Round 7 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Central Valley R/C Raceway in Madera, California. As usual the event attracted both local talent and pro racers alike and in the Expert Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the win from HB Racing’s Anthony Westergaard 2nd and HB Racing driver Marcus Garrett in 3rd.
The opening round of the newly established Arena 1/12 League was held at the Arena33 in Andernach. The series sets a focus on growing the 1/12th scale pan car scene again with drivers from all over Europe made their entry for the three classes of Modified, Stock and GT. Using the same layout as the week before at the German Nationals, grip was available from the get go. The weekend kicked off with free practice on Friday followed by one round of free practice, two rounds of timed practice and four qualifiers on Saturday. From the start Markus Hellquist set the pace in the Modified class ahead of veteran racer, Markus Mobers. However Hellquist had to settle for 2nd after the qualifiers as he struggled a bit after winning the opening round. The opening A-main was a bit dramatic for Markus Hellquist whose car was placed a bit in the off on the starting grid which resulted in a spin on the get go, however he was able to recover and to take the win. A2 than had Markus Mobers taking the win with Hellquist freight-training behind him for most of the 8-minute encounter. A3 would bring the decision for the overall and when Mobers made a mistake Hellquist was able to get into the lead only to make an unforced error later that send his car on the roof. Markus knew that he had to take the win for the overall and surely but steadily he was able to make up space and eventually he got back into the lead again to take the win and with it the overall from Markus Mobers 2nd and Jacques Libar 3rd.
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Race 3 of the Fall Super Cup Championship Series traveled to one of Florida’s best-kept secrets, Mills Pond R/C Raceway over the weekend. With origins dating back to the 1980’s, Mills Pond has been around for quite some time and after 30+ years of operation, has matured like fine wine and has to be considered one of Florida’s best tracks. The layout was fun. Mills Pond is more like a 1/8th track than it is 1/10th, but works both ways. The track was high speed and the jumps were definitely challenging as the grip level was always changing throughout the day. The huge triple in the middle required a perfect setup and a clean run to clear consistently. The switchbacks and off-cambers really tested racers’ timing and calculated car placement while carrying speed. By late afternoon on Saturday, the track was hooked up and the racing absolutely exceptional.
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The ROAR Region 2 Championship was held at The Track in Gaithersburg, Maryland last weekend. In the 4WD Buggy class it was the duo of Adam Vink and Mark Unrath that pulled away right from the start of the A-main. Mark would maintain about a three second lead for most of the race, but with about a minute to go he crashed at the triple. Adam was able to get around him then and lead the last three laps to take the win from Mark Unrath 2nd and James Denmark 3rd.
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The third round of the Central Greece Championships took place in Athens last weekend. The race was held in a track with lots of high-speed corners and good grip, making for quite a competition. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Tasos Paparegas with the win, some two laps in front of Thanos Makropoulos. Ioannis Papanikolaiu would round out the top 3.
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The opening round of the HNMC 1/10th Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK. Held in ever changing, slippery conditions the 2WD Buggy class was won by Karl Jackson from Paul Timberlake. Nigel Buck came in 3rd to round out the podium in front of 4th placed Darren Windsor and 5th placed Alex Carter.
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The first round of the newly-formed Yokomo Australian Touring Series ATS took place last weekend at the Melbourne Radio Controlled Circuit Racers (MRCCR) Circuit in Lilydale, Victoria. The ATS brings a fresh approach to EP On-Road racing in Australia, aiming to provide the best racing, experience and entertainment possible to all involved, while maintaining a focus on racer enjoyment. Several of Australia’s top Modified drivers joined the field in Lilydale, making the battle out front very exciting. Seeding practice went to Ryan Maker by a 0.7s margin over Jesse Davis and Sandy Iavazzo. However Davis picked up the pace in qualifying, snatching the win in rounds 1 and 3, while Maker played a slightly different tire strategy to win rounds 2 and 4, holding the overnight TQ before round 5 on Sunday morning.
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The Vierzon astro turf track played host to the 2018 French Cup for 1/10th electric off-road this past weekend. Xray’s Armand Lantheaume double TQ’d the 2WD and 4WD Mod Buggy classes, however in the 2WD A-mains it was Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel with the win, leaving behind Young Clement Boda (Team Associated) on the runner-up spot. Armand Lantheaume would round out the top 3 podium result. Over in the 4WD class Armand was able to defend his top spot, taking the A-main win from Jean-Pierrick Sartel in 2nd and Mathieu Briere in 3rd.
