The Danish Odense RC Minirace club hosted round 1 of their popular club racing series this past weekend. In the combined Stock/FWD 17.5T JuStock class it was electric off-road ace, Jesper Rasmussen with the overall TQ after winning all three qualifying rounds. In the triple A-finals Jesper would hold onto the lead despite a hard charging field to take the win in front of Mads Koue in 2nd and Rasmus Andersen in 3rd.
Image: Jesper Rasmussen
A round of the RCK Challenge Central/West Division was held at the recently renewed outdoor asphalt track of the DJK Andernach club. The event saw the running of four electric on-road classes and in Touring Super Stock it was Awesomatix’s own Max Mächler with the overall TQ after a clean sweep in all four qualifying rounds. The triple A-mains then again saw Max out in front and by winning A1 and A2 he grabbed the overall win with one leg to spare. A3 winner, Manuel Wagner (Xray) came in 2nd overall from Jill Bartsch (Awesomatix) in 3rd.
Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]
The EMBCM club of Horgen, Switzerland hosted round 2 of the Swiss 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals last weekend. The event kicked off with the 2WD Buggy class on Saturday with the race being held in challenging weather conditions. Fabian Luca Widmer snatched the TQ from young Kay Frehner (Team Associated), however the latter would take wins in A1 and A2 of the A-main to take the overall victory from Nico and Florian Schmid (both Xray) in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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Yokomo have introduced the new Racing Performer Ultra differential oil. The premium quality fluid will ensure consistent and fading-free performance from start to finish, even in today’s ultra-demanding modified classes or when running in high ambient temperatures. The diff fluid oil is available in 5000, 7500k, 10k and 15k hardnesses and it is usable for both on-road and off-road classes.
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Thunder Alley Raceway of Beaumont, California played host to round 2 of the JBRL Nitro Series this past weekend. The event attracted over 230 entries, including some of the country’s fastest off-road racers and several IFMAR World Champions, and in the premier class of Expert Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Ryan Maifield, 2017 IFMAR 2WD and 4WD Buggy World Champion, with the overall TQ from Spencer Rivkin, 2019 2WD World Champion, in 2nd. In the 15-minute A-main Ryan would lead from tone-to-tone while Spencer dropped back and only finished in 10th overall. Up front however, it was SWorkz’s Ryan Cavalieri, multi-times World Champion, who slowly worked his way up from P5 on the grid to take the runner-up spot some six seconds behind Maifield. 3rd place qualifier, Adam Drake (Mugen) came in 3rd overall to round out the podium a lap down.
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NathoBuilds’ new 30mm fan mount shroud allows for easy motor fan mounting and motor temperature reduction when the going gets tough. The shroud is made from high-quality 3D PLA+ material, it is available in multiple colours and includes stainless steel screws for easy mounting of the fan and the shroud in many of today’s 1/1oth 4WD buggies.
The 2020 Catalonia Open was held this past weekend in 1/8th Nitro, Electric and Beginners classes. The event was hosted by the RACBSA club and it was Mugen’s Robert Batlle with the overall TQ from Alex Valls on the runner-up spot. In the 45-minute A-main event it was again Robert who would excel as he took the win some two laps in front of Alex as Aleix Navarro came in 3rd overall, another three laps behind. David Bugallo finished the main final in 4th from Jose Mayco Maldonado in 5th.
Image: Mugen [mugen.eu]
Round 2 of the Sachsencup was hosted by the MRC Leipzig club in Germany this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Burak Kilic with the win in the 30-minute A-main event, a super narrow 0.16 seconds in front of his brother and Mugen teammate, Berkan Kilic. SWorkz’s Sophie Müller came in 3rd overall, already four laps behind. Maxim Milde and Stev Krause rounded out the top 5, another one and two laps behind respectively.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
