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December 16, 2019

Lewis Jones wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd4

Round 4 of the 2019/20 HNMC Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Lewis Jones who would top qualify all three qualifying rounds for the overall TQ. At the start of the 15-minute main final Lewis got tagged form behind and lost twelve seconds on the leader Karl Jackson who had the hole shot, getting from 6th to 1st by the second corner. Further down the field Lewis recovered position by position and took the lead at the fuel stop. Then slowly all of Lewis’ tyres came unglued causing issues but he held on for the win some four seconds in front of Xray’s Karl Jackson while Agama’s Kevin Brunsden came in 3rd to round out the top 3 result.

Image: Lewis Jones

December 16, 2019

Völker, N’diaye & Libar win at Longwy Winter Series Rd2

Round 2 of the Longwy Winter Series was held this past weekend in Longwy, France with the event attracting over 110 entries for the six classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock Expert, Touring 17.5T, FWD, Formula and Rookie. Touring Modified was led by Yokomo’s Ronald Völker who brought home the overall TQ and also the win in all three A-main events, leaving behind the Awesomatix duo of Lucas Urbain and Tim Wahl in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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December 16, 2019

Vesa Yli TQs & wins at 12Track Tour opener

The opening round of the Finnish 12Track Tour was held this past weekend in 1/12th and 1/10th scale classes. In the C12 1/12th scale Modified category it was Vesa Yli with the overall TQ and he also brought home the win in all three A-mains events, leaving behind Panu Vehniäinen and Sami Munck in 2nd and 3rd respectively. The GT12 13.5T Stock class saw Miikka Luhta with a clean sweep of TQ and overall win from Eemeli Anttonen and Juha-Matti Heikkala. Finally in the supporting TSS10 class it was Ville Aalto with the TQ, however it was Jaakko Huhmarsalo with the win in all three A-mains as Ville Aalto and Verneri Valtanen came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: V-Dezign [facebook.com]

December 16, 2019

Jonathan Yeung dominates OUP Cup

The OUP Cup was held at the Hong Kong based Lali Warehouse indoor dirt track this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Tekno RC’s Jonathan Yeung with the overall TQ and he would also bring home the win in the 45-minute A-main event, some three laps in front of Korean Agama racer, Kevin Lee. Serpent’s Leif Leung would round out the top 3 results another lap down.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

December 16, 2019

X-Factory UK Winter Series Rd3 – Report

The third round and midway point of the X-Factory UK Winter Series took place this past Saturday, with a good turnout in both classes. A technical and tricky track greeted the racers and once all four rounds of qualifying had concluded it was Mark Lewis (Team Associated) who would take the TQ in the 2WD class in round 4, followed by Alex Haywood (Team Associated) in 2nd, Joe Renton (Team Associated) completed the AE 1-2-3 for qualifying in 3rd, Karl Jackson (Schumacher) in 4th, Gareth Cutting (Team Associated) in 5th and Brandon Young (Team Associated) in 6th, the remaining A-final spots would be decided via the bump-ups and those who would promote from the B-final.

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December 16, 2019

Andrea Tonini doubles at Xpress Cup 2K19

The Xpress Cup 2K19 was hosted by MCM RC in Italy this past weekend. In the Touring FWD class it was Andrea Tonini with the overall TQ after the qualifiers and he would also bring home the win after the triple A-main events, leaving behind Alex Caminati in 2nd from Silvano Zanoni in 3rd. The popular GT 21.5T EFRA class saw again Andrea Tonini leading the way in the qualifiers and also the finals as Carlo Mastursi and Alex Caminati came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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December 16, 2019

Batlle & Canas successful at Bigbang Race

The Circuito Municipal de Sax track in Spain held the Bigbang season closing race this past weekend, attracting over 80 entries for the Nitro and Electric Buggy classes. The Nitro Buggy class was top qualified by Manuel Iniesta from Bryan Baldo and Dani Bernabe, however it was Juan Carlos Canas with the pole position for the 45-minute A-main event. Carlos would also lead the very early stages of the race until Mugen’s Robert Batlle took over the 1st spot and never looked back to take the win with a lap margin from SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas. HB Racing’s Manuel Iniesta started from 4th into the race and was able bring home the final podium spot from Juan Espasa in 4th.

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December 13, 2019

Xray Racing Series Slovenia Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia was held at the Genius Ring recently and in 13.5T Touring it was a fight between round 1 winner Nejc Mihelic and Italy’s Mattia Collavo. In the end Nejc managed to stay on top for another TQ while in the 21.5T Formula class it was Herfried Pucher who took the TQ without any problems, since main rival Matej Dobnikar could not attend this round.

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