Round 4 of the Supercross Series was held at SDRC Raceway in San Diego, California last weekend, drawing nearly 90 entries. The 2WD Mod Buggy class saw Yokomo driver, Matthew Gonzales taking the overall TQ and also the single 5-minute A-main was pretty much smooth sailing for him as he brought home the win with a lap margin on 4th place qualifier, Kevin King (Team Associated) as Eli Westrup (TLR) came in 3rd another lap down.
Round 1 of the 2020 Texas Electric On Road Series was held at Mike’s Gulf Coast RC Raceway in Porter, Texas last weekend. Eventual winner, Chris Adam pulled away early from the pack in the Modified Touring class to cruise for the win as Andrew Doherty defended for his very life for the entire race from Michael Toth, who perhaps was slightly faster, but simply could not find a way around Andrew.
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Japanese electric off-road frontrunner, Kohta Akimoto has announced his new partnership with Hobbywing and Sunpadow. The former long-time Team Orion factory racer will be using Hobbywing’s XeRun XR10 speed controllers along with the XeRun V10 brushless motors and Sunpadow competition LiPo batteries at all major events across Japan, starting immediately. Kohta has the following to say about the deal:
I am excited to join Hobbywing and Sunpadow for the 2020 season and I am happy to release useful data from my races on my social media page to help support Hobbywing and Sunpadow racers.
The Holiday Hangover RC Arenacross 2020 was held in Moses Lake, Washington over the weekend, attracting over 270 entries including some of the country’s fastest off-road racers. In the premier class of 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst with the overall TQ and also came out on top after the 30-minute A-main event, however he was hotly contested by Mugen’s Adam Drake with whom he swapped the lead several times. In the end Adam had to settle for 2nd overall, some 2.5 seconds behind Joe. Four laps down it was Marcus Anzivino (Kyosho) who would round out the top 3.
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Gens Ace have announced the addition of IFMAR World and 8-times EFRA European Champion, Jörn Neumann to their factory team. The SWorkz and Schumacher factory pilot will be using Gens Ace Redline batteries during his campaign that will see attendances at all major national and international race events.
Source: Gens Ace [genstattu.com]
Round 3 of the 2020 Thornhill Championship Series was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas last weekend, attracting over 100 entries. In Expert Nitro Buggy it was Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre with the overall TQ and he would also come out on top after the 25-minute A-main event, leaving behind Spencer Harrison (Xray) in 2nd, some 18 seconds behind. Dillon Caldwell (HB Racing) would end the race in 3rd, some two seconds behind Spencer as Chris Marrant (HB Racing) and Chris Allison (Tekno RC) completed the top 5 result.
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The Hobbyplex indoor facilities in Omaha, Nebraska played host to the Tekno RC Winter Series this past weekend, attracting over 185 entries for the several nitro and electric off-road classes. The premier 1/8th Nitro Buggy class saw Seth VanDalen taking the overall TQ and he would also walk away with the win after the 30-minute A-main event, leaving behind Jared Tebo in 2nd place, some three laps down. Jarred Wiggins came in 3rd, another two laps behind, completing an all-Tekno-RC podium.
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The warm-up event to the French Xtremrace event took place in France recently and in perfect weather conditions. Young Noha Ben Mohamed (Xray) excelled in the 2WD Buggy class as the took the win after some tough fights in the A-mains, leaving behind Yokomo driver, Nicolas Rodrigues in 2nd. Anthony Audi (Team Associated) would round out the top 3 podium result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
