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July 27, 2020

Joni Skidmore wins rain-affected Brookthorpe club race

The Brookthorpe club in the UK held a club race last weekend, attracting nearly 75 entries for the single mixed 1/8th Buggy class. Joni Skidmore (Mugen) took the overall TQ from SWorkz’s Elliott Boots in 2nd. Will Skidmore (Mugen) would come in 3rd overall from Mike Lewis (Team Associated) 4th and Jerome Sartel (SWorkz) 5th. Unfortunately and minutes before the A-main, heavy rain fell down and forced the organisers to cancel the main final meaning the results were decided off qualifying.

Image: Elliott Boots

July 27, 2020

Daniel Pariente sweeps Madrid Buggy Regionals Rd2

The second round of the Madrid Regional 1/8th Off-road Championship was held at the Circuito de Fuencarral track this past weekend in nitro and electric classes. In the nitro category, that attracted 42 entries, it was young Daniel Pariente (SWorkz) with the overall TQ from Joan Espasa in 2nd. The 45-minute A-main event then saw Daniel and Alberto Garcia (Mugen) battling for the lead in the opening stages, however some six minutes into the race Daniel was able to establish himself in the lead that he would hold onto until the chequered flag to take the victory a lap in front of Adrian Pariente (SWorkz) while Alberto Garcia came in 3rd overall, another lap down.

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July 27, 2020

David Ronnefalk TQs & wins at Swedish Buggy Nats Rd2

The MS Eskil club of Eskilstuna, Sweden hosted round 2 of the Swedish 1/8th Nitro Off-road Nationals this past weekend. The event saw nearly 70 entries and it was David Ronnefalk who swept the qualifying by taking all five rounds in style. Ellis Johansson came in 2nd from Victor Gunnarson in 3rd. The 45-minute A-main event again saw David Ronnefalk out in front on a more and more challenging track and after the first round of pit stops, David had found a good rhythm and was able to pull away and take the win with a lap margin from HB Racing teammate, Hampus Berg. Elias Johansson (HB Racing) came in 3rd overall another lap down to round out the podium in front of Victor Gunnarsson who lead the best of the rest for an all-HB-Racing top 4. Agama’s Jessica Palsson ended the race in 5th overall.

Image: David Ronnefalk

July 24, 2020

Worley & Harding win at Psycho Nitro Blast

Last weekend’s 2020 Psycho Nitro Blast was held in the city of White Pine in Tennessee, attracting 346 drivers and 744 entries. In Sportsman Nitro Truggy to was Mason Worley with the overall TQ and he also brought home the win in the 30-minute A-main event some 1.3 seconds in front of Brayden Billington. Jordan Jennings came in 3rd overall and in front of Travis Melton and D.J. Gannon, who completed the top 5 result.

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July 23, 2020

MC Best Series Rd7 & Rd8 – Report

Round 7 and 8 of the Swiss MC Best Series was held in Sitterdorf last weekend in perfect weather conditions. The event saw the running of 1/10th and 1/8th IC Track classes with round 7, being held on Saturday, being won by Ales Hajdekr who lead the 1/8th scale class from Ruedi Scherer and Beat Heiniger. Nick Zünd came in 4th overall.

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July 23, 2020

Alain Sarafyan doubles at Turkish Off-road Nats Rd1

Round 1 of the Turkish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was hosted by the Lüleburgaz Yıldızlar RC track recently. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Alain Sarafyan who lead an Xray 1-2-3 with Can Soykal and Ömer Şahin coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the E-Buggy class it was again Alain with the win as Bora Mumcu (TLR) and İlker Alarçin (Mugen) completed the top 3 result.

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July 22, 2020

Adam Drake TQs & wins at Psycho Nitro Blast

White Pine in Tennessee played host to the 13th annual Psycho Nitro Blast last weekend with the event drawing over 740 entries. In the 40+ Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake who made a clean sweep by taking the overall TQ and also the win in the main final, leading for most of the race. Xray’s Paul Ciccarello came in 2nd overall, already some 40 seconds behind as Gary Studt (HB Racing) rounded out the top 3 result. Gene Hickerson and Bryce Beaver (TLR) came in 4th and 5th respectively.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

July 22, 2020

Ty Tessmann doubles at Summer Classic

The TVRCRC club in Kamloops, Canada hosted the Summer Classic this last weekend in 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road classes. The race was held on a medium sized track that worked for both scales. The layout was pretty straight forward while it was smooth, but from past races it would be clear the track would get rough, as the race went on, and the track would become more challenging. Saturday was qualifying with three rounds throughout the day. The track would get slightly rougher throughout the day and it was Ty Tessmann who would take the TQs all 3 rounds of 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/10th 4WD Buggy. Sunday was main day and the track crew made some repairs to the track so for the first mains the track was a bit smoother than it was at the end of qualifying. The Nitro Buggy main was 30 minutes and the triple A 4WD mains were six minutes and in the end Ty would bring home the overalls in both categories to round out a perfect weekend.

View the 4WD Buggy podium here