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July 27, 2020

David Ronnefalk TQs & wins at Swedish Buggy Nats Rd2

The MS Eskil club of Eskilstuna, Sweden hosted round 2 of the Swedish 1/8th Nitro Off-road Nationals this past weekend. The event saw nearly 70 entries and it was David Ronnefalk who swept the qualifying by taking all five rounds in style. Ellis Johansson came in 2nd from Victor Gunnarson in 3rd. The 45-minute A-main event again saw David Ronnefalk out in front on a more and more challenging track and after the first round of pit stops, David had found a good rhythm and was able to pull away and take the win with a lap margin from HB Racing teammate, Hampus Berg. Elias Johansson (HB Racing) came in 3rd overall another lap down to round out the podium in front of Victor Gunnarsson who lead the best of the rest for an all-HB-Racing top 4. Agama’s Jessica Palsson ended the race in 5th overall.

Image: David Ronnefalk

July 27, 2020

Martin Bayer crowned Austrian E-Buggy Champion

The single-round Austrian 1/8th Electric Championship was hosted by the CMBF Süd Ost club in Salsach, Austria this past weekend, attracting nearly 60 entries. Jürgen Trieb, Martin Bayer and Micha Widmaier would battle for the overall TQ with the better end for Jürgen who won two of the four qualifying rounds while Martin and Micha shared a TQ each. The triple 10-minute A-main saw Martin taking A1 from Max Götzl in 2nd and Hupo Hönigl in 3rd and also A2 would go to Xray’s Martin Bayer who thus took the overall championship early while Micha Widmaier (SWorkz) and Max Götzl (Xray) came in 2nd and 3rd in A2. A3 would then decide over the remaining podium spots with Micha cementing his overall runner-up position with a win in the final A-main as Martin Bayer and Max Götzl came in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Ultimately and behind Martin and Micha it was Max Götzl with the final podium spot from Hupo Hönigl in 4th and Marcel Trieb in 5th.

Image: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 24, 2020

Worley & Harding win at Psycho Nitro Blast

Last weekend’s 2020 Psycho Nitro Blast was held in the city of White Pine in Tennessee, attracting 346 drivers and 744 entries. In Sportsman Nitro Truggy to was Mason Worley with the overall TQ and he also brought home the win in the 30-minute A-main event some 1.3 seconds in front of Brayden Billington. Jordan Jennings came in 3rd overall and in front of Travis Melton and D.J. Gannon, who completed the top 5 result.

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July 23, 2020

StickIt1 Stock Series Rd5 – Report

PDX Underground of Portland, Oregon hosted round 5 of the StickIt1 Stock Series this week in 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T Stock classes. In the 13.5T Wheeler class it was Daniel Jeppesen with the win after coming out on top in three of the four rounds of racing. Casey Hanel came in 2nd overall from Sean Pham in 3rd, the latter winning a single round.

Continue reading the report here

July 23, 2020

Alain Sarafyan doubles at Turkish Off-road Nats Rd1

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.

View the E-Buggy podium here

July 23, 2020

Schumacher US GP 2020 – Announcement

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.

July 22, 2020

Adam Drake TQs & wins at Psycho Nitro Blast

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]

July 22, 2020

Ty Tessmann doubles at Summer Classic

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.

View the 4WD Buggy podium here