Round 4 of the Essex Carpet Clash championship was this past weekend, and the team had a slight change up for the driver for this round, running in the opposite, anti-clockwise, direction compared to all previous rounds. After the four rounds of qualifying, it was Stephen Brown in 4WD that took the pole position securing it by TQ’ing all rounds. Mark Lewis was hot on his tail and lines up 2nd on the grid ahead of John Painter.
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The 2020 Vietnam Challenge was hosted by the Long An track in Can Giuoc, Vietnam this past weekend. The event attracted over 120 entries including some international top stars such as Atsushi Hara. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class was top qualified by HB Racing’s Atsushi Hara from Serpent’s Aaron Stringer and the latter would take the overall win in the 20-minute A-main event that was cut short due to the threat of heavy rain. HB Racing pilot Zac Ryan came in 2nd, a lap down while Takashiro Wataru (SWorkz) completed the top 3 result, some 0.7 seconds behind Zac.
Flowood Indoor R/C Park of Flowood, Mississippi held the 2020 January Jam this past weekend with nearly 190 entries for the several nitro and electric off-road classes. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class it was Agama pilot Brandon Rose with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the 30-minute A-main event, leaving behind Kody Watson (JQ Racing) in 2nd, two laps behind. Cameron Breaux (HB Racing) would round out the top 3 result anther two laps down. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was again Brandon with the overall win after coming out on top in A1 and A2 while A2 winner, Cameron Breaux took the runner-up spot.
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The Ohio RC Factory of Jeffersonville, Ohio held the 2020 CRCRC Winter Midwest Championship this past weekend, attracting nearly 330 entries including some of the country’s fastest 1/10th off-road pilots. TLR’s Dakotah Phend was in full swing, taking the overall TQs in 2WD Mod Buggy, 4WD Mod Buggy and Stadium Truck. The triple 5-minute A-mains saw Dakotah taking wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall as A3 winner Cole Tollard (Team Associated) cemented his runner-up spot from Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin in 3rd.
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Last weekend the 2020 edition of the Köngen Indoor Masters was held in Köngen in the south of Germany. The first major indoor race of the season attracted almost 130 entries with a challenging track, that offered both high speed and technical sections, making for great racing. In the 2WD Stadium Truck class it was Luca Rau who set the pace in the qualifiers and also the A-mains, taking the win from Jens Becker who struggled a bit with his tyre choice. The top 3 result was complete by Stefan Matas.
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The 2020 edition of the popular Köngen Indoor Masters was held in southern Germany last weekend, attracting nearly 140 entries. In 2WD Modified Buggy Micha Widmaier, Florian Kappes and Luca Rau battled it out for the overall TQ with Micha ultimately taking the overall TQ thanks to winning two qualifying rounds while Florian and Luca scored a round TQ each. The triple A-mains saw Micha winning the opening leg while Luca Rau won A2 as Micha scored a DNF. With the only 21-laps run in A3, Micha put things straight again, taking the overall from Luca Rau in 2nd and Jens Becker in 3rd.
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The JConcepts Carpet Challenge was held in Stockholm, Sweden last weekend with some big names from Northern Europe in attendance. The man to beat was Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen who was hotly contested from new AE teammate, Alexander Landen who was able to TQ two rounds of 2WD qualifying. The overall TQ honours however went to Joona thanks to a quicker tie-breaker. The finals were all preceded by a super pole, so the start order was set by a one lap shoot-out before each round. Alexander managed 2nd place in both the first finals behind Haatanen, and was en route to win the last round after a mistake by Joona, but problem with a lapped car that decided to immediately try to un-lap itself meant that Joona could catch up and make the overtake of the weekend with a huge jump before the straight meant that Alexander had to settle for 2nd in that final as well. Overall and behind Joona and Alexander it was Schumacher’s Pekko Iivonen with the final podium spot.
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Come January, the entire RC racing world is extremely anxious to start out 2020 with a bang. Just after Christmas and now into the New Year, most racers can’t wait to get out there and show off the new Christmas gear, new sponsor support, and get that racing fix. For most US South-East racers, the JConcepts Super Cup Series is it. For 2020, the Super Cup Series has jumped to a 7-race series that tours all over Florida visiting some of the legendary facilities the Sunshine State has to offer. Round 1 starts off at Beachline Raceway located in beautiful Cocoa Beach, Florida. With all-new black carpet that was recently installed, Beachline has become the place to be for fast action carpet racing. This year’s flow was amazing and required drivers to have razor quick reflexes with surgical precision. The jumps worked well and the elevated sections really added dimension to a typically flat track.
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