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December 18, 2019

Chris Laos doubles at Battle At The Pond Rd2

Mills Pond RC Speedway of Fort Lauderdale, Florida held round 2 of the Battle At The Pond series last weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Chris Laos with the overall TQ and the young man would also bring home a popular win in the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind Robert Romano in 2nd, a lap down. A further lap down Kevin Neumann would complete the top 3 result. Over in 1/8th E-Buggy it was again Chris Laos with the overall TQ and win, leading the single 10-minute A-main event from tone to tone. 4th place qualifier, Kevin Neumann came in 2nd, some 26 seconds behind as 6th place qualifier, Nelson Garcia came in 3rd overall.

View the E-Buggy podium here

December 18, 2019

JConcepts INS9 finals – Report

The grand final of the JConcepts INS9 Indoor National Series was held at Beach R/C in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina this last weekend. It’s not easy to participate in nationwide series and those who do, have a rare opportunity to really test their skills against some of the best racers in the US and across a multitude of tracks to really elevate their game. The JConcepts Indoor National Series is the ultimate test of man and machine and after 5 fantastic races, the INS9 season comes to an end. From St. Louis, Tacoma, Chandler, Warren, and Myrtle Beach, each track brought different challenges with tires, setup, layout, and atmosphere making each event unique and a standout race on its own. With 3 races counting out of 5, racer are able to choose which track to attend allowing them to select their favorite tracks or tracks they have not been to.

Continue reading the report here

December 17, 2019

Tom Yardy signs with Xray

Xray have announced the signing of UK 1/10th off-road front runner, Tom Yardy to their factory team. The multiple EFRA Euros A-finalist and BRCA Nationals winner will campaign the company’s XB2 and XB4 buggies during his campaign that will see attendances at events such as the EFRA Euros, BRCA Nationals and BRCA Regionals. Tom has the following to say about the deal:

I’m delighted to sign with Xray. Without doubt they produce some of the highest quality and best looking cars on the market and their worldwide racing results record speaks for itself. I’m really looking forward to getting out on track! A massive thank you to the Xray Factory and Greg Hill from RC Disco for making this possible.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 17, 2019

Rheinard running for Schumacher at 1/12th Worlds

Schumacher have announced that 4-time IFMAR World Champion Marc Rheinard has chosen their Eclipse 3 as his weapon of choice for the 2020 IFMAR 1/12th scale World Championships in the UK. The Infinity factory driver as well as Schumacher are looking forward for this special race with the 2014 IFMAR 1/12th scale World Champion being keen to add another pan car Worlds title to his belt.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

December 17, 2019

Allan O’Brien TQs & wins at NEAM Winter Series Rd3

Round 3 of the popular NEAM Winter Series was held this past weekend and in the 4WD Buggy class it was Allan O’Brien with the overall TQ. The single A-main event then saw Allan again leading the way, taking the win a narrow 0.4s in front of Edward Callan in 2nd as Greg Williams rounded out the top 3 results.

Image: Allan O’Brien

December 16, 2019

10th Annual Charity Race – Announcement

The tenth edition of the popular Charity Race will be held at the RC Landia indoor carpet track in Scandiano, Italy on the weekend of the 25th and 26th of January 2020. The race will see the running of Touring Modified, Touring Stock EFRA, Formula, 1/12th Pan Car and the newly added classes of USGT, GT12 and FWD. Beside the fastest Italian electric on-road racers, European Pro drivers such as Ronald Völker have announced their attendance. Due to the limited pit space the entries are capped off at 120 drivers with the first Pro drivers having already signed up. The race will be held on CRC carpet using Volante ETS tyres for the touring cars and formula classes, Ride ETS tyres for USGT and FWD and Contact handout tyres for GT12. Like the years before, Team La Gang will hold a charity lottery for the good cause. Registration for the race will start on the 18th of December at 18:00 on Myrcm and for more information feel free to email to Toni Rheinard (info@tonisport.de) or Davide Sillingardi (sillarcmail@gmail.com) or visit the club’s website here.

Source: RC Landia [facebook.com]

December 16, 2019

Max Götzl doubles at XRS Slovakia Rd3

The 3rd round of Xray Racing Series Slovakia was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia this past weekend. The event kicked off with free practice on Friday with three qualifiers and triple mains being held on Saturday. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was Max Götzl with the TQ in round 1 in front of Martin Bayer and Antonia Kovalzski while in round 2 it was Matus Benetin and Antonia Kovalzski in 2nd and 3rd respectively while Max scored another TQ. Martin Bayer would strike back in Q3 with a 0.9 seconds faster time which handed him the overall TQ from Max in 2nd and Ales Bidovsky in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

December 16, 2019

Park Sung-Kwang takes KMRCA 13.5T 4WD title

The Icheon Raceway of South Korea held the KMRCA 1/10th Buggy Nationals this past weekend. In 13.5T Stock Buggy and after some exciting battles it was Park Sung-Kwang with the overall title from Lee Jae-Myung on the runner-up spot. Kim Jae-Won would round out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]