The Thornhill Racing Circuit of Hutto, Texas held a club race this past weekend that attracted over 70 entries. In 1/8th E-Buggy it was Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the double A-main events, handing him the day’s win from Chris Allison (Tekno RC) in 2nd and Chris Marrant (HB Racing) in 3rd.
Image: Ethan Lefebvre
With the Corona virus situation impacting racing around the world, many planned events have had to be cancelled or postponed. After carefully monitoring the situation throughout Europe, and talking to host venues and government officials in various countries, the organisers of the ETS, EOS and ENS championships have been able to put together a revised schedule of races for the rest of 2020. Of course, these still do remain provisional as the rules and restrictions change on a regular basis and any further updates will be communicated to racers closer to each event date.
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Soda City in Columbia, South Carolina hosted their annual King of the Road trophy race. The race was attended by drivers around the east coast as some states are still under stay at home orders. Though the attendance was down from prior years the racing was tight among some of the countries up and coming talent. The faculty provided an excellent environment for the racers from beginning to end. In 17.5 Touring Car it was Awesomatix’s John Dickson taking TQ over fellow Awesomatix drivers Brian Card and Clayton Young in the fastest class of the day. During the main event things were shuffled multiple times between all three Awesomatix drivers, but in the end it would be Card taking the win over Young. Dickson would bring it home 3rd completing a clean sweep of the podium for Awesomatix.
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SS Hobbies & Raceway of Tampa, Florida hosted a round of their SS Sunday Off-road Racing Series this past weekend. The event was held in several 1/10th scale electric classes and in 2WD Buggy it was Lee Setser with the win in the single 5-minute A-main event from John Lawson in 2nd, already a lap down, and Kenny Setser in 3rd, another 0.4 seconds behind.
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Thornhill Racing Circuit of Hutto, Texas held a well-attended club race this past weekend, pretty much the only allowed form of racing these days. The event attracted over 100 entries including some of the country’s fastest off-road racers. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Ethan Lefebvre (Xray) with the overall TQ from Jared Tebo (Tekno) in 2nd. The 30-minute A-main final however brought a somewhat different result with 5th place qualifier, Tekno RC’s Jared Wiggins taking the win by about three seconds from 6th place qualifier, Dillon Caldwell (HB Racing) on the runner-up spot. Top qualifier, Ethan Lefebvre had to recover from being dead-last about mid-race due to fuel problems, but he ultimately managed to round out the top 3 result.
Schumacher Racing welcome top UK racer Joni Skidmore to their electric off-road team. Joni will be primed and ready to go, as soon as racing resumes with his Cougar Laydown and CAT L1 Evo rides and he had the following to say;
I am so pleased and excited to be joining the Schumacher Family for the foreseeable future, the cars are super competitive at the races and the support from the team is great too. Big thanks to Robin, Muz and Trish for making all this happen, hopefully see you all at the track soon for some big air and some even bigger whips.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Konect have announced the signing of 3-time EFRA European Champion, Renaud Savoya to their team. The Kyosho factory driver will be using the company’s K1 Elite electric brushless motors and accessories to outfit his 1/10th scale off-road rides and he has the following to say about the deal:
A french brand, dynamic, with a passionate team that always put their heart into developing the best products and customer support, I couldn’t think of a better fit! As a plus, all their products are orange, matching perfectly well with my paint scheme.
Source: Konect [facebook.com]
Round 4 of the JConcepts Super Cup was held at NewRed Hobbies in Ocala, Florida over the weekend, attracting 115 entries. The race format saw two rounds of qualifying and double A-mains for all classes. In the premier class of Expert 2WD Mod Jackson Brunson took the win from top qualifier, Lee Setser as AJ Marasco came in 3rd to round out the all-Team-Associated podium.
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