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July 21, 2020

2020 Greek 1/8th Off-Road Championship – Report

The 2020 Greek 1/8th Off-Road Championship was held at the Speed Track Renti in Renti, Athens this past weekend in Nitro Buggy and Electric Buggy classes. The one-off event saw a total of 31 participants for the nitro category, more than any other class so far for the 2020 Greek Nationals. In qualifying Tasos Paparegas (Xray) was able to take the pole position just five tenths in front of very fast and experienced Giannis Papanikolaou (Kyosho) with Panagiotis Terzis (Mugen) only another three seconds behind. In the main final it was Tasos Paparegas who would hold the upper hand, adding another championship to his belt with Giannis Papanikolaou finishing in a strong 2nd place and Alexandros Anapoliotakis (Tekno) finishing 3rd after making up a lot of ground in the final.

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July 21, 2020

HNMC Covid Summer Series Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Herts Nitro Model Club Covid Summer Series was held this past weekend. The club is managing the Covid race period with reduced numbers to help with all the restrictions to improve safety for everyone. This round saw 53 competitors ready to battle it out on a damp drying track only three rounds as delay to the weather. Callum Niblett took TQ in Nitro Buggy, Karl Jackson in E-Buggy and Paul Fitzpatrick in Truggy. After the A-finals it was Xray’s Callum Niblett with the win in Nitro Buggy some ten seconds in front of the Team Associated duo of Lewis Jones in 2nd and Dylan Saunders, who finished another ten seconds down in 3rd. Simon Reeves and Darren Hayden-Ball came in 4th and 5th respectively while Taro Cradock, Jason Patey, Tehannah Cradock, Jimmy Whitehall, Toby Nicoll and Jamie Clancy completed the A-final result.

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July 20, 2020

Haatanen & Vilkman win at Finnish Open Rd3

The Fullspeed RC Racing Club of Vantaa in Finland hosted round 3 of the Finnish Open series this past weekend. The race was held in Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes and in Nitro Buggy it was JQRacing’s Joseph Quagraine with the overall TQ from Pekko Iivonen in 2nd. The 45-minute A-main then saw a close battle for the top positions with Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen eventually taking the win with a 1-lap margin from Pekko Iivonen (Team Associated) in 2nd. JQ had to settle for 3rd overall some 1.2 seconds behind Pekko while Ari Heinonen (Mugen) was the best of the rest, some 22 seconds behind Joseph. 5th placed Max Mört (Team Associated) ended the race already two laps behind Ari and in front of Tomi Salonen. Over in the E-Buggy class Aleksi Vilkman took home the win in front of Mikko Luopajärvi in 2nd and Arto Heinonen in 3rd.

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July 20, 2020

Adrien Bertin wins at ARCF42 Challenge

The French ARCF42 club hosted their Challenge race this past weekend in nitro and electric 1/8th scale buggy classes. The nitro category saw HB Racing pilot, Eliot Marcon with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds. Adrien Bertin (HB Racing), who won the opening qualifier, came in 2nd. The half-hour long A-main event saw Adrien taking the win with a 1-lap margin on Celian Rousset (HB Racing) in 2nd, while Eliot came in 3rd overall, another lap down. Tomy Svitex and Nicolas Noble completed the top 5.

Image: Celine Leonard

July 20, 2020

Max Götzl doubles at Czech Open Series Rd3

Round 3 of the Czech Open Series was held at the new Horni Jeleni track in nitro and electric off-road classes. Rain before the event meant the track crew had to work hard to ensure proper track conditions but in the end everything worked out and a good preparation made for a level playing field. In the Nitro Buggy class Xray’s Max Götzl would win his semifinal A with about a 3-lap margin over the 2nd place driver so he took the pole for the main in front of Tomas Kapicka and Radim Kolek. The main final, that was held in mixed weather conditions, then saw Max again out in front and he took the win with a huge gap over 2nd placed Tomas Kapicka (Kyosho) and 3rd placed Jan Hujer (Kyosho).

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July 20, 2020

Burak Kilic wins at Polish Off-road Nats Rd2

The second round of the Polish Off-road Nationals was held in the city of Wolsztyn this past weekend in 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Michal Orlowski with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds, leaving behind Burak Kilic in 2nd, who took a single qualifier. In the 45-minute A-main event it was Burak who would take profit of a couple of issues Michal suffered from. Ultimately Michal was able to hold onto 2nd place a lap behind Burak and some eleven seconds in front of Berkan Kilic as Bartosz Zalewski and Bartek Zambrzycki rounded out the top 5 results.

Images: Abdullah Kilic

July 20, 2020

Ethan Lefebvre doubles at Thornhill Championship

Round 4 of the Thornhill Championship Series was held at the Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas this past weekend, attracting nearly 100 entries. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class Xray driver, Ethan Lefebvre would take the overall TQ and also the win in the single 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind Spencer Harrison (Xray) in 2nd. Another 18 seconds back it was Aiden Ferrell (Team Associated) with the 3rd place from Hagen Gray (Team Associated) in 4th and Kurt Wenger (Team Associated) in 5th.

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July 20, 2020

Liam Brocklehurst wins at NDOR warm-up event

The Notts and Derby Off Road Road club near Nottingham, UK held their pre-season warm-up race this past weekend. In the mixed 1/8th nitro and electric buggy class it was Liam Brocklehurst (Tekno RC) with the win some 13 seconds in front of electric-powered Hot Bodies driver, David Corden in 2nd. Lee Maggs (Tekno RC) came in 3rd overall while Adam Marshall (Tekno RC), also running electric, and Andrew Pritchard (Xray) rounded out the top 5.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]