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January 24, 2018

2018 Southern Indoor Championships – Report

The 2018 Southern Indoor Championships were held in Autaugaville, Alabama last weekend with 516 entries making for a very competitive field. 1/8th Pro Nitro Buggy saw HB Racing/’s Cole Ogden taking the TQ and win in a very fast field of drivers. Tekno’s Ryan Lutz would come out in 2nd, HB Racing’s Chandler Elliot put in a great drive to finish 3rd, Team Associated’s Blake Pickett 4th and Team Associated’s Evan Vail 5th.

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January 24, 2018

2018 Quebec Indoor Nationals – Announcement

The 4th annual Québec Indoor Nationals will be held at the Dégelis Arena in Quebec, Canada from the 19th to 22nd of April. The track will be designed by JTQ and 70 trucks of clay will make for another awesome experience with indoor pitting available for everyone. Classes run are 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Truck, 1/8th E-Buggy and E-Truck as well as 1/8th Nitro Buggy 35+ along 1/10th 2WD, 4WD and SCT 4×4 racing. Sign-up for the race is available here.

January 23, 2018

BRCA Formula Indoor Nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of the BRCA Formula Indoor nationals took place at the Midlands Raceway permanent indoor venue near Birmingham. The snow during the early hours of the morning meant some drives could not get the venue with traffic disruption but 16 drivers made it to the great facility. Despite being a small track area the layout was fairly flowing and suited to Formula racing. The ETS spec carpet provided good grip for drivers once a few rounds of practice were done. During the two rounds of practice it was Luke Lee, Michael Lee and Ben Cosgrove who seemed to have dialled in to the track setting some quick lap times.

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January 23, 2018

BRCA LMP Nationals Rd4 – Report

Last weekend saw the running of round four of the BRCA LMP12 nationals. The meeting took place at a new venue for the series, Dorset Model Car Club. The club is based on the south coast of England in the harbour town of Poole. The track laid out was a beautifully flat and technical track and used the GT style carpet. Over the past years the ETS style carpet has become common in Britain, but the GT carpet is still a real favourite with racers. In the 13.5T class David Spashett had a chance to seal the championship two rounds early if he won the meeting, and in Modified Alexander Hagberg was back to see if he could claim win number two of the season.

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January 23, 2018

Burak Kilic wins at OWL Messe Cup

The annual OWL Messe Cup was held in Bad Salzuflen, Germany this past weekend. The event was run along a public fair which ensured a good exposure to possible newcomers. In the 1/10th 2WD Buggy class it was Schumacher’s Burak Kilic who took the TQ spot from his brother Berkan (Schumacher), despite the two not making it in time for Friday morning’s practice due to school obligations. In the triple 8-minute A-mains things were pretty close between the brothers as Burak took the win in A1 while Berkan came out on top in A2. In the third and final A-main it came to a rear showdown in the closing stages but it was the pole setter who held the upper hand to take the day’s win from Berkan in 2nd and Sophie Müller (Xray) in 3rd.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.

January 23, 2018

Lee doubles at Urban Astro Buggy Champs Rd1

The opening round of the popular Urban Astro Buggy Championships in Singapore was held this past weekend at the downtown rooftop astro offroad track. Throwing down the gauntlet for the rest of the local racers was young Sean Lee, who kicked off his 2018 racing season in the best possible way with a double win in both the 2WD and 4WD classes. In the 2WD category, Sean blitzed the field by sewing up the TQ with wins in the first two of three rounds of qualifying. Sebastian Lee, who is Sean’s father, made it a family affair in the front row of the grid, by qualifying 2nd, while 2017 4WD Singapore National Champ, Fazly Ibrahim took 3rd.

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January 23, 2018

Hobbywing sign Daniel Kobbevik

Hobbywing have announced the signing of another RC star to their growing factory team in the form of up and coming Daniel Kobbevik. The Norwegian talent and IFMAR 1/10th Buggy Junior World Champion will be using Hobbywing speed controllers and motors in all of his 1/10th and 1/8th rides from now on and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am very excited about what 2018 has to bring, and it’s an honor to be a part of the Hobbywing team, I have already made a podium at EOS with Hobbywing power and won the Junior WC title in China. The support at race in China was awesome! Thank you to the team Hobbywing for the opportunity.

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

January 22, 2018

2017/18 RugRacers series Rd4 – Report

Round four of the 2017/18 RugRacers series was held this past weekend. Zak Finlay now has one hand on the 13.5 blinky title after wrapping up round 4 with FTQ and both leg final wins. It may not of been as straight forward but for the intense battle taking place for 2nd place between Billy Fletcher and Paul Pinkney, however with a challenging track rewarding the least mistakes Zak was able to increase the gap, Ashley Wiffen able to capitalise on the battle and take 3rd overall. Zak only needs FTQ or a leg win over the final two rounds to confirm the title.

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