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October 8, 2019

Wahl, Lauter & Stocker win at Pegasus Masters

The city of Piding in the southern part of Germany played host to the 9th RT Pegasus Masters last weekend. The event was held in several electric on-road classes including Touring Modified, Stock and FWD classes. In Touring Modified it was Tim Wahl with the overall TQ after a nearly clean sweep in the qualifiers, winning four of the five qualifiers, leaving behind Q3 top qualifier Marco Kaufmann in 2nd. The finals then saw another dominant performance of Tim who left behind Simon Lauter in 2nd as Marco Kaufmann ended in 3rd overall.

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October 8, 2019

Roger Eifler wins at Swiss EP On-road Nationals Rd5

The 5th and final round of the Swiss Electric On-road Nationals was held at the AMCS track in Schaffhausen recently. In the SwissGT pan car class it was Roger Eifler with the overall TQ and also the win in all A-main finals, making it a clean sweep. A2 and A3 saw Andi Frattaroli and Roland Wild in exciting slipstream battles for the runner-up spot with Andi ultimately holding the upper hand over Roland. Already Swiss SwissGT champion going into round 5, Roger cemented his dominant performance this year by also winning the season finale.

Thanks to Roger Eifler for the report.

October 8, 2019

2019/20 Essex Winter Series Rd1 – Report

The 2019/2020 Essex Winter Series kicked off this weekend. With the championship continuing to be one of the most popular and prestigious races around, the competition was high and a few small tweaks to the series had positive responses from drivers across the board. In the Modified class, it was Elliott Harper who was out to defend his series title from last year and he kicked off qualifying by setting the best time, two and a half seconds ahead of Kyle Branson, with Matthew White and Chris Grainger just half a second further back and Paul Pinkney rounding out the top five. It seemed like it would take something special to stop Elliott dominating the race, but an element of luck is always needed and his luck ran out in Q2. After leading for over four minutes, he got caught up on a track marker that had moved, taking him out of the round.

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October 7, 2019

Ryan Maifield wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd7

Round 7 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at the Pro-Line Raceway in Banning, California this past weekend. The event attracted over 160 entries and in the Expert Buggy A-main it was Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo with the overall TQ. The joy wouldn’t last long though as Carlos scored a DNF, allowing 2nd place qualifier, Mugen’s Ryan Maifield to take the win a narrow 1.8 seconds in front of fellow Mugen racer, Adam Drake. TLR’s Anthony Westergaard would round out the top 3 result a lap behind the top 2.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

October 7, 2019

Patrick Danielsen wins at Danish EP On-road opener

The Aalborg RC Center hosted the opening round of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend. The event was held in several 1/10th on-road classes and in Touring Modified it was Xray’s Patrick Danielsen with the overall TQ after winning all three qualifying rounds. Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard had to settle for 2nd overall as Mike Hansen, Morten Iversen and Mad Koue were all tie on points for the 3rd place with the better tie breaker handing Mike P3 on the grid. The finals then saw Patrick, Frederik and Schumacher’s Mike Hansen conserve their positions in all three A-mains, meaning the three ended the day as they qualified.

Image: Mike Hansen

October 7, 2019

Toni Santana wins at Spanish GT8 finale

The final round of the Spanish GT Championship was held at the Automodelismo Autet club in the three classes of SGT, GTE and GTSerie. The latter saw Toni Santana taking the overall TQ from Alexis Rodriguez, and Toni would be able to conserve his momentum in the 45-minute A-main event, taking the win with a 1-lap margin from David Rebollo in 2nd and Borja Gutarra in 3rd. Joseba Dehesa came in 4th, another lap down as Gustavo Gines completed the top 5 results.

Image: Borja Gutarra

October 7, 2019

Silvio Hächler wins at Autumn Trophy

The Autumn Trophy was held at the Pista Leno track in Leno, Italy this past weekend, attracting many of the country’s swift nitro on-road racers of which some used the track time to prepare for the forthcoming IFMAR 1/8th Nitro On-road Worlds in California. In said class it was Switzerland’s Silvio Hächler (ARC) who would be able to walk away with the silverware in the 45-minute A-main event, leaving behind Infinity’s Francesco Tironi in 2nd while Capricorn’s Mirko Salemi came in 3rd to round out the top 3 podium result.

Image: Silvio Hächler

October 7, 2019

Joe Bornhorst sweeps 2019 Pro-Line Shootout

Thornhill Racing Circuit of Hutto, Texas hosted the 2019 Pro-Line Shootout this past weekend with nearly 200 entries making for a competitive event. In the premier Open Nitro Buggy A-main it was 3rd place qualifier, Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst with the overall win in the 45-minute A-main event as top qualifier, Dillon Caldwell (HB Racing) followed on the runner-up spot. 2nd place qualifier, Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre came in 3rd to round out the podium. Over in Open E-Buggy it was Serpent’s Brandon Rose with the overall TQ but again it was Joe Bornhorst, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, with the overall win from Dillon Caldwell in 2nd and Brandon Rose in 3rd, the latter two ending tie on points after the double A-mains with Dillon holding the upper hand after the tie-breaker.

View the E-Buggy podium here