Round 2 of the Austrian 1/10 Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the TSA Krieglach club this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Peter Pinisch with the overall TQ from Xray’s Lucas Grainer and Hupo Hönigl. In the triple A-main events Peter would come out on top in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory from Lucas Grainer in 2nd and Hupo in 3rd.
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Round 4 of the popular Hessencup was held at the RC Offroad Kassel club last weekend. The event kicked off on Saturday with four rounds of practice and two qualifying rounds on a superbly prepped track. On Sunday rain was predicted and so the final qualifier was held in a light drizzle that became more and more intense. Ultimately the race was stopped and the track covered. When the rain stopped the race would go on as planned and the finals would be held in good track conditions with Alexander Braches taking the win in the Expert Nitro Buggy class in front of Christian Braches as Vanessa Wende took the final podium spot.
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Celebrating the 50th year of America’s longest standing series, the Midwest Series came to Lincoln Nebraska this past weekend to join forces with the Heart of America Series. In Open 1/8th scale it was Brad Mergy with the overall TQ from Eric Jones, the latter taking the win in the 30-minute main final, fending off Lon Burling for the win. Lon had to settle for 2nd, some 3.6 seconds down as Brad came in 3rd to round out the podium.
Image: Eric Jones
The 2019 Schumacher BTCC kicked off at the Bedworth track in the UK this past weekend. The weather was dry for almost all of the day except with some rain mixing it up during the last couple of finals. Olly Jefferies took the TQ in the Touring Modified class and he also walked away with the win in the A-main from Kyle Branson in 2nd and Michael Johnson in 3rd.
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The third round of the West German IC Track regionals, qualifiers foe the German Nationals, was held at the Dormagen track over the weekend. In the premier 1/8th IC Track Class 1 it was Steven Cuypers from The Netherlands with the overall TQ from Merlin Depta on the 2 spot. The 30-minute main final then saw Serpent driver Merlin holding the upper hand, taking the win some seven seconds in front of Robbin Hertong (ARC) as Tobias Hepp (Serpent) came in 3rd to round out the podium. Top qualifier Steven suffered and DNF and only came in 8th place.
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The third round of the SRS was held at the Slough track in the UK this past weekend. Agama’s Joni Skidmore took the win in the Nitro Buggy class piloting the new A319 with SWorkz’s Kevin Brunsden on the 2 spot, some 26 seconds pack. A lap down Taro Cradock (Kyosho) completed the top 3 result.
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The third round of the North German 1/8th Off-road regionals was held in Braunschweig this part weekend. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Agama’s Burak Kilic, piloting the new A319 buggy, with the win in the main final from Marcel Paul on the 2 spot. TLR’s Henrik Steiner came in 3rd to round out the podium.
Image: Abdullah Kilic
The Tinglev club held round four of the Danish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals this past weekend. The 2WD class saw Team Associated’s Jesper Rasmussen making a clean sweep in the qualifiers to take the pole position for the triple A-mains from Team Associated teammate, Marcus Kaerup in 2nd. the finals then again had Jesper dominating the proceedings with wins in A1 and A2 allowing him to sit out A3. Mike Hansen (Schumacher) would come in 2nd thanks to winning A3 as Marcus Kaerup had to settle for 3rd overall.
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