Round 1 of the Turkish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was hosted by the Lüleburgaz Yıldızlar RC track recently. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Alain Sarafyan who lead an Xray 1-2-3 with Can Soykal and Ömer Şahin coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the E-Buggy class it was again Alain with the win as Bora Mumcu (TLR) and İlker Alarçin (Mugen) completed the top 3 result.
RC Madness of Enfield, Connecticut will play host to the Schumacher US GP 2020 on August 15th and 16th. The event will see the running of 2WD and 4WD Modified and Stock classes as well as Open 2WD SCT and Stadium Truck racing with Schumacher spec tyres being mandatory for all classes. Signup and more details are available here.
White Pine in Tennessee played host to the 13th annual Psycho Nitro Blast last weekend with the event drawing over 740 entries. In the 40+ Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake who made a clean sweep by taking the overall TQ and also the win in the main final, leading for most of the race. Xray’s Paul Ciccarello came in 2nd overall, already some 40 seconds behind as Gary Studt (HB Racing) rounded out the top 3 result. Gene Hickerson and Bryce Beaver (TLR) came in 4th and 5th respectively.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
The TVRCRC club in Kamloops, Canada hosted the Summer Classic this last weekend in 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road classes. The race was held on a medium sized track that worked for both scales. The layout was pretty straight forward while it was smooth, but from past races it would be clear the track would get rough, as the race went on, and the track would become more challenging. Saturday was qualifying with three rounds throughout the day. The track would get slightly rougher throughout the day and it was Ty Tessmann who would take the TQs all 3 rounds of 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/10th 4WD Buggy. Sunday was main day and the track crew made some repairs to the track so for the first mains the track was a bit smoother than it was at the end of qualifying. The Nitro Buggy main was 30 minutes and the triple A 4WD mains were six minutes and in the end Ty would bring home the overalls in both categories to round out a perfect weekend.
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Round 4 of the Slovakian 1/10th scale Electric Off-Road Nationals was held in the city of Kosice over the weekend in 2WD and 4WD categories. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Adam Urban with the win from top qualifier, Roman Pavlus on the runner-up spot. Tomáš Dankovčík came in 3rd overall.
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The 2020 Greek 1/8th Off-Road Championship was held at the Speed Track Renti in Renti, Athens this past weekend in Nitro Buggy and Electric Buggy classes. The one-off event saw a total of 31 participants for the nitro category, more than any other class so far for the 2020 Greek Nationals. In qualifying Tasos Paparegas (Xray) was able to take the pole position just five tenths in front of very fast and experienced Giannis Papanikolaou (Kyosho) with Panagiotis Terzis (Mugen) only another three seconds behind. In the main final it was Tasos Paparegas who would hold the upper hand, adding another championship to his belt with Giannis Papanikolaou finishing in a strong 2nd place and Alexandros Anapoliotakis (Tekno) finishing 3rd after making up a lot of ground in the final.
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Round 2 of the Herts Nitro Model Club Covid Summer Series was held this past weekend. The club is managing the Covid race period with reduced numbers to help with all the restrictions to improve safety for everyone. This round saw 53 competitors ready to battle it out on a damp drying track only three rounds as delay to the weather. Callum Niblett took TQ in Nitro Buggy, Karl Jackson in E-Buggy and Paul Fitzpatrick in Truggy. After the A-finals it was Xray’s Callum Niblett with the win in Nitro Buggy some ten seconds in front of the Team Associated duo of Lewis Jones in 2nd and Dylan Saunders, who finished another ten seconds down in 3rd. Simon Reeves and Darren Hayden-Ball came in 4th and 5th respectively while Taro Cradock, Jason Patey, Tehannah Cradock, Jimmy Whitehall, Toby Nicoll and Jamie Clancy completed the A-final result.
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The Fullspeed RC Racing Club of Vantaa in Finland hosted round 3 of the Finnish Open series this past weekend. The race was held in Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes and in Nitro Buggy it was JQRacing’s Joseph Quagraine with the overall TQ from Pekko Iivonen in 2nd. The 45-minute A-main then saw a close battle for the top positions with Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen eventually taking the win with a 1-lap margin from Pekko Iivonen (Team Associated) in 2nd. JQ had to settle for 3rd overall some 1.2 seconds behind Pekko while Ari Heinonen (Mugen) was the best of the rest, some 22 seconds behind Joseph. 5th placed Max Mört (Team Associated) ended the race already two laps behind Ari and in front of Tomi Salonen. Over in the E-Buggy class Aleksi Vilkman took home the win in front of Mikko Luopajärvi in 2nd and Arto Heinonen in 3rd.
