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May 20, 2019

Elliott Boots wins BRCA 1/8th Buggy opener

The opening round of the BRCA 1/8th Rallycross Nationals was held at the Herz Nitro Model Club this past weekend. SWorkz’s Elliott Boots, Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy and Xray’s Callum Niblett battled for the overall TQ with the better end for Elliott who scored three round wins while Jamie and Callum shared a round TQ each. In the 45-minute A-main final it then was Elliott who would hold the upper hand, taking the win a lap in front of Agama’s Jonathan Skidmore as Infinity’s Lee Martin took the final podium spot some nine seconds behind Joni. Team Associated’s Michael Lewis and SWorkz’s Kevin Brundsen would round out the overall top 5.

Image: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

May 20, 2019

Arianto & Timothy win at 2019 LafarRace

The 2019 LafarRace 1/10th off-road race was hosted by the SDC Off-road track in Serpong, Indonesia this past weekend. The event was held in the 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy classes. Ray Timothy (Kyosho) took the overall TQ in 4WD Mod while Dimaz Arianto (Yokomo) set the TQ in 2WD Mod. The triple A-mains in both classes sees of both TQ would converted their pole into a win.
In 2WD, ultimately, Arianto dominated all the A-main legs to hand him the overall win, followed by fellow Yokomo drivers, Rizki Pradana and Toufan Iskandar in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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May 17, 2019

Florian & Nico Schmid win at Swiss Off-road Champs Rd3

The third round of the Swiss 1/10th electric off-road championship took place last weekend at the Team Kaiju astro turf track in Harkingen. Due to the rain and heavy wind on Saturday the organisers had to postpone the race to Sunday. On Sunday, the wind was no longer an issue and the rainy sky changed to sunshine, however the constantly changing track conditions made it difficult to find the appropriate setup especially in the 2WD class. In the 4WD class the race for the overall win was on between Florian and Nico Schmid. Eventually the decision for the overall victory was made in A3 when Florian won ahead of Nico while Philip Jeisy completed the all-Xray top 3.

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May 17, 2019

Bartek Kramza doubles at XRS Poland

A round of the Xray Racing Series Poland was held at the Warsaw-based Serock track last weekend. The astro turf track offers a huge 22 metre long wall ride section as well as technical and high-speed sections, making it a real challenge for the drivers. In the 2WD Buggy class Sebastian Migal and Bartek Kramza were fighting for the overall TQ, with the better end for the young Xray driver. The finals then were dominated by Bartek (Xray) followed by Sebastian Migal (Xray) and Bartlomiej Gogacz (Schumacher).

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May 16, 2019

West German EP Off-road Regionals Rd2 – Report

Last weekend round 2 of the West German Electric Off-road Regionals was hosted by the Panik Team Troisdorf club and held on their huge astroturf track. Over 100 drivers defied the bad weather forecast and showed up on Saturday for some practice and the first out of three qualifiers. With rain almost the hole Saturday the track was pretty wet and slippery and made it a real challenge over the weekend. Nevertheless the sun came out on Sunday, however the track stayed wet and got even more slippery than the day before. Marcel Schneider made the best out of the conditions and took the TQ and win in the 2WD Modified class. Jens Becker followed in 2nd place after finishing on the runner-up spot in all three finals. Marcus Lubke completed the podium in 3rd.

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May 16, 2019

Matt Kirby doubles at APCS Series Rd4

Round 4 of the APCS Series was held at the WFO Raceway of Morgantown, West Virginia. Round 4 also marked the conclusion of the series with Matt Kirby taking the 2WD Buggy overall from Blake Brewer 2nd and William Dillon in 3rd. In the 4WD Buggy class it was again Matt Kirby from William Dillon 2nd and Dawson Kirby 3rd.

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May 16, 2019

Reunion Island Championship Rd3 – Report

The third round of the 2019 Reunion Island Championship was held last Sunday at the Champ Fleury RC Track in Saint Denis de La Reunion. The event was organised by the Reunion CMDR and Mauritius RLMC clubs and held in 1/8th, 1/10th and 1/5th scale classes. The 1/8th Open class saw Stephane Cheung Kin walking away with the day’s win from Pascal Mamode in 2nd and Jerome Souba in 3rd.

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May 16, 2019

Vasilis Lykaris wins Greek 200mm Nats Rd2

Last weekend the second round of the Greek 1/10th Nitro Championship was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens, Greece. After the qualification Vasilis Lykaris managed to take the pole position and he would also lead the 30-minute A-main final from tone to tone, taking the win with a 2-laps margin. Tsiklitiras Lampros came in 2nd from 3rd placed Spyros Sotiropoulos.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]