Round 4 of the Heart of America Series was held this past weekend in 1/8th Open, 1/10th 200mm Nitro Sedan and GT8 classes. In the 1/8th Open class it was Eric Jones (Capricorn) with the overall TQ and also the win in the 30-minute A-main as Mugen’s Bob Block and Capricorn’s Jason Reger came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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Thunder Road Hobbies of Moline, Illinois held their Thunder Road Offroad Race this past Sunday. After sweeping the opening round of the Deuce Alternate Race on Saturday, Tekno RC’s Jared Wiggins was in full swing and also took the overall TQs in Nitro and E-Buggy at the Thunder Road race. The 20-minute Nitro Buggy main saw Jared leading the way and he would bring home the win with a 3-lap margin from Ben Watson on the runner-up spot. Wade Aronson would end the day on the 3 spot, some 8.3 seconds behind. Over in E-Buggy would complete the sweep by taking the win in the single 10-minute A-main event, leaving behind Ben Watson in 2nd, a lap down. Gregory Tennies came in 3rd overall, another lap down.
The Clark RC Park of Reeseville, Wisconsin hosted the opening round of the Deuce Alternate Race this past weekend with nearly 70 entries. Tekno RC’s Jared Wiggins was in control of things in both the Nitro Buggy and Truggy classes as he took the overall TQs in both categories. The 20-minute long Nitro Buggy main saw Jared lead from tone to tone, taking the win with a 1-lap margin from Rod Morney (Mugen) in 2nd. Jeremy Whiting (Kyosho) would come in 3rd overall, another lap down. Over in the Truggy A-main it was again Jared Wiggins with the overall win, leaving behind Jeremy Whiting in 2nd and Greg Baumel (Kyosho) in 3rd.
This past weekend the Autodromo Veggoplast RC track in San Mauro Torinese near Turin hosted the Trofeo San Mauro, attracting some of the region’s fastest drivers. Xray’s Marco Baruffolo took the TQ and also the win in the Nitro Buggy class as SWorkz’s Leonardo Valence and Xray’s Mauritio Fontanel came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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The 2020 Nitro Stampede Race was held in Calgary, Canada this past weekend, attracting over 90 entries. In the premier 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Ty Tessmann with the overall TQ and also the win in the 30-minute A-main event, leaving behind Carter Herasymiuk in 2nd, a lap down. Peter Toszer came in 3rd overall some two seconds behind Carter. In the E-Truggy class it was Rob Sorjonen with the overall TQ and also the wins in the opening two A-main for an early overall win. A3 winner, Britt Toszer came in 2nd overall from Mike Bridges in 3rd. Over in the 1/10th scale classes and in 2WD Buggy it was again Ty Tessmann with the overall TQ and win as Mark Hughes and A3 winner, Anthony Bond came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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Round 5 of the Thornhill Championship series was held this past weekend with 85 entries for the nitro and electric off-road classes. Expert Nitro Buggy saw Ethan Lefebvre (Xray) with the overall TQ after the two rounds of qualifying and he also came out on top in the E-Buggy class despite struggling a bit in the opening qualifier. In the opening stages of the 20-minute A-main event Ethan’s car was hard to drive and he made a few mistakes after battling with Dillon Caldwell (HB Racing), however after the first fuel stop Ethan’s car felt normal again and he was able to put in clean laps till the end and take the win some 15 seconds in front of Brandon Rose (Agama) while Dillon Caldwell came in 3rd overall, another 7.2 seconds behind.
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The second round of the Dirt Attack series was hosted by the East Shrewsbury club in the UK. Graham Alsop took the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class, leaving behind Matt Box in 2nd, already two laps down. David Gibson came in 3rd over, some five seconds behind Matt.
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The third round of this year’s HNMC Summer Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK this past weekend. The booked-out event attracted 60 entries and the race format would see four qualifiers with the best three to count. The Nitro Buggy qualifying was between Callum Niblett and Jamie Clancy with Jamie taking the honors while E-Buggy was dominated by Karl Jackson. The finals then saw Jamie Clancy (Team Associated) with the win in Nitro Buggy as Callum Niblett (Xray) and Taro Cradock (Kyosho) came in 2nd and 3rd overall. The E-Buggy category was won by Karl Jackson from Glen Downer and Keith Harries.
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