Round 2 of the Turkish On-road Championship was held at the Efmod track last weekend in 1/10th Electric and Nitro classes. In Modified Touring it was Atahan Yildiz (Xray) with the win from Efe Özgür (Serpent) in 2nd and Ali Güleç (3Racing) in 3rd.
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Round 6 of the JConcepts Super Cup was held at the Coral Springs RC track in Coral Springs, Florida. The event saw over 75 entries and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was Lee Setser with the overall TQ and win, some 14 seconds in front of Julien Oliveras. Jason Ruona came in 3rd overall, a further four seconds back to round out an all-Team-Associated top 3. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was again Lee Setser with the TQ and win as Julien Oliveras and Felix Law came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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Round 1 of the Spanish Electric On-road Championship was hosted by the ARCA club in Madrid last weekend in Touring Stock, Formula, and Tamiya Euro Stock Truck classes. In the Formula category it was Alex Aroca with the overall TQ after winning three of the five qualifying rounds. Miguel Fernandez came in 2nd, winning a single qualifier, as Jose Antonio De Lara came in 3rd on the grid, also TQing a single qualifying round. The triple A-mains saw a clean sweep of Alex who went on to win all three legs while Miguel Fernandez ended the day on the runner-up spot. The final podium spot was hard fought for with Jose Antonio De Lara, Francisco Macias and Pablo Martos all ending tie on points. Ultimately to was Jose Antonio who would hold the upper hand in the tie-breaker, snatching the final podium spot.
Source: Roche [rocherc.com]
Xtreme Aerodynamics have announced the addition of Germany’s Dominic Greiner to their racing team. The 2016 IFMAR World and reigning EFRA 1/10th Nitro Touring European Champion will be using the company’s popular body shells to deck out all of his Capricorn nitro and electric rides starting immediately.
Source: Xtreme Aerodynamics [xtremeaerodynamics.it]
The opening round of the 2020 Ledbury Summer Series was hosted by the Ledbury Model Car Club in the UK last weekend, attracting over 30 entries. In the single, mixed 1/8th Buggy class it was Ben Billing with the overall TQ and the HB Racing driver also brought home the win in the single 15-minute main event. Arron Knight came in 2nd overall, some 20 seconds behind as Carl O’Connor (Tekno RC) completed the top 3, only 0.039 seconds behind Arron.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
The 2020 ROAR Region 3 Championships here held at Apex RC Raceway in Murfreesboro, Tennessee this past weekend. The event drew racers from all over the region and beyond, including Ohio, Missouri, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama Illinois and Indiana. Friday was an all day practice day. New layout and new drivers all over made for some good runs and the field of drivers was a who is who of National Champions including Eric Anderson, Kemp Anderson, Bill Sydor, John Barron, Justin Lyons and others top drivers that were set to all go after top 3 podium spots. As qualifying got under way, Team Associated/Reedy’s Myron Kinnard was able to take the TQ in round one of USGT from Ohio’s hotshot Von Perry of Capricorn/Motiv. In round 2 Myron was able to make some minor adjustments to his USGT car that put him two seconds ahead of his current TQ and at 98.9%. For the final round of the event Myron was able to hold on to his TQ for the event in USGT, just one second over Perry.
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The opening round of the HKRCSA Series was held at the TRC outdoor track in Hong Kong over the weekend. In the premier class of Touring Modified it was Kenrick Fong (Yokomo/Team Powers) with the win from Hay (Xpress/Dash) on the runner-up spot. YH Cheung (Xpress/ORCA) came in 3rd overall while Stick King (Serpent/Scorpion) and Tong Chung (Xpress/Hobbywing) completed the top 5 results.
Source: Xpress [rc-xpress.com]
The second round of the Team Associated & Reedy Summer Series was hosted by the Hobbyplex Raceway in Omaha, Nebraska this past weekend, attracting nearly 160 entries. The event was held in a multitude of 1/10th off-road classes and in the premier category of 2WD Mod Buggy it was Tom Rinderknecht (TLR) with the overall TQ from Alex Vanderbeek (Team Associated) in 2nd. The single 8-minute A-main would see Tom out front from tone-to-tone and he would take the win with a lap margin from Alex Vanderbeek in 2nd. Aidan Olson (TLR) came in 3rd overall, another 16 seconds back. 4WD Mod Buggy again saw Tom Rinderknecht leading the way as he took the overall TQ and win with Aidan Olson and Alex Vanderbeek coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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