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October 28, 2019

Caldwell, Hooks & Battaile win at RC Pro finals

The 2019 RC Pro Series finals were held at Indy RC World in Garland, Texas over the weekend, attracting over 180 entries. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was Dillon Caldwell with the overall TQ from Jake French in 2nd. After the 30-minute A-main final it was still Dillon on top with 3rd place qualifier, Tyler Hooks in 2nd and 4th place qualifier, Aaron Royston in 3rd. Mike Battaile came in 4th from 11th place qualifier, Micah Smith in 5th.

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October 28, 2019

RCRA 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

The Southern Districts Model Car Club hosted the 3rd round of the RCRA 1/8th Off-road Nationals this past weekend, attracting 115 entries for the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes. The Nitro Buggy class was lead by Team Associated‘s Alex Bernadzik who took the overall TQ and also the win in the hour-long A-main event, leaving behind TLR‘s Andrew Foord in 2nd, a lap down while HB Racing‘s Craig Laughton came in 3rd, some 24 seconds behind Craig.

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October 28, 2019

Davide Ongaro wins at Team Associated Trophy

The Ongaroring in Sacile, Italy played host to the 2019 Team Associated Trophy this past weekend, attracting local talent as well as guests from abroad. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class saw IMFAR World Champion, Davide Ongaro walking away with the TQ and win from Alessandro Scaramozzino (Team Associated) in 2nd and Raffaele Del Prete (Team Associated) in 3rd.

Image: Davide Ongaro

October 28, 2019

Kieran Cox TQs & wins at NDOR Winter Series Rd1

First round of the NDOR Winter Series was held over the weekend and the weather gods were in the driver’s favour as the sun was out. In the Nitro Buggy A-main Kieran Cox would start on pole for the A-main and after some crazy driving Kieran managed to win for Xray with new Tekno driver Liam Brocklehurst taking 2nd place after a crazy last corner battle with team mate Daniel Austin who took 3rd place.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

October 28, 2019

Neil Cragg sweeps Answer RC Winter Series opener

Round 1 of the Answer RC Winter Series was held at the Pendle and District Model Car Club in Nelson, UK this past weekend. The event saw Team Associated’s Neil Cragg taking the overall TQ in the Nitro Buggy class from SWorkz’s John Holmes in 2nd. In the 22-minute A-main event it was also Neil who would hold the upper hand as he took the win a lap in front of John, as Nick Cox (HB Racing) came in 3rd to round out the podium. Chris Sharpe-Simkiss (SWorkz) would come in 4th overall, leading the best of the rest.

Image: Neil Cragg

October 28, 2019

Renaud Savoya crowned French Nitro Buggy national champion

The final round of the French 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship was held in Perthuis this past weekend with the overall Elite category title still being up for grabs. Eliot Marcon took the overall TQ, winning two of the five qualifying rounds and leaving behind Jerome Aigoin, who also scored two round TQs, in 2nd after the tie-breaker. Yannick Aigoin came in 3rd from Renaud Savoya , who came out with a single round TQ, in 4th. The 45-minute A-main event then had Renaud Savoya (TLR) taking his fourth win in a row this season, some four seconds in front of Xray’s Yannick Aigoin while Team Associated’s Tom Robin came in 3rd, a lap down. Some six seconds behind Tom, Jerome Aigoin (Xray) lead the best of the rest. With the win, Renaud also secured himself the French national title, his 7th overall.

Image: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

October 27, 2019

Pelle Culmsee TQs & wins at Fear Farm 2.0 race

The Fear Farm 2.0 race was held in Tonder, Denmark this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Pelle Culmsee (SWorkz/Picco/TPro) with the overall TQ and also the win in the 45-minute A-main event. Peter Harder (Xray/FX/Pro-Line) came in 2nd a lap down while Daniel Bubel came in 3rd (Xray/FX/Pro-Line) to round out the podium result from Magnus Frandsen 4th and Oliver Fischer 5th.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

October 25, 2019

Davide Ongaro takes Italian Nitro Buggy title

Round 4 of the 2019 Italian 1/8th Off-road Championship was hosted by the Miniautodromo Casa Mora track in Castiglione della Pescaia last weekend. Xray’s Marco Baruffolo would walk away with the overall TQ after the qualifiers, however in the 45-minute A-main event he had to settle for 3rd overall as Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro took the win and with it his 3rd overall championship title. The runner-up spot at round 4 would be obtained by Kyosho’s Marco Baruffolo.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]