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December 3, 2018

Sobue & Rathiesky complete the double double

Akio Sobue put in a dominant performance in what was mostly a precessional race in the Sweep Modified class at TRC this afternoon. Never really challenged, the Japanese driver was able to pull clear of the chasing pack early on and build up a substantial lead by the end. Behind, Nicholas Lee had what can be described a lonely race in 2nd. While Jin Sawada and a very fast starting Jan Ratheisky, starting in 8th, had a good battle for 4th. That battle would become for 3rd as just ahead Andy Moore had a big moment coming onto the main straight and stuffed it into the wall on the main straight but somehow only lost 2 positions and was able to bring it home in 5th. Jin could stay in front of the German to take the final step on the podium with Jan finishing in 4th.

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December 3, 2018

Wynen & van Helmond successful at IIOC Rd2

The second round of the 2018/19 International Indoor Off-road Cup was held at Model Indoor Oss in the Netherlands this past weekend. The race was held in 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy classes and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was Thibault Jacqueloot (Team Associated) with the TQ after the qualifiers as Jens Becker (Xray) and Wesley van Helmond (Schumacher) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively. After the triple A-mains however it was Wouter Wynen (Team Associated) who would hold the upper hand with 1-2-3 finishes as Jens Becker, scoring two 3rd place finished in A1 and A2 as well as the win in A3 had to settle for 2nd overall, tie on points with Wesley van Helmond.

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December 3, 2018

Kodera & Sugiura win 2018 JMRCA 1/10th Buggy titles

The JMRCA 1/10th Buggy National Championships were held at the iconic Yatabe Arena this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Kaito Kodera with the overall TQ and he would also be on top after the A-mains to take the championship title. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class it was Yusuke Sugiura who took the TQ and win for another national championship title.

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December 3, 2018

Meen Vejrak TQs & wins at EastRC Invitational

The 2018 EastRC Invitational was held at the EastRC Speedway in Jakarta, Indonesia this past weekend. The race attracted regional racers as well as guests from Thailand, Singapore and any other cities of Indonesia. The 2-day race saw five qualifying rounds and triple finals and it was run in the four classes of Touring Car, Front Wheel Drive, M-Chassis and Dancing Rider and in the premier Touring class it was Meen Vejrak with the TQ and new track record after the five hard-fought qualifiers in which Charlee Phutiyotin, Dominic Quek and Bowie Ginting all scored round TQs. The opening A-main then was a really close and tight one as the top 4 went away from the field to fight for the lead. In the end Meen, Charlee and Bowie finished within less than a second of each other. A2 almost delivered the same story before Charlee and Dominic made contact, which let Meen and Bowie fight for the lead. Meen finally secured the overall win after winning A2, 0.4 seconds ahead of Bowie and five seconds clear of Surikarn who recovered from 7th. With Meen sitting out A3, it would be the decisive round for the remaining podium spots. Dominic passed Charlee to spread some gap while Izzah made a full use of his new tyres to pass Bowie for 2nd place.

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December 3, 2018

DiBrino wins at Rockstar Winter Off-Road Series Rd3

Round 3 of the Rockstar Winter Off-Road Series was held at PDX Underground in Portland, Oregon this past weekend. So far this year, round 3 was the biggest one yet with 79 entries and the track layout worked very well as the split lane option was a great feature. The 2WD Modified Buggy class was once again the premier class of the night with many of the Northwest heavy hitters in attendance. Andy DiBrino took the TQ an win with his Yokomo while Mikey Brown once again laid it down and showed great speed with his Schumacher to take 2nd. Yokomo’s Joe Pillars put in a solid drive during the A-Main to finish on the podium in 3rd.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

December 3, 2018

Raiola & Groskamp win at US Nitro World Cup

The 2018 US Nitro World Cup was held at the Homestead RC Raceway, host of this year’s IFMAR 1/10th Nitro Touring World Championships, this past weekend. The event was held in four Nitro on-road classes and in 1/8th Open it was Infinity’s Carmine Raiola with the TQ and win, leaving behind Infinity teammate Dario Balestri in 2nd, a lap down. Alberto Picco would end the 45-minute main final in 3rd, some 8.2s down on Dario. Another Italian, Marco Vanni would come in 4th, 13 laps in front o Roniel Regalado.

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December 3, 2018

2019 AWS Rd3 – Report

This past Sunday was the day to hold the third round of the AWS 2019 at Nene Valley Raceway with slightly lower numbers this weekend as 32 drivers made the trip to The Nene. The day kicked off with a round of timed practice and the drivers found the track tricky as to was very moist. After the round of practice everyone went into three rounds of qualifying with the best two to count. After a 45 minutes break for lunch the club went through the three 15 minute finals of the day. In the Buggy A-final, Jon Spencer took 1st place, Chris Sharpe-Simkiss took 2nd place. The very lucky driver Chris Lovell managed to get back up to 3rd after an unlucky crash at the start. Scott Follington took 4th place after a good battle with Chris.

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December 3, 2018

Ray Munday wins at 2018 Victorian State Titles

The final major race of the Australian calendar for 2018 was the Victorian State Titles, held at the Knox track in Melbourne with just over 100 entries received. Mother nature played a role this year with unseasonal heavy rain washing out practice and the scheduled 2WD day. The entire event was squeezed into the final day of racing, with the sun and traffic helping the outdoor clay track to groove up perfectly. In 4WD Modified Ray Munday took the TQ from Andrew Selvaggi and 12-year-old Lachlan Munday. In the finals Ray took A1 from Selvaggi after a close battle, with Lachlan Munday taking his first state title A final in A2 to take it to A3. Ray took the win, giving him the overall title from Lachlan, with Selvaggi tieing for third but losing on a countback.

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