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September 9, 2019

Spanish Electric On-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Spanish Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Lleida track this past weekend. The event was held in Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula classes and in Touring Modified it was Carles Santiago with the overall TQ from Carlos Barros on the 2 spot. The triple A-mains then again saw Carles leading the way and with wins in A1 and A2 he took the overall win with one leg to spare. Runner-up after the qualifiers, Carlos Barros would cement his overall runner-up spot with the win in A3 as Antonio Rodriguez came in 3rd overall to round out the podium.

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September 9, 2019

Marco Baruffolo wins at Italian Buggy Nats Rd3

Last weekend’s Italian ACI 1/8th Buggy Nationals held at the Ongaro Ring not only saw Davide Ongaro taking the win in the Expert Nitro Buggy class, it was also Xray’s Marco Baruffolo with the win in 1/8th E-Buggy. When the dust had settled after the triple A-mains Marco walked away with the wins in A2 and A3 for the overall from Tekno RC’s Alex Zanchettin in 2nd and Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 9, 2019

SIGP Sunpadow Int’l On-Road GP – Announcement

The 2019 SIGP Sunpadow International RC Car On-Road Grand Prix & Hobbywing Cup Touring Car Open Race will be held at the Chinese Xiamen ARC International Track from the 21st to the 24th of November. Classes run include Touring Modified, Pro Stock and Sport as well as 1/8th IC Track, 1/8th GT and 1/5th scale Electric Motorcycle. Full details and registration can be found on the official website here.

September 9, 2019

Tyler Jones doubles at OEOSS Rd5

Round 5 of the OEOSS Series was held at Jax Trax in Union City, Indiana this past weekend. The event attracted over 80 entries and in 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was TLR’s Tyler Jones with the overall TQ and win from Mugen’s Collin Weatherholt on the 2 spot, the latter ending the 20-minute A-main event some 40 second behind the winner. Team Associated’s Matt Cline came in 3rd, another 6.6 seconds down.

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September 9, 2019

Jörn Neumann takes German 2WD Mod Buggy title

The 2019 German 2WD Buggy Nationals were held at the Arena33 in Andernach over the weekend. The event saw 43 entries for the 2WD Modified Buggy class that was top qualified by Marcel Schneider with Jörn Neumann coming in 2nd after the tie-breaker. Tom Maquel ended the qualifiers on the 3 spot from Moritz Lautenbach in 4th. The opening of the three A-main event then again saw Marcel and Jörn on the top 2 spots but it was Jörn who sealed the bag with wins in A2 and A3, leaving behind Marcel Schneider in 2nd while 5th place qualifier, Luca Rau came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Image: Jörn Neumann

September 6, 2019

Nico Schmid takes double Swiss EP Buggy title

The fifth and final round of the Swiss 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was hosted by the TIT club last weekend. The bumpy and unpredictable track was a rear challenge for the drivers and in the 4WD Modified Buggy class it was Kay Frehner with the overall TQ but tyre problems in A1 meant he scored a DNF which allowed Philip Jeisy to take the win in the opening A-main. A2 then was a much easier affair for the TQ holder as Kay walked away with the win. A3 then was a 3-horse battle between Kay, Philip and Florian Schmid but ultimately it was Kay with the win and the overall from Philip Jeisy in 2nd and Florian Schmid in 3rd, making it an Xray top 3 finish. However it was Nico Schmid who was able to bring home the overall title in 4WD Modified Buggy.

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September 4, 2019

Savoya TQs & wins at French EP Off-road Champs Rd5

Round 5 of the French 1/10th Electric Off-road Championship was held at the CARCA track in Noeux Les Mines last weekend. While Thomas Musso walked away with the win, and the overall championship, in the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was TLR’s Renaud Savoya who dominated the 2WD Mod Buggy category by taking the overall TQ, coming out on top in all three A-mains and also clocking the fastest lap of the weekend. Behind him, it was the Xray duo of Thomas Anger and Mathieu Briere who would snatch the final two podium spots.

Image: Renaud Savoya

September 4, 2019

Spencer Rivkin doubles at Surf City Classic

OCRC Raceway of Huntington Beach, California hosted the 12th Annual Surf City Classic race last weekend with over 310 entries for the Modified and Stock 1/10th off-road classes. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was Broc Champlin with the overall TQ but in the single 10-minutes A-main event it was 3rd place qualifier, Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin who would hold the upper hand, taking the win 5.6 seconds in front of Kyosho’s CJ Jelin as Team Associated’s Rob Gillespie came in 3rd, another two seconds down.

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