The opening round of the Northwest Indoor Series was held this past weekend at Tacoma RC Raceway. The event attracted over 170 entires and in the premier 2WD Mod Buggy class it was Harley Yoshii (Yokomo/Muchmore) with the overall TQ and also wins in A1 and A3 for the overall win. Runner-up after the qualifiers, Mikey Brown (TLR/Muchmore) won A2 to cement his overall runner-up spot as Jackson Andres (Yokomo/Muchmore) completed the top 3 result.
The 8th and final round of this season’s JBRL Nitro Series was held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California this past weekend, attracting over 100 entries. In the Expert Buggy A-main it was Anthony Westergaard with they overall TQ and he also walked away with the win in the single 15-minute A-main event, leaving behind Cole Jenson in 2nd place only some three second back. Carlos Arredondo came in 3rd to round out the podium result.
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The opening round of the Tekno RC Winter Series was held the Hobbyplex indoor off-road track in Omaha, Nebraska. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class it was Tekno RC’s Seth VanDalen with the overall TQ from Jared Wiggins (Tekno RC) in 2nd and Mason Fuller (TLR) in 3rd. When the dust had settled after the 30-minute A-main, it was Seth with the win a lap in front of Jared as Mason completed the top 3, another lap down.
The 2019 Fallout RC Arenacross race was held at the Jack Giesy Arena in Ridgefield, Washington this past weekend, attracting over 280 entries for the 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road classes. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class had Adam Drake taking the overall TQ and also the win in the 30-minute A-main, leaving behind Kyle Johnson in 2nd, a lap down. Mason Eppley, runner-up after the qualifiers, came in 3rd to round of the podium in front of Tanner Day and Tyler Wilbur.
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Sun City Raceway of Canutillo, Texas held the U.S. Open Fuel Championship this past weekend, attracting nearly 115 entries. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Xray’s Ty Tessmann with the overall TQ and he would also take a tone to tone win in the 45-minute A-main event, leaving behind 4th place qualifier, Tekno RC’s Jared Tebo in 2nd despite the latter being able to hang with Ty in the opening stages of the race. HB Racing’s Spencer Heckert would complete the top 3 result a lap behind Jared while TLR’s Tanner Denney and Team Associated’s Chris Boice completed the top 5 results.
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The fifth and final round of the Malaysia National League was held this past weekend, attracting 45 drivers to compete at the Precint 6 Putrajaya track. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class Serpent’s Mizan would take the overall TQ, however after the hour-long A-main event it was young Team Associated driver, Jade Lim with the win an ultra narrow 0.2 seconds in front of 14th place qualifier, JQRacing’s Adam Fikri. Danny K had to settle for 3rd overall, some two laps down as Mizan (Serpent) and Alfie Othman (SWorkz) came in 4th and 5th respectively.
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The 2019 KMRCA 1/8th Off-road Championship was held at the I-Cheon track in South Korea this past weekend. In the Nitro Pro class it was Kyosho’s Dani Choi with the overall TQ thanks to a clean sweep in the triple qualifiers and he would also bring home the win in the 45-minute A-main event, held in chilling temperatures. A lap behind Dani it was HB Racing’s Hanyoung Jeon on the runner-up spot while another lap down, Kyosho’s Yeonho Kim would complete the top 3 result.
The 2019 Winter Cup was held at the IBR Padova dirt indoor track in Padova, Italy over the weekend. The event attracted some of Europe’s fastest 1/8th off-road racers as well as guests from abroad such as Agama’s Ryan Lutz who came over from the U.S. to compete in the Nitro Pro and E-Buggy classes. Over in the Nitro Pro class it was Xray’s Marco Baruffolo with the overall win as Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton came in 2nd overall. A lap behind the two it was SWorkz’s Leonardo Valence who would round out the podium in front of Kyosho’s Mattia Polito. In 4th SWorkz’s Elliott Boots was the highest ranked non-Italian driver with TLR’s Renaud Savoya coming in 6th overall.
