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Branislav Panak wins at Timar Laszlo Memorial Race

Posted: 23 Jul 2019 08:17 AM PDT

The Timar Laszlo Memorial Race was held at the Morac-Ring track near Graz in Austria recently. The weekend kicked off with free practice on Friday with qualifying starting on Saturday noon with both days being affected by the weather. Xray’s Branislav Panak would lead qualifying in the damp and he also led the dry main final from tone to tone to take the win on Saturday some two laps in front of Anton Sloboda (Xray) while Filip Uher (Xray) came in 3rd another three laps down.

Sunday saw another race and it was again Branislav Panak with the overall TQ despite having some troubles in Q1 and Q2. The last final was a big fight between Branislav Panak and Tamas Sagi. Tamas didn’t get a good start so he dropped to 4th place but fought his way back to Branislav only three minutes into the race. Both were separated by only around a second for the whole final. When it came to the last pit stop Tamas got past Branislav as Tamas was able to do an extra lap. Ultimately Tamas would bring home the win in the second final with a 1.5 seconds marging, however it was Branislav with the overall as the addition of the two races would count towards the overall ranking which saw Branislav taking the win from Filip Uher as Tamas Sagi (Serpent) had to settle for 3rd overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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Graham Hill wins at Border Wars Series Rd3

Posted: 23 Jul 2019 07:04 AM PDT

Round 3 of the Border Wars Series was held at LRC Raceway in Longmont, Colorado recently. The event is held in several nitro and electric off-road classes and in 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Graham Hill with the clean sweep of overall TQ and win. Zeke Ballinger ended the 30-minute main final on the 2 spot, some five seconds behind the winner, as Sean Guthrie came in 3rd overall. Roman Gastelum and Jordan Davis would round out the top 5 result.

Source: Flashpoint R/C [flashpointrc.com]

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Batlle & Figueiredo win at International Buggy Challenge

Posted: 23 Jul 2019 01:56 AM PDT

The International Buggy Challenge was hosted by the Barcelos track in Portugal over the weekend, attracting many swift national and international 1/8th off-road drivers. In Nitro Buggy it was SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas with the overall TQ from Mugen’s Robert Batlle and Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo. The 45-minute A-main than saw Robert holding the upper hand, however it was only with a 0.7 seconds margin from Juan Carlos on the runner-up spot. Joao would retain his 3rd place qualifying position to round out the podium from Ricardo Monteiro in 4th and Nuno Casal Ribeiro in 5th.

In the E-Buggy class it was Joao Figueiredo with the overall win from the Team Associated duo of Nuno Casal in 2nd and Denis Lopes on the 3 spot.

Images: Pedro Pereira

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Yeah Racing TRX-4 LCG battery plate

Posted: 23 Jul 2019 01:15 AM PDT

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for the Traxxas TRX-4 is a low centre of gravity battery plate. By sitting the battery lower the truck gets a lower centre of gravity which helps the rig deal with off camber sections better and reduces the chance of rolling over. The battery retention system is changed to using hook and loop straps and with the integrated braces it keeps all sorts of sizes of 3S batteries in place no matter the thickness.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

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Nacho Lopez takes Spanish 1/8th IC Track title

Posted: 23 Jul 2019 01:06 AM PDT

Round 3 of the Spanish IC Track Nationals was held in Valladolid this past weekend. In the 1/8th IC Track category Victor Gonzalez took the overall TQ some three seconds in front of Nacho Lopez as Ruben Olivares came in 3rd after the qualifiers. The 45-minute main final than had Nacho coming out on top, a lap in front of Ruben was Victor had to settle for 3rd overall, another lap down. With the win, Nacho also took home the national title.

Image: Nacho Lopez

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DJ Apolaro TQs & wins at IFMAR GT Worlds warm-up race

Posted: 23 Jul 2019 12:08 AM PDT

The IFMAR GT Pre-Worlds race was held in Homestead, Florida last week with IGT8’s DJ Apolaro walking away with the overall TQ and win in the ROAR 5-Port Spec class. The hour-long A-main final saw Paolo Morganti (IGT8) coming in 2nd, a close 2.3 seconds behind DJ as Super Pole winner, IGT8’s Lazaro Alonso ended the race in 3rd, only nine seconds behind the winner. Serpent’s Joaquin Desoto Jr. came in 4th, some three laps behind the top 3 as Fabrizio Martello (IGT8) completed the top 5 results another three laps down.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

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