This past weekend the Autodromo Veggoplast RC track in San Mauro Torinese near Turin hosted the Trofeo San Mauro, attracting some of the region’s fastest drivers. Xray’s Marco Baruffolo took the TQ and also the win in the Nitro Buggy class as SWorkz’s Leonardo Valence and Xray’s Mauritio Fontanel came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Image: Marco Baruffolo
The 2020 Nitro Stampede Race was held in Calgary, Canada this past weekend, attracting over 90 entries. In the premier 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Ty Tessmann with the overall TQ and also the win in the 30-minute A-main event, leaving behind Carter Herasymiuk in 2nd, a lap down. Peter Toszer came in 3rd overall some two seconds behind Carter. In the E-Truggy class it was Rob Sorjonen with the overall TQ and also the wins in the opening two A-main for an early overall win. A3 winner, Britt Toszer came in 2nd overall from Mike Bridges in 3rd. Over in the 1/10th scale classes and in 2WD Buggy it was again Ty Tessmann with the overall TQ and win as Mark Hughes and A3 winner, Anthony Bond came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 5 of the Thornhill Championship series was held this past weekend with 85 entries for the nitro and electric off-road classes. Expert Nitro Buggy saw Ethan Lefebvre (Xray) with the overall TQ after the two rounds of qualifying and he also came out on top in the E-Buggy class despite struggling a bit in the opening qualifier. In the opening stages of the 20-minute A-main event Ethan’s car was hard to drive and he made a few mistakes after battling with Dillon Caldwell (HB Racing), however after the first fuel stop Ethan’s car felt normal again and he was able to put in clean laps till the end and take the win some 15 seconds in front of Brandon Rose (Agama) while Dillon Caldwell came in 3rd overall, another 7.2 seconds behind.
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The rescheduled round 1 of the 2020 JBRL 1/10 Electric Off-Road Series was hosted by Coyote Hobbies in Victorville, California this past weekend, attracting 180 entries. In the 13.5T 4WD Expert Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Matt Gonzales with the overall TQ and he would also dominate the single 6-minute A-main event, leaving behind Kamryn Ayers in 2nd, a lap down. 0.6 seconds behind Kamryn it was Doug Lariviere (Team Associated) who would round out the podium result.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
The second round of the Dirt Attack series was hosted by the East Shrewsbury club in the UK. Graham Alsop took the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class, leaving behind Matt Box in 2nd, already two laps down. David Gibson came in 3rd over, some five seconds behind Matt.
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The third round of this year’s HNMC Summer Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK this past weekend. The booked-out event attracted 60 entries and the race format would see four qualifiers with the best three to count. The Nitro Buggy qualifying was between Callum Niblett and Jamie Clancy with Jamie taking the honors while E-Buggy was dominated by Karl Jackson. The finals then saw Jamie Clancy (Team Associated) with the win in Nitro Buggy as Callum Niblett (Xray) and Taro Cradock (Kyosho) came in 2nd and 3rd overall. The E-Buggy category was won by Karl Jackson from Glen Downer and Keith Harries.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
Round 3 of the Polish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Poznan this past weekend. The third of five rounds saw Mugen’s Berkan Kilic walked away with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class from his brother and fellow Mugen racer, Burak Kilic. Xray’s Bartosz Zalewski came in 3rd overall to round out the podium result.
Image: Abdullah Kilic
APEX Raceway and Hobbies of Murfreesboro, Tennessee will host the 2020 U.S. VTA Nationals from the 17th to 20th of September. This year the organizers are looking to make the event the best its ever been, offering many great things including low entry prices, more practice and setup time, 1st and 2nd places trophy for B mains, plenty of door prizes, and many more things to be added later. The event will still have the signature 1-minute VTA qualifier as well as the all important TQ sign-up and paid, that gets a free entry to the VTA class. This year track owner Eric “EA” Anderson has made some very important changes and upgrades to the track and the layout will be very racer friendly while still being technical for the most advance driver. More details can be found on social media here.
