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December 2, 2015

Marco Baruffolo joins Hot Race Tyres

Italian company Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of 2013 European Champion B, Marco Baruffolo to their team. Following a very strong showing this year Marco will not only use Hot Race’s tyres in the 2016 season but he, along with his father, will also assist with product development during his campaign that will see appearances at all major national and international races including the IFMAR Worlds in Las Vegas.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

December 2, 2015

Rakasiwi wins Indonesia National Year End Champs

The Indonesia National Year End Championship was held at the Maxspin Track in Lembang, West Java. In the 60 minute main final Reza Rakasiwi (Kyosho/MX) took the win from Stanley Wangsanegara (Mugen/O.S.) in second and Adrian Sutanto (TLR/O.S.) in third. Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi), who started from the 2 spot into the final, ran into trouble once the track got bumper and problems with traffic had him ending the race in fourth place. Overall in the Indonesian Buggy championship Reza Rakasiwi would grab the 2015 title with Jason Nugroho taking the runner-up spot and vice-championship title.

View the final results here

November 29, 2015

Yaniv Sivan wins at Israeli League Rd4

Round 4 of the Israeli League was held this past Friday at the Ein Vered track near Tel Aviv. After the four rounds of qualifying Yaniv Sivan took the TQ from Omer Assayag and Tal Sales in second and third respectively. Right from the start of the 40 minute main final Yaniv was able to open a small gap on the field while Omer was in a fight with Tal for the runner-up spot. Some five minutes into the race Tal found a way past Omer to take the second spot and he started to close the gap on the leader. Around half way into the race Omer had to stop with technical issues and up front Yaniv Sivan (Kyosho/Reds Racing) was able to control the lead that he would keep until the chequered flag. Tal Sales (Kyosho/Picco) ended the main on the runner-up spot with Ofer Avitan (Kyosho/O.S.) rounding out the podium result in third.

Thanks to Yaniv Sivan for the report.

November 28, 2015

Rino Lino TQs and wins Mexican Capricorn Cup

The second edition of the Mexican Capricorn Cup was held in Merida with drivers from all over the country in attendance. The qualifying of the 200mm Sedan class saw Rino Lino (Capricorn/Tesla) on the top spot. Later in the 40 minute main final Rino would also claim the victory, for the second consecutive year, followed by his teammate Frank Vega (Capricorn/Tesla) in the second spot and Juan Carlos Gonzales (Xray/Novarossi) who rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: RC Target [rctarget.com]

November 26, 2015

Cristiano Sartor teams up with ARC

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ARC have announced the signing of Italy’s Cristiano Sartor to their 1/8th on-road team. After being with Shepherd for five years Cristiano will use ARC’s R8.0 car for the 2016 season and he has the following to say about the deal:

First of all I’d like to thank Shepherd and Bracing for the help they provided me in the last five years, full of victories and satisfaction, but I felt it was time for me to catch this new opportunity ARC gave me, and I’m impatient to start the new season with my new team. See you all on the tracks.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]

November 24, 2015

Ryan Lutz wins Nitro Truggy at US Open Fuel Champs

The inaugural US Open Fuel Championships race was held at the Fear Farm Raceway this past weekend. A number of Pro drivers made the journey and it was raced like the “old days” where there was just one class per vehicle. Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz would have a mixed Nitro Truggy qualifier but he would end up with the TQ spot and in the main final and right from the tone Lutz was in front of TLR’s Ryan Maifield as the top four made a breakaway from the pack. Maifield would challenge Lutz early on but he started to fall back as the Tekno driver found his groove and began to pull away. Soon Lutz had a 5 second lead and it continued to grow. His closest competitors mid race both had issues thus allowing him an even greater margin to 2nd. In the end of the 45 min A-main Lutz was able to win by about 1.5 laps over his Tekno teammate Joe Bornhorst. Serpent’s Mike Truhe would round out the top 3.

Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]

November 24, 2015

Keung wins Chinese Alpha Plus Cup

‪Keung‬ wins Chinese Alpha Plus Cup

The first ever Alpha Plus Cup was held at the KRC track in ‪Shenzhen‬, China with local racers and also guests from Taiwan and Hong Kong in attendance. Entries were limited at 70 for the one day event that was run with mandatory Alpha Dragon III engines and Alpha’s own 2130 exhaust. In the 8 minute qualifiers Taiwanese driver Chen took the TQ for the 45 minute main final but he had to retire early in the race due to a servo failure. Ultimately Keung from Hong Kong would take the day’s win from Taiwanese driver Siu on the runner-up spot. Yeung, also from Taiwan, would grab the final podium spot to round out the top 3.

Thanks to John Ho for the report.

November 24, 2015

Adam Drake wins at Revelation Raceway Turkey Race

The recent Turkey Race at Revelation Raceway saw Mugen’s Adam Drake walking away with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. HB driver Victor Guerrero came in second while Ricky Rodriguez rounded out the podium in third place.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]