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June 4, 2018

Joe Bornhorst trifecta at Horizon RC Fest

The Horizon RC Fest was held this last weekend in Monticello, Illinois this past weekend with he event caring about everything radio controlled including planes, drones and cars. As part of the festivities Horizon Hobby held their TLR Cup for 1/8th scale off-road classes and it was Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst who would sweep the Pro Buggy, Truggy and E-Buggy classes. Pro Buggy and Truggy were TQ’ed by TLR’s Dakotah Phend, using what appear to be prototype 8ight 5.0 and 8ight-T 5.0 vehicles, however Bornhorst would ultimately walk away with the wins in Pro Buggy, Truggy and E-Buggy to round out a perfect weekend.

View the Truggy and E-Buggy podiums here

June 4, 2018

Jeffrey Rietveld wins at Dutch IC Track Nats Rd3

The third round of the Dutch IC Track National Championship was held at the MAC Heemstede track this past weekend. In the premier NK class it was Jeffrey Rietveld with the TQ after the qualifiers from Joey Sorber 2nd and Arie Manten 3rd. In the 30-minute main final Jeffrey was able to conserve his qualifying performance as he took a dominant win some four laps in front of Arie Manten in 2nd and Martin Zevenhoven in 3rd. Over in the slightly slower Nomac Cup it was Stanley Bauer with the win from Alex Everling 2nd and Ad Arents 3rd.

Image: Jeffrey Rietveld

June 4, 2018

Zacarias Villalba wins Andalusian GP Buggy Champs Rd3

Round three of the Andalusian 1/8th Off-road Championship was held at the technical Club RC Alhaurín de la Torre track over the weekend. The weather was pretty hot, making for challenging conditions and it was Alejandro Perez with the overall TQ from Agustin Illanes and Albert Pelaez in 2nd and 3rd respectively as Zacarias Villalba rounded out the top 4. In the 45-minute main final however it was Zacarias who would prevails after doing some setup adjustments over the day with Alberto finishing on the 2 spot. A lap down Alejandro Daras would complete the top 3 results.

Source: Attack RC [facebook.com]

June 4, 2018

Berkan Kilic wins at Hessen Cup

The ORT Fulda played host to the Hessen Cup this past weekend with about 140 drivers for the three classes. In the 1/8th Expert Nitro Buggy class Berkan and Burak Kilic stole the show. The two had a half hour long battle for the main final win and in the end it was Berkan with the overall victory from Burak in 2nd, making it an Agama 1-2 finish. Manuel Büssing would round out the podium for Mugen.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.

June 4, 2018

Ales Bayer wins Czech Large Scale Nats Rd3

The third round of the Czech Large Scale On-road Nationals was hosted by the ARC Slavkov club last Saturday. The weekend featured round 3 on Saturday with round 4 being held on Sunday. Ales Bayer was in control of things on Saturday as he took a pretty dominant TQ with a lap margin from Petr Rovny. In the 30-minute main final it was again Ales who excelled as he took the win some three laps in front of Petr Rovny, as Miroslav Jurenka came in 3rd, another two laps down.

Image: Ales Bayer

June 4, 2018

Andrew Shapland wins at Pro10 Winter Series

The first round of the Australian Pro Amps Hobbywing Pro10 Winter Series was held at England Park Raceway this past weekend. The TQ went to Jeff Hamon with 18 laps 5:14.376 as well as a new lap record of 16.359 but after the A-mains it was Andrew Shapland on the 1st spot from Clayton Hughes 2nd. Top qualifier, Jeff Hamon had to settle for 3rd overall. The second round will be held on the 30th of June.

Source: Pro10 Australia [facebook.com]

June 4, 2018

Patrick Hofer wins 2WD class at Swiss Buggy Nats Rd3

The third round of the Swiss 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Dielsdorf over the weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class, that attracted a total of 26 drivers, it was Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer who would make a clean sweep by coming out fastest in practice while also winning the qualifiers and A-mains for the overall victory from the Xray duo of Nico Schmid and Florian Schmid in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the 4WD Mod Buggy class, that suffered from a sub-standard entry of only ten cars, it was Florian Schmid with the win from Fabian Luca Widmer in 2nd and Philip Jeisy in 3rd.

View the 4WD podium here

June 4, 2018

Hugo Miguel successful at Portuguese EP track Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Portuguese Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Maiorca track over the weekend. Serpent’s Hugo Miguel walked away with the win in the 1/10th Touring class from Xray’s Frederic Santos on the runner-up spot. Nuno Duraes would end the day on the 3 spot to round out the podium.

Image: Nuno Duraes