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December 30, 2019

Urban Astro Buggy Champ Rd6 – Report

The 6th and final round of the 2019 Urban Astro Buggy Championship was held at Urban RC in downtown Singapore this past weekend. The round saw plenty of exciting races, and more importantly, another opportunity for Singapore’s off-road enthusiasts to get together to share a fun day on the roof at Urban RC. In the 2WD Buggy class, that attracted nearly 20 entries, it was Esmail Apandi with the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifiers as Sean Lee TQ’d a single round for P2 on the grid. The triple A-mains saw Esmail taking pretty dominant wins for an early overall victory from A3 winner, Sean Lee. Behind the two, the race for the final podium spot was on between Julien Foo, Steven Ong and TS Bay with the three ending tie on points eventually. When the dust had settled and after the tie-breaker, Julien would snatch overall P3 from Steven in 4th an TS in 5th.

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December 30, 2019

HNMC Winter Series Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the popular Herts Nitro Model Club Winter Series attracted 75 racers with dry weather making for good racing conditions all day. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Jamie Clancy with the overall TQ while E-Buggy was top qualified by Richard Miller. The main Nitro Buggy A-final was another epic battle between Joni Skidmore and Jamie Clancy under the flood lights with the lead changing constantly on the last few laps. Ultimately it was Jamie Clancy with the win from Joni Skidmore 2nd and Lewis Jones in 3rd. The E-Buggy A-main had Richard Miller taking the overall win from Tony Verboom in 2nd and Holger Lykke in 3rd.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

December 30, 2019

Palsson & Albertz win at RC Meeting race

The Swedish Furulund RC Club held their RC Meeting race this past weekend. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was Jessica Palsson with the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifying rounds. The triple A-mains then saw Jessica with a clean sweep, taking wins in all three A-mains secured her the overall win from Mikael Palsson in 2nd while Stefan Palsson completed the overall top 3 result from Pontus Magnusson and Jonas Johansson. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was Ludwig Albertz with the overall win from Roger and Linus Olsson in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Image: Jessica Palsson

December 30, 2019

Hampus Berg dominates Mellandags race

The Swedish Tomelilla Motor club held their annual Mellandags this past weekend in 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. HB Racing’s Hampus Berg was the man to beat as he took the overall TQs in both categories and he also brought home double wins, leaving behind fellow HB Racing pilot, Oscar Berg in 2nd and Team Associated’s Joel Rosengren in 3rd in the 2WD class. In 4WD it was Joel Rosengren and Martin Nilsson who would round out the top 3 result behind winner Hampus.

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December 30, 2019

Awesomatix sign Chris Grainger

Awesomatix have announced the signing of RC legend Chris Grainger to their factory team. The former long-time Team Associated pilot and highly experienced and well known racer will attend all major races in the United Kingdom and he is also available for track side technical support. Chris has following to say about this new chapter:

I’ve always been impressed with the performance of the Awesomatix car and with their engineering led approach to car development. When the opportunity presented itself to join the team I didn’t need to be asked twice – I can’t wait to get started and begin working with both existing and new Awesomatix customers. Big thank you to Oleg and Max for this fantastic opportunity.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

December 30, 2019

Callens doubles at Lovan Winter Series Rd2

Round 2 of the popular Lovan Winter Series was held recently with the organisers supplying a huge indoor track with a fast and lowing layout. In the Touring Modified class it was Xray’s Florian Joos with the overall TQ, however after the A-mains it was Awesomatix’s Remi Callens with the overall win from Florian, who had some troubles in the in A-mains, on the runner-up spot. Yokomo driver Stefan Rommens would round out the top 3 results.

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December 28, 2019

Dionys Stadler returns to Awesomatix

Awesomatix have announced the signing of top German Modified driver, Dionys Stadler to their factory team. Dionys was one of the first team members back in the days of the first A700 shaft drive concept. After campaigns with other outlets during the past seasons, he finaly returned back home. Dionys will attend all major races in Germany and Europe including the Euro Touring Series, the EFRA Euros and IFMAR Worlds. Dionys has the following to say about his return:

I’m thankful for the opportunity to be back in the team. I have a good feeling with Awesomatix for the future and can’t wait to work with the team again. I’m looking forward to new challenges.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

December 24, 2019

Stafford & Fletcher TQ & win at Rd3 of EssexCarpetClash

Last weekend saw round 3 of the ever popular winter series at Essex Carpet Clash in the South East of the UK. With another fully booked entry list, there was a high standard of drivers in attention racing for the last time before Christmas, and this made for some close racing throughout the day. The track was fast and flowing with many enjoying what had been laid out for the day ahead. Round by round qualifying saw drivers battle it out to take the best score they could to line up for their final.

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