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July 6, 2020

Bloomfield wins Brookthorpe Dirt Track opening race

The Brookthorpe Model Car Club in the UK held their Dirt Track opening race this past weekend, attracting nearly 80 entries including former EFRA European Champion, Darren Bloomfield who made an appearance for Team Associated following a time-off from RC for a couple of years. Darren would sweep the competition by winning three of the four qualifiers for the overall TQ from Mike Lewis in 2nd and Matt Lewis in 3rd. In the single 15-minute A-main it was again Darren who would excel by taking the win some 30 seconds in front of Team Associated’s Mike Lewis in 2nd and Tekno RC’s Mitch Booth in 3rd, the latter finished already a lap down on Darren.

Image: Mitch Booth

July 6, 2020

Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals were held at the Kolin club this past weekend. The event kicked off with free practice on Friday with Saturday’s Nitro Buggy qualifying being won by Martin Bayer from Max Götzl in 2nd and Jiri Mara in 3rd. In E-Buggy Max made a clean sweep to take all four qualifiers from Ales Bidovsky and Jiri Benes. In the Nitro Buggy semifinals Martin Bayer posted the quickest time to grab the pole position from Max Götzl and Jiri Mara. The top 3 then had a little mix-up in the first lap after all made a little mistake, but later Martin was able to pull away and take the lead. Ultimately he crossed the finish line on the 1st place from Max 2nd and Jiri 3rd.

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July 6, 2020

Jessica Palsson TQs & wins at South Swedish Cup Rd1

The opening round of the South Swedish Cup was held at the Furulund club this past weekend. The event saw the running of Nitro Pro, Nitro Sport and an E-Buggy class and in Nitro Pro it was Agama’s Jessica Palsson with the TQ and also the win in the 30-minute A-main event. Kyosho driver, Pontus Magnusson came in 2nd overall, some five laps behind.

Image: Jessica Palsson

July 6, 2020

Berkan Kilic wins at Polish 1/8th Off-road Nats Rd1

The city of Szczecin played host to the opening round of the Polish 1/8th Off-road Nationals this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Burak Kilic with the overall TQ from Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy in 2nd and Berkan Kilic (Mugen) in 3rd. The 45-minute A-main event then saw Berkan holding the upper hand and bringing home the win with a 2-lap margin on 2nd placed Burak. Jamie Clancy came in 3rd overall another lap down as Bartosz Zalewski and Bartek Zambrzycki completed the top 5 result.

Image: Abdullah Kilic

July 6, 2020

Lewis Jones successful at HMNC club race

The Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK held their first race event following the Coronavirus pandemic shutdown this past weekend. To keep everyone safe the entries were capped at 40 drivers and it was Lewis Jones with the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class. In the 20-minute A-main event Lewis was able to convert his TQ in to a win a lap in front of Karl Jackson. Tommy Chung came in 3rd overall, another lap down.

Image: Lewis Jones

July 1, 2020

Joni Skidmore to run Procircuit tyres & Ultimate engines

Modelix Racing have announced that British off-road frontrunner, Joni Skidmore will be running Procircuit tyres as well as the Ultimate Racing engines and accessories from now on. The Mugen racer will use the products to equip his rides for the remainder of this shortened season and Modelix Racing is happy to have Joni on board.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

July 1, 2020

Juan Carlos Canas triples at Cadiz regional champs

The opening round of the Cadiz regional championship was held at the Circuito de El Estrecho track in Spain last weekend. The event saw the running of 1/8th E-Buggy as well as 1/10th 2WD and 4WD classes and in E-Buggy it was Juan Carlos Canas with the overall TQ and also the win after the triple A-mains, leaving behind Adrian Macias in 2nd and Albert Pelaez in 3rd.

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July 1, 2020

Ron Devoll doubles at JBRL Electric Series Rd4

Round 4 of the JBRL Electric Series was hosted by the OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California last weekend. While Jake Thayer and Matt Gonzales took home wins in the Expert 13.5T 4WD and Expert 17.5T 2WD classes, it was Team Associated’s Ron Devoll who excelled in 2WD and 4WD Open Buggy. In 2WD Open it was Team Associated’s Davey Batta on the runner-up spot with Xray’s Jake Mayo rounding out the top 3 podium result. Over in 4WD Open Buggy, Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo took home a 2nd place finish behind Ron as Brandon Larrowe rounded out the podium for TLR.

View the 4WD Open Buggy podium here