The final round of the Metropolitan Tournament Argentino was held this past weekend. Pre-event favourite Lucas Lemes only managed to grab third place in the 1/10th 200mm class A-main behind winner Sebastian Recio and runner-up Enzo Branciforte but the final podium spot was enough to win Lucas the overall title.
View the podium of the final round here
Revelation Raceway hosted their annual Christmas Gifts for Kids Race this past Saturday. This year’s event was very successful with 12 heats and it was a great day of racing for a great cause. Mugen’s Adam would set the pace and was the overall TQ in Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck. Drake led both finals from start to finish to sweep the event with JQRacing’s own Joseph Quagraine finishing in second in the Buggy class and Barry Pettit (Mugen) rounding out the podium. In the 40+ Nitro Buggy class Tim Long took the TQ but it was Miguel Perez who came out fastest in the main final.
View the Truggy & 40+ podium here
The third round of the Lestr Cup was held in Dubec over the weekend. Right from the start everyone was struggling with the low-grip carpet and in the 2WD class Kaja Novotny (Xray) made the best out of the conditions, taking the TQ for the triple A-mains. In the 4WD Buggy class it was again Kaja who came out fastest after TQing all three qualifying rounds. In the 2WD finals Kaja then made a clean sweep, taking the overall win from runner-up Jiri Mara (Serpent) and Xray teammate Max Götzl.
The 3rd Annual South Valley Invert was hosted by Cottage Grove R/C Raceway in Cottage Grove, Oregon this past weekend. The event attracted some of the region’s fastest 1/10th off-road drivers and in the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Tanner Day who grabbed the TQ and win from Kyosho teammates Andy DiBrino and Joe Pillars.
The third round of the 2015/16 Essex Winter Series had the honour of being the last major event of 2015. The capacity entry again featured stars from all parts of the UK and even further afield, including no less than three A-Finalists form last weekend’s ETS event. The Modified class saw EWS round 1 winner Olly Jefferies set the early pace with his Xray, narrowly pipping HB’s Andy Moore and EWS round 2 winner Elliott Harper’s Schumacher in the opening qualifier. Andy proved that his below-expectation result at the ETS was a one-off, topping the times in the second qualifying round, in front of the Xray duo of Olly and Alexander Hagberg. The third round saw Alexander setting the fastest time ahead of Kyle Branson, Olly and Elliott. That left pole position, along with the entire A-Final grid to be set in the final round. After five intense minutes, Olly secured pole position by setting the quickest time in front of Kyle and Andy. Once the rest of the points were added up, Andy would line up second on the grid in front of Alexander, Kyle and Elliott. A special mention has to go to Harley Eldridge who secured a pair of sixth places to line her Yokomo up seventh on the grid, just behind multi-time BRCA champion Chris Grainger.
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Mikimodel Distribution have announced that the annual WRC Contest will be held at the RC Landia track in Scandiano, Italy on the 17th of January. The event will see the attendance of several special guests such as Daniele Ielasi and Andrea Pirani and also the maiden outing of the new Prototype F1 class, a category invented by Mikimodel and run with 190mm Formula cars with “Prototype” bodyshells. For more information about the event, feel free to contact the organiser.
The AZRCR Championship Series recently concluded with the fourth and final round. The 4-race series was held throughout the fall months with all raced being hosted by Fear Farm R/C Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. The first 3 rounds were held on the previous track layout while the finals were run on the US Open Fuel Championships layout. In the final round of the series, Billy Fischer took home the TQ and win in Nitro Truggy, as well as a 3rd place finish in Pro Nitro Buggy and when the points were tallied up, Billy was able to take the overall win in both classes.
The organisers of the Reedy Race have announced that Pro-Line and JConcepts will continue to be the official tyre and insert suppliers for the 22nd running of the Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions that will take place from the 2st to 24th of January at OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California. The following will be the only combinations allowed at the event:
2WD Buggy
Front: JC Gold Dirt Webs (#3077-05) & PL Closed Cell Inserts (#6185-03)
Rear: JC Gold Dirt Webs (#3076-05) & PL 12 Rib Closed Cell Inserts (#5400-14)4WD Buggy
Front: PL MC Electron (#8240-17) & PL Closed Cell Inserts (#6185-02)
Rear: PL MC Electron (#8238-17) & PL 12 Rib Closed Cell Inserts (#5400-14)
More information on tyre preparation, the control tyre additive and a complete list of tyre rules can be found here.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
