The fifth and final round of the Czech IC Track Championships was held at the ARC Slavkov track last weekend. In the 1/8th class it was Xray’s Tomas Liptak with the overall TQ after the four qualifiers and he also took an easy win in the 30-minutes main final to grab the win from Tono Sloboda (Xray) in 2nd and Filip Uher (Xray) 3rd.
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Round 8 of the 2018 BRCA IC Track Nationals was held at the Wombwell track last weekend. Tim Wood (Shepherd) was the man to beat in qualifying with Alex Thurston (Serpent) in a close 2nd. In time for the main final a heavy down pour soaked the track and after a 10-minutes delay the race would finally start off. At first Alex was dropping back due to an aggressive clutch setting, however after putting full rain tyres on he was able to significantly up his pace and ultimately he brought home the win by over five laps after the 30-minutes final. Andy Hastings (Shepherd) came in 2nd while Michael Walton (Xray) rounded out the top 3.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
O-Town RC Raceway recently held their series finale and in the NitroBuggy A-main it was TLR’s Dakota Phend and Xray’s Mark Sousa who started to break away from the rest of the field early in the race. Eventually Mark was able to make a move while both were going through traffic. After that the two battled for a bit and then Dakota would have a few mistakes which would allow Sousa to pull away and open up a good lead. After some swift pitstops Mark was able to take the win with Dakota Phend 2nd and Mugen’s Sam Langer 3rd.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The final round of the French 1/8th IC Track Championship took place at the Bourg-en-Bress track. In the Elite class it was Thomas Eytard who would take the overall title with Romain Delaunay and Christophe Louis completing the podium. In the National class young Maxime Ripoll was crowned national champion while Gabriel Maufroy and David Loglisci came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The 2018 edition of the The Dual race, that was held in its traditional 2-day back-to-back format at the Thunder Alley and the Pro-Line raceways, saw Mugen’s Ryan Maifield walking away with the overall win in the Expert Nitro Buggy class. Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri and Spencer Rivkin would round out the overall podium result in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
The fifth and final round of the Swiss IC Track Championship was held in Herblingen recently. In the 1/10th Nitro Touring class the championship was still open between Raphael Wicki and Patrick Fankhauser while the 1/8th Championship was already sealed by Simon Kurzbuch. To keep his title hopes alive, Patrick had to finish in the top 3 and at least two spots in front of Raphael. During the qualifiers, Patrick struggled a but with his car’s setup, however this was sorted out for the finals and he could win his semi with a 2-laps margin. Due to the high tyre wear, Patrick opted for a high-pace strategy with a full stop for tyres in the finals that were at first lead by Thilo Tödtmann until he ran into radio issues that would cost him the win. After the mid-race tyre change, Patrick found himself on P6 while Raphael was on P3. With fresh tyres however Patrick was able to go a higher pace and he soon closed in on the top drivers. At the 25-minute mark, Patrick was already in P4 and while Raphael was on a different tyre strategy, Patrick was able to get past while Wicki ran out of tyres that would also cost him another position to Niclas Scherrer. In the end it was Marco Rizzo with the win from Simon Kurzbuch as Patrick Fankhauser took the 3rd place and with it the overall championship title in front of Raphael Wicki, Marco Rizzo and Traugott Schär.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
A round of the FORCE Series was held at Strickland RC in Daytona Beach, Florida, attracting some of the region’s fastest off-road drivers. In the Pro Nitro Buggy main it was Justin Fales, coming from 5th on the grid, who battled it out with Billy Easton for the win. It was a super close affair for a great deal of the race with Justin eventually taking the win from Billy Easton 2nd and Kyle Phillipps 3rd, all running Serpent buggies. And to round out a perfect weekend, Just also took the win in the Expert E-Buggy class.
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This past weekend Steel City Speedway hosted its first 5th Scale World Challenge. Steel City is located at the world famous California Speedway home of Nascar and Indy Car events. Located on the main road in its right at the gateway to the Infield, GoCart Track and Drag Strip bringing the sights and sound of racing to this incredible facility. The track itself is 250×125 and up to 16ft wide lanes making it the perfect size to stretch out the power of the 5th scale cars. Many drivers flew in from all over the world representing the Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, and the United States. Attendance was low from the US as other 5th scale events conflicted but many still traveled from Northern California and Texas.
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