The Copa Interamericana was held in Queretaro, Mexico over the weekend and in the 1/8th Nitro GT category it was Adrean Zavala (SWorkz/Picco/PMT) with the overall TQ and also the win in the A-main final. Two laps behind it was Paolo Morgati (IGT8/Max/PMT) on the runner-up spot while Emiliano Robles (SWorkz/Picco/PMT) came in 3rd to round out the podium.
Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]
Flowood Indoor R/C Park of Flowood, Mississippi held the 2019 ROAR Region 6 Regionals this past weekend, attracting over 60 entries. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Blake Boggs (Team Associated) with the win, a lap in front of TQ holder “Little Chicken” (Team Associated) as 3rd place qualifier, Kody Watson (JQ Racing) retained his P3 qualifying position some three laps. In the Under 17 ranking it was Kody Watson who would bring home the win and thus his second podium result.
The final round of the Malaga regional championship was held at the Club RC Alhaurin de la Torre in Alhaurin de la Torre, Spain this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Alejandro Perez with the overall TQ from Agustin Illanes in 2nd place. In the 45-minute main final Alejandro would lead from start to finish as Agustin came in 2nd, a lap down. Jose Palma would complete the top 3 podium result some four laps down, retaining his qualifying position. With the win Alejandro Perez also took the overall regional championship title.
Image: Alejandro Perez
Xray have announced the signing of British Junior National Champion Edward Callan to their UK racing team. The BRCA F2 National Champion and Worksop Masters winner will campaign Xray’s XB2 and XB4 platforms at all BRCA National as well as select European events and he has the following to say:
I’m extremely excited to join Team Xray as they’ve launched the latest spec XB2 & XB4 cars. I’m looking forward to settling in with my new team mates and hitting the track with the new cars over the winter season and at the BRCA Nationals and the EFRA European Championships held here in the UK next summer. If you need any help with your XB2 & XB4 cars please come over and have a chat with me at any of the races.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Coming from Arena are two new wing mounts for the Bittydesign Hyper and Mon-Tech Racing Montecarlo touring car body shells. The 3-D-printed mounts reinforce the contact area of the wing and body, ensuring higher rigidity, stability and durability. The mounts fit snuggly into the bodies‘ wing mount posts, they come as pairs and are available from now on.
View the Montecarlo wing mounts here
The final round of the Malaysian 2019 KLGP series took place at the KL International RC circuit with drivers from Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei in attendance. Already during qualifying Yee Kok Leong showed his dominance by taking the TQ spot in the 1/8th IC Track class with his Novarossi-powered Shepherd. The main final saw some great battles in the beginning but already after a few minutes Yee pulled away from the field and went on to win the hour-long main final some four laps in front of Austin Wong (Mugen/Max) in 2nd and Ben Sew (ARC/O.S.) in 3rd position.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The second round of the 2019/20 Schumacher Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club took place this past weekend. Chris lovely who took the top spot in the opening round of the series would set the initial pace with his Xray in the 13.5 class. However he was pushed hard by the returning Alex Brocklebank and the new Schumacher Mi7. Joseph Cocking would place his Yokomo BD9 Medius into 3rd ahead of the X-rays of Callum Chapman, Andrew Green and Daniel Burks.
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The RC Meeting race was held in 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes at the FRCK Furulund club in Sweden this past weekend. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Jessica Palsson with a clean sweep in the triple qualifiers, leaving behind Micke Palsson and Pontus Magnusson in 2nd and 3rd respectively. The triple A-main events again saw Jessica excel and with pretty dominant performances in all three A-finals she would secure the overall from Mike in 2nd and Jonas Johansson in 3rd.
Image: Jessica Palsson
