August 23, 2016

Bornhorst & Lutz win at Wicked Weekend

Bornhorst & Lutz win at Wicked Weekend

The Wicked Weekend was held in Gainesville, Georgia with a record amount of 640 entries. This made for long days but the program moved along quickly thanks to the race directing by Lance McDonald. The track layout put in by Bobby Moore was relatively easy and had good flow which provided close racing. For qualifying, Ryan Lutz seemed to be unbeatable by TQ’ing both rounds of all three classes. In Nitro Truggy Ryan set sail early and left the pack. Joe Bornhorst had some early mistakes but came back to 2nd place late in the race, leaving Blake Boggs behind in third.

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August 22, 2016

Adrian Wicaksono TQs & wins at Jakarta Regional Rd4

Adrian Wicaksono TQs & wins at Jakarta Regional Rd4

This past weekend round four of the Jakarta regional Buggy Championship was hosted by the Graha Raya track, in Serpong, West Java. A total of 53 drivers attended this event with the race format being three rounds of ten minutes qualifying of which the best two would count. For the finals the best five drivers would bump up and after the three rounds of qualifying it was Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) who took the TQ honours. In the 45-minute main final it was again Adrian who came out fastest with John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) taking the runner-up spot some 10 seconds down. In third Rama Tribudiman (Team Associated/O.S.) completed the podium result.

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August 22, 2016

Pichakorn & Anutin score at Huge RC Club Race Rd5

Pichakorn & Anutin score at Huge RC Club Race Rd5

Round five of this year’s Huge RC Club Race series was held over the weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Touring class Serpent’s Pichakorn would take the TQ and the A-main final would see a close fight between the TQ holder and Mugen’s Supawoot with both being never separated by more than 3 seconds the whole race. At the end Pichakorn’s driving and strategy would win him the race from Supawoot with Yingyos (Xray) taking the final podium spot.

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August 22, 2016

Norwegian Nitro Touring Championship – Report

Norwegian Nitro Touring Championship – Report

The Norwegian Nitro Touring Championship was held this past weekend at the Lorenskog Modellbilklubb in Norway. With several pre-event favourites this year’s championship was considered to be one of the most exciting in years and it was local driver Trygve Bull Freng who took the TQ and the pole position for the A-main final, followed by André Roine, Jonas Ramsrud, Espen Myhre and Anders Mikkelsen who made up the top 5 on the starting grid. The reigning champion, Trygve Bull Freng has already shown his go-fast ability, but the other drivers has also had a very high pace meaning they would be a real threat for Trygve’s title ambitions.

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August 21, 2016

Come Drive With Us – The Texas ROAR Nats

With the 2016 IFMAR Worlds coming back to the USA for the first time since 2008, professional R/C Racers are trying to win as many events as they possibly can to send a message to the competition. Ty Tessmann, looking to repeat as IFMAR world champion, is again having a less than stellar season leading up to the ROAR Nationals. Last year, he dominated this event, and with him winning the ROAR Warm-up will he walk away from this race with a win? The impressive, covered, Thornhill Racing Circuit once again hosts the ROAR Nationals. Would we see another thrilling finish as we did in 2014 or would it once more be nothing more than a race for 2nd?

August 18, 2016

2016 Midwest Series Rd4 – Report

2016 Midwest Series Rd4 – Report

With the threat of 100 percent chance of rain all weekend, the Tri State Radio Controlled Auto Racers hosted the fourth race of the 2016 Midwest Series at their track in Cincinnati, Ohio. In spite of the weather, the TSRCAR crew had the track prepped and ready for action. This six race series was established back in 1970 and is the longest running series in the United States. It features both 1/10 Sedan and 1/8 Open 4WD classes as well as Masters classes for both scales. The cars are run together by scale but scored separately by class.

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August 17, 2016

Nejc Mihelic takes Slovenian 1/8th On-road title

Nejc Mihelic takes Slovenian 1/8th On-road title

The Slovenian 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship was held at the Tolmin track last weekend. Perfect weather conditions made for some nice days of racing with the action having started already on Friday. The qualifiers were won by ARC’s Nejc Mihelic who had his ARC team mates Valentin Mis and Simon Stelcl in tow in second and third respectively. A huge amount of tyre wear and a power and fuel-hungry track made for many different pit strategies. Up front Nejc checked out early to take the win and the championship title but behind him the race was on for the runner-up spot between Valentin and Simon. Both opted not to change tyres and only an engine flame out of Valentin brought the decision between the two with Simon taking the second place and the vice championship while Valentin had to settle for third.

Thanks to Nejc Mihelic for the report.

August 17, 2016

Ralph Burch departs Xray

Ralph Burch departs Xray

2010 IFMAR 200mm Sedan World Champion, Ralph Burch has announced his departure from long-term sponsor Xray. The veteran on-road racer gave Xray a maiden World Championship title along with many national victories. Leaving Xray and US distributor RC America behind, Ralph will now focus on new challenges and opportunities.

I would like to thank RCAmerica and Xray for the last 15 years. Together we celebrated our first world title and many national titles. I would like to also thank the team drivers and retailers for there support over these years. With that being said, I have decided to take on a new challenge and explore other opportunities.

US Xray distributor RC Amerika has this to add:

RC America would like to thank Ralph Burch for his tremendous contributions over the last 13 years. We feel privileged to have celebrated so many great and special moments with Ralph and all of his successes both on and off the race track. We wish “WG” all the best.

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