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July 28, 2020

Austrian IC Track Nationals Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Austrian IC Track Nationals was held at the popular Aigen track last weekend. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was Nejc Mihelič who set the early pace in free practice. After three rounds of qualifying Nejc also took the TQ in front of Leonardo Varga and Herfried Pucher as rain interrupted the 4th qualification round. In the wet Superpole race it was Herfried Pucher who took the win and joined Nejc Mihelič as direct main finalist. In the dry final Nejc Mihelič (Xray) set the fastest lap of the weekend and he went on to win the race followed by Herfried Pucher (ARC) in 2nd and Bernd Koller (Mugen) in 3rd. Over in the Juniors ranking, it was young Bjan Mikložič (Xray) with the win. The 1/10th Nitro Touring class was lead by Stefan Strasser in front of Christoph Rohrmoser and Lovro Susteric.

View the 200mm podium here

July 28, 2020

2020 Ohio State Championship – Report

The Ohio RC Factory played host to the 2020 Ohio State Championship last weekend. The event attracted nearly 100 entries and in Pro Nitro Buggy it was Joey Bourdon (Tekno) with the TQ and also the overall win in the 30-minute A-main event. Joey would swap positions with Collin Weatherholt (Mugen) throughout the race and would bring home the title by a narrow 1.06 seconds. Ralph Krumme (Agama) came in 3rd overall to round out the podium already two laps behind.

Continue reading the report here

July 27, 2020

Adam Drake wins at Thunder Alley club race

Thunder Alley Raceway of Beaumont, California hosted a 90+ entry club race this past weekend with Mugen’s Adam Drake coming out on top in the Open Nitro Buggy class. TLR’s Anthony Westergaard ended the day in 2nd overall from HB Racing’s David Carracci Jr. in 3rd.

Source: Flash Point R/C [flashpointrc.com]

July 27, 2020

Davide Ongaro wins at Asti By Night race

The Pista D&R Race track in Castelnuovo Calcea, Italy held their Asti By Night race event this past weekend with some of the fastest Italian 1/8th off-road racers in attendance. In the Nitro Buggy class and when the dust had settled it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro with the win from Infinity’s Riccardo Berton on the runner-up spot, a lap down after the 30-minute A-main. Young Alessandro Scaramozzino (Team Associated) finished on a popular 3rd place, another lap behind. Leonardo Valente and Alex Zanchettin would round out the top 5 result.

Image: Riccardo Berton

July 27, 2020

Maggs & Tumilty win at NDOR Summer Series Rd1

NDOR Notts & Derby Offroad RC Racing in the UK held the opening round of their Summer Series this past weekend. 26 drivers booked in to race and 25 turned up with the biggest E-Buggy turnout seen at NDOR for a very long while. For social distancing purposes the organisers split the drivers into a 9 Nitro Buggy heat, 8 E-Buggy heat and a mixed heat of 8. The race saw four rounds of heats and dominating Nitro through the qualifiers was Andrew Pritchard who also claimed the TQ. In E-Buggy it was Ewan Tumilty and David Corden battling in out between them.

Continue reading the report here

July 27, 2020

Picco welcome back Oliver Mack

Picco have announced the return of Germany’s Oliver Mack to their racing team for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The former EFRA 1/8th scale A European Champion will power his Infinity ride using Picco’s Monza 3.5cc engine starting immediately.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

July 27, 2020

Rivkin TQs & wins at Southern Off Road Series Rd3

Round 3 of the Southern Off Road Series was hosted by the Loganville RC Complex in Loganville, Georgia with nearly 160 entries. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin with the overall TQ and he would also take home the silverware after the 30-minute A-main event, leaving behind Team Associated teammate, Jackson Brunson in 2nd, a lap down. Another two laps behind it was 11th place qualifier, Brandon Melton who rounded out the all-Team-Associated top 3 result.

Image: Southern Off Road Series [facebook.com]

July 27, 2020

Graham Alsop wins NWN Summer Series Rd3

North West Nitro of Weeton, UK held round 3 of their Summer Series this past weekend. Graham Alsop would take the win in the single Nitro Buggy A-main event, leaving behind Jack Hirst two laps behind. Nick Cox would come in 3rd overall, another lap down.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]