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February 7, 2018

Ishioka & Knapp sweep 2018 Snowbird

Last weekend’s 2018 Snowbird Nationals saw 600 entries spread across many electric on-road classes and in the hotly contested Formula category it was Japan’s Hayato Ishioka (CRC). However, CRC teammates Andrew Knapp and Jeff Dayger were hot on his heels but after the 5-minute single A-main it was still Hayato who would hold the upper hand with Andrew ending the race only 0.3 seconds short of the Japanese ace. In third and only a tenth of a second short of Andrew, Michael Hanulec would end the race on the 3 spot. Over in 1/12th 17.5T it was Andrew Knapp who TQ’d all four qualifiers and went on to win the main. Robbie Dodge would come in 2nd, 0.8 seconds down on Andrew while Joe Trandell snatched the final podium spot.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

February 6, 2018

Dimitris Fotinos wins Greek XRS Off-road Rd1

The opening round of the Greek Xray Racing Series Off-road was held at the Fanatix Racing Track recently. The event saw the running of a sole 2WD Buggy class and had last year’s 4WD Greek champion, Dimitris Fotinos, setting the fastest lap in qualifying. Starting from 2nd on the grid was last year’s 2WD Greek champion Amaksas while on-road specialist Dimitris Ioannidis secured P3 at his maiden off-road outing.

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February 6, 2018

JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the 2018 JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series made its way over to Newberry, Florida, home to one of the raddest RC tracks in the Sunshine state. Without a doubt, the size and premise of Newberry’s track are just about perfect for a 1/10th scale outdoor track. With a dialed, low-style driver stand to bring you closer to the action is a recipe for an exciting time in Newberry. Florida’s winter is actually nice for those who aren’t accustomed to 20°C weather in early February. However, since the track is located in an open field, constant wind gusts combined with below 5°C temps did make it a “cold” day by Floridian standards. Nonetheless, the sun did shine reminding everyone the beauty of outdoor racing. With nearly 190 entries on hand, the energy was soaring and the racing top notch.

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February 5, 2018

SBS Off-road Major League Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the SBS 1/10th Electric Off-road Major League was held at Syahmi’s Backyard Speedway in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia over the weekend. The excellent weather made for very good racing conditions and a total of 39 racers that attended the three classes of Open 2WD Buggy, Open 4WD Buggy and Open 4WD Short Course. 2WD Open Buggy, which recently saw an increase in racers, was as competitive as any other racing class. Mark Lim from Singapore took Q1 with 10 laps 5m 7.18s while Kum Yew, also of Singapore, bagged Q2 and Q3. However his time was not an improvement over Mark’s, handing him the TQ spot. WK Foong completed the top 3 qualifiers on the grid.

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February 5, 2018

Isaacs & Parsons win at Snowbird Nationals

The 2018 edition of the iconic Snowbird Nationals electric on-road race was held in Kissimmee, Florida this past weekend and in the Touring Super Stock 17.5T A-main it was pole position holder, Sam Isaacs with the win. Eric Anderson, coming from the 5 spot on the grid, would end the race some 0.3 seconds down in 2nd while Robbie Dodge, starting from P6, snatched the final podium spot in 3rd. Over in the Touring Stock 21.5T category TQ holder Cory Parsons took home a 2.6 seconds win from Arthur Scrimo as Monti Panzica rounded out the podium result.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatixusa.com]

February 5, 2018

Maximum points haul for Coelho in Germany

Bruno Coelho has claimed maximum points at Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany, the reigning champion converting his TQ into overall victory. Having to settle for second behind Marc Rheinard at the season opener in Vienna, Coelho was the man to beat from the get go in Daun and duly wrapped things up with another relatively straight forward tone to tone victory in A2 helping by challenger Ronald Volker tapping out during the encounter.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

February 5, 2018

Bowie Ginting wins Jakarta EP on-road Regional Rd1

The opening round of the Jakarta electric on-road regionals was held at the SIS track, North Jakarta and in the 13.5T Boosted Touring Car class. Rain in the morning put a halt to things and it would take until mid-day for the race to start. The qualifiers saw three different TQs and in the end it was Christian Mamesah who would be handed the overall pole position after a tie-break with Bowie Ginting, while Muhammad Izzah completed the top 3 for now. In the triple A-mains it was Bowie who came out fastest in A1 and A3 for the overall win while Peter Anthonijsz, coming from the 4 spot on the grid, snatched the runner-up spot after some superb performances in the mains. Muhammad Izzah would win the second main, however he only ended on P3 overall behind Bowie and Peter.

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February 5, 2018

Tanner Day takes 2018 Winter Invitational win

PDX RC Underground of Portland, Oregon held their 2018 Winter Invitational this past weekend and in the 2WD Invitational class it was Yokomo’s Tanner Day with the overall win from Chris Jarosz in 2nd. Joe Pillars would round out an all-Yokomo podium with Andi DiBrino (Yokomo) coming in 4th and Kyosho’s Zack Rogers completing the top 5 results.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]