Round 1 of the Notts and Derby Model Raceway Spring Series was held this past weekend in damp and cold conditions. Neil Cragg was the man to beat all day, taking the TQ after the qualifiers and also the win in the 15-minute A-main, leaving behind Kieran Cox with a 2-laps margin. Lewis Marshall came in 3rd, some 25 seconds short of Kieran.
Image: Neil Cragg
SCRC recently held round 2 of the Ice Breaker Points Series and in 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Chuck Hicks with the win. Behind him, Tag Georges would get a terrible start, falling all the way back to 8th. From there, he would put his head down and click of some fast, consistent laps. After the first round of pit stops, Tag would find himself in a battle for 4th. This was a very tight race with some fast guys. After pulling away from them a bit and the 2nd pit stop, Georges found myself battling for 2nd place with Casey Peck and Wyatt Bieter. Tag would capitalise on them racing each other and he would finish behind Chuck Hicks by 12 seconds as Casey Peck completed the top 3.
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The Homestead RC Raceway in Florida held the 2019 Pan American Grand Prix last weekend and in the premier 1/8th open class it was Joaquin Desoto Jr. (Serpent) with the overall TQ and the win in the 45-minutes A-main final. Joaquin left behind Capricorn’s Paolo Morgantin in 2nd, a lap down, as Serpent’s Brad Mergy rounded out the top 3 podium result.
Source: RC Target [rctarget.com]
Team Maxima Mx have announced the signing of Ryan Maifield to their factory team. The IFMAR World and multi-time national champion joins the likes of Jared Tebo, Robert Batlle or Jörn Neumann and will power his Mugen 1/8th rides using Maxima Mx engines and fuel through to the 2020 season. Ryan has the following to say about the deal:
I want to thank everyone at Mx for this opportunity, I know with there engines and fuel I will have the best possible products to compete at the highest level on any surface and at every event I attend.
Source: Maxima Mx [facebook.com]
The opening round of the 2019 Xray Racing Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. The somewhat cold weather meant drivers had to adapt their car’s setups and in Modified Touring, it was Ioannidis who made the best out of the conditions in the qualifiers, but he was under pressure of Nikolakopoulos, who led most of A1 but a last lap mistake meant Ioannidis would take the win. A2 and it was again Ioannidis with the win as leg 3 had to be cancelled due to rain. Behind Dimitris Ioannidis and Nick Nikolakopoulos it was Chris Vasilopoulos with the 3rd place overall.
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The Stadium Nitro Shootout was held in Adelanto, California last weekend, attracting some of the region’s fastest off-road racers. In the Open Nitro Truck category it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ after the qualifiers and also the win in the 15-minute A-main event, leaving behind Wallie Builds’ own Nick Wautlet (Team Associated) as TLR’s Bryce Beaver came in 3rd overall.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
The third round of the popular Winter Nitro X Cross series was held at the Ledbury Model Car Club over the weekend. In Nitro Buggy it was Mike Lewis with the overall TQ and also the win in the 20-minute A-main, some eight seconds in front of Matt Lewis. Lloyd Pitt would wound out the all-Team-Associated top 3 two laps down.
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SoCal Nitro Raceway of Adelanto, California played host to the Stadium Nitro Shootout race this past weekend. HB Racing’s Colin Herzig was in control of things in the Pro Nitro Buggy class, taking the TQ in round 1 which would be uncontested in the second round. Starting off on pole Colin had a good start, but then had one little mistake which shuffled him back a few positions. Colin just put his head down, and charged back to the front. With about eight minutes left in the main, there was a technical difficulty with the computer system, so the organisers had to do a restart. The restart would go on to be a ten-minute race, where Colin would also go onto win, leaving behind HB Racing driver Tyler Brown in 2n and TLR’s Anthony Westergaard in 3rd.
Thanks to Colin Herzig for the update.
