Round 1 of the Kings Of Clubs series was held at the West London Racing Centre in the UK this past weekend. In the Touring 17.5T Blinky class it was Billy Fletcher with the win and a new track record, leaving behind Ben Cane in 2nd, a lap down. Mark Trinder would come in 3rd, just 0.05 seconds behind Ben.
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The city of White Pine in Tennessee hosted the 2020 Psycho Nitro Blast this past weekend, attracting 346 drivers and 744 entries. In the premier Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin with the overall TQ from Agama’s Tyler Jones in 2nd. In the 30-minute main final none of the two would really shine after an entertaining start to the main as it was 9th place qualifier, Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst who would take the leat at about the seven minute mark that he would swap with 10th place qualifier, Seth VanDalen (Tekno RC) and 8th place qualifier, Jared Tebo (Tekno RC), the latter established himself in the lead in the closing stages to take the win a narrow 1.8 seconds in front of Seth as Mugen’s Ryan Maifield retained his 3rd qualifying position another 4.8 seconds behind. Spencer Rivkin and Adam Drake (Mugen) would round out the top 5 results.
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The RC Divoke Jeleni club of Horni Jeleni, Czech Republic will host the Xray Racing Series Off-road from the 25th to 27th of September. The event will be held in Pro Nitro Buggy, Pro E-Buggy, Nitro Buggy Hobby and E-Buggy Hobby categories and more information can soon be found here.
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The 2020 Caribbean On-Road Nationals were recently held in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. In the Nitro GT class it was Samuel Zayas with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the A-main, leaving behind Raymond M. Soto in 2nd and Fernando Mendez in 3rd, making it an all-IGT8 top 3. Over in GTE it was Raymond M. Soto with the TQ and win as his fellow IGT8 racers Carlie Lopez and Gabriel Velez completed the top 3 result.
Lincoln in Nebraska played host to round 3 of the Heart Of America Series last weekend. The event was held in 1/8th Open, 1/8th GT and Nitro Sedan classes an in 1/8th Open it was Eric Jones with the overall TQ and also the win in the 30-minute A-main event. Sal Diazo came in 2nd overall, some three laps behind as Robert Ronas rounded out the top 3, another four laps down. In the Masters ranking it was Bob Block with the win from O.V. Opheim while TQ Larry Barnett had to settle for 3rd overall.
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The French MRCF club hosted an open race last weekend, attracting some of the region’s fastest drivers. In 2WD Buggy it was young Ben Mohamed Noha with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the A-mains, leaving behind Christophe Faure in 2nd and Regis Brunier in 3rd.
The 2020 Greek Electric Touring Car Championship was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens last weekend, attracting more than 30 drivers to compete in the two Modified and Stock racing classes. In the Touring Modified category it was Vaggelis Papachristos (Xray) who took the pole position after winning twi out of four qualifying rounds in front of Dimitris Mitropoulos (Xray) and Tasos Batas (Xray) who won a single qualifying round each. However in the finals, it was Filippos Isaakidis (Tamiya) who drove superbly and from 6th on the grid he was able to win the first two A-main legs, handing him his fourth Greek National Championship in the Modified category. Christos Vasilopoulos (Xray) who had really good pace throughout the race finished second in front of Dimitris Ioannidis (Xray) who rounded out the podium.
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The S&B RC Speedway of Piedmont, South Carolina held their July 11th club race last weekend in Pro, Sportsman and Novice 1/8th off-road classes. Pro Nitro Buggy had Luke Deming taking the overall TQ from Josh Hollifield in 2nd. The 20-minute main event then saw Josh swapping places with Luke in the opening stages for several times, however some eight minutes into the race Josh had established himself in the lead and from there he never looked back to take the win two laps in front of Dave Carmendy while Luke Deming came in 3rd overall, some six seconds behind Dave.
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