Round 1 of the Border Wars series was held at Amarillo RC Motocross in Amarillo, Texas last weekend, attracting nearly 130 entries. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Chris Boice with the overall TQ and win from 8th place qualifier, Scottie Brewer in 2nd. Graham Hill would end the day on the 3 spot from Jimmy Deprez, who bumped-up all the way from the D-main. Brian Beck would complete the top 5 results.
Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]
Round 4 of the JConcepts Force Series was held at Southside RC Raceway in Lake City, Florida last weekend. The event attracted nearly 150 entries for the 1/8th Off-road and 1/10th 4×4 SC classes and in Expert Nitro Buggy it was Kyle Phillipps with the overall TQ from Julien Oliveras, the latter having to settle for 2nd after the tie-breaker. The 25-minute A-main event then saw Team Associated driver, Lee Setser taking the overall win some 15 seconds in front of Kenny Morris Jr. (Xray). Julien Oliveras (Team Associated) came in 3rd overall, already a lap down.
The opening round of the Madrid regional 1/8th Off-road Championship was held at the Mejorada del Campo track in nitro and electric classes last weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Oscar Navarro with the overall TQ from Daniel Pariente in 2nd. Ultimately it was Juanma Guillen (Team Associated) with the win from Alex Valls (Mugen) in 2nd and Daniel Pariente (SWorkz) in 3rd.
The second round of the Cordoba-Jaen Championship was held at the Jaen track in Spain last weekend. Alejandro Perez (Kyosho/Picco/AKA) would bring home the win in the Nitro Buggy class from Juan Carlos Guerro (SWorkz/SWorkz/6Mik) in 2nd. Jose Palma (HB Racing/XTR/6Mik) came in 3rd overall to round out the podium result.
Image: Alejandro Perez
The Finalmente Race was held at the Ongaro Ring in Sacile, Italia last weekend and it marked the re-opening of many tracks around Italia after the Corona virus shutdown. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Team Associated’s World Champion, Davide Ongaro with the overall TQ and also the win in the 30-minute A-main event, leaving behind Giammarco Franzolini (TLR) in 2nd, a lap down, and Alessandro Scaramozzino (Team Associated) in 3rd, another lap behind.
Image: Alessandro Scaramozzino
The Circulo Verde track in Quezon City, Philippines held their Farewell Race this past weekend. Edward Sio grabbed the overall TQ in the Nitro Buggy class and he kept the momentum to also bring home the win in the 45-minute A-main event, leaving behind Nani in 2nd, a lap behind, as Emer Agero came in 3rd overall, another four laps down.
Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]
Thunder Alley Raceway of Beaumont, California held a club race this past weekend, attracting nearly 75 entries. In Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake who TQ’ed and won, with Mugen’s Ronda Drake coming in 2nd overall. Bill Barber (Mugen) finished 3rd to round out the top 3 result.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
The Fanatix Racing Track in Athens, Greece held the 2020 Greek 1/10th Electric Off-road Championship this past weekend. Only a single-race championship due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event would decide this year’s 2WD and 4WD Buggy champions and in 2WD Dimitris Ioannidis (Xray) took the pole position for the finals in front of Greek RC legend Konstantinos Agrafiotis (Xray) and young gun Andreas Koutras (Team Associated). In the finals, Ioannidis was able to take the win in the first two legs, crowning him the 2020 2WD champion early with Agrafiotis and Koutras battling it out for the remaining podium spots with Agrafiotis ultimately securing 2nd position overall.
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