The fourth and final round of the Oder Pomerania Cup was recently held in Germany. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class and after three challenging and exciting finals it was Steven Nortdorf (Agama) with the win from Bartosz Zalewski (Xray) and Thilo Schittko (Agama) on the 3 spot. With his 2nd place finish at round 4 it was Bartosz Zalewski who took the overall title from Steven and Thilo.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The seventh and final round of the Slovakian Electric Off-road Championship was held in Bratislava recently. Morning rain meant a delayed start but also high traction. In the 4WD Buggy class Roman Pavlus took the overall TQ and he also walked away with tone-to-tone wins in the opening two A-mains to take the day’s win from Lacko Toth and Milos Svihran.
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Xray have announced the 2018/19 Xray Series Slovakia that will start with round 1 held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trenchin on the 13th of October. The following five rounds will also be held at the iconic place with the finale being scheduled for the 16th of March 2019. Classes run include Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock, Formula, 1/10th Pan Car, 1/12th Pan car and 1/12th GT as well as 1/10th 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Truck. More information can be found here.
The third round of the South East Queensland Interclub race was held over the weekend at the Sunshine Coast track. Over 50 drivers attended the 2-day round and in the Nitro Buggy class it was Aaron Stringer with the TQ, giving him the pole position for the A-main. The main was set down for 30 minutes and after a small mistake on lap one Aaron was never headed again and lapped the whole field taking the win from Alex Bernadzik in 2nd and Geezer on the 3 spot.
Source: Futaba [futaba.co.jp]
Round 4 of the Border Wars series was held at Sun City R/C Raceway recently. JQRacing’s own Joseph Quagraine would bring home the TQ and win in the Open Nitro Buggy A-main. JQ left behind Wyatt Beiter in 2nd, some four laps down, while Xray’s Cody Taylor rounded out the top 3 results. Mugen’s Casey Pack came in 4th, Team Associated’s Scotty Brewer obtained the 5th spot.
Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]
The sixth and final round of the popular Schumacher Dart Cup 1:10 off-road series was held this past weekend at the Astroturf RC Track in Serock, Poland. Mother nature presented some unusual conditions for the drivers. The race started in hot summer weather with temperatures in the high 20°C range on Friday while on Saturday morning temperature dropped more than 10 degree Celsius and was only around 13°C. On midday the rain started and the rainy, windy autumn weather continued until the end of the race. What followed was a never ending search for the best tyres and setup for the changing track conditions.
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SWorkz have announced the signing of Italy’s Leonardo Valente to their factory team. One of the country’s frontrunners, Leonardo will campaign SWorkz’s S35-3 nitro and S35-3E electric buggy kits at national and international events and he already set a first mark by winning the E-Buggy class at the recent Reds GP. Leonardo had the following to say about the deal:
When testing SWorkz cars, I immediately felt familiar with the cars. Easy driving but also top speed made my decision easy to race for the brand in the coming years.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
Round 7 of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League Electric Off-road Series was held at Controlled Chaos Raceway in Palmdale, California last Saturday. 2WD Open Buggy had Cody Turner (Team Associated) taking the day’s win from Kyosho’s Caetano McNeill on the runner-up spot and Team Associated’s Nick Miller, who would round out the top 3 results.
