The CACH club hosted the Chilean On-road Nationals last weekend and in the 1/8th IC Track class it was Alvaro Jara with the TQ and win. Alvaro would take the TQ with 1-lap margin and he would sweep the 30-minute A-main event, taking the win six laps in front of Cristobal Ugarte while Joaquin Silva completed the top 3 another five laps down.
Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]
The Mac-Saar Niederwürzbach club in Germany held a round to the Pro Stock Series this past weekend. The weather was a bit on the changeable site, however the race would be held as planned with only some minor rain delays. In the IC Track class it was Oliver Theobald (Shepherd) with the win from David Kröger (Shepherd) and Matthias Günther (Shepherd). Over in the 1/8th Electric class it was Benny Endres with the win from Rene Franzl Simon and Frank Ramsperger.
Last weekend the opening round of the Austrian 1/8th IC championship took place at the SFMAV Nussdorfring club. Xray’s Nejc Mihelic set the pace in practice, however after four rounds of qualifying it was ARC’s Herfried Pucher who took the TQ as his main contender Nejc was unable to set a clean run. The start of the A-main was very turbulent and it was Nejc who took the lead in the first corner and stayed there until the end of the 45-minute long final, followed by Shepherd’s Ljubischa Paunovic in 2nd and Herfried in 3rd.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The opening round of the Toledo Midwest Series, now in its 50th season, was held last weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Touring class it was Serpent’s Ralph Burch with the overall TQ and also the win in the 20-minute A-main event. Capricorn’s Jeremiah Ward came in 2nd, two laps down as Jason Conley completed the top 3 result another two laps down.
Source: RC Target [rctarget.com]
Round 1 of the Swedish Cup was held at the Örebro track last weekend. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was Niklas Johansson with the overall TQ from Mikael Fransson on the 2 spot. After the 45-minute main final it was again Niklas on top of the field, taking the win some three laps ahead of Lars Haugen as Mikael had to settle for 3rd overall, another two laps down.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The New RC track of Bangkok, Thailand recently held round 3 of their club racing series, attracting many of the country’s swift 1/8th off-road racers. At the end of the 45-minute Nitro Buggy A-main final it was 2012 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Champion, Meen V. with the win some 23 seconds in front of Mongkolphan in 2nd. Paphon would round out the top 3 podium result in front of Chalee P. and Leng.
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Round 6 and also the season finale of the Grassroots Racing Series was held at Thunder Alley RC Raceway in Beaumont, California this past weekend. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was former IFMAR World Champion, Cody King (Kyosho) with a popular win from HB Racing’s Cole Jenson on the runner-up spot. TLR’s Anthony Westergaard would complete the top 3 podium result.
Image: Cody King
Last weekend a round of the North German IC Track regionals took place at the track of the MC Munster club. With treads of rain before the weekend the race itself stayed dry, making for good racing conditions for the drivers. After four rounds of qualifying in the 1/8th IC Track class, it was Serpent’s Merlin Depta in front of ARC’s Lars Hoppe and Shepherd’s Timo Schröder. In the entertaining 30-minutes main finale there were some ups and downs for everyone and in the end it was Lars with the win just 0.16 seconds in front of Merlin. Serpent’s Lennart Skornia completed the podium in 3rd position.
Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]
