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July 27, 2018

Xray Racing Series Greece Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the Xray Racing Series Greek 1/10th Off-road was held at the Fanatix Racing Track last weekend. It was a pretty difficult day due to the high temperatures, however that did not stop the driver from being out there and have fun. The race attracted both seasoned racers and up and coming talent alike. Seven rising stars, eight to 16 years of age, were the highlight of the day. Fotinos took the pole in front of Sikianakis 2nd and Ioannidis 3rd on the starting grid. In leg one of the A-main Fotinos took the win after a solid performance. The second leg then saw Ioannidis taking the win from Takas 2nd and Fotinos 3rd. The final leg was a fight for the 1st place between Fotinos, Ioannidis and Takas. Everything was possible and anyone could be the winner. Eventually Ioannidis took the leg win and the also the overall from Fotinos 2nd and Takas 3rd.

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July 27, 2018

Brent Sianez triple at Firecracker 500

The 5th annual Firecracker 500 was Radio Controlled Hobbies and Raceway’s largest race of the summer. The temperatures were hot and so was the racing. Attendance was strong with about 100 entries, which included some of the fastest drivers from RC Madness, another local track. Xray’s Brent Sianez was able to secure TQ honours and wins in Modified 2WD Buggy, Modified 4WD Buggy, and 13.5 4WD Buggy. Matt Buldoc (TLR) and Carl Smart (Team Associated) would round out the top 3 in 2WD Mod Buggy.

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July 26, 2018

Slovakian 1/10th Buggy Nationals Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Slovakian 1/10th Buggy Nationals took place at the Dubnica nad Váhom track last weekend. It was the maiden race for the track and the event drew the highest number of entries ever. In 4WD Mod Buggy it was Lacko Toth with the overall TQ while the 2WD class was led by Adam Urban. As the sun was shining bright all day the finals were held in dusty low-traction conditions and in 4WD it was Lacko who made the out of it to take the overall from Roman Pavlus and Adam Urban.

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July 26, 2018

David Ronnefalk crowned 2018 2WD European Champion

The 2018 EFRA 1/10th Electric Buggy European Championship are held in Reims, France this week. On the FFVRC club’s slippery clay indoor track the 2WD portion of the event saw a great qualifying battle between Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen and Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski who would be trading TQs each of the first four qualifying rounds until Yokomo’s Lee Martin made himself only the third TQ driver with a win in round 5. However it was still Haatanen with the overall from Orlowski 2nd. Lee would grab the 3 spot on the grid thanks to his TQ, promoting HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk, who looked to be fast all week, into 4th on the grid.

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July 25, 2018

Rob Sorjonen trifecta at WORS Rd4

The fourth round of this year’s WORS series was held in Nanaimo, BC. The track that was completely rebuilt only three weeks prior so only locals had a couple races on it with the surface being hard packed with slight bumps, large jump sections and off camber turns, making it a challenging layout than the average track in the series. In 1/10th 4WD Mod Buggy Rob Sorjonen would take the overall TQ and he would also come out fastest in Pro E-Buggy and E-Truggy. Rob then also went on to wrap up all three classes by A2 sealing up a solid weekend. With Paul Moria and Jason Mardon coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively in 1/10th 4WD Mod Buggy.

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July 25, 2018

Joe Bornhorst takes maiden ROAR National title

This year’s ROAR 1/8th Electric Nationals race was held at the HobbyTown Hobbyplex indoor track in Omaha, Nebraska. Practice started on Thursday morning and with a little bit of a light turnout everyone was getting a lot of track time. Friday would be two seeding rounds and then two qualifiers and in 1/10th 4WD Short Course it was Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst with the overnight TQ following two round wins. Saturday saw four more qualifiers but Joe missed to get some runs together, allowing Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz and TLR’s Tanner Denney score TQs. Going into the last round, basically whoever won would take overall TQ. Fortunately for Joe he had his head on straight and put a solid run together to take the round and overall TQ for the class. Sunday was main day and in A1 Joe brought home the win despite being chased by a storming Ryan Lutz. This time Lutz wanted to grab the lead early and went for a move but tagged Joe and spun him around. He waited and that handed Denney the lead, Joe 2nd and Lutz 3rd. Denney made a mistake a few laps later giving Bornhorst back the lead. Then he made another mistake a few laps later but was able to hold onto the lead with Lutz right behind him. Then Lutz made a couple mistakes allowing Joe to sneak away and bring home the A2 win and with it his first National Championship. Ryan Lutz would take the vice-championship from Tanner Denney 3rd.

Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]

July 24, 2018

Hampus Berg wins at Swedish Cup Rd2

The second round of the Swedish Cup was held at the Gotland RC Club last weekend. The track offered a fun and challenging layout and ultimately it was HB Racing’s Hampus Berg with the win in the 45-minute Nitro Buggy A-main. Serpent’s Pontus Larssen came in 2nd from Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson 3rd – all ending the race in the same lap. Emil Edlung and Oskar Levin would round out the top 5 results.

Image: Jessica Palsson

July 24, 2018

The West Coast Buggy Nationals – Report

Last weekend San Diego RC Raceway set out to do something different in 1/10th scale electric RC racing. Racers were invited from around the country to attend the inaugural running of The West Coast Buggy Nationals which was hosted by SDRC Raceway. This event differed from others as there were no motor limits or minimum weights placed on any classes. It was separated simply by driver skill and which sponsors those drivers were representing. Three Divisions were offered at the West Coast Buggy Nationals; Sportsman, a Class for drivers who do not have any sponsors at all. Intermediate, a class for drivers who may be running for a tire or electronics company, and Expert, a class for those drivers representing a chassis sponsor or just wanting to run with the fast guys to see what they had to make it happen. Each Division was required to run both 2WD and 4WD buggy to be eligible to win the overall title for the Division they entered. SDRC also offered a beginner class where newer drivers could run a 2WD or 4WD buggy.

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