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November 25, 2019

Frederik Broløs Mikkelsen wins at DASU Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Danish DASU electric on-road nationals was held Faxe, Southern Zealand, Denmark this past weekend. In the Touring Super Stock class it was Awesomatix’s Frederik Broløs Mikkelsen with a clean sweep in the qualifiers, taking wins in all three rounds. Patrick Danielsen (Xray) came in 2nd from Casper Lund (Xray) in 3rd. The opening A-main then saw Patrick taking a narrow win by 0.3 seconds, however with wins in A2 and A3 Frederik was able to remain on the overall top spot from Patrick in 2nd and Casper in 3rd overall.

Image: Claus Ryeskov

November 25, 2019

Elias Johansson sweeps Winter Indoor Cup Rd2

The Västerort Indoor Arena in Vällingby, Sweden hosted the second round of the Winter Indoor Cup this past weekend. The fully booked out event was held in somewhat low traction conditions and it was HB Racing’s Elias Johansson who made the best out it by taking the TQs and wins in both the 2WD Buggy and 4WD Buggy classes. In 2WD it was Team Associated’s Wilhelm Skjöldebrand on the runner-up spot while Felix Angseryd came in 3rd to round out the podium. Over in 4WD Buggy and behind Elias it was Rasmus Thulin (Yokomo) on the 2nd place as Martin Johansson Nielsen (Xray) completed the top 3 podium result.

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November 25, 2019

Tebo & Bornhorst successful at Buggyland USA race

Thunder Alley Raceway of Beaumont, California held the inaugural Buggyland USA race this past weekend, attracting nearly 170 entries for the usual USA mix of Open, intermediate and Sportsman nitro and electric off-road classes. In Open Nitro Buggy it was Tekno RC’s Jared Tebo with the overall TQ and he would also come out on top in the 45-minute A-main event after a flawless run, leaving behind 4th place qualifier, Mugen’s Ryan Maifield in 2nd while CJ Jelin (Kyosho), runner-up after the qualifiers, would round out the top 3 result. Joe Bornhorst and Tanner Denney would round out the top 5 results.

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November 22, 2019

Raven Barton wins at TBRL Winter Series Rd1

The opening round of the Tony Bacon Racing League Winter Series was held at the TBRL indoor carpet track in Fort Dodge, Iowa last Saturday. The event attracted 120 entries and in the 17.5T Girl Power class it was Raven Barton with the overall TQ. In the single 5-minute A-main event it was still Raven who would dominate the proceedings with Sarah Kearney coming in 2nd, a lap down. In 3rd it was Bree who would round out the top 3 result in front of Jana Peavler and Angie Vanderbeek.

Image: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 22, 2019

Nikolas Schmitz doubles at HK-Cup opener

The opening round of the HK-Cup was held in Hürtgenwald in the western part of Germany last weekend. When the dust had settled and in the 2WD Buggy class it was Nikolas Schmitz with the win, coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Nikolas would secure the over with a win in A3, leaving behind Jean Baptiste Janssens and Markus Klein in 2nd and 3rd overall.

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November 21, 2019

2019 Pizza Feast race – Report

Last weekend the Pizza Feast race was held at MHOR RC Raceway in Aurora, Colorado. The event kicked off with practice on Thursday with Friday offering more practice and the opening round of qualifying in the eventing. Saturday started with the last three rounds of qualifying and Zac Gastelum would take the TQ in both 2WD Mod and 4WD Mod, Cole Lewton would grab the TQ in both 13.5 2WD and Truck, Mike Malenado TQed in 13.5 4WD, and Christopher Malenado TQed in Sportsmen. Sunday was mains day and the Modified class mains were single 8-minutes legs due to low entries. In 2WD Mod Zac Gastelum would bring home the win after a flawless run with Domnic Paccione and David Joor coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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November 21, 2019

2019/20 BRCA LMP12 Nationals Rd2 – Report

Round two of the 2019/20 BRCA LMP12 Nationals took place in Poole last weekend. A strong entry of over 70 racers took part in the weekend’s racing as the season builds towards the IFMAR world championships in January. The Dorset club has a smaller track area but laid a fast and flowing circuit that required good rhythm and accuracy to secure a fast time. Saturday would see drivers competing in 13.5 and 17.5 stock classes. Winner of the first round of the 13.5 championship, Olly Jefferies was in commanding form taking first place in all four rounds of qualifying. It was, however, very close at the front and he would line up on pole under a second ahead of David Spashett with Ollie Payne a further second back in third place.

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November 21, 2019

Hayato Ishioka crowned 2019 Speed King

The final round of the 2019 Speed King Tour was held at the SRT Sagami do racing track in the Kanagawa prefecture. The track’s layout suits both 1/8th and 1/10th nitro cars which makes for real high speed battles in the 1/10th electric touring classes. Yokomo driver Hayato Ishioka showed his speed right from the get go as he took the overall TQ after the three rounds of qualifying, however another Yokomo driver, Souta Goto took the pole position after wining the “Super Lap” session.

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