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June 12, 2018

Asian Onroad Championships Philippines – Report

The recent Philippines round of the Asian Onroad Championships was held at the Bacolod Central District Speedway with some of world’s fastest electric on-road racers in attendance. This modern facility stepped it up big time providing all the participants with world-class amenities and a high grip track with a technical layout. Thursday started off the event with open practice where racers had to the chance to feel out the layout and dial in their rides. Also lhe local press was present every day of the event and did a great job of exposing RC racing to the locals. With the weather looming in the distance and an unknown forecast for Sunday, Saturday night mains under the lights was a blast to run. Thankfully Sunday was blessed with clear weather all day allowing the organisers to complete the racing program.

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June 12, 2018

Bula & Zalewski win at Oder Pomerania Cup Rd1

Last weekend saw the running of the opening round of the Oder Pomerania Cup in Poznan, Poland. Conditions were very difficult as it was hot and the bumpy track had almost no traction. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Donat Bula brought home the win from Paweł Ntkovca 2nd and Mateusz Dudzic 3rd. Over in the 1/8th E-Buggy class Bartosz Zalewski was super fast all day and after winning all qualifiers and the semifinal he also took the overall win after the A-main finals with Wojtek Rzepecki and Steven Nortdorf rounding out the top 3.

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June 11, 2018

Hupo Hönigl doubles at Austrian EP Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Buggy Nationals was held in the north of the country. The track was in good shape upon the beginning of the weekend, however a bit slippery and dusty but this would change soon and the traction was coming up quite fast. Unfortunately overnight rain washed away all traction and it was Hupo Hönigl who made the best out of the conditions on Sunday, bringing home the double win in the 2WD Mod and 4WD Mod Buggy classes from Peter Pinisch 2nd and Martin Kreil 3rd.

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June 11, 2018

Ales Bidovsky wins at RC HobbyRacing Cup Rd2

The second round of the RC HobbyRacing Cup was held in Skripov recently on a bumpy and technical track. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Ales Bidovsky with the overall win from David Krizak and Bartek Zalewski in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Martin Rytir and Jaroslav Valder would round out the top 5 results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 11, 2018

HSH Sundayrace Cup Rd3 – Report

The third round of the HSH Sundayrace Cup was held at the HSH Racetracks in Dintikon, central Switzerland. Nearly 30 drivers attended in the three classes offered and in Touring Modified it was local hero Michele Manzo with three wins in the triple A-mains in front of Jan Hässig and Nuno Huber.

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June 11, 2018

Max Mächler wins at TOS Central Division Rd5

The iconic Andernach track played host to round 5 of the Tonisport Onroad Series this past weekend. The race was held in Touring Modified, Stock 13.5T, FWD 13.5T, Fun 17.5T and a Formula class and in Stock 13.5T it was Awesomatix’s Max Mächler with the TQ and win from Tamiya driver Dai Sakaguchi 2nd and Jacques Libar (Awesomatix) 3rd.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

June 11, 2018

Ongaro & Scaramozzino win Bittydesign Eurocontest

The 2018 Bittydesign Eurocontest was held at the Barcoff in Italy over the weekend. The event attracted some of Europe’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers and in the Nitro Pro class it was Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) who was able to take the win with an incredible two laps ahead of second placed driver Robert Batlle (Mugen) while Mugen’s Marco Ravaglia came in 3rd. Davide was also able to take the win in the Electric Brushless class, winning the first and second A-main while in the strong Open class with 108 entries, it was young Italian driver Alessandro Scaramozzino who was able to take the win with an impressive drive ,showing once again his talent.

Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]

June 11, 2018

Michal Orlowski makes double at Dart Cup Rd2

Round 2 of Schumacher Dart Cup was held this past weekend at the Astroturf RC track in the town of Serock, some 70km north-east of Warsaw. The track offers a high grip Astroturf surface and a nice layout with a mixture of fast, sweeping and tight corners as various jumps make racing very challenging. Before round 2 the track underwent a rebuild of the cross-over section, by adding the bridge with the perfect shape giving the chance for long jumps. The format for the event was seven rounds of round by round qualifying with the three best to count followed by triple mains for everyone. The race saw the attendance of Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski who was a class of his own, showing a flying pace over the weekend.

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