The 2019 SoCal Nitro Shootout was held at the Pro-Line Raceway in Banning, California last weekend. The event was held in a heads-up racing format and in Open Nitro Buggy it was Kyosho’s Zachary Rogers, who qualified 3rd, with the win in the 30-minute A-main from 8th place qualifier, Daniel Blalock. Top qualifier, Don Vinkemulder had to settle for 7th overall.
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The second round of the Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was hosted by the RC Tonder club last weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class, held on Sunday, it was Pelle Culmsee with a clean sweep in the qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Marcel Krüger in 2nd and Peter Harder in 3rd. In the 45-minute A-main event, Pelle was able to conserve his qualifying position as did Marcel, who ended the race two laps down on Pelle on the runner-up spot. Daniel Bubel came in 3rd to round out the podium another lap down.
The 2019 edition of the Psycho Nitro Blast was held at the Walter State Expo Centre in White Pine, Tennessee over the weekend, attracting a record 750 entries. Held in the usual array of Nitro and Electric classes it was Agama’s Ryan Lutz who took the TQ in the premier Pro Nitro Buggy class. In the A-main final however it was TLR’s Tyler Jones who would hold the upper hand, bringing home a popular win from Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst in 2nd as Ryan Lutz had to settle for 3rd overall. Team Associated’s Evan Vail came in 4th from TLR’s Tanner Denney in 5th.
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For the 31st year in a row the April Fools Classic was held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The historic event is one of the longest-running races in the nation and continues to bring racers from all over the country to the “Greatest Dirt on Earth”. In 2WD Modified it was Team Associated’s Broc Champlin who took home the win from the 3 spot on the grid. AE’s Eric Willardson came in 2nd, coming from 6, and Xray’s Tommy Hinz completed the top 3, coming from the 5 spot on the grid.
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The 2019 HB Racing European Race Days were held this past weekend at the ARCF42 track near Lyon, France. The event saw the attendance of world class drivers such as David Ronnefalk and Cole Ogden that not only competed but also gave help to racers. Other celebrities included Philippe Neidhart and Didier Boulmier as well as Nano and Jean-Marc Betticher. The track layout was amazing but very challenging even for the international drivers while the weather forecast was quite gloomy but the rain only fell on Sunday for a few minutes. In the Nitro buggy class, the race format was three 15-minute finals. The finals were a 3-horse battle between David, Cole and Hampus Berg. Cole won the opening final as David made a big mistake in the chicane and had to retire with a few minutes to go. After his DNF in A1, David was in control of things and he was able to win the last two finals and secured the overall victory. Cole came in 2nd and Hampus finished in 3rd. Over in the E-Buggy class it was Cole Ogden with the overall TQ, however after the four A-main events it was David with his second win this weekend from Cole 2nd and Hampus 3rd.
The Pro-Line track in Banning, California played host to the 2019 SoCal Shootout recently. Xray’s Kyle Turner took the TQ in the 1/8th E-Buggy class and he would battle with Kyosho’s CJ Jelin for the win, but a wrong tyre compound choice, an off-setup left and a couple of mistakes meant he had to let CJ go for the win with Kyle coming in 2nd. TLR’s Dylan Nelson came in 3rd to round out the podium.
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The 2019 Big Barn Shootout was held in Chilliwack, BC this past weekend. The track was very large, fast and a challenging layout. This year the event had a lot more entries which made for longer days and stiffer competition, with drivers coming from as far as Ontario and the North western United States as well as western Canada. The higher numbers made the track surface different from last year, it started out smooth and low grip, as the weekend went along the grip came up and the track started to develop some holes and ruts, which made the main events more challenging. Official practice started at 11am on Friday and went until 10pm, this was limited to five practice sessions per class entered and was regulated by punch cards. Saturday was three round of qualifying and it was Xray’s Ty Tessmann who was able to take the TQ in both classes.
The opening round of Norwegian 1/10th Buggy Nationals was hosted by the KMBK club, located in Grimstad in the south of Norway. The track wasn’t huge but hospitality was, which made for a great weekend thanks to the professional club. The weekend kicked off with free practice on Friday and with the track layout being unchanged for some time, things would be very tight especially in the main 4WD class as most of the club’s members race in the ultra-fast wheeler category. Fast local driver Gisle Brøvig is a very strong driver and the biggest local hope for the race. On Saturday it was straight into 2WD qualifying – four rounds and best two counts. Daniel Kobbevkik took all qualify rounds by a huge margin, it was very open on podium spots behind Daniel, and nothing was settled before last A-main. Four drivers were fighting for the remaining podium spots: Adrian Sognestad had two 2nd place finished, but both Petter Berntsen and Oyvind Stusdal had one 3rd place each, and if they could take a win in last final they would push him down to 3rd. Vincent Ruger, another young and upcoming driver, was also in the mix for the podium, and he also needed a win to make it.
