Round 3 of the Stick It1 Series Stock was held at PDX Underground in Portland, Oregon this week. In the 17.5T Buggy class the race for the top 3 spots was on between Joseph Johnson, Kevin Focht and Cole Hegar. Ultimately it was Joseph with the win from Kevin and Cole.
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Spirit Controlled RC Racing in Girard, Pennsylvania held the Chain Breaker race last weekend, attracting 70 entries. In the Electric Truggy class it was Binh Quan with the overall TQ from Kevin Siller in 2nd, the latter however would in turn come out on top in the single 8-minute A-main event, leaving behind Binh in 2nd, some 7.7 seconds behind. 5th place qualifier, Clinton Kryger would round out the all-Mugen top 3 a lap back.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
Mike’s Gulf Coast Raceway of Porter, Texas hosted round 7 of the HARC Series last weekend, attracting over 90 entries for the three 1/8th off-road classes of Open E-Buggy, Sportsman E-Buggy and Open Electric/Nitro Truggy. In Open E-Buggy it was Dillon Caldwell (HB Racing) with the overall TQ from HB Racing teammate, Brian Henn on the runner-up spot. The two would also battle it out in the double A-mains with Dillon scoring a 2nd place and a win for the overall while Brian had to settle for 2nd overall after coming in in 1st and 3rd. Brian Germany (Serpent) completed the top 3 in front of Moe Agha and Brent Jackson.
Round 1 of the TRCA Offroad Series was held at the newly established Titan RC Arena in Warszawa, Poland last weekend. The event saw the running of Modified and Stock Buggy classes as well as Truck Pro and Mini categories and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was Bartek Kramza (Xray) with the overall TQ from Jeremiasz Kramza (Schumacher) in 2nd. A1 and A2 then again went in Bartek’s favour as he brought home the win in both legs to take the overall from Jeremiasz in 2nd. Marcin Czech (Schumacher) came in 3rd to round out the podium.
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Wallace Motorsports welcomes 4-time ROAR US National Champion and FSEARA director, Dave Vera, to the Wallace Motorsports family. Dave brings years of RC experience to the team along with his ambition to continue to grow the hobby. Wallace Motorsports is excited to have Dave on board and representing the Wallace Motorsports brand while piloting the Infinity cars from now on. Dave had the following to say:
I would like to thank Ben Wallace of Wallace Motorsports and his team for this opportunity. I am looking forward to driving and promoting the new Infinity cars along with Wallace Motorsports brand.
Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]
RC Madness of Enfield, Connecticut hosted the US Turf Wars last weekend, attracting over 100 entries for the 1/10th off-road modified and stock classes. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was Keith Smart with the overall TQ, however the single 5-minute A-main event saw Brent Sianez taking the winning honours, leaving behind 4th place qualifier, Tyler Marcy in 2nd. Keith Smart had to settle for 3rd overall.
The Revelation Raceway of Montclair, California hosted their June club race last weekend, attracting 65 entries in total. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Daniel Blalock with the overall TQ and he also came out in swing in the single 10-minute A-main event, leaving behind 6th place qualifier, Eric Sypherd in 2nd, some 26 seconds behind. 5th place qualifier, Tony Bhusakaew came in 3rd overall to round out the top 3.
Image: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Odense RC Minirace Center hosted round 1 of the Danish Electric Off-road Nationals this past weekend. Sunday saw the running of the 4WD Buggy and Racing Truck classes and it was young Marcus Kaerup (Team Associated) with the overall TQ in 4WD Buggy after winning all three qualifiers, leaving behind Frederik Hovgaard (Yokomo) in 2nd and Mad Koue (Team Associated) in 3rd. The A-finals then saw Marcus with the wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory as Frederik and Mads finished in 2nd and 3rd overall respectively. The Racing Truck class was won by Jan Larsen from Soren Hempel and Hendrik Rasmussen. Already on Saturday it was Marcus Kaerup with the win in the 2WD class as Jonas Kaerup and Frederik Hovgaard came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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