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March 7, 2019

Nicolas Bregante wins at Argentinean Off-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Argentinean Off-road Nationals was held at the Maipu RC Track in Mendoza last weekend. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Xray’s Nicolas Bregante with the overall TQ and win, leaving behind Agustin Cutini (Mugen) in 2nd whileGianni Lupacciolu (Mugen) completed the podium result in 3rd. Elsewhere Agustin Achaval won the Buggy Open class while Matias Cardin took the overall win in the Buggy Master class.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

March 5, 2019

Xray Racing Series Greece Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Xray Racing Series Greece was held at its traditional location, the Fanatix Racing Track near Athens. Cold but sunny weather made for decent racing conditions and in the most competitive class of the day, Touring 13.5T Stock, it was Ioannis Nerantzis who was very fast from the first qualifier when the track was still wet. Ultimately he would take the overall TQ and also the win, however he was hotly contested by George Kalantzakis and Dennis Zogogianis who ended in 2nd and 3rd for an all-Xray top 3.

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March 4, 2019

Dominic Greiner teams up with O.S. Engines

German Nitro On-road frontrunner, Dominic Greiner has announced that he has signed with O.S. Engines to run the Japanese company’s O.S. Speed nitro engines from now on. The 2016 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring World Champion had his first outing with his new power plants this past weekend’s Energy Trophy in Fiorano, Italy where he was able to bring home the win. Dominic says:

I’m very happy and pleased that I will run engines from O.S. Speed from now on. I want to thank Mr. Shimazaki san for this great opportunity. We had the first rollout last weekend in Fiorano by the Energy trophy with my Serpent 750. I could win with a big gap and drove a new overall lap record on this track with my new O.S. engine. I’m looking forward to a great season with the focus again more in 1:8 because of the world championship in Fontana. See u on the track.

March 4, 2019

Jade Lim wins at Malaysia National League Rd1

The opening round of the Malaysia National League was held at the Putrajaya Offroad RC track this past weekend. The technical, rutty and rough track made for some challenging conditions and SWorkz’s Danny K would make the best out of the situation, taking the overall Pro Nitro Buggy TQ from Team Associated’s Jade Lim in 2nd. Jade would in turn snatch the pole position for the hour-long A-main event after the semifinals and he also went on to win the 60-minute race a lap in front of JQRacing’s Adam Fikri as Kyosho’s Taqi Hunterz completed the top 3 another lap down. Danny K and Mizan would round out the top 5 podium result.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]

March 4, 2019

1/5th scale World Challenge – Report

Steel City RC Raceway of Fontana, California held the 1/5th scale World Challenge this past weekend. Unfortunately the race suffered from mixed weather and a somewhat low turnout but racing was still hot and in the STC class it was former World Champion, Markus Feldmann with the TQ and win from Matias Garcia 2nd and Luis Diaz 3rd. 1/5th GT was TQ’d by Frank Pena but in the 30-minute A-main it was Tom Wong with the win from Frank Pena in 2nd. Greg Shum would round out the top 3. The 20-minute Spec 5 A-main was won by top qualifier, Tony Tam from Ken Gerberding and Gary Kyes.

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March 4, 2019

Ryan Lutz trifecta at RC Pro South Series Rd1

Round 1 of the South division RC Pro Series was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas this past weekend. Agama’s Ryan Lutz was in control of things in the Pro Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and Pro E-Buggy categories as he took the TQs in all classes. His dominance would continue in the A-mains as in the 45-minute long Pro Nitro Buggy A-main Ryan took the win some three laps in front of HB Racing’s Dillon Caldwell with Agama’s Jake French coming in 3rd some 15 seconds behind Dillon. Robbie Darby and Quincy Hughes rounded out the top 5.

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March 4, 2019

Patrick Hofer TQs & wins at Bütschwil Indoor GP

The 2019 Bütschwil Indoor GP was held this past weekend in 1/8th nitro and electric off-road classes. In Nitro Buggy it was Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer with the overall TQ from HoBao’s Max Hesse. In the 45-minute main final Patrick was able to bring home the win with a 3-lap margin on Xray’s Samuele Lenzi as Max Hesse had to settle for 3rd, some 2-laps down on Samuele.

Image: Patrick Hofer

March 4, 2019

Raulerson & Frazier win at Clash of Clubs Rd3

Chehaw RC in Albany, Georgia recently held the Clash of Clubs series race number 3 with over 100 entries. In Pro Nitro Buggy, Xray’s Blake Raulerson would take the overall win after qualifying 2nd and falling back to 6th on the opening laps due to a mistake in the first corner. About half way through the main, Blake took the lead and led every lap till the end, leaving behind Mugen’s Justin Kinsey in 2nd and Xray’s Brian Lewis in 3rd. In Nitro Truggy it was Mugen racer Shawn Frazier with the win in the 25-minute A-main from fellow Mugen racer Justin Kinsey 2nd and Xray’s Blake Raulerson 3rd.

View the Nitro Truggy podium here