The 2019 Mon-Tech NYGP was held at 360v2 RC in New Rochelle, New York last weekend. The event saw Ronald Völker (Yokomo) walking away with the win in Touring Modified while Awesomatix’s Max Mächler TQed and won the TC Stock CanAm A-main, leaving behind Awesomatix’s Bill Sydor in 2nd and Yokomo’s Phil Matthews in 3rd.
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Round 1 of the DieHard RC Indoor Off-Road Series was held in Snohomish, Washington last weekend, attracting nearly 160 entries that made for some competitive racing. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was Jeff Jenkins Jr. with the overall TQ after the double qualifiers, however in the single 6-minute A-main event it was Mikey Brown, coming from P5 on the grid, who would hold the upper hand to bring home the silverware some 2.9 seconds in front of Jeff. Tyler Wilbur would come in 3rd to round out the podium result in front of Travis Harker in 4th.
Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]
The 15th annual Novarossi Trophy was held at the Automodellistico 5 Colli track in Gubbio, Italy last weekend. The event saw the running of 1/8th IC Track and 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring classes and in the 1/8th scale class it was Jonathan Gandin with the overall TQ, some 2.2 seconds in front of Dante Piersante. The 30-minute A-main final then had Robert De Cesare (Mugen) holding the upper hand as he took the win some four laps in front of Shepherd’s Mattia Collavo as Xray’s Alessandro Bracci came in 3rd to round out the podium result.
Image: Automodellistico 5 Colli [automodellismo5colli.com]
After a successful and well backed series in 2018/19, the EssexCarpetClash returned last weekend for their second season located in the south of England. The opening meeting was fully booked with both 4 and 2 wheel-drive classes, 2 wheel-drive being the more popular. Having completed all rounds of qualifying, top dog in 4WD was Stephen Brown who had a perfect qualifier taking all four rounds, showing that he was going to be difficult to beat come the finals. John Painter lined up 2nd on the grid, with Mark Lewis, a top runner from last year in 3rd.
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The 1/8th On-road French Cup was held last weekend at the Model Club Thionville track in 1/8th IC Track and Electric Track classes. In 1/8th 4WD Electric Track it was Stephane Bouche with the win after the double A-mains, leaving behind Steve Olanier in 2nd, however the two were tie on points and the tie-breaker would bring the decision in favour of Stephane. In 3rd it was Frederic Vallejo who would round out the podium result.
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The 3rd round of the Sunday Race Cup was held at the HSH Racetracks in Dintikon, Switzerland with nearly 30 drivers in attendance. The warm and sunny weather made for perfect racing conditions and in Touring Cars Pro Stock Boris Siladi pretty much dominated the proceedings, as he took the overall TQ and came out on top in all three A-mains for the overall win. Behind him the race for the runner-up spot was on between Jan Hässig and Luigi Manzo. Ultimately it was Jan with a strong performance in A3 that secured him the overall runner-up spot.
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RC Excitement of Fitchburg, Massachusetts hosted the TLR Championship Series Fall Champs this past weekend, attracting nearly 160 entries. In the premier 2WD Mod Buggy class it was TLR’s Dakotah Phend with the overall TQ and he would also dominate the single 10-minute A-main event, taking the win a lap in front of TLR’s Aaron Kothman as Frank Root completed the top 3 podium result, another lap down, for an all-TLR podium. Over in 4WD Modified Buggy it was again Dakotah Phend with the overall TQ and win, leaving behind Frank Root in 2nd, a lap down, while Caleb Jennings (TLR) came in 3rd, a lap short of Frank.
Image: Aaron Kothman
Thunder Alley Raceway held the 4th and final round of the 2019 RCGP series last weekend. In the RC2 class it was HB Racing’s Camden Lime with the overall TQ from Team Associated’s Ryan Pavidis and Richard Saxton. In the 45-minute A-main final Camden had a bit of a rough start but about 13 minutes into the race he took over the lead from TLR’s Anthony Westergaard and from there he never looked back to bring home the win some 25 seconds in front of Anthony. Team Associated’s Aaron Dexter would complete the top 3 results from Colin Herzig 4th and Kody Watson 5th.
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