July 15, 2020

Isaakidis & Maricholas win Greek EP Touring titles

The 2020 Greek Electric Touring Car Championship was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens last weekend, attracting more than 30 drivers to compete in the two Modified and Stock racing classes. In the Touring Modified category it was Vaggelis Papachristos (Xray) who took the pole position after winning twi out of four qualifying rounds in front of Dimitris Mitropoulos (Xray) and Tasos Batas (Xray) who won a single qualifying round each. However in the finals, it was Filippos Isaakidis (Tamiya) who drove superbly and from 6th on the grid he was able to win the first two A-main legs, handing him his fourth Greek National Championship in the Modified category. Christos Vasilopoulos (Xray) who had really good pace throughout the race finished second in front of Dimitris Ioannidis (Xray) who rounded out the podium.

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July 15, 2020

Zak Smith TQs & wins at Bedworth Summer Series

The Bedworth Radio Controlled Car Club in Nuneaton, UK held a round of their Summer Series last weekend and it was Schumacher’s Zak Smith with the TQ and win in the Touring Modified class. Awesomatix driver, Chris Grainger came in 2nd overall from Schumacher’s Andy Murray in 3rd. Matt White came in 4th, Dale Burr completed the top 5 result.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

July 15, 2020

Lutz & Hardison win at USRC Championship Series

Adrenaline RC Racing of Winchester, Virginia hosted the USRC Championship Series last weekend, attracting over 75 entries. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Ryan Lutz with the overall TQ and win from 3rd place qualifier, Javon Mallory in 2nd. Alex Larson came in 3rd overall as Daniel Orlando and Adam Harrison rounded out the top 5 result. Over in 1/8th E-Buggy it was Jacob Hardison with the overall TQ and win from Ryan Lutz in 2nd. Brennon Schimmel completed the top 3 in front of Buzzy Wright and Javon Mallory.

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July 15, 2020

Polish 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Polish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in the city of Szczecin recently, attracting over 80 drivers. While Berkan Kilic walked away with the win in the Nitro Buggy class it was Bartosz Zalewski with the win in E-Buggy. Iwo Czarnecki came in 2nd from Donat Bula in 3rd. Wojciech Rzepecki and Pawel Kowalski rounded out the top 5.

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July 15, 2020

Grayek, Ciccarello & Schreffler win at LCRC Opener

LCRC Raceway’s Season Opener race attracted over 300 entries last weekend. While Jared Wiggins took the win in Nitro Truggy, it was Jamie Grayek (Team Associated) with the overall victory in Expert Nitro Buggy. Coming from P5 on the grid Jamie worked his way up in the single 15-minute A-main event, swapping the lead with Jason Schreffler (HB Racing) and Ethan MacKanick (Xray) several times. In the closing stages however Jamie was able to establish himself in the lead, taking the win with a three seconds margin on Ethan in 2nd. Jason would round out the top 3, another three seconds behind.

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July 14, 2020

Lee Setser sweeps JConcepts Super Cup Rd6

Round 6 of the JConcepts Super Cup was held at the Coral Springs RC track in Coral Springs, Florida. The event saw over 75 entries and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was Lee Setser with the overall TQ and win, some 14 seconds in front of Julien Oliveras. Jason Ruona came in 3rd overall, a further four seconds back to round out an all-Team-Associated top 3. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was again Lee Setser with the TQ and win as Julien Oliveras and Felix Law came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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July 14, 2020

Alex Aroca wins at Spanish EP On-road Champs Rd1

Round 1 of the Spanish Electric On-road Championship was hosted by the ARCA club in Madrid last weekend in Touring Stock, Formula, and Tamiya Euro Stock Truck classes. In the Formula category it was Alex Aroca with the overall TQ after winning three of the five qualifying rounds. Miguel Fernandez came in 2nd, winning a single qualifier, as Jose Antonio De Lara came in 3rd on the grid, also TQing a single qualifying round. The triple A-mains saw a clean sweep of Alex who went on to win all three legs while Miguel Fernandez ended the day on the runner-up spot. The final podium spot was hard fought for with Jose Antonio De Lara, Francisco Macias and Pablo Martos all ending tie on points. Ultimately to was Jose Antonio who would hold the upper hand in the tie-breaker, snatching the final podium spot.

Source: Roche [rocherc.com]

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