September 27, 2019

Daan Haling takes 2019 BeNeLux 1/8 IC title

This year’s BeNeLux race took place in Genk, Belgium under very nice weather conditions. In the popular 1/8th IC class Daan Haling took the pole with only 0.1 seconds difference after 4 minutes to Yves Zoma in 2nd position. Renaud Velkeneers took the 3rd spot on the starting grid. In the final, Yves Zoma (Mugen) had some bad luck at the start which cost him about seven seconds, allowing Daan Haling (Capricorn) some room to open a gap on the field. 30 minutes and many pit stops later, Yves had only reduced the gap by one second so Daan would finish in 1st position with a 6-seconds lead on Yves. Clive Connolly (ARC) took 3rd a lap down.

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September 27, 2019

Reavis, Nguyen & McCall win inaugural PDX Triple Invite

Last weekend the inaugural PDX Triple Invite was held at PDX RC Underground in Portland, Oregon. The invitational had the Northwest’s best and fasted drivers and had over 85 entries. The format was a modified Reedy style with four rounds for each class using race points with one drop. Tie breakers were total laps and time of the three rounds used. The layout was wide with a couple of large features and good flow. Modified invite was won by Team Associated’s Ryan Reavis easily taking the overall with four wins. 2nd was a 4-way tie with privateer Jeff Phelps running a TLR taking 2nd, and team Xray driver Travis Harker in the 3 spot.

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September 26, 2019

2020 Silver State Indoor Worlds – Announcement

The team at The Dirt Racing has announced the 2020 Silver State Indoor World Championship will take place from May 14th to 17th at the South Point Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The venue will be hosting the event for the third year and the organisers have some awesome plans to make it a great event. The schedule will be the same as the first year with Thursday practice, Friday and Saturday qualifying with some lower mains on Saturday night and remaining mains on Sunday. The arena is packed for the season and the only move in and set up dates available require the The Dirt team to follow this format. Entry spots may be limited so for early entry sign ups go to the official website here.

September 26, 2019

Mihelic & Wendy take Austrian 1/8th On-road titles

The final round of the Austrian IC Track championship was held at the very fast Sollenau track recently. In 1/8th Nitro On-road it was Xray’s Nejc Mihelic with the overall TQ followed by Superpole winner, Gerhard Kandelhart (Shepherd). In the main final it was Nejc who would bring home the win flag to flag with Alain Levy (Shepherd) coming in 2nd from Gerhard Kandelhart in 3rd. Overall in the championship it was also Nejc who would bring home the title, taking four of the four rounds with Alain and Gerhard completing the overall top 3. In the 1/8th Electric class it was Patrick Wendy with the overall title after winning three rounds of the championship for the maximum points score.

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September 26, 2019

Euan McLeod crowned double Scottish Junior Champion

Following a very successful season, Euan McLeod was recently crowned Scottish Junior Champion in both 2WD and 4WD Buggy. The Schumacher driver snatched the titles while his brother Fraser backed a great season for the family, coming in 4th in both cases.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

September 26, 2019

Thurston & Paton win at BRCA 1/8th Circuit finale

The final round of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit Series took place at the Wombwell Circuit near Barnsley with damp weather conditions. Alex Thurston had a great debut for his new chassis sponsors Capricorn, taking the TQ and win in the nitro class from Mugen drivers Andy Hastings and Sam Snell. In the Electric class again Capricorn dominated as Jamie Paton took the win from Rob Scott and 3rd was Shepherd driver Robert Stevenson.

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September 24, 2019

Paul Crompton joins Schumacher

Schumacher have announced the addition of UK’s Paul Crompton to their team. He is a regular BRCA National A-finalist, also he finished in the top 10 at the EOS championship and recently had a strong top 30 finish at the Worlds event. Schumacher Racing are pleased to have Paul on board and look forward to working with him. He shall be attending the EOS series, 1/10th off road Euros and the BRCA National series along with some other events. Paul had the following to say:

I am looking forward to starting a new chapter with Schumacher Racing in my RC career, it should be great and I thank them for the opportunity.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

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