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September 2, 2016

2016 British GP – Report

The Herts Nitro Model Club held the British GP over the August Bank Holiday. In the built-up to the event the question arose whether to oil or not to oil the surface but ultimately the club decided to prepare the surface in order to make it last and be weather proof. Saturday practice and Simon Reeves and Kevin Brunsden headed Nitro Buggy with Simon and Mitchell Booth E-Buggy and Darren Hayden-Ball heading the Truggy class. Qualifying would be dominated by Jamie Clancy closely followed by Lewis Jones, Simon Reeves and Callum Niblett in Nitro Buggy and in E-Buggy it was Jack Embling of Simon Reeves and Mitchell Booth. Darren Hayden-Ball spearheaded the Truggy class.

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September 2, 2016

VBC Racing sign Marc Fischer

Following his departure from long-term sponsors Serpent and a short campaign with Capricorn, Germany’s Marc Fischer has now found a new home at VBC Racing. An A-main finisher at the recent IFMAR ISTC World Championships, Marc will campaign VBC Racing’s on-road kits at events such as the German Nationals, the ETS as well as the DHI Cup and other international events. Marc will also assist with product development and testing and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am really happy to start work with the VBC Team and I want to thank Mr. Victor L for this opportunity to drive for VBC Racing. I am looking forward for the first races and I am just really happy.

Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]

September 2, 2016

LRP-Offroad-Challenge 2016 finale – Report

The finale of the 2016 LRP-Offroad-Challenge was held on the astroturf track of the MSC Gemünden in Germany. With over 120 entries for the five classes run the event exceeded last year’s turnout by about 20 percent it also marked a new milestone as beside the usual classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy, Short Course and Rookie also the new-for-2016 1/8th E-Buggy class was held. Just in time for the weekend hot weather kicked in, making for a real test for man and machine and only a short rain shower on Sunday noon made for a bit of relief although it completely changed the track conditions for the final qualifier. For the main though the track dried up again, making for equal conditions for everyone.

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September 1, 2016

Dave Johnson signs with Destiny

Xenon USA have announced the signing of multinational champion, U.S. racer Dave Johnson to drive for new Japanese company Destiny. Along with Josh Cyrul, Dave will use the company’s RX-10S touring cars for the upcoming 2016/17 season and he had this to say:

First I would like to thank Scott Jakes, Josh cyrul, and Xenon USA along with Terutaka Hanaumi as well as David Spashett for this huge opportunity! The kits go together incredibly well and can’t wait to get testing laps down with these awesome cars!

Source: Xenon [xenon-usa.com]

August 31, 2016

Jaques Libar signs with MD Racing

Spanish company MD Racing have announced the signing of Luxembourg’s Jaques Libar to their team. Having used a range of different brands this season Jaques now found a new home at MD Racing and he has the following to say about the opportunity:

I’m really excited to join MD Racing Rc Team to be running their brand cars. After several different cars that I tried over the season the MD Racing MDF14’16 got me the best feeling. I want to thank Vicente Machancoses at MD Racing RC and Thomas Schröder at RcTeile.de for the opportunity to represent the team, and look forward to achieving more great results with them.

Source: MD Racing [mdracingrc.com]

August 31, 2016

2016 U.S. World Nitro Cup – Announcement

The 2016 U.S. World Nitro Cup will be held from December 7th to 11th at Fullthrottle R/C Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida. The events starts off on Wednesday with open practice and the opening qualifier will be held on Friday morning while the day will end with a poolside social at the host hotel in the evening. 2016 classes are 1/8th Open, Masters, Sportsman and 2WD pan car as well as 1/8th GT 5-port, 1/10th Sedan and a 4WD 1/8E promoter class. More information about the event are available here.

August 30, 2016

Ty Tessmann wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd5

Round five of this year’s Jimmy Babcock Racing League Nitro Off-road Series was held at R/C Tracks of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The race marked the second time the otherwise SoCal-based series headed to Nevada and the round would be one of the biggest of the year as many drivers tried to get some more laps under their belts in preparation for the forthcoming IFMAR World Championships. In the premier Expert Buggy class HB Racing’s Ty Tessmann came out fastest from Mugen’s Adam Drake and Kyosho factory driver Cody King.

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August 30, 2016

Øyvind Stusdal wins at Norwegian National Series finale

The final round of the Norwegian National Series was held at the Lørenskogs track in Oslo. The weather forecast for the weekend was unstable but the qualifying could be started on a dry track. In time for the finals the rain came and it was Øyvind Stusdal who made the best out of the conditions to take the win in A1 with a 9 seconds margin. In A2 Øyvind, who started from the 3 spot on the grid, further dropped down the field but he was able to recover and to take the win to grab the overall victory with one leg to spare. For A3 Øyvind tried a couple of new settings and he would be able to take home another leg win, this time with a 14 seconds margin. Behind him, Morten Bremsrud in second and Georg Ellingsen in third completed the podium result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]