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April 3, 2019

2019 April Fools’ Race – Report

The 1st edition of the April Fools’ Race was held last weekend in the capital of Brunei Darussalam, attracting local drivers as well as entries from Malaysia and Vietnam. The race format was four qualifying heats with best three out of four to count. Local driver Brian Lim would dominate the qualifying by TQ’ing the first three rounds and sitting out the final qualifier to prepare his car for the finals. In the 45-minutes final, Brian would lead in the opening stages before a faulty receiver pack dropped him to 3rd and David Lim from Vietnam would be promoted into the lead, battling with Foo from Malaysia for the next ten to 15 minutes. Foo would take the lead with 20 minutes to go and he would go on to win by a lap from Brian Lim in 2nd with David Lim taking 3rd.

Thanks to Edwin for the report.

April 3, 2019

Aigoin & Medjoubi win at 3rd annual Fun Race

The French Mini Bolid’ Club Pertuisien track held the third edition of its Fun Race this past weekend. Over the year the season opening race has become an integral part in the race programme of many French top pilots and this year was no exception. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class, attracting over 70 entries, it was Tom Robin with the overall TQ from Jerome Aigoin and Eliot Marcon, however in the super-tight 20-minute A-main final it was Yannick Aigoin with the win a lap in front of Patrick Auvient Jr. Rayan Medjoubi came in 3rd only some five seconds behind. Eliot Marcon and Maxime Noble would round out the top 5 only a lap behind the leader.

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April 3, 2019

Thomas Eytard wins at French On-road regionals

A round of the French Nitro On-road regionals was held at the Bourg-en-Bresse track in the east of the country last weekend. In the 1/8th IC Track Open category it was Xray/Sigma’s Thomas Eytard with the win in the A-main from his Xray/Sigma teammates, Maxime Ripoll and Joel Gulling.

Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]

April 2, 2019

Tyler Hooks doubles at RC Pro Series North Division Rd1

Round 1 of the RC Pro Series North Division was held at Shaws RC Track in Ardmore, Oklahoma this past weekend. In the Pro Nitro Buggy category it was Tekno RC’s Tyler Hooks with the TQ after the triple qualifiers and he would also come out on top after the 45-minute A-main event, leaving behind Mugen racer, Hunter LaFleur in 2nd, a lap down while Tekno RC’s Aaron Royston completed the top 3 another lap down. Over in the Pro E-Buggy class it was again Tyler Hooks with the overall TQ and he would also bring home the win as Charles Day (Team Associated) and Quincy Hughes completed the top 3 results.

View the Pro E-Buggy podium here

April 2, 2019

Juan Carlos Canas wins at Andalusian regionals Rd2

The second round of the Andalusian regional championships was held at the Circuito de Automodelismo Luis Chacon track this past weekend. SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas swept both the triple qualifiers and also the 45-minute A-main final, only swapping positions with Mugen’s Jose Miguel Sanchez a couple of times around the 10-minute mark of the race. Ultimately Juan would bring home the win with a 2-laps margin from Jose Miguel in 2nd as Kyosho’s Alejandro Perez would round out the top 3 result.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

April 1, 2019

Davide Ongaro wins on home soil

The OngaroRing held their season opener race at their outdoor track in Sacile this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy F1 category it was Team Associated/LRP’s Davide Ongaro with the overall win from Kyosho/Novarossi’s Mattia Polito on the 2 spot. Mugen’s Marco Ravaglia would put his VSEngine powers ride on the 3 spot overall.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

April 1, 2019

Lamberto Collari wins at Italian ACI Champs Rd1

The Automodellistico 5 Colli club in Gubbio, Italy played host to round 1 of the Italian ACI Nitro On-road Championships this past weekend. Held in 1/8th and 1/10th classes the 1/8th A category, sporting the fastest national drivers, saw Infinity’s Lamberto Collari taking the overall TQ from Capricorn’s Mirko Salemi and Lamberto would also snatch the overall win in the 45-minute main final, leaving behind ARC’s Jonathan Gandin in 2nd and Alberto Picco in 3rd.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

April 1, 2019

Elliott Boots sweeps Four Race Trophy

The Ospy Team track in Gussago, Italy played host to the opening round of the Four Race Trophy this past weekend. The event attracted some of the region’s fastest 1/8th off-road racers and it was UK’s Elliott Boots who swept the race using his new SWorkz ride, taking the TQ and win from his SWorkz teammate, Leonardo Valente on the runner-up spot. TLR’s Felix Koegler would round out the top 3 podium result after the 30-minute main final.

Image: Elliott Boots