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March 5, 2019

2019 Force Series Rd2 – Report

Last weekend the 2019 Force Series was back at it attracting over 180 entries for a single day of 1/8th nitro and electric racing. Round 2 was hosted at Triple Nickel Raceway in Bartow, Florida and it couldn’t have been a better weekend of racing. The weather was perfect and the track was spectacular. The very unique and traditional Florida red clay made for awesome grip and even better battles on the track. It was a great showing for Team Associated’s Jackson Brunson in the premier Expert Nitro Buggy class. After coming off a good weekend of learning from the DNC, Jackson used his newfound experience and knowledge and put it to the test here at round 2 of the Force Series. The hard work has definitely paid off as Jackson qualified 3rd and moved into the race lead early to hold off a hard-charging Justin Fales of team Serpent. The finishing order was Jackson taking 1st, Serpent’s Justin Fales 2nd and TLR’s JR Mitch rounding out the top 3.

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March 5, 2019

Czech National 1/10th Off-road Series Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2019 1/10th Off-road Czech National series was held last weekend at a purpose-built track in Bohumín. Max Götzl would take the round 1 TQs in 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Truck and he would also lock the overall TQs in 4WD and Truck after Q2 but he suffered from some mistakes in Q2 of 2WD. Max went for the 2WD TQ in Q3, however a transponder issue meant he lost a lap and had to settle for 2nd on the grid behind Marek Schiller and in front of Pavel Dostál. In 4WD it was Ales Bidovsky 2nd and Marek 3rd, while in Truck Michal Pospisil came in 2nd and Ales Bidovsky in 3rd.

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March 4, 2019

Lovan Winter Series Rd3 – Report

The third and penultimate round of the 2018/19 Lovan Winter Series was held this past weekend. The organisers yet again created a fast but challenging track on the huge 40x30m track surface. As always, the very liberal rules regarding tyres, motors and additive meant the competitors had to be well prepared in order to fight for the available podium spots. Entries were a bit less this time, but the field was more than competitive to provide exciting races in the five available classes of 1/12 GT and LMP, Formula and Touring Stock and Modified. The latter only saw seven entries, but among those entries were two former European Champions; Stock Touring Champion Rémi Callens and 1/8th nitro Champion Robin D’hondt. It was also interesting to notice that this class did feature the most youngsters with Liam Van de Wouwer, Athan de Witte and Florian Joos.

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March 4, 2019

Ryan Lutz trifecta at RC Pro South Series Rd1

Round 1 of the South division RC Pro Series was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas this past weekend. Agama’s Ryan Lutz was in control of things in the Pro Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and Pro E-Buggy categories as he took the TQs in all classes. His dominance would continue in the A-mains as in the 45-minute long Pro Nitro Buggy A-main Ryan took the win some three laps in front of HB Racing’s Dillon Caldwell with Agama’s Jake French coming in 3rd some 15 seconds behind Dillon. Robbie Darby and Quincy Hughes rounded out the top 5.

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March 4, 2019

Hagberg & Mächler win at 2019 TITC

The 2019 edition of the annual Thailand International R/C Touring Car Championship was held this past weekend in Bangkok, Thailand. The event attracted the usual high-quality mix of world-class and local drivers with the 2019 race being held in the six classes of Touring Modified, Open Brushless 13.5T, Non-Boost 17-5T, Mini, Formula and Tamiya Truck. In the premier Touring Modified class, that attracted 65 entries, it was Xray’s Alexander Hagberg who would snatch the overall TQ after being tie on points with Infinity’s Naoto Matsukura, both TQing two rounds each. Infinity’s Akio Sobue and Xray’s Bruno Coelho came in 3rd and 4th on the grid as new Infinity signing, Viktor Wilck rounded out the top 5.

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March 4, 2019

Ty Tessmann dominated Chi-Town Shootout

Leisure Hours Raceway of Joliet, Illinois hosted the 2019 Chi-Town Shootout this past weekend. The event was held in a multitude of 1/10th Modified and Stock off-road classes and in the premier 2WD Modified Buggy category it was Xray’s Ty Tessmann with the overall TQ from Team Associated’s Ron Devoll in 2nd. In the triple A-mains Ty would bring home wins in A1 and A2 for the early overall victory as Ron Devoll would take the runner-up spot with 3-2-2 finishes. TLR’s Tyler Jones would obtain the final podium spot with 2-4-7 finishes, leaving behind Team Associated’s Cole Tollard in 4th after the tie-breaker.

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March 4, 2019

Lee Martin wins at TORCH Indoor Winter Series Rd6

Round 6 of the TORCH Indoor Winter Series was held hosted by the Titchfield Off Road Club Hants this past weekend. In the premier 2WD Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Lee Martin who would hold the upper hand taking the overall TQ and bringing home three straight wins in the triple A-mains, leaving behind Yasir Mughal (Yokomo) in 2nd and Schumacher driver Stephen Brown in 3rd. Overall in the championship it is Stephen Brown with the title after the six rounds, in front of Yasir Mughal in 2nd. David Burton would round out the overall top 3 championship results in the 2WD class.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

March 4, 2019

Tanner Day doubles at NIS Rd4

Tacoma RC Raceway of Tacoma, Washington held round 4 of the Northwest Indoor Series this past weekend. In the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Tanner Day with the overall TQ and he would also bring home the wins in the two opening A-mains for an early overall victory, leaving behind Yokomo’s Harley Yoshii in 2nd and Schumacher’s Mikey Brown in 3rd. Over in 4WD Modified Buggy it was again Tanner Day (Yokomo) with the overall TQ and after only scoring an 8th place A1, Tanner came back in A2 and A3 to take the overall win from Jackson Andres (Yokomo) in 2nd and Daniel Lea (TLR) in 3rd.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]