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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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.
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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Round 3 of the Rockstar Winter Off-Road Series was held at PDX Underground in Portland, Oregon this past weekend. So far this year, round 3 was the biggest one yet with 79 entries and the track layout worked very well as the split lane option was a great feature. The 2WD Modified Buggy class was once again the premier class of the night with many of the Northwest heavy hitters in attendance. Andy DiBrino took the TQ an win with his Yokomo while Mikey Brown once again laid it down and showed great speed with his Schumacher to take 2nd. Yokomo’s Joe Pillars put in a solid drive during the A-Main to finish on the podium in 3rd.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
This past Sunday was the day to hold the third round of the AWS 2019 at Nene Valley Raceway with slightly lower numbers this weekend as 32 drivers made the trip to The Nene. The day kicked off with a round of timed practice and the drivers found the track tricky as to was very moist. After the round of practice everyone went into three rounds of qualifying with the best two to count. After a 45 minutes break for lunch the club went through the three 15 minute finals of the day. In the Buggy A-final, Jon Spencer took 1st place, Chris Sharpe-Simkiss took 2nd place. The very lucky driver Chris Lovell managed to get back up to 3rd after an unlucky crash at the start. Scott Follington took 4th place after a good battle with Chris.
The final major race of the Australian calendar for 2018 was the Victorian State Titles, held at the Knox track in Melbourne with just over 100 entries received. Mother nature played a role this year with unseasonal heavy rain washing out practice and the scheduled 2WD day. The entire event was squeezed into the final day of racing, with the sun and traffic helping the outdoor clay track to groove up perfectly. In 4WD Modified Ray Munday took the TQ from Andrew Selvaggi and 12-year-old Lachlan Munday. In the finals Ray took A1 from Selvaggi after a close battle, with Lachlan Munday taking his first state title A final in A2 to take it to A3. Ray took the win, giving him the overall title from Lachlan, with Selvaggi tieing for third but losing on a countback.
Xray and RC America have announced the addition of veteran racer, Paul Ciccarello to their factory team. The former multi-time Dirt Nitro Challenge winner is a multi-class talent with titles across both on-road and off-road categories and he will be campaigning Xray’s XB8, XB8E, XB2 and XB4 platforms at races across the country. Paul says:
I’m really excited for the opportunity to race and represent Team Xray. Everything from the bottom to the top, cars, team and company has been top notch. Thank you to Gord, John, RC America and Team Xray for everything!
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Leisure Hours of Joliet, Illinois held their Wednesday Night Nationals last week. In the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was Alex Vaugh with the TQ and win from Jason White in 2nd and Frank Hodits in 3rd. Over in 13.5T Wheeler class it was again Alex Vaughn with the TQ and win as Rich S and Nick Smrt rounded out the top 3. The 17.5T 2WD Buggy class had Austin Wick taking the day’s win from Alex Vaughn on the runner-up spot and Rich S taking 3rd.
View the 13.5T 4WD and 17.5T 2WD podiums here
