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June 8, 2020

Mibosport Summer Race – Report

The annual Mibosport Summer Race was held this past weekend on a nice track in Blansko, Czech Republic with 56 entries taking part across 6 classes, Modified, Pro Stock 13.5T, GT Stock 13.5T, Formula, FWD and 1/10 GT Pancar. In the Modified class it was a dominant performance from Matěj Šulc who took all qualifiers. And in the finals it was no different, with Matěj taking the win in the first and second mains to seal the overall win. After some nice driving second position went to Petr Grof with Jiří Vyšín in third position.

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June 1, 2020

Jessica Palsson wins at Furulund club race

The Swedish Furulund club held a small race gathering this past weekend in 2WD and 4WD 1/10th scale buggy classes. In 4WD it was Schumacher’s Jessica Palsson with the overall TQ following a clean sweep in the qualifiers where she took all three qualifying rounds. The triple A-mains then again saw Jessica coming out on top, leaving behind Ludwig Albertz (Schumacher) in 2nd and Joel Rosengren (Team Associated) in 3rd overall.

Image: Jessica Palsson

June 1, 2020

Jared Tebo sweeps Thornhill Racing Circuit club race

Thornhill Racing Circuit of Hutto, Texas held a club race this past weekend, attracting nearly 100 entries. In the premier Nitro Buggy class it was Tekno RC’s Jared Tebo with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the 30-minute A-main event, leaving behind Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre in 2nd, some two laps down as Jared’s Tekno RC teammate, Tyler Hooks completed the top 3 results another 13 seconds back.

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May 28, 2020

Setser & Gonzalez win at Memorial Day race

SS Hobbies & Raceway in Tampa, Florida hosted their Memorial Day race last Sunday and Monday, attracting some of the state’s fastest off-road racers. 2WD Modified Buggy saw Lee Setser with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the single 6-minute A-main event, leaving behind 2nd place qualifier, Julien Oliveras in 2nd and 3rd place qualifier, Paul Wynn in 3rd. Kenny Setser, Jason Ruona and Ryan Casteline completed the top 6 results.

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May 28, 2020

Paul Wynn wins at Carpet Wars Rd1

Beachline Raceway of Cocoa, Florida held round 1 of the Carpet Wars series last weekend, attracting over 60 entries. 2WD Modified Buggy saw Julien Oliveras taking the overall TQ, however it was Paul Wynn who would hold the upper hand after the single 5-minute A-main with both swapping the lead several times. Ultimately Julien had to settle for 2nd overall, some eleven seconds back as Tyler Rimes, Kyle Paquette and Kai Goff completed the top 5 results.

Image: Julien Oliveras

May 27, 2020

Spencer Klein TQs & wins at Shaw’s R/C Shop club race

Shaw’s R/C Shop of Ardmore, Oklahoma held a pretty well attended club race last weekend, that attracted a total of 95 entries. In 1/8th Sportsman E-Buggy it was Mugen’s Spencer Klein with the overall TQ and he also came out swinging in the single 10-minute A-main event, leaving behind 6th place qualifier, Trevor Naul (Team Associated) in 2nd already a lap down. 7th place qualifier, Randy Lathorp (Team Associated) came in 3rd while Mark Santamaria (Tekno RC) and Isaak Hamby (TLR) completed the top 5 result.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

May 26, 2020

Natanaele Senesi signs with Dash

Dash have announced the addition of Italian frontrunner, Natanaele Senesi to their factory team. The all-round talent and multiple Italian 1/8th GT champion will use Dash electronics and Arrowmax batteries to power his rides from now on and he has the following to say about the deal:

I’m really stoked about this opportunity since I think that Dash is doing an amazing job to develop premium quality products. Their ESC and motors, along with Arrowmax batteries, will be a perfect fit in my package and I can’t wait to race with this combo with my 1/12th pan-cars and 1/8 GTE. I’m really looking forward to help the team giving all my knowledge to always increase products’ quality and performances!

Source: Dash [dash-rc.com]

May 25, 2020

Dillon Caldwell wins at Saturday Night Club Race

Mike’s Gulf Coast Raceway of Porter, Texas held their Saturday Night Club Race last weekend, attracting nearly 75 entries. The race was held in single Open Nitro Buggy, Electric Buggy, and Nitro/Electric Truggy classes as well as a single Novice category and in Open Nitro Buggy it was Dillon Caldwell with the overall TQ and he would also come out on top in the single 15-minute A-main event, leaving behind Cody Babbitt in 2nd and Micah Smith in 3rd.

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