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June 5, 2019

2019 Manufacturers Cup – Report

The 2019 Manufacturers Cup was held at Amain’s California-based Silver Dollar R/C Raceway last weekend, attracting most of the country’s swift off-road racers. Overall entries were over 200 and people were genuinely excited to run their cars on the killer track at Silver Dollar R/C Raceway. What a race it was in the Pro Nitro Buggy class as the two Arizona’s best went head to head. Mugen’s Ryan Maifield was dominant on day 1, but Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin up’d his game on Sunday and was able to beat out Maifield on the tie-breaker when it came down to best score. Since both drivers had identical results of two wins and one 2nd place finish, the tie-breaker came down to single fastest run with Spencer taking the win. Mugen’s Adam Drake came in 3rd with a total of 9 points.

Continue reading the report here

June 4, 2019

Mini RallyX Nordic Cup – Report

With full scale rally cars and cross karts as backdrop, Black Track RC held their first Mini RallyX Nordic Cup this past weekend at Motorsport Nordjylland, Denmark. Featuring the Traxxas Ford Fiesta ST Rally cars straight from the box, the cup is both affordable and challenging for drivers of any skill level as the class is locked to stock electronics including the transmitter. Erik Pedersen took a hard-fought TQ over Per Eriksen in the qualifying rounds and Dennis Falk taking a solid 3rd. It was a really close race in the first main but small mistakes from Pedersen gave Eriksen the win. In leg 2, Pedersen lost his rhythm letting Eriksen sail to the lead, which he held all the way to the checkered flag giving him the overall #1 spot and Pedersen 2nd. Dennis Falk kept his 3rd through out the mains leaving rookie drivers Søren Pedersen and young William Vinther battling for 4th and 5th. Between heats spectators got a chance at racing with the Traxxas cars as the club has seven kits they rent out at events to help promote the sport. At the end of the day the drives from both full scale and RC were celebrated at the podium. The club will be hosting the final round of the Danish nationals for 10th scale electric 2WD, 4WD and Stadium Truck in August.

Thanks to Kristian Lauridsen for the report.

June 4, 2019

Vogl & Riedmann win at Austrian EP On-road Nats Rd2

The second round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the MACG Steiermark club last weekend. The weather made for some challenging racing conditions and in the end it was Dominic Vogl with the TQ and win in the Touring Modified class. Sascha Klug came in 2nd from Patrick Gollner on the 3 spot. In the Touring Stock class it was Philipp Stadler with the overall TQ, however after the triple A-mains it was Robin Riedmann with the overall win from Arno Webernig in 2nd and top qualifier Philipp in 3rd.

View the Touring Stock podium here

June 4, 2019

2019 HNMC Member GP – Report

Every year the HNMC runs a Members GP this is a free meeting to thank all the club members for their support. They used a different race format this meeting with 15-minute qualifiers and 30-minute finals for Nitro and 10-minute qualifiers for E-Buggy and Truggy and two leg 12-minute finals – this was run as FTQ. When the qualifiers were over, Kevin Brunsden took the TQ in Nitro Buggy, Richard Miller took TQ in E-Buggy and George Miller top qualified Truggy. In the Nitro Buggy main Kevin Brunsden took the win from Taro Cradock and Owen Luckin. Truggy was won by George Miller from Darren Roper and James Morl. Over in E-Buggy it was Ricky Copper from James Clarke and Rick Spiers.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

June 4, 2019

Mikey Brown wins at DieHard RC Summer Turf Series Rd2

DieHard RC of Snohomish, Washington held round 2 of their Summer Turf Series this past weekend. In the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Team Associated driver Travis Schreven with the overall TQ with Schumacher’s Mikey Brown on the 2 spot and Serpent driver Colin Branch in 3rd. In the single 7-minute A-main it was an intense battle with several lead changes, but in the end Mikey would edge out Travis for the win by 1.6 seconds. Travis came in 2nd while Colin completed the top 3, only 1.7 seconds behind.

Image: Mikey Brown

June 3, 2019

BRCA Touring Car Series Rd2 – Report

The second round of the BRCA Touring Car Series took to the North of England and one of the premier tracks in the country, Halifax. With mixed weather in the area there were winners and losers in both the Modified and Stock classes. In the Modified class Schumacher’s Olly Jefferies lined up 2nd on the grid after qualifying behind Xray’s Elliott Harper, but both were on a different tyre strategy so the finals would be interesting. In the first leg Olly pressured Elliott hard for the first few minutes and managed to make a pass, Elliott pushed hard to retake the lead but made a mistake in the fast left. This enabled Olly to take victory from Elliott and Team Associated’s Zak Smith. In a similar scenario in the second leg Olly managed to pass Elliott to take the win again, taking maximum points for the weekend, which was very important for the championship. Zak was 3rd again with Andy Murray 4th overall, an excellent result from 10th on the grid.

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June 3, 2019

Ongaro & Orlowski win at EFRA EP Buggy Euros warm-up

The Italian Pinerolo track hosted the EFRA 1/10th Buggy European Championship warm-up race this past weekend. In the 2WD Buggy class it was current 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Champion, Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) with the win from Schumacher’s Michael Orlowski on the runner-up spot. Xray’s Martin Bayer came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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June 3, 2019

2019 VRC Spec Class Worlds – Announcement

This June will see the running of the Spec Class VRC Worlds in various Nitro and Electric, On-road and Off-road categories. The fun kicks off on the 5th of June with Nitro Sedans, 1/12th scale Sports Cars and Rally X. All Spec classes are part of VRC’s free2play package – all that is needed is the respective track. The full schedule can be found after the break or on the official VRC website here.

Find a list of all Spec Worlds events here