The 2018 Philippine Masters will be held from the 4th to the 6th of May at the Circulo Verde track in Quezon City, Philippines. Classes run will be 1/8 Nitro Buggy and 1/8 Nitro Truggy and the event is organised by the Voice of RC, Scotty Ernst. More information can be found on social media here or by emailing Edward Sio (sioedward@yahoo.com).
The 2017 Fall Brawl was held at Badlands RC Supercross in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina last weekend. Unlike in years past where it was cold, rainy, and the event even had some snow, this year the weather was exceptional for December. Adding to the magic of fantastic weather and great atmosphere, the track was dialed and extremely fun to drive on. Every lap provided challenge and an unexplainable thrill that put a smile on your face. The flow was perfect, the jumps required skill, and even the cross-over was money. All in all, the Fall Brawl keeps getting better every year and this year proved to be an unforgettable outdoor 1/8th nitro experience.
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This year, the ROAR Region 4 Regional Championship was hosted by Coral Springs R/C Car Club in Coral Springs, Florida who provided an awesome layout that was fun and had a lot of flow. Quite unique to the Florida racing scene, the red clay treated with calcium chloride provided ample grip, but the rainfall prior to the event never allowed the track to fully mature into its typical high-grip state leaving it bumpier than usual. In 2WD Modified and showing that he still has the skills to pay the bills, Team Associated driver Jason Ruona takes the highly coveted regional title with a terrific performance in A1 and clutch run in A3 to seal the deal. Team Associated’s Lee Setser would wrap up 2nd with Serpent’s Justin Fales 3rd on the box. Paul Wynn would finish 4th with Chris Intravia 5th overall.
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Palm Desert R/C Raceway hosted the 13th Annual Toys for Tots Race this past weekend with the event having nearly 80 entries. In the Pro Buggy class Adam Drake set the pace in both rounds of qualifying and started first in the 25 minute final. Drake went on to win the 25-minute final followed by Mugen Seiki teammate Anthony Westergaard, and Team Associated’s Richard Saxton. Elsewhere in the electric buggy class Anthony Westergaard was the top qualifier and won the 10-minute final from Cole Jenson and Marcus Garrett.
A round of the Finnish Winter Jumps series was held in the Helsinki area this past weekend. The event was organised by Finland’s biggest RC club, Fullspeed RC and Joona Haatanen was once again the fastest driver of weekend as he TQ’d and won both the 2WD and 4WD classes. In 2WD the best of the rest was lead by local star Tuomo Otsavaara from Mikko Luopajärvi in 3rd.
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Last weekend the opening round of the 2017/18 Ruddog Cup took place at the RC-Indoor-Arena in Köstendorf, Austria. Both of the Modified Off-road classes were dominated by Patrick Hofer, who took the win in 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy. In 2WD he was followed by Michael Kloibhofer and Martin Lindner while in the 4WD class it was Christian Wukonig and Andreas Mayr who took the final podium spots.
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Round 1 of the Xray Racing Series Austria was held at the small and technical track of the Carpet Brothers in Leopoldsdorf in the east of Vienna. The mains were run with 10-car fields, making for some eventful and hectic races. In the end it was Hupo Hönigl with the win in the 2WD Buggy class from Lucas Grainer 2nd and Peter Lonscar 3rd. Roland Hauleitner would come in 4th from Thomas Pumpler 5th.
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The inaugural KRacing Winter Edition race was held at the La Nucia track in Spain this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro with the TQ from Mugen’s Robert Batlle and Team Associated driver Tom Robin. In the main final however it was Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton, coming from way down the field, who scored a popular win from Davide in 2nd as Kyosho’s João Figueiredo snatched the final podium spot. Alex Zanchettin (Tekno) came in 4th, Robert Batlle had to settle for 5th overall after some problems. Over in 1/8th E-Buggy it was also Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) with the overall TQ and by scoring wins in the opening two A-mains he would also take the overall victory from Mugen’s Robert Batlle 2nd and Tekno’s Alex Zanchettin 3rd.
Source: InfoRC [inforc.net] | Image: João Figueiredo
