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September 10, 2019

Jesper Rasmussen crowned Danish 2WD Champion

Black Track RC played host to the final round of the Danish 1/10th Off-road Championship recently and it was Jesper Rasmussen who would walk away with the day’s win and the overall 2WD Mod Buggy title. Jesper was on fire all weekend, making a clean sweep in the qualifiers to grab the pole position from Marcus Kaerup. In A1 and A2 Jesper again came out fastest for an early overall victory and also the 2019 2WD Mod Buggy title. Marcus was able to conserve his runner-up position after the triple mains while Frederik Hovgaard completed the top 3 result.

Source: 1up Racing [1upracing.com]

September 9, 2019

Chris Boice successful at Border Wars 2019

The 2019 Border Wars race was held at Arcor Raceway in Albuquerque, New Mexico attracting nearly 130 entries. In 1/8th E-Buggy it was Sean Guthrie with the overall TQ from Chris Boice on the 2 spot. In the triple A-main events it was Chris Boice who would come out on top in A1 and A2 for the early overall win from 3rd place qualifier, Michael Rose in 2nd. 4th place qualifier Scott Brewer ended the day in 3rd and in front of Mike Amos, who had to bump up through the mains to finish 4th overall. Andruw Martinez would complete the top 5 results.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]

September 9, 2019

Tim Kristl wins at Heart of America Series Rd6

The 6th round of the Heart of America Series was held this past weekend in several 1/8th and 1/10th Nitro classes. In the 1/10th 200mm class it was Jim Hulse with the overall TQ from Tim Kristl on the 2 spot after the qualifies. After the 30-minute A-main event the two would have swapped positions as Tim took the overall three laps ahead of Jim while 3rd placed qualifier, young Jayden Reger rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: RCTarget [rctarget.com]

September 9, 2019

Spanish Electric On-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Spanish Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Lleida track this past weekend. The event was held in Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula classes and in Touring Modified it was Carles Santiago with the overall TQ from Carlos Barros on the 2 spot. The triple A-mains then again saw Carles leading the way and with wins in A1 and A2 he took the overall win with one leg to spare. Runner-up after the qualifiers, Carlos Barros would cement his overall runner-up spot with the win in A3 as Antonio Rodriguez came in 3rd overall to round out the podium.

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September 9, 2019

Marco Baruffolo wins at Italian Buggy Nats Rd3

Last weekend’s Italian ACI 1/8th Buggy Nationals held at the Ongaro Ring not only saw Davide Ongaro taking the win in the Expert Nitro Buggy class, it was also Xray’s Marco Baruffolo with the win in 1/8th E-Buggy. When the dust had settled after the triple A-mains Marco walked away with the wins in A2 and A3 for the overall from Tekno RC’s Alex Zanchettin in 2nd and Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 9, 2019

Tyler Jones doubles at OEOSS Rd5

Round 5 of the OEOSS Series was held at Jax Trax in Union City, Indiana this past weekend. The event attracted over 80 entries and in 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was TLR’s Tyler Jones with the overall TQ and win from Mugen’s Collin Weatherholt on the 2 spot, the latter ending the 20-minute A-main event some 40 second behind the winner. Team Associated’s Matt Cline came in 3rd, another 6.6 seconds down.

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September 9, 2019

Jörn Neumann takes German 2WD Mod Buggy title

The 2019 German 2WD Buggy Nationals were held at the Arena33 in Andernach over the weekend. The event saw 43 entries for the 2WD Modified Buggy class that was top qualified by Marcel Schneider with Jörn Neumann coming in 2nd after the tie-breaker. Tom Maquel ended the qualifiers on the 3 spot from Moritz Lautenbach in 4th. The opening of the three A-main event then again saw Marcel and Jörn on the top 2 spots but it was Jörn who sealed the bag with wins in A2 and A3, leaving behind Marcel Schneider in 2nd while 5th place qualifier, Luca Rau came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Image: Jörn Neumann

September 9, 2019

Davide Ongaro wins at Italian 1/8th Buggy Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Italian ACI 1/8th Buggy Championship was held at the Ongaro Ring this past weekend. The event was cut short a day due to the weather forecast and in the end it was Team Associated’s 1/8th Buggy World Champion, Davide Ongaro with the TQ and win in the Expert class, leaving behind Xray’s Marco Baruffolo in 2nd. Kyosho’s Mattia Polito came in 3rd to round out the Expert class podium result.

Image: Davide Ongaro