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January 19, 2018

Green light for the 19th annual DNC

The organisers of the 19th annual Dirt Nitro Challenge have announced the race will take place as planned from the 21th to 25th of February at the Fear Farm in Arizona. There have been concerns that the race had to be cancelled but The Dirt’s Joey Christensen has been in touch with the following statement:

Hi racers!! I know there has been some concern as to whether or not the 19th annual DNC will FOR SURE happen at Fear Farm AZ Feb 21-25…Myself and the owners of Fear Farm have been 100% the whole time, but to ease any doubts, here is a photo of myself and the Fear Farm owners during my walk through of the facility on Tuesday Jan 16th! We are standing on the drivers stand with the track in the background :) Two thumbs up from the men in charge!! We have great plans for the race with a new stand for the 5th scale event and a new stand for the U4 event! There will be a few changes but nothing that will interfere with the the 19th annual DNC!!! We are excited and look forward to making this years DNC one for the record books!! See you all at the track!

January 18, 2018

Marco Baruffolo doubles at Italian Trophy race

The Italian Rapallo track recently held a Trophy race and it was Marco Baruffolo who walked away with the win in both the 1/8th Nitro and Electric off-road classes. Valente would come in 2nd in the nitro class from Camamo in 3rd while Marco was sidelined by Sbrana and Formisano on the electric podium.

View the E-Buggy podium here

January 17, 2018

Mark Sousa wins at CRCRC Midwest Nitro Champs

The Ohio RC Factory held the CRCRC Midwest Nitro Championship last weekend and in the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Austin Woodyard (Serpent) with the TQ from Mark Sousa and Ralph Krumme. At the start of the main final Mark Sousa (Xray) made a pass on Austin during the first lap and was able to run a smooth race. With Ralph Krumme (Agama) behind all had some good battles for the lead but by the end Mark was able to open up a comfortable lead to take the win with Ralph Krumme in 2nd and Cole Kasten (Mugen) in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 17, 2018

Mason Fuller wins at Tekno Winter Series Rd3

The third round of the Tekno Winter Series was held at the Hobbyplex raceway in Omaha, Nebraska. This would be a one day event with open practice Friday afternoon. Tekno RC’s Seth VanDalen TQ’d the Nitro Buggy class, however in the 30-minute main final it was Mason Fuller (TLR) who would bring home the win some three laps in front of Seth VanDalen while Xray’s Dan Williams, who bumped up from the B-main, snatched the final podium spot another lap down.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 17, 2018

Pavidis family rolling on Pro-Line rubber

Pro-Line have announced the signing of Mark and Ryan Pavidis to their factory team. The name Pavidis and Pro-Line are synonymous with a long history of winning titles. Mark has won three World Titles spread across 1/8 buggy, 1/10 4WD off-road, 1/10 nitro touring car as well as numerous national championships while being hooked up by Pro-Line. Mark was introduced to the hobby with his father in the mid 1980’s and now Mark is sharing his racing craft with his son Ryan who is already giving the competition fits. For the 2018 racing season, the father and son combo are choosing Pro-Line to continue their winning ways.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 16, 2018

Daniel Blalock wins at Top Notch Tour

A round of the US Top Notch Tour was held at Revelation Raceway recently and it was Daniel Blalock (Xray) with the win in the Intermediate Nitro Buggy class. David Carrasco Jr. (HB Racing) came in 2nd from 3rd placed TLR driver David Delgado.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 16, 2018

Adam Drake doubles at Stadium Nitro Shootout

Last weekend the third annual Stadium Nitro Shootout was held in conjunction with Adelanto Grand Prix motocross event. The race had nearly 120 entries including Adam Drake, Cody King, Joseph Quagraine, Colin Herzig, Richard Saxton, and Mark Pavidis. Adam Drake was the top qualifier in both rounds of Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck and he went on to win both finals. Colin Herzig finished 2nd and Joseph Quagraine came in 3rd in Nitro Buggy.

View the Truck podium here

January 15, 2018

Austin Woodyard wins at Winter Mid West Champs

The 2018 Big Car Winter Mid West Championship was held at The Ohio RC Factory over the weekend. In Open Nitro Truggy it was Mark Sousa with the TQ over Austin Woodyard and Mike Legue. However in the 30-minute A-main it was Austin Woodyard (Serpent) with the victory as he brought home the win with a 1-lap margin from Mike Legue (Tekno RC) while Mark Sousa (Xray) had to settle for 3rd overall.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]