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January 24, 2020

Phend sets early pace as 26th Reedy Race gets underway

The 26th running of the Reedy Offroad Race of Champions is underway at the World renowned OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California, with 2016 Champion Dakotah Phend setting the pace in both 2WD and 4WD practice. In 4WD, the class which will kick off the racing action tomorrow, the TLR driver was quickest from Ty Tessmann over 3-consecutive laps with Ryan Maifield completing the Top 3 in front of Spencer Rivkin and World’s podium finisher Yusuke Sugiura. In 2WD, Phend was quickest over 2-time champion Dustin Evans with Associated team-mate Broc Champlin showing good pace in 3rd followed by Joona Haatanen, Rivkin and Maifield. For defending champion Jared Tebo, practice saw him post the 9th fastest time in 2WD and 15th of the 24 car field in 4WD.

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January 23, 2020

Götzl & Zalewski win at Mibosport Cup Rd4

Round 4 of the popular Mibosport Cup was held at the Sport Hotel in Hrotovice, Czech Republic last weekend, attracting once again over 200 entries for the various electric on-road and off-road classes. In 2WD Modified Buggy the seeding practice was won by Ales Bidovsky while 4WD Mod Buggy was lead by Max Götzl. The 2WD Mod qualifying then saw Adam Izsay leading the way with wins in Q1 and Q2 with Q3 winner, Max Götzl in 2nd and Ales Bidovsky in 3rd.

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January 22, 2020

Yokomo USA sign Eric Epp

Yokomo USA have announced the signing of Protoform’s own Eric Epp to their factory race team. Eric has been a staple in the touring car scene for many years and has shown great speed on the track. Everyone at Yokomo is looking forward to this great collaboration with Eric and the all-new BD10 mid-motor touring car. Eric says:

So excited about the new drive with Team Yokomo! A huge thanks to Joe Pillars for the opportunity! We’ve already had an awesome track day with 15 Yokomo drivers all shaking down the new BD10 together. I can tell how much fun it’s gonna be with this team of super fast dudes. The amount of support helping get up to speed with the new gear is incredible! All of this really feels like coming full circle for me: My first ever RC car as a little kid was a foam-tire Yokomo F1 car that I would drive around my parents linoleum kitchen floor. And the first ever IFMAR title for PROTOform was won by the legendary Masami Hirosaka driving a Yokomo! So this brand as always been close to my Dad’s and my heart. Gonna be a great 2020!

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

January 21, 2020

Tanner Denney signs with Mugen Seiki Racing

Mugen Seiki Racing have announced the signing of top US 1/8th off-road racer, Tanner Denney. Tanner brings a tremendous amount of experience on and off the track and will be a huge asset to Mugen Seiki Racing’s off-road team. Tanner’s first event with Mugen Seiki vehicles will be the TNC Madness at The Nitro Compound in Arizona.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

January 21, 2020

Mark Young wins at RugRacers Rd3

Round 3 of the popular RugRacers electric on-road series was held in Herts, UK last weekend. The race saw the running of Touring Stock, FWD and MTC classes and the latter had Mark Young taking the FTQ and pole position for the 2-leg final. Leg 1 saw most of the field squabbling at the start and by the end of the race Mark was a quarter of a lap in front of 2nd place so it was a comfortable win for him. Leg 2 saw a much cleaner start than leg 1 and after five minutes with all but one lap being under 12 seconds Mark took an easy win, practically a lap in front of the 2nd place driver. Behind Mark it was Josh Moore on the runner-up spot as Jack Anderson came in 3rd to round out the top result.

Source: Team Zombie [team-zombie.com] | Image: RugRacers [facebook.com]

January 21, 2020

Tanner Day & Harley Yoshii successful at NIS Rd3

The third round of the Northwest Indoor Series was held at the Tacoma RC Raceway in Tacoma, Washington last weekend, attracting nearly 170 entries for the multiple 1/10th scale buggy and truck classes. In the premier 2WD Mod Buggy class it was Tanner Day who took the overall TQ and with 2-1-6 finishes he also snatched the overall win, after winning the tie-breaker with Jackson Andres who scored 1-2-2 finishes. Harley Yoshii would come in 3rd overall with 3-4-1 finishes in the triple A-mains, making it an all-Yokomo top 3. 4WD Mod Buggy had Harley Yoshii taking the overall TQ and also the overall victory after winning the first and third A-main while coming in 2nd in A2. Tanner Day won A2 for the overall runner-up spot as Jackson Andres came in third after scoring a DNF in the opening A-main, completing another all-Yokomo podium.

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January 21, 2020

Schneider & Haemers win at NRW Offroad Cup opener

The opening round of the popular NRW Offroad Cup was held at the Racing Arena Limburg indoor carpet track in Sittard, The Netherlands over the weekend. The race saw the running of Modified and Stock classes and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was Marcel Schneider with the overall TQ from Rik Haemers on P2. The opening A-main was won by Mick Burbach, however Marcel stroke back in A2 and A3 to take the overall win from Mick in 2nd while Rik Haemers completed the top 3 results.

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January 21, 2020

2020 Muchmore Invitational – Announcement

NW Hobbies in Albany, Oregon will host the 2020 Muchmore Invitational on the weekend of the 1st of March. Muchmore’s Joe Pillars has helped put on these type of events in the Northwest for over 10 years with great success and the organiers couldn’t be more happy to work with him again. The fun and unique race format offers multiple classes of racing with the same vehicles to provide more time on the track and less time in the pits. Classes run include Invitational 2WD Mod Buggy, 2WD Mod Buggy, 40+ 2WD Mod Buggy, 13.5T Wheeler no-timing/no-boost, 13.5T Truck no-timing/no-boost, 17.5T 2WD Buggy no-timing/no-boost, and 21.5T 2WD Buggy no-timing/no-boost. Full details can be found on social media here and here.