Red RC » Events

February 3, 2020

Lukas Hoch wins at Czech Nationals warm-up

The warm-up race to the Czech Electric On-road Nationals was held in Jedovnice this past weekend. The weekend kicked off with a 3-hour practice session on Friday night, allowing the driver to get into the groove on the somewhat low-traction track. Racing-wise and in the Formula class it was Lukas Hoch who would win the opening A-main, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, however he had to settle for 2nd place in A2 following an incident with another driver that tweaked Lukas’ car. In A3 Lukas was hot on the heels of leader Simon Horak as Hoch needed to win in order to secure the overall victory and eventually Lukas found away past Simon and was able to stretch the lead, allowing him to take the win and with the the overall from Simon Horak in 2nd and Svetlin Douhlevski in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 3, 2020

Tristram Neal doubles at EOS opener

The opening round of the Euro Offroad Series was held in Daun, Germany last weekend with a record entry, which promised some tough competition, as well as some problems with the time schedule and late night racing. While Michal Orlowski swept the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes it was Schumacher’s Tristram Neal with the win in 2WD Stock Buggy from Xray’s Felix Stahmer in 2nd and Team Associated’s Sven Rudig in 3rd. In 4WD Stock Buggy it was again Tristram Neal with the win as Xray’s Simon Stegmeier came in 2nd overall. Schumacher’s Mick Burbach would complete the top 3 podium result.

View the 4WD Stock Buggy podium here

February 3, 2020

Eric Anderson wins Stock TC at Snowbird Nats

The 2020 Snowbird Nationals were held in Kissimmee, Florida over the weekend, attracting 310 entries to compete in the usual U.S. mix of modified and stock 1/10th and 1/12th scale classes. In the Touring Stock Can-Am class it was Awesomatix’s Eric Anderson with the overall TQ and the veteran racer would also bring home the win in the single 5-minute A-main event, leaving behind Dave Johnson in 2nd, some three seconds back, as Brian Card completed an all-Awesomatix top 3, only 0.3 second behind Dave.

Source: ZooRacing [zoo-racing.com]

February 3, 2020

Hovgaard & Douglas win at RC Kongen Winter Series Rd4

The Danish RC Kongen track held round 4 of their Winter Race series this past weekend. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard who would walk away with the day’s win from Xray’s Michael Hovgaard in 2nd. Team Associated’s Mathias Douglas came in 3rd to complete the top 3 results. Over in the 4WD Buggy class it was Michael Douglas with the win as Pelle Martin and Oliver Nielsen came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Image: Frederik Hovgaard

February 3, 2020

Rivkin & Denney successful at TNC Madness

The Nitro Compound of Maricopa, Arizona played host to the TNC Madness season warm-up race this past weekend, attracting over 80 entries including some of country’s fastest 1/8th off-road racers. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Ryan Maifield with the overall TQ, however Ryan wasn’t able to start the main, making way for 2nd place qualifier, Spencer Rivkin (Team Associated) as Mugen’s Tanner Denney came in 2nd overall in the 30-minute A-main, some twelve seconds behind. TLR’s Anthony Westergaard retained his qualifying spot, a lap behind. Over in Open Nitro Truggy it was Tanner Denney with the overall TQ and also the win in the 30-minute A-main, leaving behind 12th place qualifier, Anthony Westergaard in 2nd from 2nd place qualifier, Chris Wheeler (TLR) in 3rd.

View the Open Nitro Truggy podium here

February 3, 2020

Michal Orlowski doubles at 2020 EOS opener

The opening round of the 2020 Euro Offroad Series was held in Daun, Germany this past weekend, attracting nearly 460 entries. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds as single round TQ, Lee Martin (Yokomo) came in 2nd on the grid. SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier, Schumacher’s Jörn Neumann and Xray’s Bruno Coelho completed the top 5 result. The triple A-mains again saw Michal again leading the way and with wins in A1 and A2 he took the overall victory early, allowing him to sit out A3 that was won by Lee Martin who would cement his overall runner-up spot from Bruno Coelho in 3rd. Micha Widmaier had to settle for 4th overall from Xray’s Martin Bayer in 5th. HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk, Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen, Schumacher’s Jörn Neumann, Team Associated’s Marcel Schneider and HB Racing’s Elias Johansson would complete the A-main result.

Continue reading the report here

February 3, 2020

Lewis Jones wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd8

Round 8 of the popular HNMC Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Lewis Jones with the overall win some four seconds in front of HB Racing’s Simon Reeves, who took the overall TQ after the qualifiers. Xray’s Callum Niblett came in 3rd, a lap behind as Dylan Saunders and Kevin Brunsden completed the top 5 results.

Image: Callum Niblett

February 1, 2020

Bach & Sousa win at Race for Ron

Makintraxx RC of Rush, New York played host to the 2nd Race for Ron event. The weekend kicked off with open practice on Friday, followed by three rounds of qualifying on Saturday. Mark Sousa was able to TQ both 2WD Buggy and 4WD Buggy to start from P1 in both mains. Unfortunately in the 2WD main Mark had a small mechanical in the warm-up but still decided to race but he would only be able to finish 3rd behind runner-up, Tony Meintel and winner Kyra Bach. In the 4 wheel main Mark was able to open up a gap early and slowly pulled away to take the win from Kevin Siller in 2nd and Travis Harrington in 3rd.

View the 4WD podium here