Round 4 of this year’s Dutch IC Track Nationals was held at the newly resurfaced Raco 2000 track in Utrecht. The race was held in beautiful summer weather and in the premier 1/8th NK class it was Robbin Hertong with the win in the 30-minute A-main some two laps in front of Jeffrey Rietveld in 2nd. Arie Manten would complete the top 3 another two laps down.
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The Southern Summer Payout Series was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas this past weekend with 72 entries for a multitude of classes. 2WD Modified saw Rhett McNair taking the overall after the double A-mains, coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Rhett scored 2-3 finishes as A2 winner, Austin Jeffries had to settle for 2nd thanks to a 5th place in A1. A1 winner, Tyler Hooks however only managed a 3rd overall due to a DNF in A2.
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The MSC Kirchhain club played host to a round of the German IC Track regionals, qualifying races for the German Nationals. In the 1/8th Nitro class 1 category Oliver Mack was able to secure the TQ from where he led the 30-minute final from start to finish. Despite being unable to attend Saturday due to work, and so missing practice and Q1, over his three qualifying runs Dennis Weihert was able to take 3rd on the grid. Winner of round 1 of the Regionals, in the final Dennis was able to come in 2nd, some four laps down as Olaf Engelmann completed the top 3 results.
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The third round of the BRCA eBuggy and Nitro Truck National Championship was held at JC Raceway this past weekend. In the eBuggy class and after a TQ in qualifying, Jonathan Skidmore took home top step of the podium. Darren Bloomfield took second after a really nice race with his team mate leaving competition for championship tight between them, with two rounds left, as Mitchell Booth completed the top 3.
The 2018 EFRA 1/10th scale Electric Track European Championships were held at the MRC Wiener Neustadt track this past weekend. The event started off wet but things got better over the weekend. In the Touring Modified Ronald Volker headed the field round from pole position in the first leg and in a great display of controlled driving soaked up all the pressure from a charging Alexander Hagberg to take a step towards retaining his title. Bruno Coelho had a quiet race by his standards to finish a couple of seconds behind the lead two.
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Round 3 of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the TSA-Krieglach track this past weekend. This race was the second one on a dirt surface this year and it was challenging all drivers a lot. The track started with good grip but it was getting slipperier from run to run. Lucas Grainer (Yomoko) dominated the 2WD qualifying and took the TQ ahead of Xray’s Hupo Hönigl. The first and third A-main final then went to Lucas Grainer, as Hupo came out fastest in A2. Overall it was Lucas with the win from Hupo 2nd and Team Associated’s Martin Kreil in 3rd.
The opening round of the Italian AMSCI 1/8th On-road National Championship was held this past weekend at the iconic Fiorano track and in 1/8th Nitro Expert it was Infinity’s Carmine Raiola with the win in the 45-minute main final. Carmine brought home the win some two seconds in front of Infinity’s Lamberto Collari as WRC’s Mirko Salemi rounded out the top 3 results.
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The third round of the Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals took place last weekend in Dolni Bukovsko. The race kicked off on Friday with the usual free practice, but the track was still wet after rain the night before and only a few drivers decided to put their cars on the track, but then had tons of work to get them ready for the race. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class saw Max Götzl taking the overall TQ with wins in Q2 and Q3 as Kaja Novotny came out fastest in the opening qualifier and he would also take the pole position for the main final after the semis.
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