The MACCR track in France held the annual Charmes Cup this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was TLR’s Renaud Savoya with the TQ and also the win in the 45-minute A-main event. Two laps behind Xray’s Vincent Meertens obtained the runner-up spot as HB Racing’s David Naldini came in 3rd to round out the podium.
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This past weekend was the seventh and final round of the ever popular Worksop Series, with once again a full entry of drivers across the three classes of 2WD, 4WD and the Vintage Buggy. As always it was round by round qualifying as the racing format, with the best two results from four rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. The track layout had some great features in it and was proper off-road. Many people commented what a brilliant lay out it was. As always a huge thanks go out to the fantastic Worksop track team.
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The 2018/19 Mibosport Cup held its season finishing final round last weekend with the series attracting a total of 414 drivers. 229 attended in the off-road classes while the on-road categories drew a total of 185 entries. This season drivers from twelve countries including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Great Britain, Estonia, Netherlands, Italy, Bulgaria and Canada made their way to the traditional location of he Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice. The final round of the season attracted a record entry of 261 racers. The Touring Modified attracted 27 racers to compete at the season finale with Zdenko Kunak taking the overall title thanks to winning four of the five rounds this season. Oliver Havránek finished in 2nd ahead of round 2 winner Matěj Šulc.
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The opening round of the Argentinean Off-road Nationals was held at the Maipu RC Track in Mendoza last weekend. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Xray’s Nicolas Bregante with the overall TQ and win, leaving behind Agustin Cutini (Mugen) in 2nd whileGianni Lupacciolu (Mugen) completed the podium result in 3rd. Elsewhere Agustin Achaval won the Buggy Open class while Matias Cardin took the overall win in the Buggy Master class.
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The Bütschwil Indoor GP was held in Bütschwil, Switzerland last weekend, attracting both local drivers and guests from the neighbouring countries. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Marc Heim with the win from Pascal Jutz on the runner-up spot. Germany’s Sven Rodewald would complete the top 3 podium result.
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The opening round of the South African SARDA National Electric Off-road Championship was held at the Viking Raceway in Tzaneen, South Africa. The under cover carpet track set the challenge once again not making it easy for any of the racers, the high temperatures with high humidity made it even tougher than usual, none the less all the drivers took on the challenge and the best came out on top. In the 2WD and 4WD Mod Buggy classes it was Charles Hollander with the overall TQ while the Stadium, Stock Buggy and 2WD SCT classes were TQ’d by Wickus Coetzer.
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The final race of this winter at Switzerland’s Scamora Arena was held last weekend. In 2WD Buggy it was Xray’s Kay Frehner with the win from Markus Streuli (Xray) in 2nd. Yokomo’s Fabian Luca Widmer came in 3rd to round out the top 3. Over in 4WD Buggy it was again Kay Frehner with the win and he would lead an all-Xray podium with Philip Jeisy and Markus Streuli rounding out the top 3 results.
The 2019 Chi-Town Shootout was hosted by Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois last weekend. While Ty Tessmann swept the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes it was Kyle Holmberg with the TQ and win in the 13.5T Wheeler class. Kyle took the overall TQ and he also came out on top in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory, as Nick Richards cemented his overall runner-up spot with a win in A3. Kaden Fuller rounded out the top 3 results.
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