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January 23, 2019

Xray Racing Series Greece Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2019 Xray Racing Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. The somewhat cold weather meant drivers had to adapt their car’s setups and in Modified Touring, it was Ioannidis who made the best out of the conditions in the qualifiers, but he was under pressure of Nikolakopoulos, who led most of A1 but a last lap mistake meant Ioannidis would take the win. A2 and it was again Ioannidis with the win as leg 3 had to be cancelled due to rain. Behind Dimitris Ioannidis and Nick Nikolakopoulos it was Chris Vasilopoulos with the 3rd place overall.

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January 22, 2019

Adam Drake TQs & wins at Stadium Nitro Shootout

The Stadium Nitro Shootout was held in Adelanto, California last weekend, attracting some of the region’s fastest off-road racers. In the Open Nitro Truck category it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ after the qualifiers and also the win in the 15-minute A-main event, leaving behind Wallie Builds’ own Nick Wautlet (Team Associated) as TLR’s Bryce Beaver came in 3rd overall.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

January 22, 2019

Mike Lewis wins Winter Nitro X Cross Rd3

The third round of the popular Winter Nitro X Cross series was held at the Ledbury Model Car Club over the weekend. In Nitro Buggy it was Mike Lewis with the overall TQ and also the win in the 20-minute A-main, some eight seconds in front of Matt Lewis. Lloyd Pitt would wound out the all-Team-Associated top 3 two laps down.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

January 21, 2019

Colin Herzig wins at Stadium Nitro Shootout

SoCal Nitro Raceway of Adelanto, California played host to the Stadium Nitro Shootout race this past weekend. HB Racing’s Colin Herzig was in control of things in the Pro Nitro Buggy class, taking the TQ in round 1 which would be uncontested in the second round. Starting off on pole Colin had a good start, but then had one little mistake which shuffled him back a few positions. Colin just put his head down, and charged back to the front. With about eight minutes left in the main, there was a technical difficulty with the computer system, so the organisers had to do a restart. The restart would go on to be a ten-minute race, where Colin would also go onto win, leaving behind HB Racing driver Tyler Brown in 2n and TLR’s Anthony Westergaard in 3rd.

Thanks to Colin Herzig for the update.

January 21, 2019

Graham Alsop wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd8

Round 8 of the HNMC Winter Series was held this past weekend in freezing winter weather conditions. In Nitro Buggy Team Associated’s Lewis Jones took the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifiers in super slick conditions. With only a 15-minutes final and daylight fading it was going to be a sprint rather than a race in the A-main where Lewis Jones and HB Racing’s Graham Alsop managed to get away after a mistake by Xray’s Callum Niblett on the first lap. From there Lewis managed about a 4-second gap until he nosed in on an apex and lost some time. Lewis would put his head down and lead until he made three errors on the tricky left hand side in the last five laps which ultimately cost him the win, finishing in 2nd behind Graham Alsop 1st and Callum Niblett 3rd.

Image: Lewis Jones

January 21, 2019

Tebo & Lutz win at Southern Indoor Championship

The Southern Indoor Championship was held in Autaugaville, Alabama this past weekend, attracting a whooping 555 entries. For many racers the event marked the first race for and with their new sponsors, one of which was multi-time national and international champion, Jared Tebo who had his first outing for his new car sponsor Tekno RC. Jared came out in force in Pro Nitro Buggy, taking the overall TQ from HB Racing’s Cole Ogden and new Agama signing, Ryan Lutz. In the 30-minutes A-main event and after some great battles, it was still Jared on top, bringing home the win some 16.5s in front of Cole Ogden as Team Associated’s Evan Vail ended on the 3 spot. TLR’s Tyler Jones and AE’s Blake Pickett rounded out the top 5 podium result.

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January 16, 2019

Reds Racing welcome back Cody King

Following the popular return of Cody King to RC racing, Reds Racing have announced the signing the former IFMAR 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Champion. Cody and his dad Paul were integral in the advancement of the Reds Racing product line since 2013 and Reds Racing are pleased to have them back on board to start the next chapter of the 2010 IFMAR World Champion’s career. Cody’s talent is unsurpassed and Reds Racing expect to see more great things from now until the future.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

January 15, 2019

Melvin Diekmann joins Shepherd factory team

Shepherd have announced the signing of German 1/10th 200mm specialist, Melvin Diekmann to their factory team. A multiple ENS finalist and podium finisher, Melvin can already look back on a great series of victories in his young career. He and his father form a strong team and have been able to make life difficult for many big names in the past.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]