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February 10, 2020

Bryce Butterfield wins at 2020 Steel Series Rd2

The second round of the 2020 Steel Series was held at Steel City RC Speedway in Fontana, California this past weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Sedan class it was Bryce Butterfield with the overall TQ from Michael Palazzola on the runner-up spot after the qualifiers. The 15-minute A-main event then again saw Bryce Butterfield (Serpent) holding the upper hand, bringing home the silverware one lap ahead of Brian Thomas (Mugen). Serpent’s Walter Diaz came in 3rd to round out the podium result, another lap down.

Image: Bryce Butterfield

February 10, 2020

Louth RCCC Schumacher Winter Series Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the 2019/20 Schumacher Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club took place over the past weekend. In Touring 13.5T Mitch Fiddling would set the initials pace in the opening round. Chris Lovely would pick up the mantle and take the further two rounds of qualifying with his Xray T4’20. Alex Brocklebank would take his Schumacher Mi7 to take the top spot in the final qualifying round giving him 2nd overall. Callum Chapman would take his mid-motor Xray to 4th with some consistent driving. Joseph Cocking take his Yokomo BD10 to 5th, Jay Kay with his BD9 would slot into 6th and Daniel Burks would round out the A-final with his Xray T4’20.

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February 10, 2020

Kaiho & Akimoto win at Yatabe Arena Champs

The iconic Yatabe Arena in Tsukuba, Japan held a round of their Off-road Championship yesterday, attracting some of the area’s fastest electric off-road racers. In 2WD Modified it was Kyosho’s Kohta Akimoto with the overall TQ some 0.3 seconds in front of Yokomo’s Nana Kaiho. The single 5-minute A-main event then saw the top 2 swapping places, meaning Nana would walk away with the win a lap in front of Kohta as Yokomo’s Hiroshi Ohtsu came in 3rd to round out the podium. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was again Kohta with the overall TQ, however this time he would bring home the win some 2.3 seconds in front of Nana Kaiho as Hiroshi Ohtsu once again completed the top 3.

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February 10, 2020

Jose Miguel Sanchez wins Andalusian Champs Rd1

The opening round of the Andalusian Nitro Buggy Championship was held at the RC San José de la Rinconada club this past weekend, attracting 52 entries. The qualifiers saw Agustin Illanes taking the overall TQ from Jose Miguel Sanchez in 2nd and Tomy Robles in 3rd. The 45-minute A-main then saw Jose Miguel (Mugen) leading from tone to tone, leaving behind HB Racing pilot, Albert Pelaez in 2nd, some two laps behind as Mugen’s Zacarias Villalba came in 3rd, another lap down.

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February 10, 2020

Rose & Schreven win at DieHard RC Winter Series Rd8

Round 8 of the DieHard RC Winter Off-Road Carpet Series was held at DieHard RC in Snohomish, Washington, attracting 180 entries. In the 2WD Mod Buggy class it was Weylin Rose, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, with the win in the single 6-minute A-main even, leaving behind Tyler Wilbur in 2nd, only 0.4 seconds behind. 9th place qualifier, Jonathan Cantrell came in 3rd to round out the all-Team-Associated top 3 results.

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February 9, 2020

Jade Lim wins at Lepaq Race

The 2020 Lepaq Race was held at the Putrajaya RC track in Putrajaya, Malaysia this past weekend, attracting some 70 drivers for the nitro and electric 1/8th scale classes. In Nitro Buggy it was Jade Lim with the overall TQ and he would also come out on top in the 40-minute A-main event from Ong Chee Yong in 2nd, a lap down. In 3rd it was Alfie Othman another lap down as George Coleman and Ramesh completed the top 5 results.

Image: Jade Lim

February 9, 2020

Juan Carlos Canas sweeps 2020 Montpellier GP

The 2020 Montpellier GP was held in Montpellier, France this past weekend, attracting Europe’s fastest nitro off-road drivers including some oversea guests. SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas, his SWorkz teammate, Elliott Boots and Kyosho’s Reno Savoya would battle it out for the overall TQ and ultimately it was Juan Carlos with the overall TQ from Elliott and Reno. The 45-minute A-main event then again saw Juan Carlos leading the way as HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk came in 2nd, some 30 seconds behind as Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro completed the top 3 results, another five seconds behind. Elliott Boots came in 4th, already a lap down as Reno finished off the top 5 results, some ten seconds behind Elliott.

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February 8, 2020

Ronald Völker takes pole at German ETS

Ronald Volker secured the overall top qualifying position in the final group of qualifying of Saturday’s action at Round 2 of the 2019/2020 Euro Touring Series in Daun, Germany. Ronald took the advantage in Saturday morning’s Q3 to move ahead of overnight pole sitter Marc Rheinard, and backed that up with the fastest time in Q4 to ensure that his BD10 would lead the field away for the triple leg finals. Lining up second on the grid will be Marc Rheinard, the Tonisport-backed driver campaigning an Awesomatix this weekend with support from the factory team. Visibly showing fresh motivation with his new chassis, Marc was a little disappointed to be pushed to second on the grid, but with his laptimes almost identical to Ronald’s, it is expected to be a tough fight at the front in the finals.

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