Thunder Alley of Beaumont, California held a club race this past weekend that attracted some of the state’s fastest off-road racers. In the Expert Nitro Buggy A-main it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the win in the 20-minute encounter from new Serpent signing, Cody King who ended the race some 4 seconds short of Adam. In 3rd and a lap down Mugen’s Anthony Westergaard completed the top 3 podium result.
Image: Adam Drake
Last weekend’s 2018 Snowbird Nationals saw 600 entries spread across many electric on-road classes and in the hotly contested Formula category it was Japan’s Hayato Ishioka (CRC). However, CRC teammates Andrew Knapp and Jeff Dayger were hot on his heels but after the 5-minute single A-main it was still Hayato who would hold the upper hand with Andrew ending the race only 0.3 seconds short of the Japanese ace. In third and only a tenth of a second short of Andrew, Michael Hanulec would end the race on the 3 spot. Over in 1/12th 17.5T it was Andrew Knapp who TQ’d all four qualifiers and went on to win the main. Robbie Dodge would come in 2nd, 0.8 seconds down on Andrew while Joe Trandell snatched the final podium spot.
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The opening round of the Greek Xray Racing Series Off-road was held at the Fanatix Racing Track recently. The event saw the running of a sole 2WD Buggy class and had last year’s 4WD Greek champion, Dimitris Fotinos, setting the fastest lap in qualifying. Starting from 2nd on the grid was last year’s 2WD Greek champion Amaksas while on-road specialist Dimitris Ioannidis secured P3 at his maiden off-road outing.
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The opening round of the Sevilla-Huelva Championship was held at the Lebrija track last weekend and it was Mugen’s Juan Carlos Canas with the TQ and win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. Juan Carlos would have a pretty easy main, leading from start to finish as HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk, coming from the 3 spot on the grid, obtained the runner-up spot. The podium was rounded out by Agama’s Dani Vega, who started from P7.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
Round 2 of the 2018 JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series made its way over to Newberry, Florida, home to one of the raddest RC tracks in the Sunshine state. Without a doubt, the size and premise of Newberry’s track are just about perfect for a 1/10th scale outdoor track. With a dialed, low-style driver stand to bring you closer to the action is a recipe for an exciting time in Newberry. Florida’s winter is actually nice for those who aren’t accustomed to 20°C weather in early February. However, since the track is located in an open field, constant wind gusts combined with below 5°C temps did make it a “cold” day by Floridian standards. Nonetheless, the sun did shine reminding everyone the beauty of outdoor racing. With nearly 190 entries on hand, the energy was soaring and the racing top notch.
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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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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.
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]
