Hinckley RCCC was host to the opening round of the BRCA Formula National Series in the East Midlands. A flowing layout and good grip from the ETS black carpet made for a great track. After three rounds of qualifying Craig Nutting put his Roche F1 Evo on pole position followed by Stephen Lander with the Capricorn F1-02 then Luke Lee’s Xray X1’18 completing the top 3 spots.
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The final round of the JConcepts Super Cup Series was held at Southside Raceway in Lake City, Florida. The race was held in several 1/10th electric off-road classes and in 2WD Modified Buggy it was Lee Setser with the overall TQ from Jackson Brunson. In the single 5-minute A-main final however it was Jackson who would hold the upper hand, taking the win some 4.6 seconds in front of Lee as Paul Wynn rounded out the top 3, coming from the 4th spot on the grid.
The Hobbyplex indoor track in Nebraska, Omaha played host to round 1 of the Tekno Winter Series last weekend. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Mason Fuller with the TQ from his brother Kaden (both TLR) on the 2 spot. The two would run 1-2 on the 30-minute A-main event, however with three minutes to go Mason had a technical and would only finish in 7th as Kaden was able to bring home the win some ten seconds in front of Chris Marrant (HB Racing). Ashton Abdul (JQRacing) would round out the top 3 results.
The SLR Ingolstadt club in the South of Germany played host to the national HPI-Challenge Superlauf this past weekend. In the Touring Stock class it was Christian Donath who would sweep the qualifiers, taking an undefeated TQ from Jill Bartsch and Manuel Wagner. After the triple A-mains it was again the trio of Christian from Jill and Manuel.
The annual IBR Padova Winter Cup was held this past weekend at the iconic Italian indoor off-road track in Carrara San Giorgio. The 3-day event was dominated by the Italian domestic drivers, however in the 45-minute Nitro Buggy A-main things turned and it was Germany’s Burak Kilic (Agama) with the win with his prototype 319 buggy in front of Max Hesse’s HoBao as Berkan Kilic rounded out the top 3, also driving an Agama 319 prototype. Over in the E-Buggy class it was again Burak who would hold the upper hand to take the win.
Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the update.
The finale of the 2018 season of the Urban Touring Series was held this past weekend. With the last round having taken place more than two months ago in August, anticipation was high as Singapore’s top racers were keen to lock horns for the final showdown. This round was also special in that the race would concurrently serve as the Singapore National Championship event in the Touring Car Stock and also the Formula classes. Two titles were therefore up for grab in this one event. The weather had been gloomy all week leading up to the weekend. The Urban track crew was nonetheless tireless in their effort to prep the track daily after the rain to ensure maximum practice time for everyone. Come the race weekend, the weather cleared up, and everyone was able to enjoy almost uninterrupted Saturday practice and Sunday race day.
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The opening round of the Best Dawn Series was held at EN Hobbies/Sparks RC Raceway in Columbus, Ohio this past weekend. TLR’s Tyler Jones was in control of the 2WD Mod and 4WD Mod Buggy action all weekend, taking the TQ and win in 2WD Mod in front of Yokomo’s JP Richards and HB Racing’s Spencer Heckert. The 4WD Mod Buggy class was TQ’d by JP Richards, however in the single 7-minute A-main it was Tyler Jones with another win as Spencer Heckert and JP Richards rounded out the top 3 results.
The final round of the 2018 Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria was held at the Tolmin track in Slovenia with entries from Austria, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia. The race was held in Touring Stock 13.5T XRS, Formula, 1/8th IC Track as well as 1/8th GT classes. In 1/10th Touring it was Alojzij Osvald who took the day’s win in front of Zeljko Selman. Patrik Pozgaj rounded out the all-Xray top 3.
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