RC Madness of Enfield, Connecticut recently held their 30 Years of Madness Turf Opener race with over 150 entries. The weather was in the driver’s favor with a cloudy yet hot day with brief rays of sun. In 2WD Buggy it was Keith Smart who led flag to flag with the win from Cameron Dopp and Tyler McCormack.
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Last weekend’s second round of the Electric On-road Championships saw Xray’s Alexandre Laurent walking away with win in the Touring Modified class. The event was held at the Longvic track with Alexandre Duchet (Team Associated) making a near perfect sweep in the qualifiers, after taking wins in the four final rounds. Alexandre Duchet would also win the opening A-main, however with wins in A2 and A3 it was Alexandre Laurent (Xray) who would take the overall win from Awesomatix’s Loic Jasmin in 2nd and Hugo Ragaut in 3rd. TQ holder Alexandre Duchet had to settle for 6th overall after problems in the final two A-mains.
Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]
The French Bourg en Bresse track hosted round two of the French 1/10th 200mm Championship last weekend. In the Elite class it was Xray’s Leo Arnold with the overall TQ, only some 0.23 seconds in front of Capricorn’s Brice Turco. After the 45-minute main final it was again Leo who would excel, taking the win two laps on front of Quentin Leroux (Capricorn) as Brice Turco came in 3rd, another lap down.
Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]
The second round of the Herts Nitro Model Club Summer Series was held last weekend with almost 50 racers in attendance. In the best three from four rounds qualifying the TQs went to Dylan Saunders in Buggy, Erik Lykke in E-Buggy and Pano Vasipoulos in Truggy. The 20-minute Buggy final then saw Dylan Saunders conserving his qualifying performance, bringing home the win some 24 seconds in front of Tommy Chung as Torben Lundberg rounded out the top 3 a lap down. Over in the 12-minute E-Buggy main it was Erik Lykke with the win from Russ Brown and Holger Lykke. Finally in the Truggy class it was George Miller with the win from Pano Vasipoulos.
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The 2019 Quebec Indoor Nationals were hosted by the Bego Racing RC Raceway this past weekend. The event was held in a variety of 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes and it would be Sam Langer who would sweep the Nitro Buggy, E-Buggy and E-Truggy categories. Jerome Treignier took the TQ in Nitro Buggy, however in the 30-minute main final it was Sam Langer with the win some two laps in front of David Lecuyer in 2nd and Jerome Treignier in 3rd.
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The South Korean Icheon RC Circuit played host to the ULTI Cup last weekend. In the 1/8 IC Track class Ki Heung Kim took the TQ honors and also the win in front of Jae Kook Yoo and Byeongho Seo, coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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Round 5 of the 2019 Grassroots Race Series was held at the Pro-Line track in Banning, California. The event attracted nearly 120 entries and in Open Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the TQ and win from HB Racing’s Cole Jenson 2nd and TLR’s Anthony Westergaard in 3rd.
The Putrajaya Offroad RC track of Putrajaya, Malaysia played host to the Malaysia Saudi RC Federation Race this past weekend. JQRacing’s Adam Fikri took the TQ in the 1/8th Nitro buggy class and he also brought home the win in the 60-minute main final, leaving behind Serpent’s Mizan in 2nd place, while Kent Sung completed the top 3 result. Team Associated’s James Khoo and Mugen driver Meshaal Alnowaser came in 4th and 5th respectively.
Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]
