The Phil Hurd Raceway of Savannah, Georgia played host to round 5 of the Force Series this past weekend. In the Expert Nitro Buggy A-main it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the win, after qualifying on the 5th spot, as Serpent’s Billy Easton came in 2nd overall, some 15s back. Rob Lupo would round out the top 3 some three laps down.
Source: Flash Point [flashpointrc.com]
The Ohio RC Factory of Jeffersonville, Ohio held their Xmas Charity Race this past weekend. TLR’s Tyler Jones would be in control of things in the 4WD Modified Buggy class, taking the TQ and win in front of the Team Associated duo of Aydin and Austin Horne as Gary Studt and Todd Christian rounded out the top 5 results.
Image: Tyler Jones
Round 4 of the RC Kongen Winter Series was held this past weekend and it was Team Associated’s Jesper Rasmussen with the TQ and win in the 2WD Modified Buggy class. Team Associated’s up and coming Marcus Kaerup came in 2nd overall as Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard rounded out the podium result in 3rd. Over in the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was Pelle Culmsee with the overall TQ, however after the triple A-mains it was Marcus Kaerup with the win from Pelle in 2nd and Daniel Rose in 3rd.
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The French MCCD Dammartin club hosted their annual Christmas race near Paris this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Julien Formentin with the win from Team Associated’s Julien Parnot. The latter won the opening A-main but Formentin would hold the upper hand for the overall. Kevin Seysen would complete the top 3 podium result for Yokomo.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
The Ledbury track recently held round 3 of its Answer RC Winter Series. Only 29 drivers attended but it was a quality field, with Team Associated drivers Mike Lewis, Matt Lewis and Jon Howells in attendance. National A finalist Mike Lewis took all four qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ, the HB Racing E-buggy of Chris Lovell was 2nd, with AE drivers Jon Howells 3rd and Mike Lewis 4th. On to the main event, Mike and Jon were having a great battle for the lead and pulling away from the field until Jon made a few small errors being enough for Mike to get away. Chris, having a bad start held 3rd up until the 20th lap until he was passed by a very quick Matt Lewis. Ultimately it was Mike Lewis with the win from Jon Howells and Matt Lewis, making it an AE 1-2-3.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
The North Gwangju RC Raceway held a championship race this past weekend, attracting both racers from Europe and hosting South Korea. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Team Associated driver, Kouki Kato with the overall win, courtesy of winning A1 and A3 while A2 winner, Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski, came in 2nd overall. The two left behind Yokomo’s Lee Martin in 3rd as Kyosho’s Kotah Akimoto had to settle for 4th overall. Yokomo’s Paul Crompton rounded out the top 5.
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Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]
The Väike-Maarja indoor off-road center in Estonia hosted the third leg of the National 1/10th Buggy Championship last weekend. As this is the only indoor off-road track in Estonia, the whole series is run at this facility with the results of the Baltic Championship race, hosted on the weekend of the 24th of February in Adavere, Estonia, also counting toward the overall championship. As for the racing, the premier 2WD class attracted 50 entries with the TQ being secured by local superstar Karl Kasekamp, followed by Hendrik Lainemäe and Hans Hannus.
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