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April 30, 2018

Davide Ongaro gets the job done at The Italian Job

The annual The Italian Job Race was held this past weekend at ehe Tracciato Piemontese di Balocco track and it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro with the TQ and win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy Pro F1 and Electric classes. Davide swept qualifying in both categories with Xray’s Marco Baruffolo coming in 2nd in Nitro Buggy as Tekno’s Alex Zanchettin came in 2nd after the qualifiers on the E-Buggy class. The Nitro A-main was slightly affected by rain but this did not stop Davide from bringing home another popular win this season with Radiosistemi driver, Leonardo Valente, coming in 2nd as Alex Zanchettin (Tekno) rounded out the top 3 results. Runner-up after the qualifiers, Marco Baruffolo was able to chase Davide in the opening 30 minutes, however technical issues forced Marco to retire and he eventually finished 13th overall. The single 10-minute E-Buggy A-main at first saw Ongaro and Zanchettin fight for the lead but Davide held his nerves together as Alex had some mishaps as he tried to put the leader under pressure. Ultimately it was Davide with a second win this weekend, leaving behind SWorkz’s Martin Wollanka on a popular 2nd place as Marco Baruffolo ended up in 3rd overall.

Source: Modellismo RC [modellismorc.net]

April 30, 2018

Bowie Ginting wins East Touring Series Rd2

The second round of the East Touring Series was held at East RC Speedway, Jakarta this past weekend, attracting a total of 30 racers to compete in the Open Brushless 13.5 class. It was Bowie Ginting who secured the pole with a 1.5 seconds margin ahead of Christian Mamesah and Arya Seta, all of them scoring 18 laps. Muhammad Izzah and Ridhwan Suteja came in 4th and 5th respectively with 17 laps. Leg 1 was full of drama with both Bowie and Christian failing to finish due to mechanical issues, handing Ridhwan Suteja the win by quite a margin. With Bowie securing leg 2 and 3 of the A-mains it was the Yokomo driver with the overall win from two-times P2 finisher, Christian, as Ridhwan completed the podium result.

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April 30, 2018

Rene Kargl wins at Austrian 1/8 E-Buggy opener

The opening round of the Austrian 1/8th Electric Off-road Championship was held in Allhartsberg this past weekend. SWorkz’s Rene Kargl would take the win in front of Kyosho’s Andreas Mayr while defending champion, Jürgen Trieb (SWorkz) snatched the final podium spot. Over in the Junior championship it was young Marcel Trieb (SWorkz) with the win at round 1.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

April 27, 2018

Regalado & Apolaro win at Wallace Racing Challenge

The 1st Annual Wallace Racing Challenge was held at the World famous Full Throttle RC Raceway with over 65 drivers descended upon Kissimmee, Florida for four intense days of 1/8th, 1/8th GT and 1/10th scale Nitro R/C racing. 1/8th Open, also known as the F1 of R/C, was the premier class of the weekend. Gianni Giorgio would take the TQ and in the main Gianni would get off to a good start but would run into mechanical issues only 12 laps into the race. This would lead Roniel Regalado, Walo Walker and Paolo Morganti to battle it out for the lead. The race came down to pit strategy and fuel gun races. Big money was up for grabs and everyone was battling it out on the track for top honors. In the end Roniel Regalado would hold on to take the win with Walo Walker in 2nd and Paolo Morganti in 3rd.

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April 27, 2018

Dutch Electric On-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

Last weekend the opening round of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals was held at the popular Apeldoorn track. 42 driver signed in to race in the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and a supporting 1/8th Electric class. In Touring Modified it was Sidney Blokker who set the pace followed by Rick v.d. Akker. Due to some incidents for Sidney he was only able to come in 3rd overall as Rick was able to climb the top step of the podium followed by Goof in 2nd place, the latter showing a steady race as he took profit of some issues of Sidney.

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April 27, 2018

Bill Shepherd wins 40+ at R/C Pro Series Rd1

Round 1 of the R/C Pro Series was held at T&T R/C Hobbies in Shreveport, Louisiana last weekend. In the 40+ Nitro Buggy class Bill Shepherd would take the overall TQ after a clean sweep in all three qualifiers and he would also come out fastest in the A-main to take the day’s win.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

April 27, 2018

Xray Racing Series Offroad Germany – Report

The a round of the German Offroad Xray Racing Series was held as part of the Intermodellbau hobby fair last weekend. Six different classes attracted about 70 entries and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was Yannic Wilcke who won the opening A-main over Joe Streff by a margin of 0.5 seconds. Yannic also won the second race and thus secured the overall victory as Joe finished 2nd overall. Olaf Grabaum finished 3rd to round out the top 3.

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April 27, 2018

Delorme & Varinard win at French EP Champs Rd2

The second round of the French Electric On-road National Championship was held in Manspach, Alsace with more than 70 entries. In the Touring 13.5T Blinky class Pierre Delorme soon found a good pace in the low grip and hot conditions and he was able to win the three qualifiers on Saturday by a good margin. The final two qualifiers on Sunday again saw Pierre on top and he did also win the two opening A-mains for the overall for in front of Serge Boudet 2nd and Jeremy Delalondre 3rd.

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