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May 1, 2019

Performa Racing sign Ryan Maifield

Performa Racing has announced that multiple time World Champion racer Ryan Maifield has signed to campaign their new line of RC products. The Mugen factory driver will use Performa Racing’s line of competition 1/8th scale electronics and he has the following to say about the deal:

I’m extremely impressed with the Performa line of products, the 1/8th electric speed control, motors and batteries are a game changer and have been a huge step forward for my race program, I’m excited to see what comes next from Performa. I will use everything at the Silver State for the first time.

Source: Performa Racing [performaracing.com]

May 1, 2019

West German EP Off-road regionals Rd1 – Report

Last weekend the outdoor season in Western Germany kicked off on the huge Astroturf track of the RCRT Duisburg club. The joint event of the NORC round 2 and the West German National Qualifier saw almost 120 entries in several electric off-road classes. The weekend started pretty wet with lots of rain on Saturday but things changed on Sunday when the rain stopped and the track dried off with every hour. After three rounds of qualifying Jens Becker was able to take the TQ in the 2WD Modified class and he was also able to bring home the overall win after the mains. It was a though but fair and fun fight with Marcel Schneider who finished 2nd, followed by Jorg Mampel in 3rd.

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April 30, 2019

Max Götzl sweeps SMRC club race

The Austrian SMRC club held a club race last weekend. The event saw a somewhat different race format with only two qualifiers, 20 minutes long for the 2WD class while the 4WD and Truck qualifiers were held over ten minutes. The final grid was decided by the best three consecutive laps. Max Götzl took the TQ in all three classes with the 2WD top 3 being made up by Martin Fischer and Manfred Resch while Antonia Kovalzski and Roland Hauleitner came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 4WD class. The finals then were run over eight minutes in 2WD and six minutes in 4WD and Truck.

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April 30, 2019

Norwegian Touring Nationals Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Norwegian Touring Nationals was held in wet conditions at the Helganes Motorsports Centre in Karmøy. With several entrants pulling out due to the weather conditions, only 6 drivers made up the Modified qualifiers, that already from the start seemed to be a battle between Øyvind Stusdal and Nikolai Håheim. As the rain had been pouring down during the night, and the rain showers were expected to continue during the day, the race officials decided to declare it a wet race, and the track was indeed very wet. Stussdahl took Q1, five seconds ahead of Håheim, before Håheim fought back in Q2 securing the heat. An unfortunate mechanical error set an early stop for Stusdal in Q3, securing Håheim the TQ. The remainder of the participants struggled heavily with the conditions.

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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]