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July 13, 2020

Lucas Westerlund wins at Swedish Off-road Champs Rd1

The opening round of the Swedish 1/8th Off-road Championship was hosted by the Älvsby club this past weekend. Emil Edlund took the overall TQ in pretty challenging weather and track conditions from Hampus Berg in 2nd and Jessica Palsson in 3rd. In the 45-minute A-main event it was Lucas Westerlund (Mugen) who would hold the upper hand from Hampus Berg (HB Racing), who suffered some issues during the first pit stop, but eventually managed to recover to 2nd overall. Agama driver, Jessica Palsson came in 3rd overall after having obtained the 2nd place for some time during the race but got caught by Hampus, finishing five seconds behind.

Image: Hampus Berg

July 13, 2020

Martin & Berryman win at Nemo Raceway Race One

The opening race on Nemo Racing’s new Nemo Raceway in Royal Leamington Spa, UK was held this past weekend in Nitro and Electric Off-road classes. The event attracted nearly 60 entries and in Nitro Buggy it was Lee Martin with the overall TQ, tie on points with Neil Cragg as Tommy Hall came in 2rd overall. The E-Buggy class was top qualified by Scott Follington from Sean Berryman in 2nd.

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July 13, 2020

Caldwell, Rose & Henn win at HARC Rd8

Round 8 of the Houston Area RC Series was held at the Gulf Coast Raceway in Porter, Texas this past weekend, attracting nearly 70 entries. In Open Nitro Buggy it was Dillon Caldwell with the TQ and also the overall win in the 20-minute A-main event. Mike Garrett came in 2nd overall, already some three laps back as Tim Bort came in 3rd overall, some 5.5 seconds behind Mike.

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July 13, 2020

Joseph Johnson wins at StickIt1Racing Mod Series Rd4

The fourth round of the 2020 StickIt1Racing.com “We’re Back Racing” Friday Night Modified Off-Road Series was hosted by PDX RC Underground in Portland, Oregon last Friday. Yokomo privateer Joseph Johnson took an impressive 2WD Modified Buggy win in front of Yokomo USA team manager, Joe Pillars who finished 2nd overall after just losing out the tie-breaker with Joseph Johnson settled by the fastest time with both drivers having three wins. Yokomo USA team driver, Travis Harker finished 3rd overall for a Yokomo podium lock-out.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

July 10, 2020

StickIt1Racing Stock Series Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the StickIt1Racing Stock Series was held at PDX Underground in Portland, Oregon this week. The event attracted nearly 40 entries and in 13.5T 4WD Buggy it was Sean Pham with the overall win from Jim Meyer in 2nd. John Copeland came in 3rd overall top round out the top 3.

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July 8, 2020

Tremblay, Deschenes & Belanger win in Sherbrooke

The Circuit Teleguide Offroad Estrie track of Sherbrooke, Canada held a club race last weekend, attracting over 100 entries for the 1/10th and 1/8th scale classes. 2WD Buggy saw Guillaume Tremblay (Yokomo) with the overall TQ from Xavier Belanger in 2nd. In the single 7-minute A-main event Guillaume would lead from start to finish, taking the win with a lap margin from Xavier in 2nd. Dave Belley (Team Associated) would round out the top 3 some seven seconds behind.

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July 7, 2020

MR Cup Rd2 – Report

The second round of the MR Cup was held at the Brno track in the Czech Republic last weekend. The event saw free practice on Friday followed by timed practice, qualifying and finals on Saturday. In the premier Electric Touring Open class it was all about Matěj Šulc and Jirka Vyšín. Jirka managed to take the TQ spot in front of Matěj and Radko Černohous. In the finals Matěj could pass Jirka to take two of the three mains as Radko completed the podium.

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July 7, 2020

Graham Alsop wins at Deerdale Welcome Back race

The Deerdale RC Offroad club in the UK held their Deerdale’s Welcome Back race last weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was HB Racing pilot, Graham Alsop who would excel as the work the TQ and win a lap in front of Edward Callan (Xray). Adam Hall (HB Racing) came in 3rd overall after the 20-minute A-main, another lap down.

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