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March 31, 2016

Drake wins at Pro-Line Series Rd3

This past weekend Dialed In Raceway hosted the third round of the Pro-Line Series with the event attracting nearly 100 entries. The atmosphere of the event was very laid back and the Dialed In staff even treated all the racers to lunch. Adam Drake was the top qualifier in nitro buggy and won the final followed by Jeremy Kortz and Shawn Kirkman. Mugen also took the victories in 40+ nitro buggy and Intermediate nitro buggy with Robert Wickman taking the victory in 40+ but the race of the day was between Jason Snyder and Lerone Hearn in Intermediate nitro buggy. Jason Snyder took the win by a narrow margin over Lerone Hearn.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

March 31, 2016

Le Mans Meeting Hudy Arena – Announcement

Le Mans Meeting Hudy Arena - Announcement

Hudy Arena have announced the first inaugural “Le Mans Meeting Hudy Arena” which will take place on April 30th 2016 at the Hudy Arena’s outdoor track in Trencin, Slovakia. Open to old school 1/8th gas cars from the eighties, there are also support races for the Pro 10 based 1/10 Le Mans Series and 1/10 Formula 1 classes. Full information and rules can be found here while the entry is now open here.

March 30, 2016

Masao Tanaka wins Carrera Cup Rd2

Infinity driver Masao Tanaka has taken an impressive TQ and Victory at the recent second round of Carrera Cup held in Kei-Tune last week. Starting from qualifying the Japanese ace driver show an unmatched speed on the track allowing him to take the TQ spot. For the 20 minutes Amain final his team adopted a very aggressive strategy deciding to change tires at the 10 minute mark; all other competitors decided not to change. The gap accumulated during tire change were huge but Tanaka’s pace were incredibly fast recovering the time wasted in the pits with a series of record lap times. With this “Qualifying mode ON” he could grab a well deserved win in front of Takayasu San and his HB R8 (9 second margin) and Hot Bodies chief engineer Miyashita San (1 lap behind) that sits on the third spot of the podium.

Source: Infinity [creationmodel.net]

March 30, 2016

Toykar Futaba OS Jakarta Open – Announcement

2016 Toykar Futaba OS Jakarta Open - Announcement

The 2016 Toykar Futaba OS Jakarta Open will be held on the Jakarta International Twin Circuit, Indonesia on May 14th to 15th in the three classes of 1/8th Nitro On-road, 1/8th GT On-road and 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring. The annual event each year attracts both experienced drivers and entry-level racers alike with the latter being highly encouraged to take part at the event that always offers a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. More information and registration can be found on the official event site by clicking here.

March 30, 2016

Viljami Kutvonen dominates Russian Touring Masters

From 26th to 27th of March 2016 the annual TC event called the Russian Touring Masters was held in St. Petersburg, Russia. This time the track had a new bigger 32x16m carpet and a new layout and for the third in a row some drivers from abroad have visited the event. Former LRP TCM winner Viljami Kutvonen from Finland with Marcel Geiger and Max Machler from Germany were racing in modified. Mad Max was also racing in 13.5 turn stock class. During qualifications there was total domination of Viljami Kutvonen in modified. Former Russian national champion Kirill Trofimov grabbed second spot showing very good speed. ETS A-main participant Maxim Laverychev lacked some pace in qualification and started from the third place on the grid.

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March 30, 2016

David Ronnefalk takes eBuggy at Neo 16

Running alongside Nitro Buggy at last weekend’s Neo race, the eBuggy class was also stacked with quality. Qualifying saw Ryan Lutz take the TQ spot ahead of Team Orion’s Ryan Cavalieri in 2nd and David Ronnefalk 3rd. The single 10-minute A-Main Event would be run on Monday afternoon. With the grid set and the tone sounding, it was Tekno’s Ryan Lutz who would lead the field around for lap #1. Cavalieri & Ronnefalk would work together and keep pace with Lutz. Ronnefalk was able to make it by Cavalieri in the first couple laps and then quickly caught up to Lutz. Ronnefalk would then make a pass for the lead a few laps later and then begin putting in fast laps to try an pull away from the field. Ronnefalk would go onto take the convincing win and the Neo16 1/8 Electric Buggy Championship! Cavalieri put in a great late race charge and would finish a close 2nd. Tekno’s Ryan Lutz would go onto round out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

March 29, 2016

Kaja Novotny wins Czech season opener

The first round of the 1/10 Czech nationals 2016 took place in Olomouc and Kaja Novotny wrote this report. ‘This year the organisers have decided to make the series more interesting than in previous year with the first round on carpet, then 2 rounds on clay, followed by 3 rounds on astroturf. We arrived late on Friday for a short practice. In practice I struggled little bit to find the pace for clean 5 minutes run and somehow couldn’t get a clean lap. When arrived to the hotel, we made few changes on the cars which appeared as a right move. On Saturday both my XB2 and XB4’16 worked great since the first lap. In 2wd qualifications I wasn’t the fastest driver on one lap, but the most consistent and took TQ in all three qualifications. In 4wd qualifications my XB4’16 was amazing, however being hit twice in Q1 by one-lap slower drivers meant 2nd place. Nevertheless TQs in Q2 & Q3 meant overall TQ for my XB4’16.

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March 29, 2016

Michael Walton wins BRCA 1/8 Circuit Nats Rd1

The first round of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit Championship took place at the Cotswold Model Car club over the Easter weekend, with the new addition of an electric class to run alongside the nitro powered cars. With one of the highest number of drivers booked in to race within recent years, we were in for a great first round, unfortunately the British weather had other ideas with heavy downpours throughout the weekend. Qualifying saw mixed track conditions with low grip, which left a few big names in the B-final, Steve Scott secured a superb pole position for the 30 minute A-final from Clive Connolly and John Carr.

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