The Ohio RC Factory of Jeffersonville, Ohio held their 1/8 Turkey Race last Saturday, attracting over 60 entires. In 1/8th Pro Nitro Buggy it was Xray’s Paul Ciccarello with the overall TQ, however it was 3rd place qualifier, Serpent’s Adam Johnson with the win in the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind Paul in 2nd some 6.8 seconds back. 4th place qualifier, HB Racing’s Scott Kuchler came in 3rd, a lap behind Paul and Adam.
Urban RC of Singapore held their Zombie Christmas Fun Race last weekend in several electric on-road classes including Touring, FWD, M-chassis, Truck and Formula. In Touring 17.5T, that attracted nearly 30 drivers alone, it was Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee with the overall TQ from Xray’s Dominic Quek on the runner-up spot. Nicholas went on to dominate the A-mains also and with wins in A1 and A2 we secured himself the overall victory with one leg to spare as Dominic cemented his overall runner-up spot with a win in A3. Xpress’ Esmail Apandi would round out the overall top 3 results.
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The first round of the BRCA Scottish GT regionals took place last weekend at Dundee and Angus Radio Control Car Club. This popular series is now in its seventh year of running. The regional series is typically run on smaller club tracks so heats and finals are run with six cars to give the best racing possible. The Dundee club laid a fast and flowing track and with four rounds of qualifying and three finals for all, drivers had plenty of time to show what their cars could do. Qualifying saw a two way battle for pole position between last year’s series winner John Simpson and Kenneth Rogers with these two drivers the only two to reach a 35 lap time. John would line up first ahead of Kenneth. Colin Leslie would line up 3rd ahead of David McLean, David Bruce and Fraser Leslie.
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The opening round of this season’s Winter Jumps series was held at the popular Fullspeed RC indoor track in Vantaa, Finland with over 90 entries and some world class level of racing. The weekend kicked off with open practice on Friday allowing plenty of time to learn the new layout. Saturday then is for the 2WD class and Sunday the 4WD racing is the order. The race was announced by Karri Salmela with great passion and vast knowledge about drivers and their cars. As for the action on the track, Joona Haatanen was able to TQ both 2WD and 4WD, but it was Pekko Iivonen who managed to take the 2WD victory over Joona while the latter took the win after a really intense fight until the final A3 in 4WD.
The 2019 Xray Racing Series Off-road Australia was held with over 100 entries on two meetings in a row. With rain threatening on Saturday there were plenty of cars getting some laps in before the day, fortunately the weather held off all day and the track was looking good for race day. 4WD Mod Buggy once again saw Lachlan Donelly and Matthew Couper fighting for the lead, with Lachlan coming out on top to take the double, Peter Seckold coming in 3rd.
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The second round of the Czech Masters Series was held at the Sport Arena in Prague, Czech Republic this past weekend. The race saw once again more than 100 entries overall and as always the schedule was open practice on Saturday morning, which was followed by qualifying and then finals. In 2WD Buggy Max Götzl was able to top the opening qualifier in front of Martin Bayer, as the latter made some mistakes, and Jiri Mara in 3rd. But coming Q2 it was Martin on top in Q2 and Q3 for the the overall TQ in front of Max in 2nd and Jiri in 3rd.
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The MCM RC indoor track in Caserano, Italy hosted the F1 Supercup this past weekend. In the Formula Supercup class it was Fabrizio Villa with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifiers as Marco Donadelli came in 2nd overall. The triple A-main events then saw Marco Donadelli making a clean sweep in all three mains as Fabrizio Villa came in 2nd, tie on points with 3rd placed Alberto Riboni.
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The RaceHouse RC Sjöbo track in Sjöbo, Sweden hosted the second round of the Swedish Winter Cup this past weekend. Schumacher’s Jessica Palsson was in control of things in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes as he took the overall TQs and wins in both categories. In 4WD the Tekno RC duo of Roger and Linus Olsen came in 2nd and 3rd respectively while the 2WD podium was completed by Markus Jönsson and Anton Nimaker.
