The Euro Contest X, the 10th edition of the popular 1/8th off-road race, will be hosted by the OSPY Team club from the 21st to 23rd of June in Gussago in Northern Italy. The 2019 race will see Nitro Pro, Open and E-Buggy classes with last year’s event drawing 300 entries. Full information, sign-up and more can be found on the official event website here.
Round 3 of the Offroad Masters series was held in Islikon, Switzerland recently. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Xray’s Nico Schmid with the win from Xray teammate, Kay Frehner. Schumacher’s Elias Ehrmann came in 3rd to round out the podium. Over in the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was Florian Schmid (Xray) with the win from Kay Frehner (Xray) while Elias Ehrmann snatched another podium result in 3rd.
The second round of the Mauritian On-road Championships were held last weekend. In the 10.5T Touring class it was Lacour Clarel with the win from Jovanni Appasamy in 2nd and Emrith Shelesh in 3rd. Over in the 1/8th BL Open class Mosheen Casseem came out on top and in front of Danen Conjamalay and Jovanni Appasamy in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Finally in the 1/8th BL Promo category it was Nikheale Chinnayya from Neale Chinnayya in 2nd and Matteo Maka in 3rd.
Thanks to Jovanni Appasamy for the update.
The final round of the Danish DRCMU series was held in Randers this past weekend. Held in several electric on-road classes it was the Xray duo of Patrick Folman and Kevin Nielsen who battled it out in the Touring Stock class. Patrick would take the overall TQ with Kevin sitting in 2nd and with Patrick coming out on top in A1 and A3 while Kevin won A2, it was Patrick with the day’s win from Kevin on the 2 spot. Young Casper Lund (Xray) would round out the top 3 after achieving his first podium result. Overall in the Championship it was Kevin Nielsen with the title thanks to five TQ spots and wins as and two 2nd place finishes over the season.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 4 of the Super Cup Championship Series headed south to Mills Pond RC Speedway in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. A fresh layout was laid out a couple weeks prior and with a few final touches during the week leading up to Race 4, all the time and hard work paid off. The weather was also perfect and with 116 entries it was going to be a great day of racing. A few computer glitches slowed things down a bit but everyone seemed to still have a great day hanging out at the track. Racing-wise and in the 2WD Mod Buggy class it was Daimon Borkowicz with the win from Lee Setser and Paul Wynn.
The French Mini Bolid’ Club Pertuisien track held the third edition of its Fun Race this past weekend. Over the year the season opening race has become an integral part in the race programme of many French top pilots and this year was no exception. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class, attracting over 70 entries, it was Tom Robin with the overall TQ from Jerome Aigoin and Eliot Marcon, however in the super-tight 20-minute A-main final it was Yannick Aigoin with the win a lap in front of Patrick Auvient Jr. Rayan Medjoubi came in 3rd only some five seconds behind. Eliot Marcon and Maxime Noble would round out the top 5 only a lap behind the leader.
Round 1 of the RC Pro Series North Division was held at Shaws RC Track in Ardmore, Oklahoma this past weekend. In the Pro Nitro Buggy category it was Tekno RC’s Tyler Hooks with the TQ after the triple qualifiers and he would also come out on top after the 45-minute A-main event, leaving behind Mugen racer, Hunter LaFleur in 2nd, a lap down while Tekno RC’s Aaron Royston completed the top 3 another lap down. Over in the Pro E-Buggy class it was again Tyler Hooks with the overall TQ and he would also bring home the win as Charles Day (Team Associated) and Quincy Hughes completed the top 3 results.
View the Pro E-Buggy podium here
Round 7 of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Randers track last weekend. Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard was pretty much in control of things in the Touring Modified class, taking three round TQ for the overall TQ and pole position for the triple A-mains, leaving behind Patrick Hornum in 2nd. The finals then were a forth and back between Frederik Hovgaard and Michael Hovgaard (Xray), with the letter securing the win in A2 and shifting the decision for the overall to the third and final A-main. Ultimately it was Frederik with the win and the overall from Michael in 2nd and Patrick rounding out the top 3 result.
Image: Frederik Hovgaard
