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November 11, 2019

Boggs & Watson win at ROAR Region 6 regionals

Flowood Indoor R/C Park of Flowood, Mississippi held the 2019 ROAR Region 6 Regionals this past weekend, attracting over 60 entries. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Blake Boggs (Team Associated) with the win, a lap in front of TQ holder “Little Chicken” (Team Associated) as 3rd place qualifier, Kody Watson (JQ Racing) retained his P3 qualifying position some three laps. In the Under 17 ranking it was Kody Watson who would bring home the win and thus his second podium result.

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November 11, 2019

Alejandro Perez takes Malaga regional buggy title

The final round of the Malaga regional championship was held at the Club RC Alhaurin de la Torre in Alhaurin de la Torre, Spain this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Alejandro Perez with the overall TQ from Agustin Illanes in 2nd place. In the 45-minute main final Alejandro would lead from start to finish as Agustin came in 2nd, a lap down. Jose Palma would complete the top 3 podium result some four laps down, retaining his qualifying position. With the win Alejandro Perez also took the overall regional championship title.

Image: Alejandro Perez

November 11, 2019

Yee Kok Leong wins KLGP 2019 finale

The final round of the Malaysian 2019 KLGP series took place at the KL International RC circuit with drivers from Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei in attendance. Already during qualifying Yee Kok Leong showed his dominance by taking the TQ spot in the 1/8th IC Track class with his Novarossi-powered Shepherd. The main final saw some great battles in the beginning but already after a few minutes Yee pulled away from the field and went on to win the hour-long main final some four laps in front of Austin Wong (Mugen/Max) in 2nd and Ben Sew (ARC/O.S.) in 3rd position.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 11, 2019

Anthony Westergaard sweeps Easy Money Race

The 4th Annual Easy Money Race was held at Thunder Alley R/C Raceway of Beaumont, California this past weekend. The event attracted 65 entries and in the Open Nitro Buggy class it was Anthony Westergaard with the overall TQ and also the win in the 25-minute A-main event, leaving behind Dylan Nelson on the runner-up spot, a lap down. Tyler Brown would come in 3rd, some 22 seconds behind Dylan.

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November 11, 2019

Riccardo Berton sweeps annual Pierrefeu GP

The Var Automodelisme Pierrefeu club in France played host to the the annual Pierrefeu GP this past weekend. The event attracted the usual breed of national and international drivers and in both 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/8th Electric Buggy it was Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton with the overall TQ after the triple qualifiers. Unfortunately soaking wet weather made it impossible to run the finals, meaning the overall results would be based on the qualifying results, handing Ricciardo a double win as Xray’s Yannick Aigoin and Patrick Auvinet Jr. came completed the top 3 results.

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November 6, 2019

Campeonato Cordobes Rd4 – Report

The AeroNorte Rosario track in Funes, Argentine played host to round 4 of the Campeonato Cordobes series last weekend. The event was held in several 1/8th off-road classes and in Buggy Pro it was Nicolas Bregante with the overall TQ and he would also come out on top in the 45-minute A-main, some five laps in front of runner-up, Martin Crivello. Federico Rinaudo came in 3rd to round out the top 3 results.

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November 6, 2019

Kyle Turner doubles at Harvest Classic

Empire RC Raceway of Brentwood, California held their annual Harvest Classic race last weekend, attracting over 100 entries for the multiple 1/8th off-road and single 4×4 SCT classes. In Expert Nitro Buggy it was Kyosho’s CJ Jelin with the overall TQ from Team Associated’s Gonzalo Cortez on the runner-up spot. In the 45-minute main there was some close battling in the first couple laps for the top spot between the top guys. When everything got more spread out Kyle Turner (Xray) and CJ Jelin had a good battle going back and forth once again for about ten to 15 minutes until CJ had a mechanical problem. Throughout the main Kyle had a pretty consistent run, mixed with some mistakes, but he still drove pretty well and ended up taking the win in the end as Gonzalo came in 2nd, some four laps down and Steve Noack (Kyosho) came in 3rd, another three laps behind.

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November 5, 2019

Anthony Westergaard doubles at JBRL Nitro Series finale

The 8th and final round of this season’s JBRL Nitro Series was held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California this past weekend, attracting over 100 entries. In the Expert Buggy A-main it was Anthony Westergaard with they overall TQ and he also walked away with the win in the single 15-minute A-main event, leaving behind Cole Jenson in 2nd place only some three second back. Carlos Arredondo came in 3rd to round out the podium result.

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