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May 11, 2020

Pontus Larsson TQs & wins 2020 Hå-We Cup Rd1

The opening round of the 2020 Hå-We Cup was hosted by the Swedish SMK Trollhättan club this past weekend, attracting nearly 20 entries for the single Nitro Buggy class. For many it was the first race of the year due to the Sars-CoV-2 epidemic shutdown and in the end it was Serpent’s Pontus Larsson who would excel by taking the overall TQ from Patrick Mattsson and coming out on top after the 45-minute A-main event, leaving behind HB Racing’s Kristian Johansson some three laps down in 2nd while Team Associated’s young Nils Gustafsson came in 3rd, only about five seconds short of Kristian.

Thanks to Pontus Larsson for the report. | Image: Nils Gustafsson

May 5, 2020

Nathan Flores doubles at Return Trophy Race

This past weekend at Apex RC in middle Tennessee racers came out for the first time in months to return to the great hobby we enjoy. The racers came from Ohio, Georgia, and Kentucky to join in the event. The track staff and owners put a plan in place to make sure everyone was safe and respected amid the C-19 issues. The track was open for a limited time on Saturday for setup, cleaning, and a little practice. As Sunday rolled around the track opened earlier than usual to get guys a chance to shake the cobwebs. Nathan Flores positioned himself in the TQ spot in VTA making improvements to reset his own TQ. And after 3 rounds he was on the pole for the 8-minute main. He would go on to take the victory and in one of the nicest moves to maintain his lead by driving between two cars of lap traffic. Jeff Mobely came in 2nd some 1.1 seconds behind as Brett McGee finished in 3rd overall, already a lap down.

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March 24, 2020

Gabe Harvell takes Arizona State Champs title

The Arizona State Championships were hosted by the Arizona Scale Racers in Mesa, Arizona last weekend. The Touring Modified class saw Gabe Harvell taking the overall TQ from Thomas Varns in 2nd and Johnathan Lee in 3rd. With wins in A1 and A3 Gabe would also seal the overall title as Thomas and Johnathan battled it out for the overall runner-up spot. Ultimately and with 11-3-2 finishes it was Thomas who would hold the upper hand after the tie-breaker from Johnathan who had to settle for 3rd overall with 4-1-7 finishes.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

March 23, 2020

Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd7 – Report

The final round of the very popular Worksop Series was held recently with once again a great entry of drivers for the four classes of 2WD and 4WD buggies, 2WD Stadium Trucks and Vintage Buggy. As always it was round by round qualifying as the racing format, with the best two results from four rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. The track was very much off-road, there were lots of jumps and it was a great layout. Qualifying in 2WD saw a dominating performance by Neil Cragg, taking TQ in three out of four rounds to take pole position from Matt Thompson and Tommy Hall.

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March 23, 2020

Kyle McBride doubles at Australian Off-road Nats

This year’s Australian Off-Road National Championship was held at the Melbourne Off Road Radio Car Club this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Team Associated driver, Alex Bernadzik with the overall TQ, however after the 60-minute A-main event, that saw some close racing between Alex and Kyle McBride (Infinity), it was the latter that would excel while Alex had to settle for 2nd overall, just a couple of seconds behind. In 3rd it was JQRacing’s Aaron Dexter who would round out the podium result.

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March 20, 2020

Maxim Laverychev wins at Palace Cup Rd6

Round 6 of the Russian Palace Cup was held in the city of Vladimir last weekend in several electric on-road classes. In the premier category of Touring Modified it was Maxim Laverychev with the overall TQ after a clean sweep in the qualifiers and he also took home the overall win from Denis Laverychev in 2nd. Nikita Ignatiev rounded out the top 3 podium result.

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March 20, 2020

Oliveras & Brunson win at BuggyMania

Last weekend Mills Pond R/C Speedway in Fort Lauderdale, FL was the host to the inaugural BuggyMania. This was the first TheDirt race produced by Joey Christensen and the Dirtland Factory on the East coast. The schedule for this 1/8 off-road race was practice on Friday, 3 rounds of qualifying on Saturday, and all the mains on Sunday. For the A mains, the electric classes used an AA format which each main consisting of 8 minutes, while the nitro vehicles all ran a single 30 minute main. The race had a great turnout with 143 entries and there were several classes to compete in such as Nitro Buggy Open and Pro, Nitro Truck Open and Pro, Electric Buggy Open and Prom Electric Truck Open, 40+ Nitro Buggy Open and 40+ Electric Buggy Open. Racing-wise and in the Pro Nitro Buggy A-main it was 3rd place qualifier, Julien Oliveras (Team Associated) with the win from Jackson Brunson (Team Associated) on the runner-up spot, some 24 seconds behind Kyle Phillipps (HB Racing) came in 3rd, already a lap down as top qualifier, Cole Ogden had to settle for 6th overall.

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March 19, 2020

Adam Johnson wins at Tennessee State Champs

ROCCK Racing in Knoxville, Tennessee held the 2020 Tennessee State Championship last weekend with nearly 180 entries for the 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road classes. While Paul Ciccarello took the win in the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was top qualifier, Adam Johnson (Xray) with the overall TQ in 1/8th E-Buggy. In the main final Adam got out to an early lead, was uncontested for the win and earned his first Tennessee State Championship. Despite a few bobbles Xray’s Paul Ciccarello was able to grab the runner-up spot while Team Associated driver, Jonah Wilson finished in 3rd overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]