Tonisport have announced the addition of Burak and Berkan Kilic to their team. Avid 1/8th off-road drivers, campaigning Agama buggies and trucks, the two up and coming youngsters and former German National Junior champions will use Yokomo kits and MR33 option parts in the 1/10th electric classes during the 2017 season that will see appearances at all major national and also select international events.
Source: Tonisport [tonisport.de]
The 2017 The Dirt Nitro Challenge will take place from the 22nd to 26th of February at Fear Farm R/C Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. The 18th instalment of the iconic event will again see a variety of scales and classes run with the premier categories being 1/8th Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy. Additional events are 1/5th scale and U4 racing and for the second year in a row also the Drone Challenge. As usual Red RC will cover the event live and more information can be found on the event’s official website here.
NeoBuggy and DXR have officially announced the 2017 edition of The Neo Race, otherwise known as the “1/8 buggy Indoor Worlds”. The 12th anniversary of race sees the event run on it’s classic Easter weekend which is the 14th to 17th of April 2017. The Agricultural University Harper Adams in Shropshire, UK continues as the venue for the event, once again a 4-day affair – running Friday to Monday. The event will accommodate a maximum of 270 nitro buggy entries and 74 entries in the E-Buggy class. Qualifying will use five minute heats comprised of five rounds followed by bump up finals for all drivers, The Neo Race’s popular signature exhibition events return with a juniors final, oldies final, the Dash4Cash and Last Chance Qualifier. Further details are available on the official event website here while sign-up can be done here.
Last weekend the second round of the Tonisport Onroad Series West took place at the Racing Arena Limburg. 60 entries made for a nice weekend of racing and already during practice Marcel Ellissen showed a strong performance topping the time sheets in the strong Formula class in front of regular ETS A-main finalists Jacques Libar and Jitse Miedema. In the opening qualifier Ellissen was the only driver to score 23 laps to take the round TQ and he was also the only driver of the weekend with a sub-13 seconds lap in his class. With another win in round 4 he was able to secure himself the pole-position for the A-main. In the first A-final Ellisson took an easy win in front of Jacque Libar and Torsten Dreiszus. Also in the second A-main he managed to open a gap over his rivals crossing the finishing line some 5 seconds in front of Jitse Miedema and Jacque Libar to take the overall victory. As Libar took the win in the 3rd A-main he secured himself the runner-up spot with Miedema completing the podium.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Following last week’s announcement of Ryan Cavalieri and David Ronnefalk as part of JConcepts’s 2017 race team line-up, the US company has welcomed more drivers to their team for this year. The latest additions include seasoned racers such as Jake Thayer, Tommy Hinz and Chris Jarosz but also a lot of up and coming talents that for sure will soon make an impact on the scene.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Pro-Line welcomes the newest Factory driver to the team, Dustin Evans. The former TLR and now Team Associated driver brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Pro-Line’s 1:10 off-toad team and Pro-Line look forward to working closely with him for this season and beyond.
Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]
Round four of the Schumacher Indoor Masters was held this past weekend in Worksop. 14 heats of entries across the two classes of 2WD and 4WD buggy made once again for a huge entry. This time the Worksop track crew had designed a very fast and flowing circuit, so lap times were going to be pretty quick. As always the qualifying format was round by round, with the best two results to count towards the final and grid position. It was Danny McGee on form in 4WD qualifying, just ahead of Jack Neal and James Helliwell while in 2WD it was very close between Neil Cragg and Danny McGee all day, with both drivers taking two round TQ’s each, but Neil having the faster time which would see him line up on pole position. Adam Perei drove superb and would line up a brilliant 3rd on the grid.
Singapore’s Urban Touring Series kicked off its 2017 season this past weekend, with most of the island’s top racers participating. The event was also a concurrent national series points scoring round and in the ISTC class, Nicholas Lee stamped his authority early on by securing the TQ despite the valiant attempts of his closest competitors. PY Tang secured P2 for the finals with a great run in Q4, with Dominic Quek having to be content with a P3 start.
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