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December 3, 2019

Nicholas Lee wins at Zombie Christmas Fun Race

Urban RC of Singapore held their Zombie Christmas Fun Race last weekend in several electric on-road classes including Touring, FWD, M-chassis, Truck and Formula. In Touring 17.5T, that attracted nearly 30 drivers alone, it was Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee with the overall TQ from Xray’s Dominic Quek on the runner-up spot. Nicholas went on to dominate the A-mains also and with wins in A1 and A2 we secured himself the overall victory with one leg to spare as Dominic cemented his overall runner-up spot with a win in A3. Xpress’ Esmail Apandi would round out the overall top 3 results.

Source: Dash [dash-rc.com]

December 3, 2019

2020 Scottish GT Regionals Rd1 – Report

The first round of the BRCA Scottish GT regionals took place last weekend at Dundee and Angus Radio Control Car Club. This popular series is now in its seventh year of running. The regional series is typically run on smaller club tracks so heats and finals are run with six cars to give the best racing possible. The Dundee club laid a fast and flowing track and with four rounds of qualifying and three finals for all, drivers had plenty of time to show what their cars could do. Qualifying saw a two way battle for pole position between last year’s series winner John Simpson and Kenneth Rogers with these two drivers the only two to reach a 35 lap time. John would line up first ahead of Kenneth. Colin Leslie would line up 3rd ahead of David McLean, David Bruce and Fraser Leslie.

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December 3, 2019

Iivonen & Haatanen win at Winter Jumps Series Rd1

The opening round of this season’s Winter Jumps series was held at the popular Fullspeed RC indoor track in Vantaa, Finland with over 90 entries and some world class level of racing. The weekend kicked off with open practice on Friday allowing plenty of time to learn the new layout. Saturday then is for the 2WD class and Sunday the 4WD racing is the order. The race was announced by Karri Salmela with great passion and vast knowledge about drivers and their cars. As for the action on the track, Joona Haatanen was able to TQ both 2WD and 4WD, but it was Pekko Iivonen who managed to take the 2WD victory over Joona while the latter took the win after a really intense fight until the final A3 in 4WD.

View the final results here

December 2, 2019

Elliott Boots Shoot Fuel powered for 2020

XTR Racing from Spain have announced the signing of UK’s Elliott Boots to the Shoot Fuel racing team. The SWorkz and Reds Racing factory pilot will be using Shoot Fuel’s Premium Formula fuel for the 2020 season at all national and international races.

Source: XTR Racing [xtr-rc.com]

December 2, 2019

Xray Racing Series Off-road Australia – Report

The 2019 Xray Racing Series Off-road Australia was held with over 100 entries on two meetings in a row. With rain threatening on Saturday there were plenty of cars getting some laps in before the day, fortunately the weather held off all day and the track was looking good for race day. 4WD Mod Buggy once again saw Lachlan Donelly and Matthew Couper fighting for the lead, with Lachlan coming out on top to take the double, Peter Seckold coming in 3rd.

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December 2, 2019

Bregante & Palomar crowned Argentinean GT Champs

The Argentinean 1/8th GT Nationals were held recently and in the GT Pro class it was Xray’s Nicolas Bregante with the overall TQ, the win and also a new track record. In a main final that saw team strategies play a major role, Beto Altesi (IGT8) came in 2nd as Damian Martin (IGT8) completed the Pro category top 3 podium result. Over in the GT Masters class it was Marcos Bregante with the win fro Silvio Magrino and Cristian Manzzini.

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December 2, 2019

Yusuke Sugiura wins at 2019 Mugen Cup finale

The final round of the Mugen Cup was held at the Futaba Buggy Track in Ichihara, Japan this past weekend. In the premier Open Buggy class it was Mugen’s Shin Adachi with the overall TQ, from Yusuke Sugiura on the runner-up spot. At the start of the 30-minute A-main Sugiura took the hole shot followed by Kato and Tsuruta and was able to open up a 40-seconds gap to the field eventually. Tsuruta, who was running 3rd about mid-race, had to make way for Kobokata after some engine issues. In the end Yusuke was able to bring home the win with a lap margin on his Mugen teammates Kato in 2nd and Kobokata in 3rd.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

December 2, 2019

Czech Masters Series Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Czech Masters Series was held at the Sport Arena in Prague, Czech Republic this past weekend. The race saw once again more than 100 entries overall and as always the schedule was open practice on Saturday morning, which was followed by qualifying and then finals. In 2WD Buggy Max Götzl was able to top the opening qualifier in front of Martin Bayer, as the latter made some mistakes, and Jiri Mara in 3rd. But coming Q2 it was Martin on top in Q2 and Q3 for the the overall TQ in front of Max in 2nd and Jiri in 3rd.

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