This past weekend saw Rd1 of the Irish National Off-road Series kick off at the popular Badmcc race track. Bradley Baird took his JQ Racing buggies to a double TQ and victory in both Nitro and Electric classes. Alan Scroggie (HB Racing) and Paul Myles (Kyosho) would round out the Nitro podium as David Telford in 2nd and Andrew Rennick clinching 3rd, completed a JQ Racing podium sweep in the E-Buggy class.
The 2nd Annual Pan Car Masters was held at the MRTM Lostallo track in Switzerland over the weekend. The event is also known as the unofficial Pro10 World Championship with this year’s race attracting entries from Austria, Italy, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, France, the Czech Republic and the hosting country Switzerland. The weather forecast for the weekend wasn’t the best, however nearly 50 drivers made the trip to race at the iconic Swiss track. The event was held in several 1/10th and 1/8th Electric classes and although free practice was held in dry conditions, things turned to the worse for the timed practice, qualifiers and finals that were all run in the wet.
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452 Raceway of Lindale, Texas held their grand track opening race this past weekend. Texas native Nick Sublette swept the 1/8th scale Buggy classes as he drove his buggy to the win in the 30-minute Expert Nitro Buggy A-main final in front of Pablo Tejada and Myk Willis. Over in the Expert E-Buggy mains it was again Nick Sublette with a comfortable win from Mark Santa Maria 2nd and Stewart Holmes 3rd.
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Round 2 of the Middle Swedish Cup was held in Mjölby this past weekend with some of the country’s fastest drivers in attendance. Serpent’s Pontus Larsson took the TQ courtesy of winning two qualifying rounds and he also won his semifinal, however it was Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson with the pole position for the 30-minute A-main event. In the opening stages of the race both Jessica and Pontus were pretty equal in terms of pace but once Pontus got into a tangle with another car, Jessica was able to open a 10-seconds gap and that would increase to 30 seconds at the end of the main, allowing her to bring home a solid win from Pontus Larsson 2nd as Andreas Edvinsson rounded out the top 3 podium result.
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Round two of the EFRA GP Series was held at the RACG track in Montbonnot, France this past weekend. Germany’s Toni Gruber was in control of things all weekend as he was able to take a double TQ in 1/8th IC Track and 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring and he would also come out successful in both A-main events. Carmine Raiola would come in 2nd in the 1/8th class from Alberto Picco 3rd as Brice Turco and Ludovic Long rounded out the top 3 results in the Nitro Touring class.
Round two of the BRCA 1/8th E-Buggy and Truggy National Championship was held at the North West Nitro track this past weekend. Agama’s Darren Bloomfield would take the TQ in the E-Buggy class and he would also come out fastest after the A-mains to take the win, however he was challenged all the way by Agama teammate, Joni Skidmore who had to settle for 2nd ultimately. Team Associated’s Mike Lewis would round out the top 3 podium result.
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This weekend the JConcepts Spring Indoor National Series series was held at the TRCR track in Tacoma, Washington. The tight and technical track layout made for fun and challenging racing conditions. Racing kicked off with a seeding practice round on Friday evening and after the qualifiers on Sunday morning it was Ryan Maifield (Yokomo) with the TQ in 2WD Mod Buggy from Team Associated’s Dustin Evans 2nd and Ty Tessmann (Xray) in 3rd. 4WD Mod Buggy had Ty Tessmann taking the TQ from Dustin Evans 2nd and Ryan Maifield 3rd.
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The Rajikon-Tengoku Nagoya track in Japan will play host to the Xray Racing Series Japan on July 1st. The event will be held in several electric on-road classes including Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and 1/12th scale. Full details can be found here and registration is already available here.
