Xtreme Aerodynamics have announced the addition of David Loppini to their factory team. The Italian on-road specialist will deck out all of this WRC Racing rides using Xtreme Aerodynamic body shells and accessories from now on.
Source: Xtreme Aerodynamics [xtremeaerodynamics.it]
The ROAR Region 4 Championship was held at The Fort track in Fort Myers, Florida last weekend. While Gianni Giorgio walked away with the win in the 1/8th Open class it was top qualifier, Bobby Horan (Capricorn) with the win in the 1/10th 200mm Sedan category. 2nd place qualifier, Jerry Guerra (Infinity) came in 2nd overall, already five laps behind as Will Carrera (Infinity) finished in 3rd overall, another three laps down.
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The second round of the Czech Masters Series was held at the Celakovice race track this past weekend. In the premier Electric Touring Open class it was Matěj Šulc who took the overall win from Zdeněk Hamák in 2nd and Miroslav Loupý 3rd. Miroslav Červ and Jan Kanina completed the top 5 result.
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Round 3 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Empire R/C Raceway in Brentwood, California last weekend. In the Open Electric Buggy class it was Xray’s Kyle Turner with the overall TQ from SWorkz’s Ryan Cavalieri on the 2 spot. The single 10-minute A-main event then saw Kyle leading the way with Ryan suffering problems and scoring a DNF. Behind Kyle, it was Mugen’s Adam Drake who established himself in 2nd to take the runner-up spot a lap behind Kyle as TLR’S Phillip Atondo came in 3rd, some 7.4 seconds behind Adam.
Source: JBRL [jimmybabcock.com]
Wallace Motorsports welcomes former IFMAR World Champion and 32-times ROAR US National Champion, Ralph Burch to the Wallace Motorsports family. Ralph brings countless years of RC industry experience in addition to technical support to this growing company. Wallace Motorsports are extremely happy to have him aboard supporting the various lines that they carry with Ralph being set to drive Infinity cars from now on. Ralph has the following to say about the deal:
I would like to thank Ben Wallace of Wallace Motorsports for this new opportunity. I’m excited to join the Wallace team and look forward to driving the Infinity cars and promoting all the Wallace Motorsports lines.
Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]
Valkaria RC Raceway of Malabar, Florida hosted the 2020 ROAR Region 4 Asphalt Regionals last weekend with over 90 entries. In the Touring Modified class it was Felix Law with the overall TQ and also a dominant win in the single 6-minute A-main, leaving behind Dave Vera in 2nd, already a lap down as Paul Wynn came in 3rd, some 4.4 seconds behind Dave.
Round 5 of the SDRC Supercross Series was held at SDRC Raceway of San Diego, California last weekend. The event was held in several 1/10th scale off-road classes and it saw more than 50 drivers in attendance. 17.5T Expert Buggy had Josh Gonzalez taking the overall TQ, however it was 3rd place qualifier, Jacob Macias with the win some 4.2 seconds in front of Brenden Edwards as Josh rounded out the top another 6.5 seconds back.
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The opening round of the Danish 1/8th off-road nationals was hosted by the Skanderborg RC club this past weekend. SWorkz driver, Pelle Culmsee (SWorkz/Picco/T-Pro) was the man to beat in both the nitro and electric classes as he walked away with the TQ and win in Nitro Buggy from 2. Daniel Bubel (Xray/FX/AKA) in 2nd and Magnus Frandsen (JQRacing/Alpha/6Mik) in 3rd.
