Last weekend’s Full Throttle Race was held in Mumbai, India as part of the Techfest events. Mugen’s Robert Batlle was invited alongside Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo and Rayan Medjoubi and the three would also make up the top 3 after the A-mains, leaving behind a bunch of talented locals.
Source: Mugen [mugen.eu] | Image: Meet Modi
Round 2 of the Snake Pit series was held at the CCX Race track in Monroe, Wisconsin last weekend. In 2WD Stock Buggy, the largest class of the weekend, Brad Shearer would take the TQ, however it was Zac Rose, coming from the 3 spot, with the overall win as Brad Shearer came in 2nd. 2nd place qualifier, Matt Wilbert had to settle for 3rd overall. Over in the competitive 13.5T Wheeler class Matt Wilbert took a popular TQ and win from Dalton Balboa 2nd and Alex Vaughn 3rd.
View the 13.5T 4WD Buggy podium here
Xray will hold their 2018 Xmas Race at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia on the 29th of December, allowing racers to try and test their new toys in various on-road and off-road classes. The event is run using the same rule set as the XRS Slovakia, however the friendship race does not count as a round of the series, allowing drivers to just go and have as much fun as possible.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Xray Racing Series China will be held at the RCI V2 track in Shanghai, China on the 20th of January. Classes run are Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T as well as Formula 21.5T and more information are soon available here.
Round 2 of the Northwest Indoor Series was held at Tacoma RC Raceway this past weekend. In the 2WD Mod Buggy class it was Luke Smith (Team Associated/Reedy) with the win from Jackson Andres (Yokomo/Muchmore) on the 2 spot as Daniel Lea (Team Associated/Reedy) rounded out the top 3. In the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Harley Yoshii who brought home the win with his Reedy-powered ride as Jackson Andres (Yokomo/Muchmore) came in 2nd and Daniel Lea (Team Associated/Reedy) completed the top 3 podium result.
View the 4WD Buggy podium here
The Ontario, California based Revelation Raceway held the Kyosho Toys For Tots race this past weekend. Over 100 entries made for plenty of great racing and in the premier Open Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Ricardo Berton, who flew in from Italy, with the TQ and win in front of HB Racing’s Tyler Brown and Anthony Westergaard. Over in the 1/8th E-Buggy A-main it was top qualifier, Kyosho’s Zachary Rogers with the win from Mugen racer Radcliffe Brill and Kyosho’s Wayne Crowder.
The Phil Hurd Raceway of Savannah, Georgia played host to round 5 of the Force Series this past weekend. In the Expert Nitro Buggy A-main it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the win, after qualifying on the 5th spot, as Serpent’s Billy Easton came in 2nd overall, some 15s back. Rob Lupo would round out the top 3 some three laps down.
Source: Flash Point [flashpointrc.com]
The Ohio RC Factory of Jeffersonville, Ohio held their Xmas Charity Race this past weekend. TLR’s Tyler Jones would be in control of things in the 4WD Modified Buggy class, taking the TQ and win in front of the Team Associated duo of Aydin and Austin Horne as Gary Studt and Todd Christian rounded out the top 5 results.
Image: Tyler Jones
