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June 29, 2020

Mibosport announce Sanwa Drift Team Europe

Czech Sanwa distributor Mibosport has announced the new Sanwa Drift Team Europe. Factory-backed by Sanwa Denshi Japan, Mibosport’s own Michal Bok will serve as the team manager for European drift car drivers while offering support for products such as Sanwa’s drift-specific SGS-02 gyro and SV-D2 speed controller. The team will also be using the company’s popular top-of-the-foodchain M17 radio system and high-end steering servos.

Source: Mibosport [mibosport.com]

June 29, 2020

Dimitris Ioannidis takes double Greek EP Off-road title

The Fanatix Racing Track in Athens, Greece held the 2020 Greek 1/10th Electric Off-road Championship this past weekend. Only a single-race championship due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event would decide this year’s 2WD and 4WD Buggy champions and in 2WD Dimitris Ioannidis (Xray) took the pole position for the finals in front of Greek RC legend Konstantinos Agrafiotis (Xray) and young gun Andreas Koutras (Team Associated). In the finals, Ioannidis was able to take the win in the first two legs, crowning him the 2020 2WD champion early with Agrafiotis and Koutras battling it out for the remaining podium spots with Agrafiotis ultimately securing 2nd position overall.

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June 29, 2020

Jörn Neumann doubles at NORC series Rd3

Round 3 of the NORC series was held at the Arena33 outdoor astroturf track in Andernach this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class, that attracted nearly 30 entries it was Schumacher’s Jörn Neumann with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in all three A-main events, to take the overall win from Marcel Schneider (Team Associated) in 2nd and Max Montermann (Yokomo) in 3rd. Over in 4WD Modified Buggy, attracting nearly 20 entries, it was again Jörn with the sweep of overall TQ and win, leaving behind Moritz Lauterbach (Schumacher) in 2nd and Max Montermann in 3rd.

View the 4WD Mod Buggy podium here

June 29, 2020

Pelle Culmsee doubles at Danish 8th Off-road Nats Rd2

The Greve RC Center in Denmark held round 2 of the Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals this past weekend. The schedule for Saturday saw the running of the E-Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes and in E-Buggy it was Pelle Culmsee (SWorkz) with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds. The triple A-mains again saw Pelle leading the way and with wins in all three legs he brought home the win from Mikkel Vesterled (JQRacing) in 2nd and Thomas Hansen (SWorkz) in 3rd. Over in the Nitro Truggy class it was Peter Harder with the TQ and win, leaving behind Steffen Culmsee in 2nd, a lap down as Nikolai Lamberts completed the top 3 podium result.

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June 29, 2020

Jared Wiggins doubles at TRH Summer Series Rd1

Thunder Road Hobbies of Moline, Illinois held round 1 of their Summer Off-road Series this past weekend, attracting close to 50 entries. In the Nitro Buggy A-main it was Jared Wiggins with the overall TQ and also the win, some two laps in front of Julian Malevanets in 2nd. “KBone” would round out the top 3 another lap down. Over in E-Buggy it was again Jared Wiggins with the overall TQ and win, leaving behind Rob Morney in 2nd and Tony Burton in 3rd.

View the E-Buggy podium here

June 29, 2020

Hooks & Rose win at RC Pro Series North Rd2

Round 2 of the RC Pro Series North was held at Shaw’s RC Track in Ardmore, Oklahoma last weekend with 62 drivers and over 100 entries. Pro Nitro Buggy was TQ’ed by Agama driver, Brandon Rose, however it was Tyler Hooks (Tekno) with the overall from Brandon in 2nd and Micah Smith (Tekno) in 3rd. Dillon Caldwell (HB Racing) came in 4th overall while Aaron Royston (Tekno) completed the top 5 results.

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June 29, 2020

Burak Kilic TQs & wins at Elektro Cup Nord season opener

The opening round of the German Elektro Cup Nord series was held at the Modellsport Münsterland track in Nörstel, North Rhine-Westfalia this past weekend. The Mugen duo of Burak and Berkan Kilic battled to out for the overall win with the better end for top qualifier Burak, who brought home the wins in A1 and A2 of the 1/8th E-Buggy class while Berkan cemented his runner-up spot with a win in A3. SWorkz’s Sophie Müller came in 3rd overall.

Image: Modellsport Münsterland [modellsport-muensterland.de]

June 29, 2020

Harker wins StickIt1Racing Modified Off-road Series Rd3

Round 3 of the StickIt1Racing.com Modified Off-road Series was held at PDX Underground in Portland, Oregon. In the single 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Travis Harker with the overall win from Team Associated driver, Ryan Reavis in 2nd. Cole Hegar came in 3rd overall.

Soure: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]