Round 6 of the Russian Palace Cup was held in the city of Vladimir last weekend in several electric on-road classes. In the premier category of Touring Modified it was Maxim Laverychev with the overall TQ after a clean sweep in the qualifiers and he also took home the overall win from Denis Laverychev in 2nd. Nikita Ignatiev rounded out the top 3 podium result.
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Last weekend Mills Pond R/C Speedway in Fort Lauderdale, FL was the host to the inaugural BuggyMania. This was the first TheDirt race produced by Joey Christensen and the Dirtland Factory on the East coast. The schedule for this 1/8 off-road race was practice on Friday, 3 rounds of qualifying on Saturday, and all the mains on Sunday. For the A mains, the electric classes used an AA format which each main consisting of 8 minutes, while the nitro vehicles all ran a single 30 minute main. The race had a great turnout with 143 entries and there were several classes to compete in such as Nitro Buggy Open and Pro, Nitro Truck Open and Pro, Electric Buggy Open and Prom Electric Truck Open, 40+ Nitro Buggy Open and 40+ Electric Buggy Open. Racing-wise and in the Pro Nitro Buggy A-main it was 3rd place qualifier, Julien Oliveras (Team Associated) with the win from Jackson Brunson (Team Associated) on the runner-up spot, some 24 seconds behind Kyle Phillipps (HB Racing) came in 3rd, already a lap down as top qualifier, Cole Ogden had to settle for 6th overall.
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ROCCK Racing in Knoxville, Tennessee held the 2020 Tennessee State Championship last weekend with nearly 180 entries for the 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road classes. While Paul Ciccarello took the win in the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was top qualifier, Adam Johnson (Xray) with the overall TQ in 1/8th E-Buggy. In the main final Adam got out to an early lead, was uncontested for the win and earned his first Tennessee State Championship. Despite a few bobbles Xray’s Paul Ciccarello was able to grab the runner-up spot while Team Associated driver, Jonah Wilson finished in 3rd overall.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Barceloneta RC Complex in Puerto Rico hosted round 3 of the NEOS Nitro Electric On Road Series last weekend, attracting nearly 50 entries. In the 1/8th Open IC Track class it was Antonio Mellado with the overall TQ from Peter Alvarado in 2nd. After the 30-minute A-main event however it was Guillermo Camacho with the win some 15 seconds in front of Peter as Fernando Mendez came in 3rd overall. TQ Antonio had to settle for 11th overall.
The Danish Electric On-road Nationals came to an abrupt end this season as due to the world-wide Corona pandemic the final round had to be cancelled. This allowed Kevin Nielsen to take the overall title in his maiden Modified Touring Car season thanks to taking three wins out of the three rounds that count towards the overall championship.
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The city of Moses Lake, Washington hosted the Holiday Hangover RC Arenacross 2020 last weekend. While Joe Bornhorst swept the Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and Electric Buggy classes it was Mugen’s Adam Drake who took the win in the Pro-Line Spec Nitro Buggy A-main. Adam started from P1 and brought home the win flag to flag, leaving behind Kyosho’s Cody Grams in 2nd, a lap down as Xray’s Joseph Johnson came in 3rd, another lap down.
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Round 4 of the Supercross Series was held at SDRC Raceway in San Diego, California last weekend, drawing nearly 90 entries. The 2WD Mod Buggy class saw Yokomo driver, Matthew Gonzales taking the overall TQ and also the single 5-minute A-main was pretty much smooth sailing for him as he brought home the win with a lap margin on 4th place qualifier, Kevin King (Team Associated) as Eli Westrup (TLR) came in 3rd another lap down.
Round 1 of the 2020 Texas Electric On Road Series was held at Mike’s Gulf Coast RC Raceway in Porter, Texas last weekend. Eventual winner, Chris Adam pulled away early from the pack in the Modified Touring class to cruise for the win as Andrew Doherty defended for his very life for the entire race from Michael Toth, who perhaps was slightly faster, but simply could not find a way around Andrew.
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