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February 6, 2019

Essex Carpet Clash Rd2 – Report

After the huge success of the first round at the end of December the Essex Carpet Clash returned to Hornchurch, Essex, for round 2 of what’s proving to be a very popular new off road series, with yet again a full entry for 4WD and 2WD. After listening to the drivers feed back from the previous round, a few small changes were made to both the pitting and more importantly the track. Additional jumps were added for this round and strategically positioned to give a fun and more driver-friendly track. The addition of a cross over jump proved a real favourite with the racers and looked great for the spectators. There was a slight change in the race format for this round giving the drivers even more value for money. Practice, four round by round qualifying runs and three finals for all.

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February 6, 2019

Elias Johansson wins Swedish EP Off-road Nationals

The last weekend saw the running of the Swedish Electric Off-road Nationals in Sundsvall. The race was a bit special because it was held like a mix of a Reedy race style and a regular 1/8th scale bump-up format. The qualifying was decided Reedy-style while the finals were held in a bump-up form with semis and main final. After the four qualifying rounds it was Elias Johansson on top, Wilhelm Skjöldebrand 2nd and Micke Svensson in 3rd. They were the only one’s who went through all the qualifying rounds with victories only. In 4th it was Lukas Larson and Felix Angseryd held 5th.

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February 5, 2019

Tessmann & Thompson win at Dirt Classic

The Trukz RC track in Calgary, Alberta held the Dirt Classic race this past weekend. The grip on the track was very low, because of the very low temps outside, and the ground was very cold also which at times caused there to be small sections that actually had ice on the track. The club members went out on the track with blow torches to keep the track in good shape, but tire prep was very important. The race was held in two classes, 2WD and 4WD Buggy with the schedule seeing four qualifiers and single 8-minute mains. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Ty Tessmann with the win from Peter Toszer and Eric Hardy. Over in 4WD Buggy Kevin Thompson would hold the upper hand over and placed Karim Kanji and 3rd placed Mark Hughes.

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February 5, 2019

Spencer Klein sweeps Tornado Run Race

Shifty’s RC Raceway of Tulsa, Oklahoma held the Tornado Run Race last weekend with over 70 entries. Young Spencer Klein (Yokomo) was in control of things in the Expert 2WD Stock Buggy and 13.5T Wheeler class, taking the overall TQs and wins in both categories. Connor Lane (Xray) would come in 2nd in Expert 2WD Stock while TLR’s Tim Davis rounded out the top 3. Over in the 13.5T Stock Wheeler class, Tim Davis (TLR) would come in 2nd from Tekno RC’s Steve Dearmon in 3rd.

View the 13.5T 4WD podium here

February 5, 2019

Ryan Lutz sweeps January-ish Jam

Flowood RC Indoor Park played host to the January-ish Jam last weekend. New Agama signing, Ryan Lutz was the man to beat in Expert Nitro Buggy, Expert Nitro Truggy and Expert E-Buggy as he took the overall TQs and also wins to round out a perfect weekend. In the 35-minute Expert Nitro Buggy A-main it was Kody Watson (Agama) on the 2 spot, some six laps behind Ryan as Team Associated’s Drew Spurgeon came in 3rd, another lap down.

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February 5, 2019

Hagberg & Ratheisky win at 2019 Snowbird Nationals

The world famous Snowbird Nationals was held once again at the Park Inn Resort in Kissimmee, Florida. A strong North American as well as international presence meant that the race would be as prestigious as ever and with more than 700 entries in total, it makes this one of the bigger events of the year in the US. Touring Modified was a pretty straight forward affair. After winning all qualifiers, Xray’s Alexander Hagberg also went on to win the main final, after a clean run in the A-final. Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs came in 2nd from Destiny driver, Yugo Nagashima.

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February 5, 2019

Callum Niblett wins HNMC Winter Series Rd9

Round 9 of the HNMC Winter Series was held last weekend in changing track conditions. The Friday before the event there was heavy snow, however the club was able to clean the track in an epic effort. Sunday would start off frozen then slippery onto damp/muddy then onto dry for the last finals, with the track gaining character throughout the day making it challenging for all the drivers. In qualifying Callum Niblett took the Nitro Buggy TQ, George Miller TQ’d Truggy and Darren Hayden-Ball was fastest in E-Buggy. In the 20-minute Buggy A-main, Callum would come out fastest some seven seconds in front of Lewis Jones while Kieran Cox rounded out the top 3 a lap down. Truggy saw Warabe Tatkoji taking the win from 2nd placed Jonathan Afshin and 3rd placed George Miller. Finally in E-Buggy it was Darren Hayden-Ball with the win from Erik Lykke and Keith Jackson.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

February 4, 2019

CJ Hernandez wins at SoCal Desert Series opener

Rise Up HobbyTown of Palm Desert, California held the opening round of the SoCal Desert Series this past weekend. The race was held in several 1/10th electric modified and stock classes and in the 13.5T Wheeler class it was Nano Vandermolen with the overall TQ. In the single 6-minute A-main event however it was CJ Hernandez with the win, a narrow 0.450 seconds in front of TQ holder Nano. Victor Pitones would round out the podium in 3rd, some 21 seconds behind the top 2.

Source: RC Speed Secrets [rcspeedsecrets.com]