techfest events. Mugen’s Robert Batlle was invited alongside Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo and Rayan Medjoubi and the three would also make up the top 3 after the A-mains, leaving behind a bunch of talented locals.
Source: Mugen [mugen.eu] | Image: Meet Modi
Round 2 of the Snake Pit series was held at the CCX Race track in Monroe, Wisconsin last weekend. In 2WD Stock Buggy, the largest class of the weekend, Brad Shearer would take the TQ, however it was Zac Rose, coming from the 3 spot, with the overall win as Brad Shearer came in 2nd. 2nd place qualifier, Matt Wilbert had to settle for 3rd overall. Over in the competitive 13.5T Wheeler class Matt Wilbert took a popular TQ and win from Dalton Balboa 2nd and Alex Vaughn 3rd.
View the 13.5T 4WD Buggy podium here
