The sixth and final round of the Rebels Race series was held in Prague with total of 75 entries for the five classes. The track utilised ETS carpet and a really fast layout. In Modified, it was Matej Sulc, who TQed three rounds of qualifiers ahead of Petr Grof and Karel Kratochvil. The final standings then stayed pretty much the same as Matej won the opening two finals for the overall with Petr and Karel completing the podium.
The second round of the Catalonian GT Championship was held at the Santa Oliva club last weekend. In the Nitro GT category it was Borja Gutarra with the TQ from Alberto Ibanez on the runner-up spot. Alberto however would start into the 30-minute A-main event from pole and he would retain the lead until about the 22-minute mark when Borja Guterra took over the lead that he would onto until the checkered flag to bring home the win in front of Xavier De La Orden Muniz on the runner-up spot. Miguel Castro came in 3rd and in front of Alberto Ibanez who had to settle for 4th overall-
Image: Borja Gutarra
The Italian NitroBuggy Genzone track played host to the Buggy Winter Cup last weekend. The event kicked off with practice on Friday with the drivers having to adapt to a somewhat difficult track due to its high traction. Come Sunday things had settled and in the end it was Xray’s Marco Baruffolo with the win in the Nitro Buggy class from Mugen’s Robert Batlle. Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton rounded out the top 3 podium result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 6 of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held in Skanderborg last weekend. In the Touring Super Stock class it was Xray’s Kevin Nielsen with the overall TQ and the young man was also able to bring home the wins in all three A-mains for the day’s win. Awesomatix’s Frederik Mikkelsen came in 2nd from Xray driver Patrick Folman in 3rd. The victory at the penultimate round also secured Kevin the national championship title with one round to spare.
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The 1/10th Electric Off-road Portuguese Cup was held last weekend at the RC Oeste indoor carpet track. In the 2WD Buggy qualifiers, it was Xray’s Pedro Gomes who would take the TQ by winning three of the four qualifiers, closely followed by Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo. In the final Pedro would bring home the overall after the first to finals, leaving behind Team Associated’s Nuno Casal Ribeiro in 2nd and Joao Figueiredo 3rd.
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This past weekend the 2019 Desert Classic was held at Chandler, Arizona’s Hobby Action R/C Raceway, one of the hotbeds for RC talent. Powered by some of the biggest names in the industry and multiple World Champions like Ryan Maifield, Spencer Rivkin, and legend Brian Kinwald to name a few. To be fast at Hobby Action, it requires the latest and greatest in tire prep and technologies. Some say “burning in your tires” all started in Arizona and this weekend witnessed the first major application of tire warmers for off-road use. Either way, things are on the cutting edge and the competitiveness is always among the highest in Arizona, but somehow the atmosphere is still super friendly and relaxed in the pits making it a weekend of great racing and quality family and friends time. Because of its large size, Hobby Action has one of the fastest paces to offroad racing anywhere in the world. The smooth surface combined with slick tires makes for an ultra-fast feeling of being on the edge and spinning out of control.
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SWorkz have announced the signing of former long-time Kyosho driver, Elliott Boots. The former EFRA European Champion 1/8th Buggy Champion will campaign SWorkz’s 1/8th and 1/10th scale platforms and he has the following to say about the deal:
I am very excited to join the Sworkz team for 1:8 and 1:10. I am very thankful for this opportunity and excited for my first race with my new team. Also looking forward to making new friends and team mates.
Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]
The opening round of the French 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was held at the EMC Reims indoor clay track last weekend. Over 100 drivers signed in and it was Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel who would be in control of things all day, sweeping the qualifiers for the overall TQ in front of HB Racing’s Romain Valter and Mugen’s Stephane Deroch. After the triple A-mains it was still JP on top to take the day’s win from Romain in 2nd. Stephane would round out the podium in 3rd and in front of Cyril Baldini and Felix Koegler.
Image: Stéphane Ménager
