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May 11, 2020

John Prickett TQs & wins at JConcepts Super Cup Rd4

The JConcepts Super Cup round 4 was hosted by Newred Hobbies in Ocala, Florida over the weekend. The event attracted 115 entries and in 40+ 2WD Open Buggy it was John Prickett with the overall TQ from Dave Duncan in 2nd. When the dust had settled after the double A-main format, John Prickett and Tom Sherman ended tie on points with John holding the upper hand after the tie-breaker as Tom had to settle for 2nd overall. Dave Duncan came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Source: 1up Racing [1upracing.com]

May 5, 2020

Nathan Flores doubles at Return Trophy Race

This past weekend at Apex RC in middle Tennessee racers came out for the first time in months to return to the great hobby we enjoy. The racers came from Ohio, Georgia, and Kentucky to join in the event. The track staff and owners put a plan in place to make sure everyone was safe and respected amid the C-19 issues. The track was open for a limited time on Saturday for setup, cleaning, and a little practice. As Sunday rolled around the track opened earlier than usual to get guys a chance to shake the cobwebs. Nathan Flores positioned himself in the TQ spot in VTA making improvements to reset his own TQ. And after 3 rounds he was on the pole for the 8-minute main. He would go on to take the victory and in one of the nicest moves to maintain his lead by driving between two cars of lap traffic. Jeff Mobely came in 2nd some 1.1 seconds behind as Brett McGee finished in 3rd overall, already a lap down.

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March 28, 2020

IFMAR call off 2020 season

The IFMAR has announced that with an unanimous decision all four blocks and the IFMAR committee have decided to postpone the three IFMAR World Championship events planned for 2020. This means the Electric 1/10th ISTC Worlds in Heemstede, Netherlands, the 1/8th IC Off-Road Worlds in CiaNorte, Brasil and the 1/10th IC Track Touring Car Worlds in Brisbane, Australia are postponed to an alternative date, either 2021 or perhaps later. The first plan was to run those events in the beginning of 2021, making it a very busy calendar with the other already planned events. However, some alternative proposals are being studied now and IFMAR will come back to the racers later this year on how the IFMAR calendar will look like for 2021 and beyond. Additionally the IFMAR has the following to say about the decision:

This will be a disappointment for all of you, organizers, drivers and industry. For many of you, RC racing is the highlight of the week. However, this COVID-19 is not so easy to bring down and to avoid last minute cancellations and even more great disappointments we bring you this message now. Apart from the health issue there is also the travel ban that is in place for a big number of countries. We also need to consider this and travel possibilities needs to be back before we can start racing IFMAR WC events again.

The IFMAR board of Directors

Source: IFMAR [ifmar.org]

March 24, 2020

Gabe Harvell takes Arizona State Champs title

The Arizona State Championships were hosted by the Arizona Scale Racers in Mesa, Arizona last weekend. The Touring Modified class saw Gabe Harvell taking the overall TQ from Thomas Varns in 2nd and Johnathan Lee in 3rd. With wins in A1 and A3 Gabe would also seal the overall title as Thomas and Johnathan battled it out for the overall runner-up spot. Ultimately and with 11-3-2 finishes it was Thomas who would hold the upper hand after the tie-breaker from Johnathan who had to settle for 3rd overall with 4-1-7 finishes.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

March 23, 2020

Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd7 – Report

The final round of the very popular Worksop Series was held recently with once again a great entry of drivers for the four classes of 2WD and 4WD buggies, 2WD Stadium Trucks and Vintage Buggy. As always it was round by round qualifying as the racing format, with the best two results from four rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. The track was very much off-road, there were lots of jumps and it was a great layout. Qualifying in 2WD saw a dominating performance by Neil Cragg, taking TQ in three out of four rounds to take pole position from Matt Thompson and Tommy Hall.

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March 20, 2020

Maxim Laverychev wins at Palace Cup Rd6

Round 6 of the Russian Palace Cup was held in the city of Vladimir last weekend in several electric on-road classes. In the premier category of Touring Modified it was Maxim Laverychev with the overall TQ after a clean sweep in the qualifiers and he also took home the overall win from Denis Laverychev in 2nd. Nikita Ignatiev rounded out the top 3 podium result.

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March 19, 2020

Adam Johnson wins at Tennessee State Champs

ROCCK Racing in Knoxville, Tennessee held the 2020 Tennessee State Championship last weekend with nearly 180 entries for the 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road classes. While Paul Ciccarello took the win in the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was top qualifier, Adam Johnson (Xray) with the overall TQ in 1/8th E-Buggy. In the main final Adam got out to an early lead, was uncontested for the win and earned his first Tennessee State Championship. Despite a few bobbles Xray’s Paul Ciccarello was able to grab the runner-up spot while Team Associated driver, Jonah Wilson finished in 3rd overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 18, 2020

Kevin Nielsen crowned Danish Modified Touring champ

The Danish Electric On-road Nationals came to an abrupt end this season as due to the world-wide Corona pandemic the final round had to be cancelled. This allowed Kevin Nielsen to take the overall title in his maiden Modified Touring Car season thanks to taking three wins out of the three rounds that count towards the overall championship.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]