For the third round of the Swiss 1/10th Buggy Nationals racer travelled to the astro turf track of the Härkingen club. Wet weather made for an unpleasant race day and in the 2WD class it was Philip Jeisy (Yokomo) who made the best out of the conditions with Patrick Hofer (Team Associated) coming in second while Xray’s Nico Schmid completed the top 3 result.
Round three of the BRCA 1/10th Buggy Nationals was held at Eden Park Raceway in mixed weather conditions. The 2WD race started out dry and everyone was running laydown cars but once the rain came out, drivers switched to stand up gearboxes for the last round of qualifier and the finals. Old dude Ellis Stafford (TLR) would make the best out of the conditions, beating young guns Neil Cragg (Team Associated) and Lee Martin (Yokomo).
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Round two of the Argentine Touring and GT Championships was held in Cordoba City, Argentine. In the 1/10th Nitro Touring class Sebastian Recio came out fastest from Juan Golobic in second and Maxi Danieli in third. The 1/10th Touring Master class had Beto Artesi coming out successful from Pato Cruceno and Luis Martinez in second and third respectively. Finally in the 1/8th GT category it was Roberto Zigon who grabbed the day’s win from Maxi Danieli and Nicolas Crocett in second and third respectively.
The third round of the popular Weser Ems Cup was held at the Quakenbrück track in the North of Germany. Right from the start the Agama duo of Burak and Berkan Kilic dominated the proceedings, with Burak eventually taking the TQ after the three qualifiers from his brother Berkan. In the A-main Burak and Berkan battled for the lead until the 10 minute mark when Berkan made a mistake, allowing Burkan to open a gap and cruise to the win. Berkan would end the race on the runner-up spot from the Agama of Phillip Gabler, making it an Agama podium lock-out.
This past weekend round two of the Swedish National Cup was held at the nicely prepared “1990’s style” Örebro track. In 4WD Buggy Alexander Landén would take the overall TQ thanks to round TQs in the first and second qualifier, backing the results up with a second and a third place. The opening final then was quite eventful with some tough racing and Alexander was involved in an incident in the beginning of the final, but he recovered to take over the lead again only to get caught out by a rut which flipped the car with less than a minute to go. Alexander eventually finished fourth while the win grabbed by swift Elias Johansson.
Round seven of Singapore’s Urban Touring Series was held the past weekend. After coming close the last couple of rounds, Xray’s Dominic Quek finally claimed his first win of the season in the Open Class. The Reedy-race format was adopted due to the smaller than normal turnout. Nonetheless, then usual fast racers were in attendance. It was a hard fought race between Dominic and Esmail Apandi (Destiny), with both taking two wins and two second place finishes each in the best four of five finals format. In the end, Dominic secured the win on tie-break by virtue of his faster winning times. Hasron Robana (Xray) took the win in the last final to secure 3rd overall.
After a month delay due to torrential weather in Texas, round 3 of 4 of the Texas Electric On–Road Series was held at Hobbytown USA in Austin, Texas this past Sunday. 60 entries would be present between the six classes for some classic grass–roots parking lot racing. Qualifying points from the driver’s best two out of three qualifying rounds would be used to setup the single mains. There was 2 bump–ups from each lower main. The off–camber track and extremely hot conditions would develop a push for most cars, causing drivers to search for steering and rotation. Mod TC would be a continued showdown from round 2 between Brandon McNally and Chris Adams. McNally would earn TQ on his home track by winning two rounds of qualifying over Chris Adams and Andrew Doherty. In the main, a small mistake, clipping a flapper on lap 4, by McNally would let Adams through. From the lead, Adams was able to pull a gap and maintain the lead to the checkered flag over McNally and Kemper. Adams third win of the season results in clinching the Mod TC championship for the 4th year in a row.
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