The 2020 XRS Australia kicked off with a bang and 40 degree temperatures for the day in western Sydney, but everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. Just on 50 entries is a great start to the XRS, considering the Whalan Club has minimal members, it was great to see the local clubs supporting the event. In Modified, Xray’s Ari Bakla took the win ahead Yokomo’s John Puse and ARC’s Lionel Saunders.
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The third round of the 2019/20 Essex Winter Series took place last weekend, and once again featured another full capacity entry across the Modified, Super Stock and Front Wheel Drive classes. In the Modified class, Elliott Harper held the championship lead with maximum points in the first two rounds of the series, but would face a new challenge this time out with his Xray team-mate Alexander Hagberg making a return to the series for this event, and long-term rival Chris Grainger having his debut race for Awesomatix following his move to the Russian brand for the 2020 season.
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The fourth round of the X-Factory UK Winter Series took place last Saturday, with everyone keen to blow off the cobwebs after the break over Christmas and New Year. A very technical track was laid down for the racers and after all four rounds of qualifying had completed it was Kevin Hunt (Team Associated) who would take the TQ in the 2WD class with his round 3 time, followed by Alex Haywood (Team Associated) in 2nd who narrowly missed out on TQ after a costly roll on the last lap in round 4 whilst flashing for a new fastest time, Joe Renton (Team Associated) completed the AE 1-2-3 for qualifying in 3rd. Simon Hadley (Xray) was in 4th, Lex Cllrke (Xray) in 5th and Richard Miller (Yokomo) in 6th, the remaining A-final spots would be decided as usual via the bump-ups and those who would promote from the B.final.
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The 2020 Northwest Model Hobby Expo Off-Road Carpet Championship was held at Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, Washington last weekend, drawing nearly 250 entries for the various Modified and Stock electric off-road classes offered. In the premier 2WD Mod Buggy class it was TLR driver, Mikey Brown with the overall TQ from Brady Janson in 2nd and Team Associated’s Jonathan Cantrell in 3rd. Mike would only finish in 5th place in A1, however he would make up for it in A2 and A3 to bring home the overall from Brady in 2nd. A1 winner, Jonathan would have to settle for 3rd overall in the tie-breaker with Brady.
Round 2 of the Danish DASU Electric On-road Championship was hosted by the Brondby Racing Club last weekend. The race was held in Stock Touring, Formula and GT12 classes and in Touring Super Stock it was Awesomatix driver, Frederik Brolos Mikkelsen with the overall TQ and win from the Xray duo of Patrick Danielsen in 2nd and Patrick Folman in 3rd.
Image: Claus Ryeskov
The 2020 Mountain Cup was held at the RC Paradise asphalt indoor track in Nagoya, Japan this past weekend. The race attracted some of the country’s fastest drivers and it was Infinity’s Akio Sobue with the overall win in the Touring Car Modified class from Masami Hirosaka (Yokomo) in 2nd. Xray’s Takuma Sasaki came in 3rd to round out the podium.
Source: KO Propo [kopropo.com]
Thunder Alley Raceway of Beaumont, California played host to round 1 of the Grassroots Racing Series this past weekend. The event draw nearly 180 entries and in Open Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ and win. TLR’s Cole Jenson came in 2nd in the 15-minute A-main event, some two laps down as HB Racing’s Marcus Garret ended the day on the 3 spot, 5.7 seconds behind Cole. Over in Open E-Buggy it was again Adam with the overall TQ and win as Cole Jenson and Mitchell Taylor came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Image: Adam Drake
Maclan Racing have announced the signing of former IFMAR 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Champion, Robert Batlle to their factory racing team. Robert will be using Maclan electronics for his 2020 race program that will include all major European electric 1/8th scale events.
Source: Maclan Racing [maclan-racing.com]
