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April 30, 2019

BRCA 1/10th IC Circuit Nationals Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the British 1/10th IC Circuit nationals took place this past weekend at the Adur circuit in the south of England. Dry but windy qualifying conditions would see the usual contenders battling for overall TQ. In 200mm it would be Joe Kerry with his Capricorn taking top spot some 4 seconds in front of Serpent’s John Zottl, with James Connolly rounding out the top 3 driving a Mugen. In 220mm GT, returning to the class, Serpent driver Mark Green dominated qualifying to claim pole position in front of the Capricorn of Glyn Beal and Richard Kozakiewicz also driving a Serpent. The GT8 support class would see Serpent’s Paul Bellinger taking overall TQ in front of the IGT8s of Glyn Beal and Rob Scott.

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April 29, 2019

Figueiredo & Duraes win at Portuguese Buggy Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Portuguese 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Guarda track this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo with the overall TQ from Serpent’s Carlos Duraes in 2nd and Mugen’s Ricardo Monteiro in 3rd. In the 45-minute the three would battle it out for the top 3 positions again and in the end the order would stay the same as in the qualifiers with Joao taking the win from Carlos 2nd and Ricardo 3rd.

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April 29, 2019

Tyler & Albano win at Tom Meyers memorial race

Speedworld Raceway of Roseville, California hosted the 1st annual Tom Meyers race over the weekend. Awesomatix driver, Eric Albano would take the overall TQ in the Touring Modified class, however after the triple A-mains it was Xray’s Lex Tyler with the win, despite some mixed 1-7-2 finishes. Eric, who scored 2-2-1 finished had to settle for 2nd after the tie-breaker with Team Associated’s David Jun coming in 3rd overall.

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April 29, 2019

Borja Rodriguez wins at Levante E-Buggy champs Rd5

The Circuito de Sant Joan de Moró track in Spain hosted round 5 of the Levante E-Buggy Championship this past weekend. The event attracted 37 entries and it was Borja Rodriguez with the overall TQ from Oscar Tinoco Alvarez in 2nd. When the dust had settled after the three qualifiers it was again Borja on top of things with Oscar coming in 2nd. Behind the two, Javier Cuenca Moratalla rounded out the podium result from Carlos Serra Albert 4th and Sergio Ramos Rodriguez 5th.

Source: XTR Racing [xtr-rc.com]

April 29, 2019

Clancy & Jones win at BRCA Truggy & E8 Nats Rd1

The opening round of the 2019 BRCA Truck and E-Buggy Nationals was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club this past weekend. In the 30-minute Truggy final it was Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy with the win a lap in front of Agama’s Jon Hazlewood. Tekno RC driver Mitchell Booth came in 3rd some 15 seconds shy of Jon. Over in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was AE’s Lewis Jones with the win from AE’s Mike Lewis in 2nd as HB Racing’s Simon Reeves rounded out the top 3 podium result.

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April 29, 2019

Lapmonitor Challenge 2019 – Report

The Lapmonitor Challenge was held at the Mauritian RLMC RC Track this past weekend. In the 1/8th Promo class it was Nickehale Chinnayya with the win from Matteo Maka on the 2 spot and Neale Chinnayya on the 3 spot.

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April 29, 2019

Saxton & Drake win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd1

The opening round of the 2019 JBRL Nitro Series was held at SoCal Nitro Raceway in Victorville, California this past weekend. The event attracted over 165 entries and in the competitive Expert Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ after the qualifiers. In the 20-minute A-main the race for the win was on between Adam and Team Associated’s Richard Saxton with the latter taking a narrow win some 1.5 seconds in front of Adam. HB Racing’s Cole Jenson would round out the top 3 podium result.

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April 29, 2019

Laverychev & Karpov win at Russian Cup

The Russian Cup was held in Moscow this past weekend in several electric on-road classes. The event saw Maxim Laverychev taking the TQ and win in the Touring Modified class from Mihail Bykov on the runner-up spot. Nikita Ignatiev would come in 3rd to round out an Awesomatix podium sweep. Over in the Touring Stock 13.5T it was Vitaly Karpov with the TQ and win.

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