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February 6, 2018

Juan Carlos Canas sweeps Sevilla Championship Rd1

The opening round of the Sevilla-Huelva Championship was held at the Lebrija track last weekend and it was Mugen’s Juan Carlos Canas with the TQ and win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. Juan Carlos would have a pretty easy main, leading from start to finish as HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk, coming from the 3 spot on the grid, obtained the runner-up spot. The podium was rounded out by Agama’s Dani Vega, who started from P7.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

February 5, 2018

Adrian Wicaksono wins at 2018 MRCC Buggy Challenge

The 2018 MRCC Buggy Challenge was held this past weekend at the MRCC track in Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia. The 9th edition of the race was attended by 27 racers from Jakarta, Bandung, Batam, Banjarmasin, Pontianak as well as local drivers and after four qualifying rounds it was Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) the TQ honours. However after the 45-minute A-main it was Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/O.S.) with the win from Jason in 2nd and Stanley Wangsanegara (HB Racing/O.S.) who completed the overall top 3 result.

View the final results here

February 3, 2018

2018 Indoor Silver State – Announcement

The Dirt have announced the 2018 Indoor Silver State race will be held on from May 3rd to 6th at the The South Point Hotel/Casino-Spa in Las Vegas. Due to the overwhelming response to the new venue, the organisers had to add a day to the race schedule that now sees the Wednesday as pit setup and registration day and Thursday as a full practice day. Classes run are 1/8th Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truck and E-Buggy with the nitro classes being divided into the usual Intermediate, Expert, Pro and 40+ categories. More details, such as the new event flyer, race information and info on discounted rooms can be found over on the official event website here.

February 2, 2018

CJ Jelin joins Xray factory team

Xray have announced the signing of Junior Reedy Race Champion, CJ Jelin to their factory team. Already in his young racing career CJ has scored ROAR 1/8th fuel and electric buggy A-main finishes and he will race Xray’s 1/10th and 1/8th platforms at events such as the Desert Classic, the Dirt Nitro Challenge, Hot Rod Shootout, and the US Nationals. As for the factory deal CJ had the following to say:

Last year has been one of my most successful years with the Xray cars. I have made the mains at ROAR nationals, won the Junior Reedy Race, and many more. I’m happy to become a member of Xray factory team and to continue with Xray cars for the 2018 season! The team and cars have been outstanding for me and I can’t what for the 2018 season! Looking forward to great year with a great team!

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 1, 2018

Xray Racing Series Greece Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the Xray Racing Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Racing Track near Athens recently. In Touring Modified class Nikolakopoulos took the pole position and won all final legs with 2017 XRS champion, Diamadis, coming in 2nd after some nice battles with 3rd placed Kidis.

Continue reading the report here

January 30, 2018

2018 JConcepts race events – Announcement

JConcepts is well-known for their popular race events such as the Indoor National Series or the Super Cup Championship Series. Now the Florida-based company has released a quick list of all the 2018 JConcepts events, making it easier to plan race dates accordingly. All information, such as dates and locations, of the upcoming events, such as the Carpet Nationals, Turf Nationals, and Stock Nationals can be found here.

January 30, 2018

Baldo brothers Ninja-powered for 2018

Mugen Seiki Europe have announced the signing of Bryan and Oscar Baldo to the Ninja racing engine team for the 2018 season. The Spanish frontrunners will power their Kyosho rides with Ninja’s high-performance nitro engines this season, with their campaign will see appearances at events such as the Spanish Nationals, the EFRA Euros, the Montpellier or Neo Race.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]

January 30, 2018

Nitrocross Cup – Announcement

RMV Deutschland have announced the revival of the famous Nitrocross Cup for 2018. The opening round of the 2-race series will be held on the weekend of the 27th of May at the fast MC Welden club track in the south of Germany with round 2 taking place at the RCCC Coesfeld club near the German-Dutch border at a later date that has yet to be confirmed. The races are open exclusively to Mugen and Serpent drivers who will battle it out in 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Truggy classes. More information (in German language) can be found here.