The 3rd round of the SRS series was held at the relatively unknown ARC venue near Colchester. The Nitro Buggy class was dominated by Tony Truman taking the TQ and win, with Mark Rumble 2nd and Mark Everitt 3rd. The Truggy class saw an excellent win by James Tatlow, who drove an excellent final to take top honours after placing his truggy on pole. Backing up James were fellow Agama racers Allan Bridgeman and Martin Hart to complete the podium.
This Sunday saw round 2 of the Deerdale Summer Series and the weather had treated the drivers to the hottest day of the year so far. In Nitro Buggy, Carlo De Marco took TQ with teammate Dan Austin qualifying 2nd. The final went pretty much the same way with Carlo converting the TQ position into a comfortable victory and Dan Austin coming in 2nd. Only a last lap wobble costing Wes Jolly the final podium spot.
Round two of the Greek Speedhunters series was held at the Zorri RC track in Athens. After the qualifiers Doukakis placed his car on the 1 spot in front of Batas and Isakides. In the opening A-main things mixed up a bit with Isakides taking the win from Batas and Doukakis. A2 then saw Batas coming out fastest from Isakides in second and Velaoras in third and in the third and final A-main things again mixed up heavily with Velaoras taking the win following a crash of Isakides and Batas. Ultimately Tasos Batas would take the win in the tie-breaker after being tie on points with Isakides. Velaoras had to settle for third.
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The second round of the Danish Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Odense RC Minirace club on a super bumpy and high-grip astroturf track. The qualification of the 2WD class was a super close affair between Jesper Rasmussen, Frederik Hovgaard, Mike Gosvig and Jonas Kærup. Ultimately Jesper took the overall TQ after winning the first and third round while Jonas lined up in second thanks to winning Q2. The triple A-mains also had a lot of close racing to offer and a change in weather let the track significantly drop in traction due to a lot of rain. Jesper would be able to conserve his qualifying performance for an easy win in A1 but after a mistake in the opening stages of A2 he had to recover but after a good fight with Jonas he was able to win the leg and with it the 2WD class ahead of Frederik and Jonas.
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The JConcepts Spring Indoor National Series was held at the Pacific Northwest’s premier offroad dirt track better known as Tacoma R/C Raceway in Tacoma, Washington this past weekend. Since the addition of TRCR to the Indoor National Series two years ago, the 3rd edition of the Spring INS has definitely grown in popularity and has become the Pacific NW’s biggest race. This year’s event attracted drivers from all four corners of the United States as well as pulling in a few racers from Canada to make for an ultra-competitive field of drivers all battling for the Spring Championship title.
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Round six of Singapore’s Urban Touring Series was held the past weekend. Xray’s Dominic Quek started out strong with the fastest run in all qualifying rounds, to take the TQ in the Open class while Tamiya driver Ng Wei Quan secured the TQ in the 17.5 Non-Boost category. In the finals, Esmail Apandi (Awesomatix) would bounce back to win the opening A-main as Dominic scored a DNF due to a stripped spur gear. Colin Tong (Xray) would finish 2nd. In leg 2, Dominic held on to his early lead before a small mistake allowed Esmail through to take the win. In the final leg, Dominic would once again suffer a DNF due to a blown tyre, and Esmail would make it a perfect three out of three with another win.
The second round of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Thunder Alley R/C Raceway and in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was TLR’s Tanner Denney who brought home the win in the 10 minute single A-main format. Behind him Team Associated’s Jake Mayo ended the race some 17 seconds down in second while a lap down Steve Harris (Mugen) had to settle for third.
Image: Tanner Denney
The third round of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit National series took place this past weekend at the small, tight and technical track of Adur. Close to the limit for how small of a track a modern 1/8 scale car can race around, this track provides a unique challenge with heavy braking zones, tight hairpins, and a short straight to keep the drivers on their toes. Saturday was dry, warm and perfect conditions for racing, Andy Hastings, Neal King and Tim Wood were setting the pace during practice on Saturday. Sunday morning was a touch colder, but stayed dry through the day. After four rounds of qualifying Mark Green came out fastest on top of Andrew Hastings and Neal King.
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