The Barceloneta RC Raceway in Puerto Rico held the opening round of the BRCC N.E.O.S. recently and it was Raymond M. Soto with the overall TQ in the 1/8th GTe class. After the mains however it was Carlie Lopez with the win from Gabriel Velez in 2nd. Raymond had to settle for 3rd overall, rounding out an all-IGT8 podium.
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Round 4 of the popular Midland Indoor Carpet Championship MiCC was held in Telford, UK this past weekend, attracting over 135 entries including some of the country’s fastest electric on-road racers. The premier Modified Touring class saw Elliott Harper taking the overall TQ after a clean sweep in the qualifiers with Kyle Branson putting his car on P2 on the grid. 13.5T Super Stock Touring had Zak Finlay dominating the qualifiers from Colin Jackson in 2nd. In 17.5T Stock Touring it was Dave Sedgwick with the overall TQ, tie on points with Gareth Hollis, the latter having to settle for P2 on the grid after the tie-breaker.
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The Hong-Kong-based PYC track hosted the Chinese New Year cup race last weekend. The event was held in several electric on-road classes and in the Touring Modified category it was Thomas Hui with the win from 13-years old Kimi Yam. Kenrick Fong would round out the top 3 result.
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Season 5 of the Urban Touring Series UTS got underway this past weekend with the opening race attracting a record 41 racers. The season opener also saw the expansion of the series to officially include the 45+ Masters TC Class (13.5T Spec Blinky), which saw a strong 16-car grid take to the start. In the premier 17.5T Blinky Touring class, qualifying was a close run affair with three different racers taking TQs in the three qualifying rounds. The TQ tiebreak would go to PY Tang, who edged out Dominic Quek and Esmail Apandi. Making his first A-Main appearance in the class was young 14-years old Ethan Cheng, who joined 13-years old Zaccheus Lam in his 2nd consecutive A-Main.
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Round 3 of the popular Longwy Winter Series was held last weekend, attracting a somewhat lower entry of 80 drivers due to other big races being held in the area the same weekend. This didn’t affect the atmosphere though as it made for lots of track time for everyone. Touring Modified saw Lucas Urbain taking the overall TQ only 0.005 seconds in front of Ronald Völker with Antoine Brunet coming in P3. The A-main again saw Lucas in front and walking away with the win as Ronald came in 2nd overall from Antoine in 3rd.
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Round 3 of the Xray Racing Series Poland was held at the Atlas Arena in Lodz last weekend, attracting more than 230 entries for the multiple electric on-road and off-road classes. The Buggy Modified classes saw an unstoppable Bartek Zambrzycki (Yokomo) who again took the TQ and win in both the 2WD and 4WD categories. The Xray duo of Bartosz Zalewski and Wojciech Rzepecki would complete the top 3 result in 2WD.
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The 2020 edition of the long-running Snowbird Nationals was held in Kissimmee, Florida this past weekend, drawing over 300 entries. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Xray’s Alexander Hagberg who was the man to beat, as he lead the way both in qualifying and the single A-main event. After the 5-minute encounter Alex took the win 1.8 seconds in front of Japanese Serpent racer Yugo Nagashima as Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs came in 3rd, already a lap down. Drew Ellis and Keven Hebert completed the top 5 result.
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The final round of the 11th Annual Rockstar Winter Off-road Series was held at PDX Underground in Portland, Oregon last weekend. When the dust had settled it was Andy DiBrino with the overall win in the premier 2WD Mod Buggy class from Joe Pillars on the runner-up spot. Ryan Reavis would complete the overall top 3 result.
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