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May 21, 2019

Spring Indoor National Series 9 – Report

The Spring Indoor National Series 9 was held this past weekend at Tacoma R/C Raceway in Tacoma, Washington. Over the years, the JConcepts Indoor National Series has showcased some of the best racing by a very special group of drivers ranging from World Champions, National Champions, Reedy Champions, and many more. These high caliber pro drivers definitely know how to put on a killer show for not just the drivers, but for the spectators of all ages. Making the trip this year to the Pacific NW was world-class talent including Ryan Maifield, Ryan Cavalieri, Dustin Evans, Cole Tollard, Max Flurer, Aydin Horne, as well as featuring local speedsters like Tanner Day and Harley Yoshii. This year’s level of talent was deep and made for a spectacular race weekend that did not disappoint.

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May 21, 2019

Urban Astro Buggy Championship Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the 2019 Urban Astro Buggy Championship was run this past weekend, and it was Esmail Apandi who dominated and secured his second win of the season on the trot. A nice turnout of 16 racers signed up to challenge themselves on the new layout at Urban’s Offroad PlaySpace on the rooftop in downtown Singapore. Racers were initially greeted by overcast skies that soon turned into a thunderstorm just before the start. Racing started once the rain stopped, thanks to the track’s Eager quik-dry surface. Nonetheless, the slick surface would test the racers, with many scrambling to switch to wet tyres for the start of qualifying.

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May 20, 2019

JC Canas successful at Spanish E-Buggy Nats Rd3

The third round of the Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals was held at the CARTT Fuencarral track in Madrid this past weekend. The event attracted 75 entries and it was SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas who would lead the way, taking the TQ and also the win after the triple A-main events. Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo came in 2nd, starting from 3rd, while runner-up after the qualifiers, Oscar Navarro, had to settle for 3rd. overall. Joao Espasa and Ignacio Candel rounded out the top 5 results.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

May 20, 2019

Marco Baruffolo signs with Sunpadow

Sunpadow have announced the signing of Italian offroad front runner Marco Baruffolo. The National Champion is a multi-time EFRA Euros A-finalist and he will be using Sunpadow LiPo batteries starting immediately at events including the 2019 IFMAR 1/10th Buggy World Championship and 1/8th E-Buggy Euros. Marco has the following to say about the deal:

I’m very pleased with Sunpadow LiPo’s quality and performance. Its complete product line could fulfill the needs of different track and classes. I think I will do better in the future events.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

May 20, 2019

Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of 6 of the Belgian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the outdoor asphalt track of HRT club in Houthalen. The technical track is ideally suited for electric touring cars, however the bumpy surface meant that the pilots would face a real challenge to find the ideal setup for their cars. Saturday was open for free practice and the fastest driver in Touring Modified would be Oli Bultynck. Oli posted a 15.6 lap time and was closely followed by Florian Joos with a 15.8 and Mitchell Van Es. In Stock, the fight for the title between current championship leader Vincent Van Gansen and Giovanni Moguez would see a third contender. After a short break from racing, Nicolas Delisé made his return with an Xray and posted the same lap times as the other two protagonists. In the Fun class, Luc Wauters seemed to hold the upper hand with a lap time nearly 0.3 seconds faster than his competitors. On Sunday however, everything would change as heavy showers were expected to hit the track.

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May 20, 2019

JConcepts Monster & Mega Tour – Announcement

As the popularity of RC Monster Truck and Mega Truck racing and competition continues to boom, JConcepts has added a new event to the 2019 calendar. The Monster and Mega Tour will hold its inaugural event at The Track in Gaithersburg, Maryland, during the weekend of December 7-8, 2019. The Track, owned by Mimi Wong, is no stranger to hosting large events, most recently hosting the 2017 1/10th ROAR Electric Nationals along with a slew of high-level regional events. The Monster and Mega Tour will feature events centered around the naming formula while competing in all sorts of qualifying trials, side-by-side racing and the wildly popular freestyle. The Track provides enough space for two indoor tracks, one on brushed concrete and the other on dirt. The concrete surface, has a slight texture and provides the placement for the Fred Reep designed track to be used by the Sport Mod, and Pro Mod trucks for racing and all-out freestyle competition. The hard packed dirt track will be the setting for Classic, Retro and the Mega truck races built in the image of a full-size track of yesteryear. Full details can be found on the dedicated event website here.

May 20, 2019

Jürgen Trieb wins Südcup opener

The opening round of the Südcup 1/8th electric buggy series was held at the A-Team track in Graz, Austria this past weekend. Team Associated’s Jürgen Trieb was the man to beat all weekend and after taking the overall TQ in the qualifiers he would sweep the triple A-mains, taking the win in each leg for the overall from TLR’s Marc de Zwart in 2nd and SWorkz’s Marcel Trieb in 3rd.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

May 20, 2019

Keller & Widmaier win at 1/8th off-road regionals

The Sand am Main track played host to a round of the German 1/8th off-road regionals this past weekend. The regionals are qualifying races for the German nationals later this year and in the Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Carsten Keller with the overall win in the 40-minute main final, some twelve seconds in front of SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier, who started from the back of the field due to problems in his semifinal. Aaron Münster (Mugen) would round out the top 3 podium result in front of “best of the rest”, Alexander Schmitt. Over in 1/8th E-Buggy it was Micha Widmaier with a flawless TQ and win.

Image: Micha Widmaier