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October 8, 2019

2019/20 Essex Winter Series Rd1 – Report

The 2019/2020 Essex Winter Series kicked off this weekend. With the championship continuing to be one of the most popular and prestigious races around, the competition was high and a few small tweaks to the series had positive responses from drivers across the board. In the Modified class, it was Elliott Harper who was out to defend his series title from last year and he kicked off qualifying by setting the best time, two and a half seconds ahead of Kyle Branson, with Matthew White and Chris Grainger just half a second further back and Paul Pinkney rounding out the top five. It seemed like it would take something special to stop Elliott dominating the race, but an element of luck is always needed and his luck ran out in Q2. After leading for over four minutes, he got caught up on a track marker that had moved, taking him out of the round.

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October 7, 2019

Patrick Danielsen wins at Danish EP On-road opener

The Aalborg RC Center hosted the opening round of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend. The event was held in several 1/10th on-road classes and in Touring Modified it was Xray’s Patrick Danielsen with the overall TQ after winning all three qualifying rounds. Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard had to settle for 2nd overall as Mike Hansen, Morten Iversen and Mad Koue were all tie on points for the 3rd place with the better tie breaker handing Mike P3 on the grid. The finals then saw Patrick, Frederik and Schumacher’s Mike Hansen conserve their positions in all three A-mains, meaning the three ended the day as they qualified.

Image: Mike Hansen

October 7, 2019

Joe Bornhorst sweeps 2019 Pro-Line Shootout

Thornhill Racing Circuit of Hutto, Texas hosted the 2019 Pro-Line Shootout this past weekend with nearly 200 entries making for a competitive event. In the premier Open Nitro Buggy A-main it was 3rd place qualifier, Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst with the overall win in the 45-minute A-main event as top qualifier, Dillon Caldwell (HB Racing) followed on the runner-up spot. 2nd place qualifier, Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre came in 3rd to round out the podium. Over in Open E-Buggy it was Serpent’s Brandon Rose with the overall TQ but again it was Joe Bornhorst, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, with the overall win from Dillon Caldwell in 2nd and Brandon Rose in 3rd, the latter two ending tie on points after the double A-mains with Dillon holding the upper hand after the tie-breaker.

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October 7, 2019

Xray Racing Series Slovakia – Announcement

Xray have announced full details of the 2019/20 Xray Racing Series Slovakia that will kick off on the 12th of October at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin. The 6-race series will be held in all major electric on-road and off-road classes, including Touring Modified, Touring Stock, FWD, Pan Car, Buggy and Truck, and full details can be found here.

October 7, 2019

Carsten Keller doubles at MesseCup Leipzig

The 2019 MesseCup Leipzig was held as part of the Modell Hobby Spiel fair in Leipzig, Germany last week. The event was held in a multitude of classes and in 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Carsten Keller with the overall win from Mugen teammate, Aaron Rönick in 2nd. Philipp Lütgert (Kyosho) came in 3rd to round out the podium from Sebastian Winterstein (Mugen) and Stev Krause (Kyosho) in 4th and 5th respectively.

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October 7, 2019

Matthew Gonzales doubles at 4th annual RAD

The 4th annual Racer Appreciation Day was held at SDRC Raceway in San Diego, California this past weekend. Matthew Gonzales was in control of things in the 2WD Expert Buggy and 4WD Expert Buggy classes as he took the overall TQs and wins in both categories. In 2WD it was Frank Root with the runner-up spot from Kevin King as the 4WD podium as completed by Frank Root and Andrew Swanson.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

October 7, 2019

David Ronnefalk wins at HB Racing Race Days

Trains and Lanes Hobbies held the HB Racing Race Days this past weekend, attracting over 150 entries including international HB Racing Pro drivers such as David Ronnefalk and Cole Ogden. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was David Ronnefalk with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the 45-minute A-main event, taking the win some 40 seconds in front of 2nd place qualifier, Cole Ogden, while 3rd place qualifier, Spencer Heckert completed the top 3 podium result for a HB Racing podium lock out. Pro E-Buggy would see Jason Schreffler taking the overall TQ and win from Anthony Mazzarra in 2nd and Sean Okeefe in 3rd. Pro Nitro Truggy was top qualified by Jamie Grayek, however it was Anthony Mazzarra with the overall win in the 30-minute A-main event from Paul Rutledge in 2nd and Michael Furnari in 3rd.

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October 7, 2019

Juan Carlos Canas doubles at Buggyland 6.0

The Buggyland 6.0 race was held this past weekend at the Circuito de Fuencarral in Madrid, Spain. SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas would dominate the event with wins in both the Nitro Buggy and Electric Buggy classes. In Nitro however it was Mugen’s Robert Batlle with the overall TQ from Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton and Juan Carlos Canas. The hour-long A-main then saw Robert dropping back the order in the opening stages while Juan Carlos Canas and Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo battled for the lead, swapping positions several times. After the final pitstop Juan Carlos however was able to take over the lead and extend it to 2.4 seconds on the line, handing him the win from Juao in 2nd. Robert Batlle would complete the overall top 3 another 14 seconds behind.

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