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January 20, 2020

EC Kim wins at 2020 GRC Indoor Carpet Masters Rd4

Round 4 of the GRC Indoor Carpet Masters were held at the GRC indoor track in Gimpo, South Korea this past weekend. In the 21.5T Touring class it was Kim Byung Hwan with the overall TQ from EC Kim in 2nd. The latter however would strike back in the opening two A-mains, taking wins for an early overall victory which allowed him to sit out the third and final A-main. Top qualifier Kim Byung Hwan would score 2-2-1 finishes, securing him the overall runner-up spot from 9th place qualifier, Kim Si Woo in 3rd.

Image: EC Kim

January 20, 2020

SIC Pro class wins for Tebo, Lutz & Bornhorst

Autaugaville in Alabama hosted the 2020 Southern Indoor Championship this past weekend, attracting nearly 500 entries. In the premier Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Seth VanDalen with the overall TQ from Cole Ogden in 2nd, however the 30-minute A-main event would see the top 2 drivers struggle, making way for 3rd place qualifier, Tekno RC’s Jared Tebo who took the lead in the opening stages and swapped it with Joe Bornhorst (Tekno RC) in the second half of the race, however Tebo would regain P1 a couple of laps later and from there he never looked back to take the win from Joe in 2nd while TLR’s Dakotah Phend came in 3rd overall. Austin Woodyard and Brandon Rose would end the A-main in 4th and 5th respectively.

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January 20, 2020

Adam Drake wins at Adelanto Grand Prix

The Adelanto Grand Prix was held this past weekend, attracting nearly 120 entries for the usual US mix of 1/8th off-road classes. The Pro Buggy class saw Agama’s Steve Harris taking the overall TQ on the pretty challenging track from Mugen’s Adam Drake in 2nd and Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo in 3rd. The 20-minute main final featured some lead changes in the opening stages but some minutes into the race Adam Drake had settled up front and from there he never looked back to take the win some 26 seconds in front of a recovered Steve Harris while Carlos Arredondo came in 3rd to round out the podium from Jake Mayo in 4th and Richard Saxton in 5th.

Image: Carlos Arredondo Jr.

January 20, 2020

Orlowski & Martin successful at 2020 British GP

The 2020 British GP was held in Bruntingthorpe this past weekend. The race was organised by RC Octane and the Silverstone RCMCC and was held on a purpose-built, challenging track and in 1/10th Buggy and Truck classes. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski with the overall TQ, tie on points with the Yokomo’s Lee Martin while Team Associated’s Neil Cragg came in 3rd overall. The finals then saw Michal taking wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory from Lee Martin in 2nd and Joni Skidmore in 3rd.

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January 20, 2020

Fear Farm 3.0 – Announcement

The RC Tonder club is hosting their Fear Farm 3.0 race from the 21st to 23rd of February in Tonder, Denmark. The 3rd edition of the popular event will see the running of 1/8th Nitro Buggy, 40+ Nitro Buggy and 1/8th E-Buggy classes and sign-up is already available here. Full details about the race can also be found on the event’s social media page here.

January 20, 2020

Völker & Ratheisky win at GP3F

The 2020 Grand Prix des 3 Frontieres was hosted by the French MRC Longwy club this past weekend, attracting a full 150-car entry for the two classes of Touring Modified and Touring Stock. The event attracted some of Europe’s fastest electric on-road racers and it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker with the overall TQ from free agent Yannic Prümper and Marc Rheinard, the latter campaigning an Awesomatix car. The triple A-mains saw Ronald taking wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall while Mark Rheinard snatched the overall runner-up spot with a win in A3. Yannic Prümper had to settle for 3rd overall as Yokomo’s Christopher Krapp completed the top 4.

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January 20, 2020

Jörn Neumann sweeps IFMAR GT Worlds

Homestead RC Raceway of Homestead, Florida played host to the 2020 IFMAR GT World Championships last week. The event was held in both Nitro and Electric classes and attracted nearly 80 entries. Qualifying in the Nitro class was won by Alessio Mazzeo from Meen Vejrak in 2nd and Jeff Hamon in 3rd. In the Electric class it was Martin Bayer with the overall TQ from Jörn Neumann in 2nd and Felix Law in 3rd.

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January 16, 2020

Lewis Jones wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd6

The 6th round of the HNMC Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK last weekend, attracting nearly 75 entries. The mild January weather made for good racing conditions and the qualifying went to Less Reeder in Truggy, Richard Miller in E-Buggy and Callum Niblett in Nitro Buggy. The 20-minute Nitro Buggy A-main event was won by Team Associated’s Lewis Jones some two seconds in front of Xray’s Callum Niblett while HB Racing’s Simon Reeves came in 3rd, already a lap down.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]