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October 16, 2018

JConcepts Fall Super Cup Rd3 – Report

Race 3 of the Fall Super Cup Championship Series traveled to one of Florida’s best-kept secrets, Mills Pond R/C Raceway over the weekend. With origins dating back to the 1980’s, Mills Pond has been around for quite some time and after 30+ years of operation, has matured like fine wine and has to be considered one of Florida’s best tracks. The layout was fun. Mills Pond is more like a 1/8th track than it is 1/10th, but works both ways. The track was high speed and the jumps were definitely challenging as the grip level was always changing throughout the day. The huge triple in the middle required a perfect setup and a clean run to clear consistently. The switchbacks and off-cambers really tested racers’ timing and calculated car placement while carrying speed. By late afternoon on Saturday, the track was hooked up and the racing absolutely exceptional.

Continue reading the report here

October 16, 2018

Adam Vink successful at ROAR Region 2 Champs

The ROAR Region 2 Championship was held at The Track in Gaithersburg, Maryland last weekend. In the 4WD Buggy class it was the duo of Adam Vink and Mark Unrath that pulled away right from the start of the A-main. Mark would maintain about a three second lead for most of the race, but with about a minute to go he crashed at the triple. Adam was able to get around him then and lead the last three laps to take the win from Mark Unrath 2nd and James Denmark 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 16, 2018

Tasos Paparegas wins at Central Greece Champs Rd3

The third round of the Central Greece Championships took place in Athens last weekend. The race was held in a track with lots of high-speed corners and good grip, making for quite a competition. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Tasos Paparegas with the win, some two laps in front of Thanos Makropoulos. Ioannis Papanikolaiu would round out the top 3.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 15, 2018

Karl Jackson wins at HMNC Winter Series

The opening round of the HNMC 1/10th Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK. Held in ever changing, slippery conditions the 2WD Buggy class was won by Karl Jackson from Paul Timberlake. Nigel Buck came in 3rd to round out the podium in front of 4th placed Darren Windsor and 5th placed Alex Carter.

Image: Paul Timberlake

October 15, 2018

2018/19 Australian Touring Series Rd1 – Report

The first round of the newly-formed Yokomo Australian Touring Series ATS took place last weekend at the Melbourne Radio Controlled Circuit Racers (MRCCR) Circuit in Lilydale, Victoria. The ATS brings a fresh approach to EP On-Road racing in Australia, aiming to provide the best racing, experience and entertainment possible to all involved, while maintaining a focus on racer enjoyment. Several of Australia’s top Modified drivers joined the field in Lilydale, making the battle out front very exciting. Seeding practice went to Ryan Maker by a 0.7s margin over Jesse Davis and Sandy Iavazzo. However Davis picked up the pace in qualifying, snatching the win in rounds 1 and 3, while Maker played a slightly different tire strategy to win rounds 2 and 4, holding the overnight TQ before round 5 on Sunday morning.

Continue reading the report here

October 15, 2018

Sartel & Lantheaume successful at 2018 French Buggy Cup

The Vierzon astro turf track played host to the 2018 French Cup for 1/10th electric off-road this past weekend. Xray’s Armand Lantheaume double TQ’d the 2WD and 4WD Mod Buggy classes, however in the 2WD A-mains it was Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel with the win, leaving behind Young Clement Boda (Team Associated) on the runner-up spot. Armand Lantheaume would round out the top 3 podium result. Over in the 4WD class Armand was able to defend his top spot, taking the A-main win from Jean-Pierrick Sartel in 2nd and Mathieu Briere in 3rd.

View the 4WD podium here

October 15, 2018

Basile Concialdi wins at Coup de France

The Coup de France race was held in Evry over the weekend, attracting some of the country’s fastest nitro on-road drivers. Ini the 1/10th 200mm class it was Kevin Rasquin with the TQ from Basile Concialdi in 2nd. In the 45-minute A-main it was Basile who would hold the upper hand, bringing home the win by three laps in front of Kevin. Clement Bioy would round out the top 3 result another three laps down.

Image: Basile Concialdi

October 15, 2018

Bowie Ginting crowned Indonesian Touring Champ

The third and final round of the Indonesian 1/10th Electric On-road National Championship was held at East RC Speedway this past weekend. Weather was great all day and in the primary Touring Modified class it was points standing leader Bowie Ginting who looked the TQ spot after the qualifiers. Arya Seta started from the 2nd spot while Christian Mamesah had to settle for 3rd after the qualifiers. After the triple A-mains the top 3 order would remain the same as Bowie went on to win A1 and A3 for the overall as Arya came out on top in A2 to secure himself the 2nd overall position. With this result Bowie took the overall championship as Chandra Yosef snatched the vice-championship.

View the final results here