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October 21, 2019

Luis Enrique Carrasco takes Spanish TC Stock title

The Circuito de Pista de Asoger track in Madrid, Spain played host to round 4 of the Spanish Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend. In the competitive Stock Touring class, attracting 30 entries, it was Luis Enrique Carrasco with the overall TQ from Isaac Cuevas in 2nd after the qualifiers. After the triple A-mains the two would be tie on points but the better tie-breaker would mean the day’s win for Luis with Isaac in 2nd and Enrique Parrizas in 3rd. With the win, Luis would also seal the overall championship for 2019.

Source: Zoo Racing [zoo-racing.com]

October 21, 2019

Rick Seymonsbergen wins at 2019 PDNR Challenge

The 2019 PDNR Challenge was held in Penrith, Australia this past weekend and in the popular 1/8 Nitro GT class it was Rick Seymonsbergen with the overall TQ from Benjamin Dunn in 2nd. The 30-minute A-main event then saw Rick scoring the win with a 1-lap margin from Benjamin in 2nd as Daine Parsons came in 3rd, another three laps down.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 21, 2019

Edward Sio wins at Philippine Off-road Nats finale

The final round of the Philippine Off-road Nationals was held at the Traksnicho Raceway this past weekend. In Nitro Buggy it was 2nd place qualifier, Edward Sio (SWorkz) with the win in the 45-minute A-main event, a lap in front of 5th place qualifier, Jordan Go (SWorkz) in 2nd. Top qualifier, Nani Tagle (Kyosho) came in 3rd to round out the podium less than a second behind Jordan.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

October 21, 2019

Asian Onroad Championship Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the 2019 Asian Onroad Championship was held at the iconic Yatabe Arena in Japan this past weekend, attracting nearly 100 entries for the multiple electric on-road classes. The premier Touring Modified class saw a couple of IFMAR World Champions in the mix with local talent. Being true professionals, the Modified Touring Cars startsed were textbook and TQ Ryousuke Yamamoto led the way. In tow was another fellow local Akio Sobue keeping the pressure on and not letting Yamamoto get away being only a couple car lengths away the whole race. Yamamoto drover super tight keeping the door closed until the end tone taking the A1 win. In the A2 main, it would be disaster for Yamamoto when his car broke in a crash. Sobue said thank you very much and would cruise in for the A2 win. Unfortunately for Sobue, Yamamoto’s run would edge him out by one single second for the over all win.

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October 21, 2019

Aaron Stringer wins at Lali Warehouse opening race

The Lali Warehouse opening race was held in Hong Kong this past weekend. In the premier 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was new Serpent factory driver, Aaron Stringer from Australia with the overall win in the 45-minute A-main event. Top qualifier, Jonathan Yeung (Tekno RC) came in 2nd, some two laps down as Team Associated driver, Jade Lim would round out the podium result in 3rd, another lap down.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 21, 2019

Kevin Brunsden wins at Dirt Masters

Clansfield RC of Hambledon, UK held the 2019 Dirt Masters this past weekend. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Agama’s Kevin Brunsden with the overall win in the half-hour long A-main event. A lap behind it was Agama’s Jon Hazlewood on the runner-up spot as Chris McLoughlin came in 3rd for HB Racing.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

October 21, 2019

XRS PLMS Poland Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Xray Racing Series PLMS Poland was held recently in most of the important 1/10th and 1/12th scale electric on-road classes with Touring Stock 13.5T and Formula being the most popular. The purpose-built track was laid out with the popular ETS-style carpet with the schedule seeing four qualifiers and triple mains for everyone. Racing-wise and in Touring Modified it was Jakub Michalski walking away with the win from Mirek Novak in 2nd and Maciej Szkop in 3rd.

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October 21, 2019

2019/20 One12 Series Rd1 – Report

The recently launched One12 Series, a 5-race championship held in Italy and dedicated to 1/12th scale classes such as LMP Open Modified and GT12, saw its debut in the beautiful indoor track of RC Landia in Scandiano. The CRC Black Carpet with which the facility was recently set up, offered best conditions for a great race in high and consistent grip. It was a perfect weekend for Alessio Mota, reigning Italian GT12 Series Champion, who started his campaign in the series with a double TQ and win. In GT12, which in Italy is traditionally run according to EFRA/BRCA rules, Alessio set the pace in qualifying from the get go, sealing the 1st spot on the grid with a 2-second advantage on Guido Carbognani. A very tight battle for 3rd, saw Alessandro Rampini prevail on Massimo Imovilli by just 2/100 of a second. During the afternoon’s finals, Alessio checked out early in both A1 and A2 taking hold of the overall win for round 1 of the series ahead of Alessandro, who was able to leapfrog Guido in the proceedings.

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