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January 16, 2019

Motiv RC signs Frank Root

Motiv RC has announced that long-time racer and Team Losi Racing engineer Frank Root will be using Motiv products in his racing efforts in 2019. Frank’s input, professionalism and his ability to showcase the brand at off-road events will be a huge help in the company’s attempt to bring Motiv products to the forefront. Frank had this to say about joining the team:

I’m beyond excited to be joining the Motiv and Gravity RC team for 2019. From my testing, I knew that Motiv motors and batteries were outstanding, and their performance will allow me to perform at the highest level. I’ve known Paul for over 15 years, and I know that anything he is involved with will not be outperformed as Paul has the tools and experience needed to win. I look forward to working with Paul and Zac Rose, as well as the rest of the team, to get dialed in quickly, and start posting top end results in the very near future.

Source: Motiv [motivrc.com]

January 15, 2019

Ryan Maifield wins at CRCRC Winter Midwest Champs

The 32nd Annual CRCRC Winter Midwest Championships were held this past weekend at The Ohio RC Factory in Jeffersonville, Ohio. CRCRC is very well known as the first big 1/10 electric off-road race at the beginning of each year and brought in an impressive 380 entries. In 4WD Modified Buggy Yokomo/Team Orion’s Ryan Maifield went onto TQ rounds 2 and 4 of qualifying to secure the overall TQ. Maifield then went onto dominate A-mains 1 and 2 by leading every lap and taking home the 4WD Modified Buggy title.

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January 15, 2019

Eppley & Strange wins at JBRL Winter Series Rd3

Round 3 of the JBRL Winter Indoor Off-road Series was held at Rain-Man’s Hobby & Raceway in Bakersfield, California last weekend. In the 2WD Open Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Mason Eppley with the TQ and win in the single 6-minute A-main event. Kyosho team manager, Zachary Rogers, coming from P5 on the grid, ended the race on the runner-up spot, some 7.6s in front of Yokomo’s Tanner Ashmore in 3rd.

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January 15, 2019

SWorkz Korea welcomes back Ryan Lee

SWorkz have announced the return of Ryan Lee to their Asia factory team. Running the official SWorkz distribution for Korea, Ryan also is an avid racer and he will campaign SWorkz 1/8th and 1/10th off-road kits at events around Asia. Ryan had the following to say about his comeback:

I am so proud being a part of Team SWorkz. The quality of each part is the best in the market and the chassis performance is amazing. Special thanks to Scott Yang for giving me this good opportunity. My first international race this season will be SGIP Xiamen with S353 and S353E. Can’t wait to start the new season with the SWorkz factory team!

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

January 15, 2019

2019 Super Cup Championship Series Rd1 – Report

Heading into its 11th year, the 2019 Super Cup started off with some great racing, great people and successful return to SS Hobbies & Raceway. The 2019 season kicked off on Saturday, with new announcer, Dave Duncan. Ronnie Setser and his crew at SS Hobbies always goes out of their way to offer the best track layout and conditions and this weekend was no different. A great new layout and perfect conditions along with amazing Florida Winter weather, even after a late start, due to some decoder box issues, everyone seemed to have a great time. The big boys would be up in 2WD Buggy Modified. Lee Setser would set TQ for the day and the top 3 in Mod Buggy would finish where they started, tone to tone. It was Lee Setser in 1st, Daimon Borkowicz in 2nd followed by Jason Ruona in 3rd.

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January 14, 2019

British Off-Road Grand Prix 2019 – Report

The British Off-Road Grand Prix 2019 also known as the MK GP was held in Milton Keynes this past weekend. The race is held in the super-sized MK shopping centre, a superb location with approx. 100,000 visitors per day, and organised by the capable Silverstone RCMCC. With 180 plus entries and several of Europe’s very best professional RC racers in attendance the MK GP was always going to be the ‘must-attend’ event for the major manufacturers for the main 1/10th off-road 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes, making it possibly the biggest off-road event taking place in the UK this year. The track looked relatively simple from the side-lines, but clearly as each heat of drivers took to the track the difficulties became clear – getting a smooth, trouble free 5x minute qualifier would be hard to achieve.

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January 14, 2019

SDRC Supercross Rd1 – Report

SDRC of San Diego, California held round 1 of their SDRC Supercross Series this past weekend with over 120 entries. The race was held in several electric off-road classes and 2WD Expert Open saw Kevin King taking the TQ and also the win in the single 7-minute A-main event, leaving behind Eli Westrup in 2nd and Tito Gonzalez in 3rd. Tyler Hicks and Matt Barksdale would round out the top 5 results.

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January 14, 2019

Sobue & Ratheisky extend OneTen winning streaks

Akio Sobue has maintained his perfect record at the 2018/19 OneTen Series presented by Infinity having taken the win in the 8-minute A-main here in Guangzhou. Having already wrapped up the title with the win in round 5 yesterday, the Japanese driver led a mostly processional race as racers drove with battery conservation in mind. In the end, the top 4 finished in the positions they started with Sawada crossing the line in 2nd, while Nicholas Lee and Jan Ratheisky, who had a good battle early on, completed the top 4 with Haoran Ma in 5th. The talk before the race was trying to finish the 8 minutes on this high speed track and Sobue said he drove the race very smoothly, having pushed hard in the first few laps to build a gap. He was able to maintain his lead and in the end had a lot of power left in his 6300mAh cells. Despite having taken the title, the Infinity driver said he will for sure be in Hong Kong for the final two rounds saying he is aiming for a perfect score in the series.

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