Round 3 of the popular NEAM Winter Series was held this past weekend and in the 4WD Buggy class it was Allan O’Brien with the overall TQ. The single A-main event then saw Allan again leading the way, taking the win a narrow 0.4s in front of Edward Callan in 2nd as Greg Williams rounded out the top 3 results.
Image: Allan O’Brien
Steel City RC Raceway of Fontana, California held the Steel City Race For Kids event last weekend. The race saw the running of several on-road classes and in 1/8th Open it was Xray’s Bryce Butterfield with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the 15-minute A-main event, leaving behind 4th place qualifier, Kevin Cole (Mugen) in 2nd and 5th place qualifier, Josh Alton in 3rd.
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The 3rd round of Xray Racing Series Slovakia was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia this past weekend. The event kicked off with free practice on Friday with three qualifiers and triple mains being held on Saturday. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was Max Götzl with the TQ in round 1 in front of Martin Bayer and Antonia Kovalzski while in round 2 it was Matus Benetin and Antonia Kovalzski in 2nd and 3rd respectively while Max scored another TQ. Martin Bayer would strike back in Q3 with a 0.9 seconds faster time which handed him the overall TQ from Max in 2nd and Ales Bidovsky in 3rd.
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Round 9 of the Peruvian Lima regional championship was held recently and it was Sergio Suarez with the overall Nitro Buggy TQ and pole position for the 45-minute A-main event. Sergio lead from the start, however after about 15 minutes he hit some problems and eventually finished 2nd behind Fabrizio Martello as Juan Alvarado came in 3rd to round out the podium.
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The Icheon Raceway of South Korea held the KMRCA 1/10th Buggy Nationals this past weekend. In 13.5T Stock Buggy and after some exciting battles it was Park Sung-Kwang with the overall title from Lee Jae-Myung on the runner-up spot. Kim Jae-Won would round out the top 3 result.
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Indy RC World of Garland, Texas hosted the RC Pro 1/10th scale finals this past weekend. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was Trevor Nault with a clean sweep in the qualifiers, as Tyler Hooks, Tyler Heel and Hunter La Flower ended the qualifiers tie on points. The double A-main format then saw Trevor Nault taking the opening leg from Hunter in 2nd with the latter striking back in A2 while Trevor ended on the runner-up spot. With both tie on points it would be the tie-breaker that awarded Hunter the win from Trevor in 2nd while Charles Day completed the top 3 results.
Image: Hunter La Flower
The final round of the 2019 Thornhill Championship Series was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas over the weekend, attracting nearly 60 entries. In the premier 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind Xray teammate, Spencer Harrison in 2nd, a lap down. HB Racing’s Chris Marrant would round out the top 3 overall results another lap down and some 16 seconds in front of 4th place finisher, Sean Gallagher. With the win at the 8th and final round Ethan also took the overall series title in the Nitro Buggy category.
Image: Ethan Lefebvre
The second round of the Northwest Indoor Series, which is considered to be the largest indoor off-road series in the Pacific Northwest, was held at Tacoma RC Raceway this past weekend. In 2WD Modified Buggy Jackson Andres (Yokomo) was able to TQ round 1 and 2 of the qualifying to secure the number 1 starting spot. The mains were intense with an amazing run by all the front runners. Jackson was able to take A-mains 1 and 2 to secure the overall win as Harley Yoshii (Yokomo) and Michael Schoettler (Team Associated) rounded out the top 3 results.
Image: Jonathan Andres
