The annual Florida Winternats were held in Fort Myers, Florida this past weekend in 1/8th IC Track and GT classes as well as a 1/10th Nitro Sedan category. 1/8th IC Track was top qualified by Ralph Burch, however it was Eduardo Cabal with the overall win in the 40-minute A-main some three laps in front of Lazaro Alonso in 2nd. Tony Rice would round out the top 3 podium result another seven laps down.
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Round 1 of the 2020 Troféu InterPistas series was hosted by the Portuguese Radiomodelismo do Porto club this past weekend. Held at the ARMAIA track the event saw the running of several nitro and electric on-road classes and in EFRA 1/8th IC Track it was Jose Carlos Pequito with the overall TQ after a clean sweep in the qualifiers. The 30-minute A-main event then saw Claudio Souto (WRC Racing) taking the win, a lap in front of José Félix (WRC Racing) in 2nd while António Guedes (Mugen) came in 3rd, another lap down.
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The opening round of the Swiss 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Mettler Arena carpet indoor track in Freienbach this past weekend. The event saw the running of a total of four electric classes and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the triple A-mains, leaving behind the Xray duo of Aaron Münster and Nico Schmid in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In 4WD Mod Buggy it was again Micha who was the driver to beat as he took his second win this weekend with Kay Frehner (Xray) and Nico Schmid completing the top 3 result.
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Akio Sobue has claimed a second TITC title, this time round the Infinity driver doing so in much more dominant fashion to his spectacular win over Alexander Hagberg in 2018. While concerns of the Coronavirus depleted the international entry for the 18th running of Asia’s most famous annual touring car event, the Infinity driver still faced stiff competition, most of which came from within his own team. With the race marking the international race debut of the Japanese company’s IF14-II, Jilles Groskamp would keep Sobue honest in the finals. A crash in A1 caused by his pinion coming undone, gave Groskamp the win in A1 meaning it would all go down to A3 after Sobue got the job done in A2. Having been the closest to matching Sobue’s pace at the Infinity Addict Circuit throughout qualifying, Groskamp wasn’t going to let the opportunity to go for the overall win pass in A3 and putting in a good fight kept the pressure on the Top Qualifier for the entire 5-minutes, the first time anyone had been able to do so all weekend. Still Sobue resisted the challenge to take back the title that he had lost last year to the absent Hagberg. Having finished runner-up last year, Naoto Matsukura again was on the podium this time in 3rd after winning a battle with Viktor Wilck for that position. Finishing off what was a tough TITC weekend for the Yokomo team, local hero Meen Vejrak would get a P3 in the third A-Main to secure 5th place as the best placed non-Infinity driver.
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Round 2 of the Swedish Winter Cup was held at the Furulund RC Club this past weekend. Swift Jessica Palsson took the overall TQ in the 2WD Buggy class from Ludwig Albertz in 2nd. The opening two A-mains then also belonged to Jessica who was able to sit out A3 due to having bagged the overall already after A2. The overall result saw Ludwig Albertz taking the overall P2 spot as Markus Jönsson and Pontus Magnusson ended the day tie on points with Markus holding the upper hand to take P3 overall. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was again Jessica with the overall TQ and win, leaving behind Ludwig Albertz in 2nd and Wilmer Kassai in 3rd.
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Round 9 of the popular Herts Nitro Model Club Winter Series was held this past weekend. In Nitro Buggy it was new Agama signing, Lee Martin with the win in the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind Xray’s Callum Niblett in 2nd, some 13 seconds behind. Further 19 seconds back it was Agama driver Kevin Brunsden who would complete the top 3 result as Simon Reeves and Darren Hayden-Ball came in 4th and 5th respectively.
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The opening round of the Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals was held at the La Jara club this past weekend. Juan Carlos Canas (SWorkz/Maclan Racing) took the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the A-mains, leaving behind young David Todd (Mugen/Ultimate) in 2nd and Carlos Pineda (Team Associated/Reedy) in 3rd. Joan Espasa (Xray/Reds Racing) and Jaume Figuls (Team Associated/Hobbywing) would round out the top 5 results.
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Maclan Racing have announced the signing of European 1/8th off-road frontrunner, Juan Carlos Canas to their factory team. The SWorkz factory driver will be using Maclan Racing electronics for his 2020 E-Buggy racing program that started at last weekend’s Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy nationals. Juan Carlos set a first mark by taking the TQ and wins in A1 and A2 for the overall victory and the best possible way to start with his new sponsor.
Source: Maclan Racing [maclan-racing.com]
