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June 10, 2016

Tyler Jones signs with LRP

Up and coming US racer, Tyler Jones has joined forces with LRP to run the company’s nitro engines, brushless motors and controllers as well as using LRP chargers in his upcoming campaign. Tyler achieved a lot of titles in his young but already 7 years lasting career, such as the 2015 ROAR Jr. National Champion, qualification for the 2016 1/8 IFMAR Worlds, a 2nd place in Pro Nitro Buggy at the AMS 5.0 and he was A-finalist in all three Pro A-Mains at the 2015 CRCRC Midwest Championships.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

June 9, 2016

Rinderknecht & Vanderbeek sweep Summer Series Rd3

Round three of the Team Associated Summer Series at the Plex in Omaha, Nebraska, opened with some deja vu. Much like round two, 170 racers from Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota were on hand to battle it out for the top steps of the podium and a chance to advance in the points standings. Alex Vanderbeek and Tom Rinderknecht once again took victories in all three of the premier Modified classes. Tom started from pole position in Mod 4WD, and took a big win over the field. Alex Vanderbeek got the TQ in both Mod Buggy and Mod Truck, earning that valuable extra TQ point. He went on to take convincing wire-to-wire wins in both classes.

View the 2WD Mod and Truck Mod podiums here

June 9, 2016

Brown & Mayo win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd3

The third round of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at one of Southern California’s best-known 1:8-scale tracks, Revelation Raceway. In Expert Buggy and at the sound of the tone, Cody King led the field with Jeremy Kortz, Kody Numedahl, and Dayton Brown in tow. Toward the end of the race, both King and Dayton stretched out their lead and separated themselves from the rest. With just over 2 minutes to go, Brown pressured King for the race lead, causing him to bobble and give Brown the lead. King tried to go after Brown, but Brown was running too quick and smooth and he took the win in Expert Buggy.

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June 8, 2016

JJ Wang teams up with Xray

Xray have announced the signing of Shanghai based JJ Wang to their electric team. The young Chinese-American, who recently won the AOC season opener in Shanghai, is considered to be one of the most talented drivers at present and he will campaign Xray’s line of 1/10th scale electric on-road and off-road kits at major national races in the USA as well as at selected international events. The former HB driver has the following to say about the deal:

After the departure from my previous team, I had the opportunity and freedom to try almost every platform in the market. After several extended testing with most of the brands, Xray was by far the most consistent in performance and quality. I am very happy and thankful to join Team Xray and be a part of the family for years to come. Special Thanks to Hudy family for this opportunity.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 8, 2016

Eduardo Escandón sweeps Modified class at SNS Rd3

The recent third round of the Spanish National Series saw Eduardo Escandón (Yokomo) taking the TQ honours in the Touring Modified class. Setting a new fastest lap and track record, the nitro on-road expert left David Pérez (Xray) behind in second place while Gonzalo García (Yokomo) rounded out the top 3 after the five rounds of qualifying. The opening A-main on Sunday then saw David taking the win from Edu as the latter ran into problems. Beto Rivera (Xray) completed the top 3 in A1. The next two A-mains then had Edu dominating the proceedings, taking convincing wins in both legs to take the overall win from David Pérez and Beto Rivera.

Source: SNS [snseries.com]

June 8, 2016

Hungarian RC Offroad Series Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Hungarian RC Offroad Series was held in Homokbodoge in several electric and nitro classes including E-Buggy, E-Truggy and Nitro Buggy. Sunday morning’s qualifying saw Sándor Paár (TLR) taking the TQ spot in E-Truggy, Peter Loncsar (TLR) grabbed the TQ in E-Buggy and Gergely Csekő (TLR) took the TQ in Nitro Buggy. The Nitro Buggy main then also brought the closest racing as Gergely Csekő (TLR) managed to take the win in the 30-minute final by only 0.238 seconds in front of Peter Loncsar (TLR) while Adam Izsay (Mugen) rounded out the podium further 10 seconds behind.

Continue reading the report here

June 8, 2016

Belgian SCT Cup Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Belgian SCT Cup was held at the BPT club’s astroturf track. The drivers were greeted by a new surface and track layout with the latter being even more technical with a huge step-up sequence and nice off-camber turns while overall the grip level was lower than before. Rain the week before the race let the surface being slightly damp even on Sunday, making tyre choice crucial this time. In Pro2, Géry Ledocq (Kyosho) started off with the TQ in round one ahead of Edouard-Benoit Michez (Team Associated). Géry snatched another TQ in the second round ahead of Nicolas Evens (TLR) while in the third and final round, Géry broke his truck on the second lap, allowing Nicolas to win the qualifier ahead of Tom Pierard.

Continue reading the report here

June 8, 2016

Chicha Rioja wins at Spanish National Series Rd3

The third round of the Spanish National Series was held at the Club Automobilismo Gijon in the North of the country. In the Touring Stock class Rafael Ortiz (ARC) would grab a very narrow TQ from Chicha Rioja (Yokomo) who was only 0.03 seconds behind. The entertaining triple A-mains saw Chicha taking the win in A1, a fourth place in A2 and the runner-up spot in A3 but overall he would walk away with the win from pole position holder Rafael while Tony Mur (Xray) completed the top 3 result.

Thanks to Edgar Schultz for the report.