The Italian TLR Cup was held at the RC Landia facility in Scandiano, Italy this past weekend. In the 2WD class Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) and Giuseppe Fermi (Xray) battled for the overall TQ with the better end for Davide who would snatch the pole position for the triple A-mains in the end. Over in 4WD it was again Davide with the TQ, this time from Tekno RC’s Alex Zanchettin.
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The Pan American race was held at Homestead RC Raceway in Florida this past weekend and in the 1/8th GT class it was Joaquin Desoto Jr. with the overall TQ, and the only 22-laps run in qualifying, from Lazaro Alonso and Paolo Morganti. In the hour-long A-main it was again Joaquin who prevailed as the took the win some two laps in front of Rino Lino with Fernando Mendez coming in 3rd to round out the podium. Elsewhere in the supporting 1/10th 200mm Nitro Sedan class it was DJ Apolaro with the TQ and DJ would also take the 1-hour A-main with a three laps margin from Paolo Morganti in 2nd and Joaquin Desoto Jr. in 3rd.
The 2018 RC Chili Bowl set record entries of over 437 as it wrapped up a fun and competitive event. Held at the Expo Square Fair Grounds and ran alongside the famous full-sized Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this race is quickly becoming the biggest dirt oval event on the racing calendar. Now in its fourth year under the helm of legendary event Promoter and Announcer Scotty Ernst, the RC Chili Bowl contests electric dirt oval classes that include Short Course Modified, Short Course B Modified, Wingless Sprint, Street Stock, Midwest Modified, Late Model, Masters Outlaw Sprint, and Outlaw Sprint, giving everyone a class or classes to race in to suit every race style and skillset.
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The 2nd round of the 2017/18 Hungarian Electric Championship was held at the Hungexpo exhibiton center in Budapest, as part of a 2-day gaming show, called PlayIT. This event attracted many spectators and more than 100 drivers in many different classes. On Saturday the on-road classes were held while Sunday was reserved for the off-road action. In addition to the usual classes a Youth category with handout electronics and also a 40+ class was offered. In the 4WD Buggy class Zsolt Bajusz Junior and Zsolt Bajusz Senior were own league all day long. Zsolt Junior TQ’d the event but it was Robert Fekete who won the opening final. The second and third final went to Zsolt Junior and Zsolt Senior. Ultimately it was The junior who took the overall victory from Zsolt Senior and Robert Fekete.
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Round 4 of the Czech Rebels Race series was held in Prague recently and it was Simon Horak (Xray) who took the TQ and win in the Touring Stock category. However it was not without any challenge as Viktor Halčín (CSO) and Ondra Kohoutek (Xray) were right behind him and gave him a run for his money. Ultimately it was Ondra with the runner-up spot from Viktor in 3rd.
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The prestigious Winterchamps were held last weekend in Hohenems, Austria and it was Xray’s Nico Schmid who dominated the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. Aron Münster (Xray) would take the runner-up spot in 4WD from Yokomo’s Fabian Luca Widmer who rounded out the podium result.
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JConcepts have announced the 2018 edition of their popular Indoor National Series. Now in its eighth year and with over 7,500 entries and counting, the JConcepts Indoor National Series has become the race for racers to showcase their driving skills on a national level while testing themselves against some of the industry’s best drivers. At the core, the INS remains unchanged, but is devoted to raising the standard for 2018 in terms of series participation, factory driver representation, and professionalism. The distinct 5-race series takes on the seasonal format of Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall Nationals races that will be held at fixed locations while the final race will serve as the ‘End of year bash’ and series championship presentation. For 2018, the Stadium and SCT classes have been simplified. To help bring new life to the events, the truck classes will be formatted around the 13.5 motor. Now, with Stadium and SCT classes available in a new power package, racers have fresh classes to race alongside the already popular 13.5 4WD class. In addition, the success of the Independent classes on the Super Cup Championship Series has driven JC to add this offering on the National Series. The Independent class, limited to 40 entries per event, is quite simply a 17.5 buggy class for drivers without sponsorships. Full details and all dates can be found here.
Round four of the Xray Racing Series Poland was held in Lodz with close to a 100 drivers signed in for the event. The track laid out with EOS-style was super fast with a few jumps adding even more challenges. Young Xray driver Bartek Zalewski absolutely dominated the 4WD class that he ultimately TQ’d and won from teammate Jakub Luczak 2nd and Bartlomiej Kramza (Schumacher) 3rd.
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