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November 15, 2016

Tebo sweeps 2016 JConcepts WIS & Invitational

This past weekend Kyosho/Team Orion Factory Driver Jared Tebo would attend the 2016 JConcepts Winter Indoor Shootout & Invitational hosted by Fastlane R/C Raceway in Blue Springs, Missouri. In the Invitational 2wd/4wd Modified Buggy class, Tebo was on another level as he would finish the first day of racing with a perfect score of 4 wins in the 2wd Buggy class with his Team Orion powered RB6.6. Tebo then continued his dominance on Sunday by also taking 4 wins in 4wd Buggy with his ZX6 to finish the event with a perfect score & take the overall Championship. Kyosho America’s Jonathan Burkhalter would put in an impressive performance to finish only 4 points behind Tebo to take 2nd overall with TLR’s Mason Fuller in 3rd. In the Modified Truck class, Tebo would dominate qualifying by TQ’ing all 4 rounds and then went onto win the single 8-minute A-Main Event with his Team Orion powered RT6 by a comfortable margin to complete the clean sweep for the weekend.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

November 11, 2016

Luke Pittman wins at the Big Chill

The Big Chill went down in Chilliwack, BC, Canada in early November and Xray’s Luke Pittman made the trip to represent team Xray and RC America. The track layout was very fast and flowing and allowed for some excellent racing which was seen in all classes. The Touring Stock class was sponsored by ORCA who provided their new RT 17.5 for all entrants as a hand-out motor, creating an even playing field among all those who entered. Motors were randomly picked during registration and racers were free to change timing and gearing as they wanted. Pittman left the timing at the recommended setting and ran the recommended gearing of 3.72.

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November 11, 2016

Belgian SCT Cup Rd7 – Report

The last race of the 2016 Belgian SCT season was organized at the famous offroad indoor track “Blackcounty Arena”, which hosted an EOS race some years ago. The clay track they had last year is now covered with astroturf providing higher grip but keeping the natural elevations and underneath bumps. The layout has been revised as well and is really fun to drive. The Pro4 title was already decided before this race, but the Pro2 was still open with Nicolas Evens (TLR 22SCT) and Géry Ledocq (Kyosho SC6) tied on points in the series ranking.

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November 11, 2016

JJ Wang joins Sweep Racing

Korea based Sweep Racing have made the announcement that they have signed up Chinese American driver JJ Wang to use their on-road products and cooperate to develop tires, testing and promote the brand as well. The current US National Champion in nitro onroad, where he drives for Mugen, in electric he runs Xray and with his recent move to California we can expect to see him run more races in the US as part of this development work. JJ had this to say:

I want to thank Steve Kong and Sweep Racing for this opportunity. Now that I am based in the US where Sweep is a well-known brand, I hope to contribute to Sweep’s on road racing product development.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]

November 9, 2016

Arrowmax sign World Champion David Ronnefalk

Arrowmax have announced the signing of Sweden’s David Ronnefalk to their team. The 2016 IFMAR 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Champion will be using the company’s range of tools and accessories and he joins an already high-class team of drivers such as Ronald Völker, Shin Adachi or Jörn Neumann. The HB Racing factory driver has the following to say about the deal:

I’m very happy to say that I will from now on be using tools and other accessories that Arrowmax has to offer. Well known for the unique design and good quality the tools are also very light which is good for travelling. As I have been using them since one week, I can tell you that they are awesome! I want to thank Arrowmax for the opportunity and I’m sure that we both will benefit from our partnership.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

November 9, 2016

XRS Slovakia Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Slovakia was held this past weekend at the world-famous Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia. The event attracted more than 130 drivers to compete in several electric on-road and off-road classes and the weekend kicked off on Friday with free practice. The Slovakian Series saw some rules updates for this season with Hudy tyres mandatory for all Touring classes as well as hand-out Hobbywing motors for the Stock and Formula categories. In the Touring Modified class the TQ position was obtained by Martin Hudy who won the qualifiers from young Oliver Havranek and Nico Haider. In the finals the top 3 would retain their positions with Martin Hudy taking the win from Oliver and Nico (all Xray).

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November 9, 2016

Paul Ciccarello wins 13.5T 4WD Buggy at AE Champs

The recent 2016 Team Associated Off-road Championships were held at Trackside R/C in Brookfield, Wisconsin and in the 13.5T 4WD class it was Paul Ciccarello who grabbed the overall TQ after taking round TQs in three of the qualifiers. Paul would then also come out on top in the opening two A-mains to take the overall win from teammate Kyle Gannon.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

November 8, 2016

Ben Cosgrove TQs & wins at BRCA Micro Nats Rd2

The Silverstone RC MCC venue in Northhampton played host to round two of the BRCA Micro Nationals this past weekend. It was a cold November morning and the drivers were greeted with a twisty technical track, with a few jumps and added features to keep even the best drivers on their toes. Ben Cosgrove went on to take TQ in rounds three and four and this meant that he was tied on points with Phil Sleigh for the TQ battle. Ben had the fastest round time so that would give Ben the overall TQ. The A-main would be a close fought affair with the overall win going to Ben Cosgrove with Phil Sleigh in second and Eugene Galley third.

View the final results here