The rescheduled opening round of this season’s JBRL Electric Series was held at Coyote Hobbies Raceway in Victorville, California over the weekend. In the 2WD Open Buggy class it was Sammy Moran who lead a TLR podium lockout with Brendon Larrowe and Cole Jenson coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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The Tiltyard Worlds were held in Dayton, Virginia this past weekend. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Xray’s Paul Ciccarello with the win from P3 on the grid. Paul dropped back to 4th early in the main but then made his way back up to 2nd, with Jason Schreffler (HB Racing) and him would go back and forth a few times for the lead and Paul would wind up with the win. Jason Schreffler came in 2nd overall as Travis Jones (Tekno) rounded out the top 3 result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Lidköpings R/C Club hosted the Swedish Nitro and Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend with classes run included 1/8th IC Track, 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring as well as Electric Modified Touring. In the premier class of 1/8th IC Track it was Mikael Fransson with the overall TQ a narrow 0.1 seconds in front of Alexander Andersson. Markus Hellquist came in 3rd overall, another 0.2 seconds back. In the main final Markus kept the car on the wheels, and after 41 minutes and with one fuel stop remaining he was right behind Niclas Nilsson, fighting for the win. Markus’ mechanic pulled out a quick pit stop, letting him exit the pit lane just in front of Niclas to take the lead Markus would hold onto until the chequered flag, taking the win just 0.8 seconds in front of Niclas Nilsson. Niklas Johansson came in 3rd overall, already three laps behind.
Source: Markus Hellquist
The North West Nitro club in the UK hosted round 2 of the BRCA Truggy and E-Buggy Mini Series Nationals last weekend. In the Nitro Truggy class it was SWorkz’s Elliott Boots with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the 30-minute A-main event following a pretty dominant performance. Wes Jolly (Tekno RC) would end the day on the 2 spot, already three laps down as Serpent’s Tony Evdoka came in a fine 3rd, another two laps behind.
Round 4 of the Heart of America Series was held this past weekend in 1/8th Open, 1/10th 200mm Nitro Sedan and GT8 classes. In the 1/8th Open class it was Eric Jones (Capricorn) with the overall TQ and also the win in the 30-minute A-main as Mugen’s Bob Block and Capricorn’s Jason Reger came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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The Czech RC MCC Brno club held round 3 of the club racing series this past weekend in pretty hot weather conditions. In the Formula EFRA class it was Lukas Hoch with a pretty dominant TQ some four seconds in front of Tomas Sova. When the dust had settled after the four A-mains, it was still Lukas on top after winning all four legs for the overall victory in front of Tomas Sova in 2nd and Marek Sova in 3rd. Ales Horak and Marek Hradisky came in 4th and 5th respectively.
Image: Lukas Hoch
Thunder Road Hobbies of Moline, Illinois held their Thunder Road Offroad Race this past Sunday. After sweeping the opening round of the Deuce Alternate Race on Saturday, Tekno RC’s Jared Wiggins was in full swing and also took the overall TQs in Nitro and E-Buggy at the Thunder Road race. The 20-minute Nitro Buggy main saw Jared leading the way and he would bring home the win with a 3-lap margin from Ben Watson on the runner-up spot. Wade Aronson would end the day on the 3 spot, some 8.3 seconds behind. Over in E-Buggy would complete the sweep by taking the win in the single 10-minute A-main event, leaving behind Ben Watson in 2nd, a lap down. Gregory Tennies came in 3rd overall, another lap down.
The Clark RC Park of Reeseville, Wisconsin hosted the opening round of the Deuce Alternate Race this past weekend with nearly 70 entries. Tekno RC’s Jared Wiggins was in control of things in both the Nitro Buggy and Truggy classes as he took the overall TQs in both categories. The 20-minute long Nitro Buggy main saw Jared lead from tone to tone, taking the win with a 1-lap margin from Rod Morney (Mugen) in 2nd. Jeremy Whiting (Kyosho) would come in 3rd overall, another lap down. Over in the Truggy A-main it was again Jared Wiggins with the overall win, leaving behind Jeremy Whiting in 2nd and Greg Baumel (Kyosho) in 3rd.
