Due to the ongoing World-wide Corona pandemic, the EFRA has announced the cancellation of all European Championships for 2020. This means that, following the cancellations of the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring, Large Scale On-road and Off-road, was well as the Nitro Buggy and IC Track Euros, also the 2020 40+ IC Track and 40+ 1/8th Off-road events will not take place this year. Full information about the situation can be found on the EFRA website here.
Mike’s Gulf Coast Raceway of Porter, Texas held their Saturday Night Club Race last weekend, attracting nearly 75 entries. The race was held in single Open Nitro Buggy, Electric Buggy, and Nitro/Electric Truggy classes as well as a single Novice category and in Open Nitro Buggy it was Dillon Caldwell with the overall TQ and he would also come out on top in the single 15-minute A-main event, leaving behind Cody Babbitt in 2nd and Micah Smith in 3rd.
The Thornhill Racing Circuit of Hutto, Texas held a club race this past weekend that attracted over 70 entries. In 1/8th E-Buggy it was Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the double A-main events, handing him the day’s win from Chris Allison (Tekno RC) in 2nd and Chris Marrant (HB Racing) in 3rd.
Image: Ethan Lefebvre
The MOD 5th & 8th Scale Champs were held at the Fear Farm track this past weekend, attracting nearly 150 entries for the 1/5th and 1/8th scale off-road classes. In 1/8th Pro Buggy and when the dust had settled, it was Mugen’s Ryan Maifield with the overall win, leaving behind Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin and Mugen’s Tanner Denney who completed the top 3.
Image: Ryan Maifield
Made for Tamiya’s TT02B entry-level buggy are Xtra Speed’s new aluminium front and rear shock sets. They consist of 70mm front and 95mm rear shocks that feature threaded aluminium shock bodies, aluminium upper and lower shock caps as well as aluminium spring pre-load nuts and lower spring perches. While adding visual impact and durability. the shocks will also improve overall suspension efficiency compared to the standard plastic dampers. The shocks come as separate front and rear sets and also include suitable springs.
With the Corona virus situation impacting racing around the world, many planned events have had to be cancelled or postponed. After carefully monitoring the situation throughout Europe, and talking to host venues and government officials in various countries, the organisers of the ETS, EOS and ENS championships have been able to put together a revised schedule of races for the rest of 2020. Of course, these still do remain provisional as the rules and restrictions change on a regular basis and any further updates will be communicated to racers closer to each event date.
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The Jax Trax RC Raceway of Union City, Indiana held round 1 of their Saturday Series this past weekend, attracting nearly 90 entries for the 1/8th off-road and 1/10th Pro4 classes. In the premier Nitro Buggy class it was Agama’s Tyler Jones with the overall TQ and the young man would also come out swinging after the 20-minute A-main event as he lead from tone to tone to take the win from Mugen’s Collin Weatherholt in 2nd and Tekno RC’s Brandon Hogan in 3rd.
Image: Tyler Jones
SS Hobbies & Raceway of Tampa, Florida hosted a round of their SS Sunday Off-road Racing Series this past weekend. The event was held in several 1/10th scale electric classes and in 2WD Buggy it was Lee Setser with the win in the single 5-minute A-main event from John Lawson in 2nd, already a lap down, and Kenny Setser in 3rd, another 0.4 seconds behind.
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