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February 13, 2019

JConcepts Winter INS9 – Report

Last weekend kicked off the Winter edition of the JConcepts Indoor National Series in St. Charles, Missouri at the facility formerly known as SmacTrac. Under the same management, but a new name, Team Velocity R/C Raceway still embodies its rich racing heritage along with the fun and friendly atmosphere from before, making the highly anticipated Winter Indoor Nationals a sold out event with 353 total entries. With minor tweaks to the event classes for 2019, the JConcepts INS formula has been improved to better accommodate new racers looking for the awesome big race experiences. The Independent class is still dedicated to the Zero Sponsor racer, but the organisers backed down the power to a fixed timing 21.5 handout motor to be used during the event. Also, the inclusion of the hot new 4×4 Mini Truggies that have recently hit the scene, a brand new class was added to highlight the event with the fastest trucks out there.

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February 12, 2019

JP Richards doubles at JC Indoor National Series Rd1

The first stop of the 2019 JConcepts Indoor National series was held this past weekend at Team Velocity R/C, just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. The event brought in over 350 entries and after all three rounds of qualifying were complete on Saturday, it was Yokomo’s JP Richards taking the overall TQ honors in both the highly competitive 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes. In 2WD Modified Buggy, JP would keep his momentum going after qualifying by taking the convincing wins in A-mains 1 and 2, while leading every lap of both races to score his first title of the weekend.

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February 12, 2019

Albertoni & Easter win at Propo Off-Road Champs

The Track Hobby Shop and Raceway of Gaithersburg, Maryland hosted the East Coast KO Propo Off-Road Championship last weekend. In the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Enzo Albertoni (Kyosho) with the overall TQ and he also went on to win the 6-minute A-main from Nathan Easter (Team Associated), who ended the race some 5.7s behind. Yokomo’s Jay Drakeford would come in 3rd, a lap down. In the 2WD 17.5T Buggy class Nathan Easter (Team Associated) took the TQ and he would lead the 6-minute main from tone to tone, taking a dominating win some two laps in front of Yokomo’s Kenny Kong as Team Associated’s Mike Sunderland completed the top 3 result in 3rd.

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February 12, 2019

Collin Weatherholt doubles at Winter Series Rd3

The third round of the Winter Series was held at The Ohio RC Factory track in Jeffersonville, Ohio this past weekend. The event attracted nearly 110 entries for the 1/8th off-road and 1/10th SCT classes and in Pro Nitro Buggy it was Collin Weatherholt with the TQ and also the win in the 20-minute A-main, leaving behind Brandon Hogan in 2nd by a 12-seconds margin. Scott Kuchler would round out the podium a lap down.

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February 12, 2019

Dustin Evans sweeps Rumble in the Rockies

The annual Rumble in the Rockies race was held at MHOR RC Raceway in Aurora, Colorado this past weekend. The race attracted some of the region’s fastest electric off-road racers and in the 2WD Mod and 4WD Mod classes it was Team Associated’s Dustin Evans who would lead the way, taking the TQs and wins in both categories. The 2WD Mod podium saw Xray’s Zac Gastelum finishing in 2nd and TLR’s Tyler Whitt coming in 3rd while Zeke Ballinger (TLR) and Andrew Kurtchi (TLR) completed the 4WD Mod Buggy top 3.

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February 12, 2019

Basile Concialdi wins at Brieuc Indoor Grand Prix

Last weekend’s Saint Brieuc International Indoor Grand Prix not only was held in 1/8th scale but also a 1/10th 200mm class. The special conditions of an indoor nitro track required some unusual adjustments and it was Shepherd’s Basile Concialdi who quickly found a good setup to win the opening qualifier ahead of Kévin Rasquin who came back to win Q2. Basile got it all together to win the the third and final round, improving Kevin’s time by over two seconds. In the half-hour long final Basile, despite the ever increasingly difficult track conditions, pulled a gap and took a strong win in front of Capricorn’s Thomas Guillon and Xray’s Anthony Stephan who completed the podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

February 11, 2019

Felix Law TQs & wins at FSEARA Rd3

The 3rd round of the FSEARA on-road series made its way to Nugget’s Ranch Raceway in Arcadia, Florida. The 1/8th and 1/10th scale track is a permanent facility that provided some amazing speeds and close racing. The second biggest class this weekend was Expert Mod Touring and once again had some close racing throughout qualifying. Felix Law (Serpent) and Dave Vera traded TQs every round, but it was Felix who put down a blistering run in the 3rd and final round for the overall TQ. Team Associated’s Paul Wynn put together his best run in the third round to edge out Dave for 2nd overall. The 6-minute main would see a dominated performance by Felix as he would lead tone to tone with a flawless drive. Dave showed great pace, but had to show some patients behind Paul for the first few laps before getting around him and going on to a comfortable 2nd overall. Paul sitting about three seconds back in 3rd had an unexpected traction roll at the end of the straight with one lap to go giving up the position to Monti Panzia (Awesomatix) for 3rd overall.

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February 11, 2019

Dave Johnson sweeps Snowbird Nationals

The 2019 Snowbird Nationals was held in Orlando, Florida recently. In USGT 21.5, Dave Johnson would set the early pace and go on to reset TQ in every round and he also came out on top in the single 5-minute A-main and in front of Chris Vogan 2nd and Jared Mowery 3rd. In Touring Stock Can-Am, it would be Johnson again setting the pace and claiming the TQ in Q4. In the main final, Dave brought home a narrow win, only some 0.18s in front of Eric Anderson. Sal Amato came in 3rd a lap down.

Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]