The final round of the Philippine Off-road Nationals was held at the Traksnicho Raceway this past weekend. In Nitro Buggy it was 2nd place qualifier, Edward Sio (SWorkz) with the win in the 45-minute A-main event, a lap in front of 5th place qualifier, Jordan Go (SWorkz) in 2nd. Top qualifier, Nani Tagle (Kyosho) came in 3rd to round out the podium less than a second behind Jordan.
Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]
The Lali Warehouse opening race was held in Hong Kong this past weekend. In the premier 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was new Serpent factory driver, Aaron Stringer from Australia with the overall win in the 45-minute A-main event. Top qualifier, Jonathan Yeung (Tekno RC) came in 2nd, some two laps down as Team Associated driver, Jade Lim would round out the podium result in 3rd, another lap down.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Serpent have announced the signing of Australian 1/8th off-road frontrunner, Aaron Stringer to their factory team. A former long-time Mugen pilot Aaron has joined the Serpent squad for the remainder of 2019 and beyond, campaigning Serpent buggies and trucks at all major Australian races as well as select international events.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Clansfield RC of Hambledon, UK held the 2019 Dirt Masters this past weekend. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Agama’s Kevin Brunsden with the overall win in the half-hour long A-main event. A lap behind it was Agama’s Jon Hazlewood on the runner-up spot as Chris McLoughlin came in 3rd for HB Racing.
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The opening round of the Xray Racing Series PLMS Poland was held recently in most of the important 1/10th and 1/12th scale electric on-road classes with Touring Stock 13.5T and Formula being the most popular. The purpose-built track was laid out with the popular ETS-style carpet with the schedule seeing four qualifiers and triple mains for everyone. Racing-wise and in Touring Modified it was Jakub Michalski walking away with the win from Mirek Novak in 2nd and Maciej Szkop in 3rd.
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The recently launched One12 Series, a 5-race championship held in Italy and dedicated to 1/12th scale classes such as LMP Open Modified and GT12, saw its debut in the beautiful indoor track of RC Landia in Scandiano. The CRC Black Carpet with which the facility was recently set up, offered best conditions for a great race in high and consistent grip. It was a perfect weekend for Alessio Mota, reigning Italian GT12 Series Champion, who started his campaign in the series with a double TQ and win. In GT12, which in Italy is traditionally run according to EFRA/BRCA rules, Alessio set the pace in qualifying from the get go, sealing the 1st spot on the grid with a 2-second advantage on Guido Carbognani. A very tight battle for 3rd, saw Alessandro Rampini prevail on Massimo Imovilli by just 2/100 of a second. During the afternoon’s finals, Alessio checked out early in both A1 and A2 taking hold of the overall win for round 1 of the series ahead of Alessandro, who was able to leapfrog Guido in the proceedings.
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The Miniautodromo S. Messina in Palermo, Sicily held round 5 of the Marka Racing Trophy this past weekend. Nice weather and a perfectly organised race made for a fun and relaxed weekend for the many drivers that attended in the two Touring Modified and a single Formula pan car class. The Touring Stock EFRA 13.5 category saw some entertaining A-mains with three different winners. Ultimately it was Ignazio Caldarella (Awesomatix) with the TQ and win from Sergio Pignataro (Awesomatix) in 2nd and Gabriele Billeci (Xpress) in 3rd. Raffaele Onesti(Awesomatix) made a great recovery in the finals coming from 9th on the grid to finish just outside the podium in 4th.
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The opening round of the 2019/20 Xray Racing Series Slovakia was held at the Hudy Arena in Trencin last weekend. The event saw the running of both off-road and on-road classes with practice on Friday and racing on Saturday. In 2WD Buggy it was Max Götzl with the TQ in round 1 followed by Martin Bayer and Ales Bidovsky. Max was able to score another TQ run in Q2, again in front of Martin and Ales. Q3 then went to Martin, but as Max had faster time in the Q1, I took the overall TQ as Martin lined up 2nd and Ales 3rd.
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