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July 30, 2018

BRCA Electric Touring Car Nationals Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the BRCA Touring Car Series was hosted by the Halifax club, with the two Stock classes already decided in favour of Zak Finlay and Colin Jackson the main focus was on the battle for the coveted Modified title. Coming into Halifax Elliott Harper and Olly Jefferies were tied at the top of the Modified points table, Jefferies had made the better start to the season but it was Harper that arrived at Halifax as the pre-race favourite after a strong showing at rounds 2 and 3. After some weeks of great weather in the UK the Halifax national kicked off under almost monsoon conditions and Elliott Harper took the first round of qualifying, Jefferies bounced back in round 2 and went on to take TQ ahead of Harper, Alan Bickerstaff Chris Grainer and Alexander Hagberg.

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July 27, 2018

Kyle Holmberg doubles at MNRC Rd4

Round 4 of the MNRC was held at LSRCC in Proctor, Minnesota last weekend. The race was held in several nitro and electric off-road classes and it was Kyle Holmberg who set the pace in 1/8th Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy, bringing home the TQs in both categories. In the 30-minutes Nitro Buggy A-main and from the sound of the tone Kyle never looked back and had a near perfect 30 minutes by pulling a 57 second lead over second placed Seth Vandalen. In 3rd Allan Smith rounded out the podium result.

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July 27, 2018

Qi-Feng & Cho win at Taiwan AE Off-road Cup

The 2018 Taiwan AE Off-road Cup was held last weekend with the race being open to racers of all brands. The event was held at the Sanxia venue in several electric off-road classes, drawing a new record entry, and in the premier 2WD Mod category it was Tang Qi-Feng with the win as Howard Cho brought home the overall victory in 2WD Stock Buggy.

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July 27, 2018

Xray Racing Series Greece Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the Xray Racing Series Greek 1/10th Off-road was held at the Fanatix Racing Track last weekend. It was a pretty difficult day due to the high temperatures, however that did not stop the driver from being out there and have fun. The race attracted both seasoned racers and up and coming talent alike. Seven rising stars, eight to 16 years of age, were the highlight of the day. Fotinos took the pole in front of Sikianakis 2nd and Ioannidis 3rd on the starting grid. In leg one of the A-main Fotinos took the win after a solid performance. The second leg then saw Ioannidis taking the win from Takas 2nd and Fotinos 3rd. The final leg was a fight for the 1st place between Fotinos, Ioannidis and Takas. Everything was possible and anyone could be the winner. Eventually Ioannidis took the leg win and the also the overall from Fotinos 2nd and Takas 3rd.

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July 27, 2018

Brent Sianez triple at Firecracker 500

The 5th annual Firecracker 500 was Radio Controlled Hobbies and Raceway’s largest race of the summer. The temperatures were hot and so was the racing. Attendance was strong with about 100 entries, which included some of the fastest drivers from RC Madness, another local track. Xray’s Brent Sianez was able to secure TQ honours and wins in Modified 2WD Buggy, Modified 4WD Buggy, and 13.5 4WD Buggy. Matt Buldoc (TLR) and Carl Smart (Team Associated) would round out the top 3 in 2WD Mod Buggy.

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July 26, 2018

Slovakian 1/10th Buggy Nationals Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Slovakian 1/10th Buggy Nationals took place at the Dubnica nad Váhom track last weekend. It was the maiden race for the track and the event drew the highest number of entries ever. In 4WD Mod Buggy it was Lacko Toth with the overall TQ while the 2WD class was led by Adam Urban. As the sun was shining bright all day the finals were held in dusty low-traction conditions and in 4WD it was Lacko who made the out of it to take the overall from Roman Pavlus and Adam Urban.

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July 25, 2018

Philipp Stadler wins at Austrian EP On-road Nats Rd3

The third round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held in Imst, Tyrol last weekend. The race was held in Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula classes and the latter saw Andreas Stiebler taking the TQ after the qualifiers, tie on points with Andreas Teubl. With wins in A2 and A3 however it was Philipp Stadler who would take the overall win as Andreas Stiebler and Andreas Teubl had to settle for 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Image: Philipp Stadler

July 25, 2018

Joaquin De Soto wins at Sanwa Grand Prix

The 2018 Sanwa Grand Prix was held at Steel City RC Speedway in Fontana, California last weekend. In the 1/8th Open class it was Infinity’s Christian Lopez with the TQ after the qualifiers, however in the 30-minutes A-main Christian would score a DNF while up front Serpent’s Joaquin De Soto, who qualified in 4th, took home the win some three laps in front of Serpent teammate, Chris Velez 2nd. Bryce Butterfield (Xray) would round out the top 3 podium result.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]