The 2018 Big Car Winter Mid West Championship was held at The Ohio RC Factory over the weekend. In Open Nitro Truggy it was Mark Sousa with the TQ over Austin Woodyard and Mike Legue. However in the 30-minute A-main it was Austin Woodyard (Serpent) with the victory as he brought home the win with a 1-lap margin from Mike Legue (Tekno RC) while Mark Sousa (Xray) had to settle for 3rd overall.
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The British Off-Road Grand Prix took place at the Centre:MK in Milton Keynes, UK this past weekend. A huge shopping complex in the centre of the UK, this was the third year on the trot an event has taken place here with the Reedy Race and GT12 World Championships in the previous two years. A fantastic opportunity for RC cars to interact hugely with the public. 165 entries in 2WD, 110 4WD and 20 in Short Course a truly massive turnout. 2WD started first and as expected the battle was between the leading three, Michal Orlowski, Neil Cragg and Lee Martin. Yokomo’s Lee Martin managed to TQ the last two qualifying rounds giving him the overall TQ position with Neil second and Michal third. The three legged finals saw Lee take the overall win with a strong display. Schumacher’s Michal jumped Neil after the three legs taking home second and Schumacher’s Tom Yardy 4th.
Extreme R/C Raceway of Spring Hill, Tennessee held round four of their points series this past weekend with a total of 132 entries which made for super tight racing. New Team Associated signing, Caleb Stevens was able to take the win in 4WD Modified Buggy after a long fought battle with teammates Jeremy Daniel and Izriah Osborne in an overall great race. In 2WD Modified Buggy Caleb was able to take the TQ, but after a tight 4-way battle in the mains, he would finish 2nd behind Jeremy Daniel and in front of Zach Noia, making it another all-AE podium.
The opening round of the Stavanger Open Cup was hosted by the Stavanger Modelcar Club at their new 1000 square meter facility. Offering different tracks such an off-road track laid out with EOS and an on-road track laid out with ETS carpet, the facility also includes a drift track. For round 1 nearly 60 drivers signed in to race in the six different classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Truck as well as 13.5T Touring, 21.5T Touring Junior and M-Chassis. To offer amble track time, one seeding practice was held followed by four qualifiers and triple A-mains. Intended as a fun race series especially for younger drivers the event also attracted Norwegian Champion, Nikolai Haheim to race in the Stock Touring class while the off-road class were lead by Junior World Champion Daniel Kobbevik. The two then had now problems to win their respective classes and so they swapped cars and tracks in the final A-mains, much to the entertainment of everyone.
The Italian TLR Cup was held at the RC Landia facility in Scandiano, Italy this past weekend. In the 2WD class Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) and Giuseppe Fermi (Xray) battled for the overall TQ with the better end for Davide who would snatch the pole position for the triple A-mains in the end. Over in 4WD it was again Davide with the TQ, this time from Tekno RC’s Alex Zanchettin.
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The Pan American race was held at Homestead RC Raceway in Florida this past weekend and in the 1/8th GT class it was Joaquin Desoto Jr. with the overall TQ, and the only 22-laps run in qualifying, from Lazaro Alonso and Paolo Morganti. In the hour-long A-main it was again Joaquin who prevailed as the took the win some two laps in front of Rino Lino with Fernando Mendez coming in 3rd to round out the podium. Elsewhere in the supporting 1/10th 200mm Nitro Sedan class it was DJ Apolaro with the TQ and DJ would also take the 1-hour A-main with a three laps margin from Paolo Morganti in 2nd and Joaquin Desoto Jr. in 3rd.
The 2018 RC Chili Bowl set record entries of over 437 as it wrapped up a fun and competitive event. Held at the Expo Square Fair Grounds and ran alongside the famous full-sized Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this race is quickly becoming the biggest dirt oval event on the racing calendar. Now in its fourth year under the helm of legendary event Promoter and Announcer Scotty Ernst, the RC Chili Bowl contests electric dirt oval classes that include Short Course Modified, Short Course B Modified, Wingless Sprint, Street Stock, Midwest Modified, Late Model, Masters Outlaw Sprint, and Outlaw Sprint, giving everyone a class or classes to race in to suit every race style and skillset.
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The 2nd round of the 2017/18 Hungarian Electric Championship was held at the Hungexpo exhibiton center in Budapest, as part of a 2-day gaming show, called PlayIT. This event attracted many spectators and more than 100 drivers in many different classes. On Saturday the on-road classes were held while Sunday was reserved for the off-road action. In addition to the usual classes a Youth category with handout electronics and also a 40+ class was offered. In the 4WD Buggy class Zsolt Bajusz Junior and Zsolt Bajusz Senior were own league all day long. Zsolt Junior TQ’d the event but it was Robert Fekete who won the opening final. The second and third final went to Zsolt Junior and Zsolt Senior. Ultimately it was The junior who took the overall victory from Zsolt Senior and Robert Fekete.
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