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January 18, 2016

Bornhorst triples at CRCRC Winter Midwest Champs

The recent CRCRC Winter Midwest Championships were held at The Ohio R/C Factory and in the 1/8th classes it was Joe Bornhorst who made a clean sweep by TQing and winning E-Buggy, Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy, making it a perfect trifecta weekend. The 10 minute E-Buggy spring main had Joe running away from the pack instantly so he had a half lap lead about 5 minutes into the main, allowing him to switch into cruise control for the remainder of the final. The 45 minute Nitro Buggy A-main was pretty much a blueprint of the E-Buggy finale with Joe building a gap on the field instantly which allowed him to manage his pace for the remainder of the run. Last but not least in the Nitro Truggy class Joe again tried to runaway and hide right from the beginning and again his strategy worked out as he crossed the finish line in the first place after the 45 minute finale.

Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]

January 18, 2016

Nicholas Lee wins at Singapore Urban Touring Series

Singapore’s first EP on-road race of the year was held this past weekend at the rooftop Urban PlaySpace track in the city’s centre. This round of the 2015/16 Urban Touring Series was also a points scoring round for the 2016 Singapore National EP Onroad Series and it was held in the two classes of Touring Open and 17.5T non-boosted Classes. In the Touring Open class it was Nicholas Lee (Yokomo) who dominated qualifying, putting in the only 28-lap run in round 2, and setting the day’s fastest lap at 10.703s. Xray’s Dominic Quek, who set the day’s only other sub-11sec laptime with a 10.955s, clinched P2 on the grid.

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January 18, 2016

Morganti & Desoto Jr. win at Pan Am GT8 Grand Prix

The Pan Am GT8 Grand Prix 2016 was held at the Homestead RC Raceway in Florida over the weekend in the three classes of GT Pro, GT Sportsman and GT Electric. The GT Pro class had Paolo Morganti taking the win in the 45 minute main final some two laps in front of Joaquin Desoto Jr., who took the TQ after the qualifiers. Fabrizio Martello completed the podium result in third while Uriah Murnan and Loran Whiting rounded out the top 5 result.

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January 18, 2016

2016 RC Chili Bowl – Report

The RC Chili Bowl has quickly established itself as the premier dirt oval race in the nation with some referring it to the “Super Bowl of dirt oval racing”. It’s not just a race, but a unique event that has sparked the entire dirt oval racing community into a frenzy. With entry count nearing almost 300, the 2016 RC Chili Bowl was a showdown of the best dirt oval racers from around the nation gathering in Tulsa, Oklahoma to compete for the title of RC Chili Bowl Champion. Running parallel to the Chili Bowl National’s midget race in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the passion for oval racing is alive and going strong in the US.

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January 18, 2016

2016 The Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

The 17th Annual The Dirt Nitro Challenge will be held from the 17th to 21st of February at the Fear Farm R/C Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. After last year’s record breaking attendance the organiser has decided to limit the entries, allowing to keep everything to a schedule and to also provide time to enjoy the other activities that make the race such a fun place to be. To limit the entries it is not allowed to sign-up for multiple skill leves. This means experts must only sigh up in the Expert class, sportsman must only sign up in Sportsman and so on. This will limit the number of entries, allowing the organiser to finish at a scheduled time. Beside the usual array of 1/8th and 1/10th classes the event will again see 1/5th scale racing in several 2WD and 4WD classes with the 2016 event awaiting the biggest large scale field so far. More information about the Nitro Challenge and the DNC5 as well as sign-up can be found here.

January 17, 2016

Hudy Indoor Championships – Report

The Hudy Indoor Championships marked the first large carpet race of the year and it was held at Pro Level Raceway in St. Louis, MO, host of the upcoming ROAR Carpet Nationals. The format for the event was simple with Friday practice, Saturday qualifying and a last chance qualifier and finals on Sunday. Paul Lemieux controlled most of the Modified Touring qualifying and after a clean start in the final was able to pull a good lead on Chris Adams but Chris was not to be denied and came back in the end to finish a very close second, Cody Woods would have a great drive to come to third.

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January 15, 2016

2016 Super Cup Championship Series Rd1 – Report

The 2016 Super Cup Championship Series kicked off with an almost record turnout of 292 entries. Beachline Raceway located in Cocoa, Florida was host to the first race of the 2016 Spring Session and the first qualifiers kicked off just after 10:30am and the final A-main was run just before midnight. The Mod 2WD Buggy A-main would have Ryan Eckert and Jason Ruona moving up from the B-main and it was former World Champion Billy Easton in the TQ spot but it would be Paul Wynn taking the win followed by JR Mitch and Daimon Borkowicz.

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January 15, 2016

Witta & Wynn double at MMR Challenge

The recent MMR Challenge saw John Witta and Brian Wynn dominating the proceedings in the 1/12th and 1/10th scale pan car classes. John grabbed the TQs and wins in both in the 13.5T and 17.5T 1/12th scale classes while Brian would dominate the rubber tyred World GT-R and Formula categories with two TQs and wins.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]