The 2020 Norwegian Electric On-road Championship was hosted by the Stavanger Modellbilklubb and held at the huge Klepp RC track in western Norway. While Nikko Haheim took the win in the Touring Modified class, it was Odd Helge Johansen with the victory in Touring Stock. Thor Bjorn Gabrielsen came in 2nd overall from Vidar Gunderson in 3rd. Bjorn Ole Haagenvik came in 4th, Anna Nedrebo rounded out the top 5.
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The Austrian MORAC-Ring hosted the Xray Challenge 2020 last weekend in several nitro and electric 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes. In the 1/8th scale Electric GT class it was Manfred Neuhold with the overall TQ from Klaus Saurer on the runner-up spot. Klaus would take the win in the opening A-main event, however it was Manfred who came back for A2 and A3, taking the overall win from Klaus Saurer in 2nd and Harald Schneller in 3rd.
Source: Hong Nor [hongnor-racing.com]
Postponed from March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Malaysia National Championships took place last weekend and for the first time in its history was run alongside another race series, the Arrowmax Cup. A much anticipated race as everyone was not able to race for the last 5 months they received more than 70 entries across 4 different classes, ranging from 13.5T Boosted, 17.5T Blinky GT, 17.5T FWD and 17.5T Racing Truck. With Arrowmax being the main sponsor for the series, the controlled tire was the 30 shore Asphalt NC tires.
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Round 6 of the popular Huge Challenge was held at the Huge RC Circuit in Bangkok, Thailand last weekend. The race saw the running of both nitro and electric 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes and in 1/8th IC Track it was former IFMAR 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring World Champion, Meen Vejrak with the win from Attitat Inmitin on the runner-up spot. Best Tanat Inmitin came in 3rd overall from Sivawat Wat and Chatkul Kob who completed the top 5 podium result.
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The opening round of the TTPRC Championship was held in Lima, Peru after racing came to a halt for about five month due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Sergio Suarez, who started from 3rd on the grid, who took over the lead already after the first corner and from there he never looked back to take the win from Walter Donaire in 2nd. Sergio’s teammate, Fernando de los Ríos came in 3rd overall.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 5 of the Slovakian Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Dubnica nad Váhom last weekend. Due to the sunny weather the track dried out for the finals leaving it with a dusty, low-traction surface. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Adam Urban with the win from TQ holder, Roman Pavlus in 2nd and Michal Nagy in 3rd.
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Round 1 of the MTC Nationals was held at EARCC in Norwich. The club’s venue is in Easton College in the very big sports hall. The drivers were greeted with a well prepared track with a great layout and a carpeted pitting area which had ample room for the racers. This year there are three classes with the MTC Rubber and Foam classes being the main ones, but also each round has a support class so that those yet to enjoy MTC can still join in the fun on the day. In the Foam class qualifying was a two-way battle between Dave Rand and Mark Barford to take the P1 for the finals. Dave took FTQ by just over a second from Mark with Michael Chapman rounding out the top 3.
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Round 2 of the Spanish Nitro Buggy Championship B was hosted by the Circuito de El Estrecho track in Cadiz last weekend, attracting over 30 entries. David Todd Nieto (Mugen) took the overall TQ from Mario Diaz Montero (SWorkz) and young David would also take home the win in the 45-minute A-main event despite falling back to 4th about mid-race. In the end he took the win with a lap margin on Joaquin Moreno (Mugen) with Mario Diaz Montero coming in 3rd overall, some 4.4 seconds behind.
Image: Mugen [mugen.eu]
