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March 17, 2020

Kohta Akimoto joins Hobbywing & Sunpadow

Japanese electric off-road frontrunner, Kohta Akimoto has announced his new partnership with Hobbywing and Sunpadow. The former long-time Team Orion factory racer will be using Hobbywing’s XeRun XR10 speed controllers along with the XeRun V10 brushless motors and Sunpadow competition LiPo batteries at all major events across Japan, starting immediately. Kohta has the following to say about the deal:

I am excited to join Hobbywing and Sunpadow for the 2020 season and I am happy to release useful data from my races on my social media page to help support Hobbywing and Sunpadow racers.

March 16, 2020

Bornhorst sweeps Holiday Hangover RC Arenacross 2020

The Holiday Hangover RC Arenacross 2020 was held in Moses Lake, Washington over the weekend, attracting over 270 entries including some of the country’s fastest off-road racers. In the premier class of 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst with the overall TQ and also came out on top after the 30-minute A-main event, however he was hotly contested by Mugen’s Adam Drake with whom he swapped the lead several times. In the end Adam had to settle for 2nd overall, some 2.5 seconds behind Joe. Four laps down it was Marcus Anzivino (Kyosho) who would round out the top 3.

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March 16, 2020

Jörn Neumann signs with Gens Ace

Gens Ace have announced the addition of IFMAR World and 8-times EFRA European Champion, Jörn Neumann to their factory team. The SWorkz and Schumacher factory pilot will be using Gens Ace Redline batteries during his campaign that will see attendances at all major national and international race events.

Source: Gens Ace [genstattu.com]

March 16, 2020

Lefebvre doubles at Thornhill Championship Series Rd3

Round 3 of the 2020 Thornhill Championship Series was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas last weekend, attracting over 100 entries. In Expert Nitro Buggy it was Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre with the overall TQ and he would also come out on top after the 25-minute A-main event, leaving behind Spencer Harrison (Xray) in 2nd, some 18 seconds behind. Dillon Caldwell (HB Racing) would end the race in 3rd, some two seconds behind Spencer as Chris Marrant (HB Racing) and Chris Allison (Tekno RC) completed the top 5 result.

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March 16, 2020

VanDalen & Tebo win at Tekno RC Winter Series

The Hobbyplex indoor facilities in Omaha, Nebraska played host to the Tekno RC Winter Series this past weekend, attracting over 185 entries for the several nitro and electric off-road classes. The premier 1/8th Nitro Buggy class saw Seth VanDalen taking the overall TQ and he would also walk away with the win after the 30-minute A-main event, leaving behind Jared Tebo in 2nd place, some three laps down. Jarred Wiggins came in 3rd, another two laps behind, completing an all-Tekno-RC podium.

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March 16, 2020

Noha Ben Mohamed wins at Xtremrace warm-up

The warm-up event to the French Xtremrace event took place in France recently and in perfect weather conditions. Young Noha Ben Mohamed (Xray) excelled in the 2WD Buggy class as the took the win after some tough fights in the A-mains, leaving behind Yokomo driver, Nicolas Rodrigues in 2nd. Anthony Audi (Team Associated) would round out the top 3 podium result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 13, 2020

Xray Racing Series Slovakia Rd6 – Report

The 6th and final round of the Xray Racing Series Slovakia was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin last weekend in several electric on-road and off-road classes. In the premier electric on-road class of Modified Touring it was Martin Hudy with the win on home soil from Oliver Havranek on the runner-up spot. Michal Wojcik came in 3rd to round out the all-Xray podium.

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March 13, 2020

Wouter Ferreira wins at South-African On-road opener

The first round of the 2020 South-African ORE 1/10th national championship series was held at the KMR Club last weekend. A slightly smaller field than normal, but great driving throughout, and a new Truck class was also run as an exhibition class. The track was well prepared and the weather was hot, which made for some fantastic on-track action! The Modified Touring class was the highlight of the event with extremely close qualifying rounds throughout. The TQ spot finally went to local man, Wouter Ferreira (Awesomatix). The mains was super exciting with a number of drivers being in contention for the win. Wouter Ferreira finally took his maiden Modified victory ahead of the Xray duo if Deon Gove and Alex Ribeiro.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]