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August 14, 2019

Mark Sousa trifecta at 6th Annual Quebec Classic

The 6th Annual Quebec Classic race was held at Bego Racing RC Raceway in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, Canada last weekend. Mark Sousa was in control of things in the Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy classes, taking the overall TQs in all three categories. In Sunday’s Nitro Buggy A-main Mark was able to break away early and pull a comfortable lead. Unfortunately half way through the race Mark had a front clutch bell bearing go bad and he flamed out three times but he was able to get to the finish for the win some 6.3 seconds in front of Damien Lamy while Eric Deschenes cam win 3rd to round out the podium.

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August 13, 2019

Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd4 & Rd5 – Report

The final two rounds of the 2019 Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals took place last weekend at the Horni Jeleni track. The weekend kicked off on Friday with practice on a very dusty track but overnight rain meant the track would be wet for Saturday morning. Max Götzl started the qualifying with TQ runs in both Nitro and Electric buggy, which was followed by another two double TQs in Q2 and Q3. In Nitro Ales Bidovsky lined up 2nd with Jiri Mara in 3rd, while the E-Buggy top 3 was completed by Ales in 2nd and Marek Schiller in 3rd.

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August 12, 2019

Wallace Motorsports Challenge – Report

Steel City RC Speedway of Fontana, California hosted the Wallace Motorsports Challenge this past weekend. The event attracted nearly 110 entries for the 1/8th, 1/10th and large scale on-road classes. 1/8th Open saw Xray’s Bryce Butterfield taking the overall TQ from Mugen’s JJ Wang in 2nd. The latter then held the upper hand in the 30-minute A-main event, taking the win some two laps in front of Capricorn racer Scott Kimbrow while Bryce Butterfield came out in 3rd another lap down.

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August 12, 2019

Markus Hellquist wins at Swedish On-road Nats

The Swedish On-road Nationals were held at the Wäxjö club recently in both nitro and electric classes. In 1/10th Nitro Touring it was Xray’s Markus Hellquist, in his first outing in this class for some years, with the overall TQ from Georg Elligsen (Infinity). In the 45-minute main final Markus would come out on top, leaving behind Georg in 2nd some eight laps down. Trygve Berntsen, piloting an Infinity, came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Image: Markus Hellquist

August 12, 2019

Burak Kilic wins German Nitro Buggy Nationals Rd1

The opening round of the German 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at the BIG Hamburg track this past weekend. The event had over 160 entries and it was the Agama duo of Burak and Berkan Kilic who battled it out in the qualifiers with Burak holding the upper hand over his younger brother while SWorkz’s Jörn Neumann and Mugen’s Carsten Keller came in 3rd and 4th after the qualifiers. After dominating qualifying, the Burak and Berkan show continued into the finals, with a P1 and P2 finish. They raced each other very hard with nothing between them for most of the final, while Carsten Keller completed the top 3 podium result, already a lap down. The decisive second and final round of the nationals will be held at the MSC Ober-Mörlen track in two week’s time.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

August 12, 2019

Neil Cragg wins BRCA RallyX Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the BRCA 1/8th Nitro RallyX Nationals was held at the Shrewsbury club this past weekend. SWorkz’s Elliott Boots took the overall TQ for the A-main from the Team Associated duo of Neil Cragg and Jamie Clancy. In the 30-minute A-main event Elliott then suffered a DNF, letting him end the day dead last in the A-main as Neil Cragg brought home the win by 27 seconds from Agama’s Jonathan Skidmore in 2nd. Infinity’s Lee Martin came in 3rd from the Team Associated duo of Matthew and Michael Lewis in 4th and 5th.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

August 9, 2019

Raymond M. Soto wins at the Series Race

The Barceloneta R/C Speedway in Puerto Rico recently hosted the Series Race. In the Nitro GT class it was Raymond M. Soto
with the overall win from Fernando Mendez on the runner-up spot. Samuel Zayas would round out the top 3 result for an all-IGT8 podium.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

August 9, 2019

Buddy Christian wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd5

Round 5 of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series was held at Wild West R/C in Winchester, California last weekend. In the Sportsman Buggy class it was Brian Kuskie with the overall TQ after the qualifiers, however the 15-minute main final saw Mugen’s Buddy Christian taking the win a lap in front of TLR’s Eric Lara. Dave Wentz (Kyosho) came in 3rd to round out the podium some 4.5 seconds behind Eric. Top qualifier Brian Kuskie had to settle for 4th overall.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]