Red RC » Events

September 4, 2015

Ashlee Owen wins UK North West nitro race

The UK’s North West saw a nitro off-road race near Blackpool held recently with the part grass, part dirt track being very bumpy and challenging. Ashlee Owen (Xray) took the TQ despite being seeded in a lower heat with traffic issues. On the start of the main Ashlee made one minor mistake on the first lap through the rhythm section but he quickly made a move on lap 2 to regain the first spot, holding a sizeable lead until the end. Team mate Richard Greenough (Xray) came in second, Lewis Rushton (Agama) rounded out the podium in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 3, 2015

2015 Futaba Electric Challenge – Report

The 2015 Futaba Electric Challenge held at Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, IL is a unique event where the racers run indoor on Saturday and outdoor on Sunday, then combining the two scores from each day to determine a winner. Racers from all over the Midwest were in attendance and after the dust settled, the father-son-son Hornes trio out of Michigan swapped the 1-2-3 spots on both days in 2WD Modified Buggy, only to end in a three-way tie for the overall championship. Winning the tiebreaker, Aydin Horne finished first, with Austin Horne in second, leaving Al Horne to finish behind both kids in third.

Continue reading here

September 3, 2015

Lars Erik Mo takes Norwegian 1/8th Buggy title

The 2015 Norwegian 1/8th Offroad Championship was hosted by the OMBK club in Oslo. 40 of Norway’s fastest drivers showed up to fight for the title and after the 45 minutes long final on a challenging track it was Lars Erik Mo who secured his second national title in front of TQ holder Björn Ivar Haug in second and Rune Karlsen in third.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

September 3, 2015

Christian Lehm takes Danish Formula title

The final round of the Danish Formula Championship was held at the Odense track. Originally designed for large scale cars the track proved to be pretty big for the small 1/10th scale cars and the layout made for high speeds and a lot of slipstream racing. The race also attracted some racers from abroad and so racing was tight and at the end Christian Lehm (Xray) was able to grab the TQ, the day’s win and the overall title. Johnni Lyng came in second while Henrik Rasmussen rounded out the all-Xray podium in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 2, 2015

DJ Apolaro wins 200mm class at Great Lakes Challenge

Last weekend’s Great Lakes Challenge saw Capricorn’s DJ Apolaro (Capricorn/Novarossi) walking away with the win in the 1/10th 200mm Sedan class. Already very consistent in qualifying DJ was able to pretty much control the main final thanks to a good pit strategy, swift refuelling and a tyre-saving drive to take the win in front of Paolo Morganti (Serpent/Picco) and Ralph Burch (Xray/Max Power).

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

September 2, 2015

Balestri & Redaelli win at Novarossi Trophy

The Miniautodromo Jody Scheckter in Fiorano, Italy played host for the 2015 Novarossi Onroad Trophy. The event attracted most of the fast Italian nitro on-road drivers and in the 1/8th class it was Dario Balestri who came out successful from Andrea Pirani and Mattia Collaveo in second and third respectively. In the 1/10th 200mm class Luca Redaelli brought home the win from Alessandro Balboni and Manuel Strano.

View the 200mm podium here

September 2, 2015

Robert Batlle doubles at Spanish Italian Job encounter

The Spanish edition of the The Italian Job Race was held in La Nucia this past weekend. The event attracted both local talent and guests from abroad, such as Reno Savoya and Alex Zanchettin. In the Nitro A-main Spanish frontrunner Robert Batlle battled it out with Reno Savoya and Bryan Baldo with the better end for Robert who won the final in front of Reno and Bryan. Elsewhere in the E-Buggy class it was again Robert who found himself on top of the game by taking the win in A1 and A2 to grab the second title of the weekend.

View the Nitro Buggy A-main result and E-Buggy podium here

September 1, 2015

Craig Laughton doubles at ACT State Titles

Last weekend saw the ACT State Titles ran in Australia’s Capital territory. The track was technical and very high grip all weekend. In both the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes Craig Laughton took the win to round out a perfect weekend. The Sportsman division had young Riley Searl taking the win from Mason Cameron.

View the Sportsman podium here