The RC Divoke Jeleni club of Horni Jeleni, Czech Republic will host the Xray Racing Series Off-road from the 25th to 27th of September. The event will be held in Pro Nitro Buggy, Pro E-Buggy, Nitro Buggy Hobby and E-Buggy Hobby categories and more information can soon be found here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 2020 Caribbean On-Road Nationals were recently held in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. In the Nitro GT class it was Samuel Zayas with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the A-main, leaving behind Raymond M. Soto in 2nd and Fernando Mendez in 3rd, making it an all-IGT8 top 3. Over in GTE it was Raymond M. Soto with the TQ and win as his fellow IGT8 racers Carlie Lopez and Gabriel Velez completed the top 3 result.
The French MRCF club hosted an open race last weekend, attracting some of the region’s fastest drivers. In 2WD Buggy it was young Ben Mohamed Noha with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the A-mains, leaving behind Christophe Faure in 2nd and Regis Brunier in 3rd.
The 2020 Greek Electric Touring Car Championship was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens last weekend, attracting more than 30 drivers to compete in the two Modified and Stock racing classes. In the Touring Modified category it was Vaggelis Papachristos (Xray) who took the pole position after winning twi out of four qualifying rounds in front of Dimitris Mitropoulos (Xray) and Tasos Batas (Xray) who won a single qualifying round each. However in the finals, it was Filippos Isaakidis (Tamiya) who drove superbly and from 6th on the grid he was able to win the first two A-main legs, handing him his fourth Greek National Championship in the Modified category. Christos Vasilopoulos (Xray) who had really good pace throughout the race finished second in front of Dimitris Ioannidis (Xray) who rounded out the podium.
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The Bedworth Radio Controlled Car Club in Nuneaton, UK held a round of their Summer Series last weekend and it was Schumacher’s Zak Smith with the TQ and win in the Touring Modified class. Awesomatix driver, Chris Grainger came in 2nd overall from Schumacher’s Andy Murray in 3rd. Matt White came in 4th, Dale Burr completed the top 5 result.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Adrenaline RC Racing of Winchester, Virginia hosted the USRC Championship Series last weekend, attracting over 75 entries. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Ryan Lutz with the overall TQ and win from 3rd place qualifier, Javon Mallory in 2nd. Alex Larson came in 3rd overall as Daniel Orlando and Adam Harrison rounded out the top 5 result. Over in 1/8th E-Buggy it was Jacob Hardison with the overall TQ and win from Ryan Lutz in 2nd. Brennon Schimmel completed the top 3 in front of Buzzy Wright and Javon Mallory.
The opening round of the Polish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in the city of Szczecin recently, attracting over 80 drivers. While Berkan Kilic walked away with the win in the Nitro Buggy class it was Bartosz Zalewski with the win in E-Buggy. Iwo Czarnecki came in 2nd from Donat Bula in 3rd. Wojciech Rzepecki and Pawel Kowalski rounded out the top 5.
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LCRC Raceway’s Season Opener race attracted over 300 entries last weekend. While Jared Wiggins took the win in Nitro Truggy, it was Jamie Grayek (Team Associated) with the overall victory in Expert Nitro Buggy. Coming from P5 on the grid Jamie worked his way up in the single 15-minute A-main event, swapping the lead with Jason Schreffler (HB Racing) and Ethan MacKanick (Xray) several times. In the closing stages however Jamie was able to establish himself in the lead, taking the win with a three seconds margin on Ethan in 2nd. Jason would round out the top 3, another three seconds behind.
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