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February 5, 2018

SBS Off-road Major League Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the SBS 1/10th Electric Off-road Major League was held at Syahmi’s Backyard Speedway in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia over the weekend. The excellent weather made for very good racing conditions and a total of 39 racers that attended the three classes of Open 2WD Buggy, Open 4WD Buggy and Open 4WD Short Course. 2WD Open Buggy, which recently saw an increase in racers, was as competitive as any other racing class. Mark Lim from Singapore took Q1 with 10 laps 5m 7.18s while Kum Yew, also of Singapore, bagged Q2 and Q3. However his time was not an improvement over Mark’s, handing him the TQ spot. WK Foong completed the top 3 qualifiers on the grid.

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February 5, 2018

Adrian Wicaksono wins at 2018 MRCC Buggy Challenge

The 2018 MRCC Buggy Challenge was held this past weekend at the MRCC track in Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia. The 9th edition of the race was attended by 27 racers from Jakarta, Bandung, Batam, Banjarmasin, Pontianak as well as local drivers and after four qualifying rounds it was Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) the TQ honours. However after the 45-minute A-main it was Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/O.S.) with the win from Jason in 2nd and Stanley Wangsanegara (HB Racing/O.S.) who completed the overall top 3 result.

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February 5, 2018

Isaacs & Parsons win at Snowbird Nationals

The 2018 edition of the iconic Snowbird Nationals electric on-road race was held in Kissimmee, Florida this past weekend and in the Touring Super Stock 17.5T A-main it was pole position holder, Sam Isaacs with the win. Eric Anderson, coming from the 5 spot on the grid, would end the race some 0.3 seconds down in 2nd while Robbie Dodge, starting from P6, snatched the final podium spot in 3rd. Over in the Touring Stock 21.5T category TQ holder Cory Parsons took home a 2.6 seconds win from Arthur Scrimo as Monti Panzica rounded out the podium result.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatixusa.com]

February 5, 2018

Maximum points haul for Coelho in Germany

Bruno Coelho has claimed maximum points at Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany, the reigning champion converting his TQ into overall victory. Having to settle for second behind Marc Rheinard at the season opener in Vienna, Coelho was the man to beat from the get go in Daun and duly wrapped things up with another relatively straight forward tone to tone victory in A2 helping by challenger Ronald Volker tapping out during the encounter.

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February 5, 2018

Bowie Ginting wins Jakarta EP on-road Regional Rd1

The opening round of the Jakarta electric on-road regionals was held at the SIS track, North Jakarta and in the 13.5T Boosted Touring Car class. Rain in the morning put a halt to things and it would take until mid-day for the race to start. The qualifiers saw three different TQs and in the end it was Christian Mamesah who would be handed the overall pole position after a tie-break with Bowie Ginting, while Muhammad Izzah completed the top 3 for now. In the triple A-mains it was Bowie who came out fastest in A1 and A3 for the overall win while Peter Anthonijsz, coming from the 4 spot on the grid, snatched the runner-up spot after some superb performances in the mains. Muhammad Izzah would win the second main, however he only ended on P3 overall behind Bowie and Peter.

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February 5, 2018

Tanner Day takes 2018 Winter Invitational win

PDX RC Underground of Portland, Oregon held their 2018 Winter Invitational this past weekend and in the 2WD Invitational class it was Yokomo’s Tanner Day with the overall win from Chris Jarosz in 2nd. Joe Pillars would round out an all-Yokomo podium with Andi DiBrino (Yokomo) coming in 4th and Kyosho’s Zack Rogers completing the top 5 results.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

February 5, 2018

Yugo Nagashima takes Snowbirds TC Mod title

The annual Snowbird Nationals were held this past weekend in Orlando, Florida, attracting the country’s fastest electric on-road racers as well as guests from abroad. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Japan’s Yugo Nagashima (Destiny) with the TQ and he would also come out on top in the 5-minute single A-main, some 1.3 seconds in front of Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs while Team Associated’s Keven Hebert had to settle for 3rd overall, another 0.5 seconds down. Jin Sawada (Destiny) and Paul Lemieux (Xray) would round out the top 5 results.

Image: Destiny [destinyracing.jp]

February 5, 2018

Mizan TQs & wins SBS Major League Rd1

The opening round of the Malaysian SBS 1/10th Off-road Major League was held this past weekend in several electric off-road classes and in the 4WD category it was Serpent’s Mizan with the TQ and win from 2nd placed Hakeem (Sworkz). Bashir, driving an Xray, would round out the top 3 podium result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]