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October 4, 2018

Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd6 – Report

The HRT Houthalen track hosted round 6 of the Belgian Electric On-road Nationals recently with the event promising exciting races on this small and technical track. Saturday was sunny with a lot of grip. Everyone was looking for the right setup because the championship was absent for a couple of years from this track. In the Efra class newly-crowned champion Olivier Bultynck set the pace in the qualifying heats. Mitchel van Es put his car on the 2nd spot and youngster Athan De Witte was really fast to take the 3rd spot.

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October 4, 2018

Lefebvre & Hooks wins at the Texas Two Step

The Gulf Coast Raceways in Porter, Texas and the Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas recently played host to the first ever Texas Two Step race. It was setup like the Pro-Line duel race in California. The scoring would be combining your results from Saturday and Sunday to make an overall. Friday was practice at either track with Saturday being raced at the Gulf Coast Raceway and Sunday things would decide at the Thornhill track. When the dust had settled, Ethan Lefebvre would take the overall in Nitro Buggy in front of Dillon Caldwell and Tyler Hooks. Over in Electric Buggy it was Tyler Hooks with the overall from Brandon Rose and Ethan Lefebvre.

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October 3, 2018

Austrian 1/10 Electric Off-road Nats Rd5 – Report

The fifth and final round of the Austrian Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the MRC-Traiskirchen club close to Vienna. The track underwent a major redesign with the former dirt track now being laid out with astroturf. However the natural contours have been preserved to ensure an off-road feeling, making the track very technical. Classes run were 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and 2WD Truck and it was Team Associated’s Peter Pinisch who took the overall TQs in all categories. In the 2WD A-main 2WD there were tough but fair fights between Peter Pinisch and Yokomo driver, Lucas Grainer. In the end Peter would prevail to take the win from Lucas on the 2 spot. Yokomo’s Thomas Pumpler came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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October 3, 2018

David Chichizola wins at Wednesday Night Race

Speedworld Raceway in Roseville, California held their first official Wednesday Night Race recently. In 17.5T Touring it was David Chichizola with the overall TQ from Alex Fera 2nd and track owner, Thello Jordan in 3rd. Off the line, Thello got a much better start than David and Alex and by the first corner was leading, with Alex in 2nd, and David in 3rd. About lap eight or so, Alex touched a curb in the darkest section of that track that he couldn’t see and rolled the car. It took a few seconds to get marshalled, but that was all it took for David to get by and begin chasing down Thello. Fortunately for Alex, the two of them got tangled up together and as a result, Thello’s car did not finish the race. Hearing this, Alex started pushing as hard as he could to try and close the gap up to David out front, but never quite got there. Ultimately Davis finished 1st, Alex finished 2nd about three seconds back, and Thello was 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 3, 2018

Czech 1/8th Buggy Nationals Rd5 & Rd6 – Report

The final two rounds of the Czech 1/8th Buggy Nationals took place at the Horni Jeleni track last weekend. At round 5 it was Max Gotzl with the overall TQ in the Nitro Buggy class, however after the semifinals it was Martin Bayer with the pole position for the 45-minute A-main event with Max coming in 2nd and Jiri Mara starting from the 3 spot. Soon after the start Martin had a bobble that allowed Max to take the lead but Bayer soon recovered and Max tried to fight back after the final stop for fuel but Martin had the faster pace and so he took the win from Max in 2nd and Jiri in 3rd.

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October 2, 2018

Vera & Marasco win at FSEARA Asphalt Series Round 1

Host of the 2016 ROAR Nationals, Valkaria RC Raceway, is a staple in the Florida on-road racing community and this past weekend they hosted round 1 of the 2018/2019 FSEARA Asphalt Series. With 89 entries on hand, racing was fast and fierce. In the Pro Mod class veteran racer Dave Vera took the win, from Austin Wolf in 2nd and Paul Wynn in 3rd.

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October 2, 2018

Jarno Pijpers doubles at NRC Cup

The Mach-One astro turf track in Helmond, The Netherlands played host to a round of the NRW Cup this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class Carsten Keller took the overall TQ while in the Electric Buggy class it was Jarno Pijpers who was in 1st place after the qualifiers. Following the semifinal it was Jarno with the pole position for the Nitro A-main and right from the start he was able to build a gap on Carsten who had bad luck in his semifinal. Ultimately Jarno Pijpers (SWorkz) was able to bring home the win from Carsten Keller (Mugen) in 2nd and Collin Meijer (Serpent) in 3rd. The Electric class had Jarno Pijpers (SWorkz) taking another pole position with Sander van Genechten (Xray) on the 2 spot on the grid. After the start Jarno and Sander would pull away from the rest off the field. Sander would follow Jarno for a few minutes, but Sander made a mistake and Jarno would open a gap to take the win from Sander in 2nd and Tim Donk (Team C) on the 3 spot.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

October 1, 2018

Essex Carpet Clash Series – Announcement

The inaugural season of the Essex Carpet Clash off-road series will take off on the 23rd of December in Hornchurch, Essex. Classes run will be 2WD Buggy and 4WD Buggy according to BRCA general rules and with Schumacher Cactus control tyres. The 30x16m track will be laid out using EOS carpet and four of the six rounds will count towards the overall championship. Full information can be found on the series’ official website here.