This past weekend the Rumble in the Asphalt Jungle race was held in Austin, Texas at the newest permanent on-road track in the United States, called N-Control RC Racing Circuit. This was the track’s first big race and in the 1/10th Nitro Sedan class it was Loran Whiting who was able to take the TQ and she would also lead the 20-minute A-main from start to finish to take the day’s win.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The Korean KMRCA Off-road National Championship was held this past weekend. Newly signed Sweep Racing driver, Dani Choi (Kyosho) would walk away with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/8th Nitro Truggy class to round out a perfect weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class and behind Dani it were Si Minsu and Jang Wonseok that rounded out the top 3 result.
Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]
The recent 2016 ROAR Fuel On-road Nationals were held at the Homestead RC Raceway in Florida. The 1/8th Masters class was TQ’d and won by Joaquin Desoto Sr. with a 1-lap margin on Dana Smeltzer while Greg Esser ended the race another three laps down. In 1/8th GT ROAR Spec Joaquin Desoto Jr. brought home the win from TQ holder Scotty Gray by a narrow 7 seconds after the 45-minute finale. Robbie Cerrato completed the top 3 result.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Mooreback Raceway will hold a round of the Xray Racing Series Australia on the weekend of the 6th of November. Classes run are 1/8th on-road, 1/10th on-road and 1/8th GT and the schedule sees free practice on Saturday and official racing on Sunday. More infos and sign-up can be found here.
The final round of the German Sachsen Cup series was held in Munzig near Dresden in the eastern part of the country. The race attracted nearly 60 racers to compete in several classes with Burak Kilic taking the win in the 30-minute Nitro Buggy main final. Ronny Schiffner ended the A-main on the runner-up spot from Berkan Kilic, who suffered from a flame out but he was still able to take the final podium spot for an all-Agama top 3.
Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.
Round two of the Xray Racing Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. Summer weather made for nice racing conditions and a friendly atmosphere. The race was held in several nitro and electric on-road classes and in Nitro Stock it was Diamadis who walked away with the day’s win from his Xray teammates Katsikis and Tsatsamis in second and third respectively.
Round seven of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series was held this past weekend at Fear Farm R/C Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. Usually situated in Southern California the 2016 series also makes two guest appearances abroad with round five being held at R/C Tracks of Las Vegas back in August and the recent penultimate round taking place in Arizona. As usual the race attracted both local talent and internationally experienced racers and so the Expert Buggy class was filled with some big guns. Ultimately it was TLR’s Tanner Denney who walked away with the day’s win from Billy Fischer (Tekno RC) and Mugen’s Mike Truhe in third.
The final round of the Brazilian Nitro On-road Championships was held at the Zeca Elias track. In the 1/8th Pro category Capricorn’s Flavio Elias came out on top from Cesar Salvadori (ARC) and Fabricio Zamperelli (ARC) in second and third respectively. Samuel Prato (Capricorn) and Kazu (Mugen) rounded out the top 5 result.
