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February 27, 2013

Zacarias Villalba wins Spanish 2wd Nats Rd1

The first round of the Spanish 2WD electric buggy Championship took place last weekend in the Andalusian town of Jerez, in southern Spain. It is the second consecutive year that the club CDRC Jerez hosts a national championship and they put on a great effort to prepare the track from all rain and bad weather the week leading up to the event. Yet again the series saw a great attendance with drivers from every corner of the country. Electric racing is getting pretty popular in Spain, and many drivers from nitro classes are trying their luck in the electric classes. One of them is current 1/8th World champion Robert Batlle who raced his first ever electric race in Jerez.

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February 25, 2013

Olly Jefferies wins BRCA Winter National

The BRCA held its 2013 Winter National at the fantastic Essex Winter Series venue in Essex. The format saw three rounds of qualifying with the top 32 drivers going through to a Reedy style Race of Champions. The remaining drivers contested a more familiar UK national format with round by round qualifying and three leg finals. After three rounds of qualifying it was the young Team Associated driver Zak Smith who took TQ honours and would carry the number 1 position into the Race of Champions. Nitro driver Kyle Branson who races electric during the winter months qualified second with Team Xray’s James Hart in third. After not having the fastest car in Qualifying, current BRCA national champion Olly Jefferies who qualified twelfth began his assault at the Winter National Championship in fine style by winning his first two Race of Champions races and was in a good position going into Sunday. EWS regular Tony Broad also had a good start with a first and a second in his two races.

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February 24, 2013

Video – DNC Truggy & eBuggy finals

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Our friends at Live RC have published their A-main videos from Saturday’s Dirt Nitro Challenge Truggy and eBuggy finals. You can view the full 45 minute Truggy A-main above and after watch the 8 minute eBuggy final below. You can view our full event coverage on our Events page here.

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February 24, 2013

Fischer wins 1:8 eBuggy at Dirt Nitro Challenge

Fresh from winning the B-Main in nitro Truggy to book himself a spot in the 45 Main, Team Losi Racing’s Billy Fischer bagged the first Pro class win of the 14th running of the world famous Dirt Nitro Challenge taking the victory in the 1:8 eBuggy A-Main from Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz and Kyosho’s Elliot Boots.

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February 21, 2013

Xray Challenge Italy – Announcement

Xray Italy with cooperation with Sprint RC and Team La Gang invites all Xray electric on-road racers to visit the Xray Challenge Italy. The race will take place on the weekend of the 7th of April in the city of Scandiano. The meeting sees the running of a touring car modified, 13.5T ‘blinky’ and 1/12th scale class on handout tires for the touring cars and your own tire choice for the pan car class. As a little extra the TC stock class winner will receive a free ticket of the Xray Challenge Grand Final at the Xray factory. You can book in for the race here and find more information by hitting this link.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 21, 2013

Juan C Rodriguez wins in Puerto Rico

The second round of the Puerto Rican electric touring series took place at the PitLane RC track. The traction was high all day and the layout very fast with many hairpin turns which meant speed and acceleration would play an integral part in the car’s setup. Juan C Rodriguez was able to TQ the first of two qualifiers in the Boosted 10.5T class ahead of Xray team mate Jose Colon. In the first A main Juan had to retire early due to a broken sensor cable but the following finals saw him pull away from Jose handing Juan the win with Jose Colon in second and Jose Cruz in third place.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 20, 2013

Richards doubles up at Presidents Day Race

This past weekend was the Presidents Day Money Race at EN Hobbies. The race brought in 100 entries with drivers from all over the midwest. The race saw three rocket rounds of qualifying and single A mains. TLR team member JP Richards put on a great show at the Presidents Day Race and won 2WD Modified ahead of Dustin Richards and Luke Richards. JP also was successful in the Pro-2 class with his Team Losi Racing 22 SCT.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

February 20, 2013

Yannic Prumper signs for Mon-Tech Racing

Italian body manufacturer Mon-Tech Racing have announced the signing of ETS race winner and factory Yokomo driver Yannic Prumper. The German driver has signed a one year deal which will see him race and develop the bodies over the 2013 season. Yannic will make the international race debut for his new sponsor in two weeks at ETS Rd3 in Gran Canaria, Spain.

Source: Mon-Tech [mon-techracing.net]