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June 1, 2019

Polish Off-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

Last weekend the second round of the Polish Off-road Nationals was held in Murowana Goslina, right next to the city of Poznan. Lots of rain before the week of the event meant the club’s track crew had to work hard to prepare a race-worthy surface and layout, but ultimately everything worked out very well with the track meeting the high demands of the racers. The slightly wet track grooved in nicely during Friday’s practice session and remained in perfectly dust-free, high traction and unbroken condition during the whole racing weekend, ensuring great competition without being too sensitive to car and tyre setups. Racing-wise and in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Bartek Zalewski with the TQ and win from Donat Bula and Tomasz Gadnicki.

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June 1, 2019

Miguel & Nascimento win at Portuguese TC Nats Rd3

Last weekend the third round of the Portuguese Touring National Championship was held at the CRB track in Lisbon with nearly 30 drivers in attendance. Sunny weather and a well-prepared track made for great racing conditions and in the Touring class it was local racer, Serpent’s Hugo Miguel with the overall TQ from Nuno Durães (Mugen) and Mário Miranda (Xray). The finals then saw some great and close racing with Hugo eventually taking the win from Nuno and Mario.

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May 31, 2019

Issei Sasaki crowned JMRCA Touring Sports Champion

The RC Stadium Sodegaura track recently played host to the 2019 JMRCA Touring Sports Japanese National Championships. The race was held in Stock motor classes only and was open for all non-sponsored drivers. In the 17.5T Touring category it was 13-years old Issei Sasaki (Xray) with the win from Yuto Sakai (Yokomo) and Tsubasa Yoshimura (Yokomo).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 29, 2019

V.d. Akker & Janssen win at Dutch Nationals Rd3

Last weekend the third round of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals was held at the MRC Genk track. For most drivers it was the maiden race at this track as the nationals never visited the track before. Round 3 saw the running of the Touring Modified, Touring Stock and the growing FWD class and in Modified it was the expected battle between the current number 1 and 2, Sidney Blokker and Rick v.d. Akker. As the grip conditions were constantly changing it became very difficult to drive constant lap times. With two of the three rounds to count it came down to the third round of qualifying as both Sidney and Rick had a 1st and 2nd place after twi rounds. The TQ position ultimately went to Sidney with a 1-second margin in the last round.

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May 29, 2019

BRCA 1/8 Circuit Championship Rd3 & Rd4 – Report

Over the bank holiday weekend the Cotswold club at Cotswold Airport near Cirencester, in Gloucestershire hosted a double header round for the BRCA 1/8 Circuit Championship for both Nitro and Electric cars. The championship’s round 3 was held on Sunday and in the Nitro class Tim Wood was back in dominant form with his Shepherd taking the win from Serpent’s Alex Thurston while Capricorn’s Neal King took 3rd two laps behind. Some wet weather in qualifying mixed up the grid somewhat with some big names not making the A-final.

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May 29, 2019

Boice & Lime win at MDA Tri State Champs

The Texas-based Sun City Raceway held the MDA Tri State Championships this past weekend. The Open E-Buggy A-main was won by 2nd place qualifiers, Chris Boice thanks to taking A1 and A3. A2 winner, Camden Lime came in 2nd overall from Scotty Brewer in 3rd. Iram Torres and Iram Torres completed the top 5 results.

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May 29, 2019

Inaugural JConcepts Spring Dirt Oval Nationals – Report

The inaugural JConcepts Spring Dirt Oval Nationals was held at the Hobbyplex track in Omaha, Nebraska last weekend. For this year, the Hobbyplex oval track was freshly built and a brand new pit lane was created for safe pull-offs and easy tuning. The fast track was grippy, smooth, and extremely fun to drive on, however the hot weather that came on Sunday actually started to dry the track more than anticipated, which resulted in a little higher tire wear. Completing a perfect weekend for him, Custom Works’s Max Flurer sealed the deal as he took the wire to wire win in the super competitive Outlaw Sprint class. Max was dialed from the 1st pack to the last and showed tremendous speed in the main setting the fastest lap of the weekend. Taking home 2nd was AFX’s Phil Beardshear, who fought hard all race and moved his way comfortably into 2nd behind Flurer. It was another impressive drive for Ed Gaines to move up from 5th and finished 3rd after 4 intense minutes of close racing. With this podium, Ed finished on the box in 3 of the 3 classes he entered.

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May 28, 2019

French Electric On-road Championship Rd3 – Report

The Besancon track in the eastern part of France hosted round 3 of the French Electric On-road Championship last weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Hugo Ragaut with the overall TQ from Remi Callens and Loic Jasmin in 2nd and 3rd respectively. After the triple A-mains it was still Hugo with the number 1 spot, thanks to winning A1 and A3, while Loic moved up a spot to finish on the runner-up spot. 5th place qualifier, Alexandre Duchet would obtain the 3rd and final podium spot.

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