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.
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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.
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.
The 6th and final round of the Czech MR Cup was held recently and it was Simon Horak who would score double wins in Touring Stock and Formula. Starting from pole position in Touring Stock Simon would sweep all three A-mains for the win from Radko Cernohous in 2nd and Lukas Hoch in 3rd. Over in Formula it was again Simon with the overall TQ and the wins in all three A-mains, however he got a run for his money from Lukas Hoch and Svetlin Douhlevski who would ultimately finish in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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Awesomatix have announced the signing of Swiss Touring Modified expert, Michele Manzo to their Factory Team. The former Swiss national champion will attend at all major races in Switzerland and also some Italy based events. Other appearances will include the Euro Touring Series and the EFRA European Championship. Michele will also offers track-side setup support.
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The final round of the Swiss Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Schaffhausen track recently. In the Touring Pro Stock class it was Nuno Huber with the overall TQ after the qualifiers and also the wins in all three A-main events. Michael Koch came in 2nd from Luigi Manzo in 3rd. Over in the Formula class it was Fabio Marzini with the TQ and win, leaving behind Michael Wuest in 2nd from Giacomo Moretti 3rd. With the win, Fabio also secured himself the overall Formula title.
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The 8th and final round of the 1/10th Off-road Championship was held in Bratislava recently. Right from the start the weather looked to play a factor and after Q1 it started to rain slightly but got worse over the day meaning the organisers had to call the race a day before the finals. This meant Lacko Toth would take the win in 4WD Buggy with Peter Tauber coming in 2nd and Milos Svihran ending the day on the 3 spot.
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The 7th and final round of the Hungarian 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Rame-RC track in Homokbodoge. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Pal Vasvari with the win from Peter Kozma 2nd and Janos Pittman in 3rd. The E-Buggy class, also held in changing weather conditions, it was Antonia Kovalszki with the TQ. In the finals Antonia, Stefan Lutka and Zsombor Fekete had some exciting fights for the overall win with Antonia ultimately holding the upper hand from Stefan 2nd and Zsombor 3rd.
