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October 29, 2019

Adam Drake TQs & wins at Pro-Line Nitro Explosion

The 2019 Pro-Line Nitro Explosion was held at Thunder Alley R/C Raceway in Beaumont, California last weekend, attracting over 115 entries. In Expert Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ and he would also come out on top after the 25-minute A-main event, leaving behind TLR’s Anthony Westergaard on the 2 spot, a lap down. JQRacing’s own Joseph Quagraine came in 3rd, some six seconds behind Anthony. Tyler Brown would lead the best of the rest some 25 seconds short of JQ’s time.

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October 29, 2019

Matt Olson wins 4WD Pro Truck at West Coast Nationals

The 10th Annual 5th scale West Coast Nationals were held at Good Ol’Boyz RC Club Raceway in Bakersfield, California last weekend. The track layout was super easy but also in a way very difficult as the speeds were high and racing was so close that it became a game of tenths of a second. In 4WD Pro Truck Brian Sullivan and Matthew Olson battled it out for the overall TQ with both being tied for TQ with two qual wins a piece. For tie breaker it came down to total time and Brian edged out Matt by four hundredths of a second. The 40-minute A-main event then saw Brian, Matt and also Josh Mitchell matching lap for lap so three trucks were running for the win. With a little luck Matt had a shot at the win come the 17th lap as he was able to make a clean inside pass and from there he never looked back to take the win some six seconds in front of Brian while Jason Sheerer came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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October 29, 2019

Balestri fastest as free practice concludes at 1:8 Worlds

At the conclusion of two days of free practice at the IFMAR 1:8 World Championships in California it is reigning Champion Dario Balestri who was fastest. The Infinity driver set the fastest 3-consecutive laps in the tenth & final free practice run topping the times from a much improved Simon Kurzbuch, the two great rivals separated by just 12/100ths of a second over the best respective 3-consecutive laps. Shoki Takahata added variety to the top of the time sheets at Steel City RC Speedway taking his Mugen to the 3rd fastest time, his best laps also set in the final round of practice. Behind the top three, the margin a little bigger, Jeffrey Rietveld posted the fourth fastest time followed by Silvio Hachler and former champions Lamberto Collari & Robert Pietsch. Tomorrow drivers face four rounds of seeding practice to determine the order of the heats for qualifying which gets underway on Wednesday.

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October 28, 2019

Davis set early pace at Worlds as drivers battle high traction

Australia’s Jesse Davis is the early pace setter at the IFMAR 1:8 World Championships in California, the Infinity driver fastest in the opening day of official practice and again after 2 of the 5 scheduled rounds of today’s action. Behind, Dominic Greiner is second fastest today after topping the Round 7 of practice from reigning World Champion Dario Balestri and reigning 1:10 World Champion Naoto Matsukura. Next up it is ARC’s Silvio Hachler with the Mugen of 2018 World podium finisher Shoki Takahata completing the Top 6 times for this morning’s opening two runs. Super high winds overnight and this morning meant a delayed start to today’s schedule with the traction sprayed Steel City RC Speedway surface acting like a magnet to the dust blown in by the winds, winds that are forecast to return again on Wednesday when qualifying is to begin. As a result of the delay, drivers now have shorter run but already the traction is back up to the ‘super high’ levels drivers are finding difficult.

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October 28, 2019

Caldwell, Hooks & Battaile win at RC Pro finals

The 2019 RC Pro Series finals were held at Indy RC World in Garland, Texas over the weekend, attracting over 180 entries. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was Dillon Caldwell with the overall TQ from Jake French in 2nd. After the 30-minute A-main final it was still Dillon on top with 3rd place qualifier, Tyler Hooks in 2nd and 4th place qualifier, Aaron Royston in 3rd. Mike Battaile came in 4th from 11th place qualifier, Micah Smith in 5th.

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October 28, 2019

RCRA 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

The Southern Districts Model Car Club hosted the 3rd round of the RCRA 1/8th Off-road Nationals this past weekend, attracting 115 entries for the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes. The Nitro Buggy class was lead by Team Associated‘s Alex Bernadzik who took the overall TQ and also the win in the hour-long A-main event, leaving behind TLR‘s Andrew Foord in 2nd, a lap down while HB Racing‘s Craig Laughton came in 3rd, some 24 seconds behind Craig.

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October 28, 2019

Davide Ongaro wins at Team Associated Trophy

The Ongaroring in Sacile, Italy played host to the 2019 Team Associated Trophy this past weekend, attracting local talent as well as guests from abroad. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class saw IMFAR World Champion, Davide Ongaro walking away with the TQ and win from Alessandro Scaramozzino (Team Associated) in 2nd and Raffaele Del Prete (Team Associated) in 3rd.

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October 28, 2019

Kieran Cox TQs & wins at NDOR Winter Series Rd1

First round of the NDOR Winter Series was held over the weekend and the weather gods were in the driver’s favour as the sun was out. In the Nitro Buggy A-main Kieran Cox would start on pole for the A-main and after some crazy driving Kieran managed to win for Xray with new Tekno driver Liam Brocklehurst taking 2nd place after a crazy last corner battle with team mate Daniel Austin who took 3rd place.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]