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April 2, 2021

FSEARA Rd6 Nugget Ranch – Report

Another Strong 80 entry event at the Nugget Ranch raceway for the 6th round of the FSEARA series. One of the bigger size tracks for the series. Saturday’s practice was filled with lots of laps, the weather was cold for this time of the year, but Sunday was even colder. With the wind again a challenging factor just like Rd5 at Coral Spring. It was hard for most racers as the cold front totally came out of nowhere. The high speed and the sudden cold weather made this track unforgiving. Many broke their cars in practice on Saturday. As time went on, many were able to adapt to have enough parts to continue for Sunday’s event. The highlight of the battle for the weekend was for sure in 17.5 TC.

Continue reading the report here

March 30, 2021

Introducing the 2021 GTS

Introducing the GTS, the brainchild of Gi-Mar engines front man Giovanni Crea the GTS is a European series for the 1/8th scale GT class. While a series is the end goal, with travel restrictions currently in place in Europe the 2021 edition of the GTS will instead consist of two stand alone events in Italy ahead of a full European series in 2022. The first major series for this extremely competitive class in Europe, the opening event will take place north of Rome at the Autodromo di Vallelunga at the beginning of June (12-13). The second event will be run in Northern Italy at the Leno track in the beginning of September (11-12). The GTS aim to provide racers with a well run, competitive and most of all fun event while aiming to bring a higher profile to the class with Red RC brought onboard to provide event coverage. Stay tuned for more details to be announced in the coming days and weeks.

Visit the GTS site for more information.

March 29, 2021

ACI Sport Italian EP Onroad Championship Rd1 – Report

ACI Sport kicked off the racing season with the 1st round of the Italian Championship (EP) held at the RC Landia indoor track in Scandiano last weekend. There was a good turnout of drivers who were able to compete regularly and in full compliance with federal protocols and current national regulations in the field of Covid emergency. In TC Modified, Gabriele Berselli (Awesomatix) took first blood ahead of Federico Barbieri (WRC) and Mattia Collina (Schumacher).

Continue reading the report here

March 26, 2021

Lex Tyler clean sweep at 1st Annual Corona Classic

Last weekend saw the 1st Annual Corona Classic hosted by NorCal Hobbies in San Jose, California. With perfect weather conditions and great turnout, including a large 1up Racing team, the stage was set for a fun weekend of racing. Saturday saw 3 rounds of qualifying with triple A-mains on Sunday. After qualifying was complete, 1up Racing’s own Lex Tyler took the overall TQ spot in all 3 classes he competed in. On Sunday, Lex picked up right where he left off in qualifying by taking the wins in all 3 classes to complete the clean sweep.

View the final podium results here

March 25, 2021

ISDT to support Marc Rheinard for 2021

ISDT have announced, 5 times IFMAR World Champion, 7 times Reedy Race Champion and world famous German RC driver Marc Rheinard has joined ISDT for 2021. ISDT will support Marc with their battery management charging products, for his upcoming races in Europe as well as World Championships in 2021. Marc said of the deal “I would like to thank ISDT for supporting me with charging equipment. I used it during my tests in Gran Canaria last week and I’m really happy with the performance! Can’t wait to use them at the first race after the covid-19 break!”

Source: ISDT [isdt.co]

March 8, 2021

Bowie Ginting wins 2021 East March Race

Held this past weekend, the East March Race in Indonesia was run following a year hiatus due to pandemic situation. Open to a total of 30 racers due to limitations for health and safety protocols, in the main Open Brushless 13.5T class it was Bowie Ginting who topped qualifying followed by Muhammad Izzah and Ridhwan Suteja. The finals saw the same results as Bowie scored the first two final wins to secure the overall early, while a win in the last leg for Izzah handed him 2nd and Ridhwan completed the podium result.

View the complete A-main results here

March 5, 2021

Yannic Prumper joins Arrowmax team

Former ETS race winner, Yannic Prumper will be joining Arrowmax for the upcoming seasons. On the new deal, the newly signed Yokomo driver said ‘I am really proud and excited to be able to join the Arrowmax team. They are well known for their high quality tools. From now, I will use their whole range of products in the pits.’

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

March 1, 2021

Adam Drake triple at 2020/21 JBRL Nitro Series

The JBRL Nitro Series just completed its 15th season. With an average of over 200 entries per event, it is easy to understand why the JBRL Nitro Series is one of the most popular racing series in the US. Visiting 5 tracks this year throughout California to test the skills of its competitors over a wide range of track conditions, this exciting series is fun for the novice and expert racer alike. Mugen driver Adam Drake was the big winner, taking home three championships in Expert Nitro Buggy, Expert Nitro Truck, and Electric Buggy with Ryan Cavalieri finishing second in all three classes followed by Anthony Westergaard in third. Also winning championships with Mugen Seiki was Daniel Vucinich in Sportsman Nitro Truck.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]