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December 9, 2019

Melo & Figueiredo win weather-affected Portuguese Cup

The Portuguese Cup was held in Torres Vedras this past weekend, attracting some of the country’s fastest 1/8th off-road racers. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy qualifying it was TLR’s Goncalo Melo with the overall TQ in front of Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo in 2nd with former EFRA 1/8th Buggy European Champion, Miguel Matias (Mugen) rounding out the top 3. Unfortunately the weather made it impossible to run the main final due to safety reasons and thus the qualifying result would also be the overall result for the day with Goncalo taking the win from Joao and Miguel. Over in E-Buggy it was Joao Figueiredo with the overall win from Goncalo Melo in 2nd and Ricardo Monteiro in 3rd.

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December 9, 2019

Baird & Whelan win at NNN Winter Series Rd5

Round 5 of the Navan Nitro Nuts Winter Series was held held in Navan, Ireland this past weekend. Everyone got a great day of racing despite the threat of bad weather which never arrived. Racing was at a high level with battles throughout the field in both E-Buggy and Nitro and the latter saw Team Associated driver, Bradley Baird taking thew win from HB Racing’s William White in 2nd and Agama’s Derek Mc Closkey in 3rd. E-Buggy saw Colin Whelan taking the day’s win from Alan Thompson in 2nd and Conor O’Donavan in 3rd.

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December 9, 2019

Riccardo Berton successful at Baciccia race

The RC Off-road Rapallo track in Rapallo, Italy hosted the Baciccia race this past weekend, attracting some of the country’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers. In Nitro Buggy it was Kyosho’s 2019 EFRA European Champion, Riccardo Berton with the overall win in the main final, a lap in front of SWorkz driver, Leonardo Valente. IFMAR World Champion Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) came in 3rd to round out the podium some eleven seconds behind Leonardo.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

December 9, 2019

Ogden, Vail & Rivkin win at 2019 Fall Brawl

Badlands RC Supercross of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina held the 2019 Fall Brawl race this past weekend with nearly 190 drivers in attendance. The event was affected by the weather, making for some slippery conditions for the drivers. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was HB Racing’s Cole Ogden who made the best out of the conditions, taking the TQ and win from Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin who would end the 20-minute A-main event on the runner-up spot. Team Associated’s Lee Setser came in 3rd round out the top 3 from Jackson Brunson in 2nd and Jason Scheffler in 3rd.

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December 9, 2019

Adam Drake TQs & wins at 15th Annual Toys for Tots

The 15th Annual Toys for Tots race was held at Palm Desert R/C Raceway this past weekend with nearly 130 entries. In 1/8th Expert Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ from Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo in 2nd. The 15-minute A-main event saw Adam Drake and Tyler Brown battling it out for the lead in the opening stages, however later on Adam would be able to establish the lead and from there he never looked back to take the win from Carlos in 2nd who ended the race a lap down. HB Racing’s Colin Herzig came in 3rd to round out the podium result.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

December 3, 2019

Johnson & Switzer win at ORCF 1/8 Turkey Race

The Ohio RC Factory of Jeffersonville, Ohio held their 1/8 Turkey Race last Saturday, attracting over 60 entires. In 1/8th Pro Nitro Buggy it was Xray’s Paul Ciccarello with the overall TQ, however it was 3rd place qualifier, Serpent’s Adam Johnson with the win in the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind Paul in 2nd some 6.8 seconds back. 4th place qualifier, HB Racing’s Scott Kuchler came in 3rd, a lap behind Paul and Adam.

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December 3, 2019

Graham Alsop successful at NWN Winter Series Rd2

Round 2 of the NWN Winter Series was held at the North West Nitro club in Blackpool, United Kingdom over the weekend. HB Racing’s Graham Alsop took a popular win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class, leaving behind HB Racing’s Nick Cox in 2nd, some two laps down. Tekno RC’s Mitchell Booth came in 3rd some nine seconds behind Nick while Chris Sharpe-Simkiss completed the 27-laps club some 13 seconds behind Mitchell.

Source: Answer RC [answer-rc.com]

December 2, 2019

Elliott Boots Shoot Fuel powered for 2020

XTR Racing from Spain have announced the signing of UK’s Elliott Boots to the Shoot Fuel racing team. The SWorkz and Reds Racing factory pilot will be using Shoot Fuel’s Premium Formula fuel for the 2020 season at all national and international races.

Source: XTR Racing [xtr-rc.com]