Drake & Wickham win at Toys for Tots
Palm Desert R/C Raceway hosted the 14th Annual Toys for Tots Race this past weekend. Adam Drake led a Mugen Seiki sweep in the Expert Nitro Buggy class with Ronda Drake finishing 2nd and Travis Cory in 3rd.
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Graham Alsop wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd5
The fifth round of the HNMC Winter Series was held last weekend in changing winter weather conditions. Almost 60 drivers entered the round with the TQ in Nitro Buggy going to Lewis Jones while the E-Buggy class was lead by Darred Hayed-Ball while George Miller wrapped up the Truggy class qualifiers. Onto the finals and in the Buggy A-main it was Graham Alsop with the overall from Chaz Godwin 2nd and Darren Hayden-Ball 3rd. E-Buggy saw Darren Hayden-Ball taking the day’s win from Danny Conway 2nd and Jack Clifford 3rd. Finally in the Nitro Truggy class it was George Miller with the win from Brinley Tourle and Warabe Tatekoji.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
RC Kongen Winterseries Rd3 – Report
The third round of the RC Kongen Winterseries was held at the RC Kongen indoor track in Sonderso, Denmark recently. The popular event is constantly growing with the third round having attracted 50 entries for the four classes of 2WD Mod Buggy, 4WD Mod Buggy, 13.5T Stock Buggy and Mod Racing Truck. The race was held at RC Kongen’s EOS carpet track and the layout offered a good mix of open and tight corners along with a wall of death and some nice jumps. With drives from all over the country, as well as a handful of pilots from Germany, 4WD Mod Buggy is the biggest class. Marcus Kaerup is one of the best 4WD drivers in Denmark, despite his young age and his main competitor would be Pelle Culmsee. He is one of Europe’s best 1/8th scale nitro racers and is currently under contract with Hot Bodies Racing. Those two had a race of their own in qualifying. Marcus won two rounds and would start from pole, after setting a new fastest lap of 15.1s, and he also was the first ever to score 20 laps in 5 minutes. Quite a few Germans also made their entry, most of them competing in the 4WD class. They were very fast, and the best of them was Melina Ratzlaff, a 17-year-old girl. She almost made the A-main with her well-prepared Xray.
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Jorge Soler wins at Spanish E-Buggy Champs
The Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was held in Valladolid this past weekend. Alberto Garcia and Jorge Soler battled it out for the overall TQ with the better end for Alberto who snatched the pole position in the tie-breaker as Joan Espasa, who also scored a qualifying round TQ, had to settle for 3rd overall. The opening 10-minute A-main was won by Carlos Pineda from Alberto Garcia in 2nd, however in A2 and A3 it was Jorge Soler who would hold the upper hand as Alberto scored to more P2 finished. In there overall ranging it was Jorge Soler with the win from Carlos Pineda in 2nd and Albert Garcia in 3rd, the latter two being tie on points. Borja Hernandez came in 4th from Alex Valls 5th.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
Ryan Cavalieri sweeps Team Associated Top Gun Shootout
The 2018 Team Associated Top Gun Shootout was held at SDRC Raceway in San Diego, California this past weekend, attracting many of the fast locals. The premier 2WD Open Buggy class saw Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri taking the win from Jake Mayo and Broc Champlin (both Team Associated) in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was again Ryan Cavalieri with the win, steering what is understood to be a prototype of the forthcoming B64.1 buggy. Ron Devoll came in 2nd and Jake Mayo rounded out an all-AE top 3 podium.
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Gunnarson & Berg win at Winter Cup Rd2
The second round of the Swedish Winter Cup was held at the Klippan RC Club this past weekend. Jesper Rasmussen was the man to beat in the 2WD Modified Buggy qualifying as he made a clean sweep after the triple qualifiers, leaving behind Victor Gunnarsson in 2nd and Hampus Berg in 3rd. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class it was Hampus Berg with the TQ from David Hassel and Alexander Landen.
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Wynen & van Helmond successful at IIOC Rd2
The second round of the 2018/19 International Indoor Off-road Cup was held at Model Indoor Oss in the Netherlands this past weekend. The race was held in 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy classes and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was Thibault Jacqueloot (Team Associated) with the TQ after the qualifiers as Jens Becker (Xray) and Wesley van Helmond (Schumacher) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively. After the triple A-mains however it was Wouter Wynen (Team Associated) who would hold the upper hand with 1-2-3 finishes as Jens Becker, scoring two 3rd place finished in A1 and A2 as well as the win in A3 had to settle for 2nd overall, tie on points with Wesley van Helmond.
Kodera & Sugiura win 2018 JMRCA 1/10th Buggy titles
The JMRCA 1/10th Buggy National Championships were held at the iconic Yatabe Arena this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Kaito Kodera with the overall TQ and he would also be on top after the A-mains to take the championship title. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class it was Yusuke Sugiura who took the TQ and win for another national championship title.
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