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July 22, 2020

Alex Thursten wins at British Open Rd1

The opening round of the 2020 1/10th IC Track British Open was held at the Colchester Model Car Club last weekend. The event saw the running of 200mm Nitro Touring, 220mm, and GT8 classes and after qualifying on the Sunday the fastest qualifying time in 200mm was set by Alex Thurston, Mark Green in 220mm and Glyn Beal in GT8. The 200mm A-final ultimately was won by Alex Thurston from James Conolly in 2nd and Dev Mahatme in 3rd.

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July 21, 2020

Giovanni Verbrugghe wins at Euro Large Scale Event

The Euro Large Scale Event was held at the Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter track in Fiorano Modenese, Italy last weekend. The race saw the running of Expert, Standard and Rookie 1/5th scale on-road classes and in the Expert category it was Giovanni Verbrugghe with the win in the main final, a lap in front of Marko Grigic in 2nd. Gianmarco Martelli came in 3rd overall to round out the podium result in front of 4th placed Michael Donovan.

Source: GRP [grpgandini.it] | Image: Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter [minicarfiorano.it]

July 21, 2020

Jeff Hamon TQs & wins at Speedy RC IC Series Rd2

England Park Raceway of Brisbane, Australia hosted round 2 of the Speedy RC IC Series last weekend. In the premier 1/8th IC Track class it was Serpent’s Jeff Hamon with the overall TQ and he also went on to win the 30-minute A-main event in style, leaving behind Jason Dorn (Infinity) in 2nd already seven laps down. Michael Kirby (Mugen) ended the race in 3rd, three seconds behind Jason.

Image: Jeff Hamon

July 21, 2020

Manuel Ortiz wins at 2020 Copa Kyosho

The 2020 Copa Kyosho was held at the Circuito Kyosho Ajusco in Mexico City, Mexico this past weekend. In the 1/10th Nitro Touring Pro class it was Juan Carlos Herrero with the overall TQ, some 0.7 seconds in front of Manual Ortiz and David Ortiz. The 40-minute main final then saw lots of position changes up front with Manuel Ortiz (Capricorn) eventually establishing himself in the lead in the closing stages after he had dropped down to being dead last in the early stages of the main. In the end Manual took the win a lap in front of Emiliano Robles (Infinity) in 2nd and Juan Carlos Gonzalez (Capricorn) in 3rd.

Source: RCTarget [rctarget.com]

July 21, 2020

2020 Greek 1/8th Off-Road Championship – Report

The 2020 Greek 1/8th Off-Road Championship was held at the Speed Track Renti in Renti, Athens this past weekend in Nitro Buggy and Electric Buggy classes. The one-off event saw a total of 31 participants for the nitro category, more than any other class so far for the 2020 Greek Nationals. In qualifying Tasos Paparegas (Xray) was able to take the pole position just five tenths in front of very fast and experienced Giannis Papanikolaou (Kyosho) with Panagiotis Terzis (Mugen) only another three seconds behind. In the main final it was Tasos Paparegas who would hold the upper hand, adding another championship to his belt with Giannis Papanikolaou finishing in a strong 2nd place and Alexandros Anapoliotakis (Tekno) finishing 3rd after making up a lot of ground in the final.

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July 21, 2020

HNMC Covid Summer Series Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Herts Nitro Model Club Covid Summer Series was held this past weekend. The club is managing the Covid race period with reduced numbers to help with all the restrictions to improve safety for everyone. This round saw 53 competitors ready to battle it out on a damp drying track only three rounds as delay to the weather. Callum Niblett took TQ in Nitro Buggy, Karl Jackson in E-Buggy and Paul Fitzpatrick in Truggy. After the A-finals it was Xray’s Callum Niblett with the win in Nitro Buggy some ten seconds in front of the Team Associated duo of Lewis Jones in 2nd and Dylan Saunders, who finished another ten seconds down in 3rd. Simon Reeves and Darren Hayden-Ball came in 4th and 5th respectively while Taro Cradock, Jason Patey, Tehannah Cradock, Jimmy Whitehall, Toby Nicoll and Jamie Clancy completed the A-final result.

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July 20, 2020

Haatanen & Vilkman win at Finnish Open Rd3

The Fullspeed RC Racing Club of Vantaa in Finland hosted round 3 of the Finnish Open series this past weekend. The race was held in Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes and in Nitro Buggy it was JQRacing’s Joseph Quagraine with the overall TQ from Pekko Iivonen in 2nd. The 45-minute A-main then saw a close battle for the top positions with Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen eventually taking the win with a 1-lap margin from Pekko Iivonen (Team Associated) in 2nd. JQ had to settle for 3rd overall some 1.2 seconds behind Pekko while Ari Heinonen (Mugen) was the best of the rest, some 22 seconds behind Joseph. 5th placed Max Mört (Team Associated) ended the race already two laps behind Ari and in front of Tomi Salonen. Over in the E-Buggy class Aleksi Vilkman took home the win in front of Mikko Luopajärvi in 2nd and Arto Heinonen in 3rd.

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July 20, 2020

Adrien Bertin wins at ARCF42 Challenge

The French ARCF42 club hosted their Challenge race this past weekend in nitro and electric 1/8th scale buggy classes. The nitro category saw HB Racing pilot, Eliot Marcon with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds. Adrien Bertin (HB Racing), who won the opening qualifier, came in 2nd. The half-hour long A-main event saw Adrien taking the win with a 1-lap margin on Celian Rousset (HB Racing) in 2nd, while Eliot came in 3rd overall, another lap down. Tomy Svitex and Nicolas Noble completed the top 5.

Image: Celine Leonard