The MCC Laupheim track played host to the German Truggy Nationals this past weekend. SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier was in control of things in the Nitro and Electric classes, ultimately taking the titles in both categories. Mugen’s Tim Hinderer and Johannes Klett would complete the Nitro podium while Team Associated driver, Alex Schmitt and Mugen pilot, Stefan Matas rounded out the Electric podium.
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Round 3 of the Spanish Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at the popular CARTT Fuencarral track in Madrid this past weekend. Juan Carlos Canas (SWorkz/Reds Racing/6Mik) took the win with almost a lap margin from Robert Batlle (Mugen/Maxima/Hot Race) while Alberto Garcia (Mugen/Ultimate/JConcepts).
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
Round 4 of the 2019 BRCA 1/10th Off-road Nationals was held at the challenging TORCH track this past weekend. Team Associated’s Neil Cragg was in control of things all weekend with double TQs and wins in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. Lee Martin came in 2nd at Saturday’s 2WD event and he would copy the result on Sunday while SWorkz’s Elliott Boots completed Sunday’s 4WD podium and Schumacher’s Danny McGee came in 3rd in 2WD.
Source: Ruddog Distribution [ruddog.eu]
Round 4 of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Marmagne track in central France. Almost 90 drivers signed in for the three classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula. The weekend kicked off with cold and cloudy weather on Friday, however things would brighten up on Saturday. In Touring 13.5T Stock it was Pierre Delorme (Xray) with the overall TQ from Jeremy Delalondre (Schumacher) on the 2 spot. With a clever tyre strategy and a tyre-saving setup Pierre was able to bring home the wins in A1 and A2 for the overall from Jeremy on the runner-up spot. Briac Berthoud (Xray) came in 3rd to round out the podium. With the win Pierre also secured himself his fourth national title albeit there is still a round to go this season.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 4th round of the HNMC Summer Series was held last weekend in hot and humid weather conditions. Four rounds of qualifying with the best three to count would be run, making for loads of track time for the drivers. Qualifying TQ in Nitro Buggy went to Dylan Saunders, in Truggy to James Marl and in E-Buggy to Holger Lykke. The Nitro Buggy A-main then saw Dylan Saunders walking away with the win from 2nd placed Scott Holmes while Torben Lundburg completed the top 3. Truggy was won by Chris Carlisle from Brin Tourle and Aleks Harvey. Over in E-Buggy Holger Lykke drive a lonely race for the 1st place.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
Round 3 of the Andalusian Nitro Buggy Championship was held at the Chiclana track last weekend. Agustin Illanes would take the overall TQ from Jose Palma and he also came out successful in the 45-minute A-main final, a lap in front of Jose Miguel in 2nd. Runner-up after the qualifiers, Jose Palma ended the day in 3rd place to round out the podium.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
Serpent have announced the addition of multi-times Australian Champion, Jeff Hamon to their factory team. The IFMAR Worlds finalist will campaign Serpent’s Viper 988 and Matrix 750 platforms and he hopes to build on his TQ and 2nd place at the 2019 1/8 IC Track Pre-Worlds when he returns for the main event later this year. Jeff says:
I’m really excited to be working with such a great dynamic team, the innovation and development of Serpent is really impressive! I am looking forward to a successful future with the team.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Round 4 of this year’s JBRL Electric Series was held at LRH Hobbies in Anaheim, California last weekend. In the premier 2WD Mod Buggy class it was Carlos Arredondo Jr. with the win from Brendon Larrowe on the runner-up. Johnathan Schultz would round out the top 3 result.
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