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October 7, 2019

Juan Carlos Canas doubles at Buggyland 6.0

The Buggyland 6.0 race was held this past weekend at the Circuito de Fuencarral in Madrid, Spain. SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas would dominate the event with wins in both the Nitro Buggy and Electric Buggy classes. In Nitro however it was Mugen’s Robert Batlle with the overall TQ from Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton and Juan Carlos Canas. The hour-long A-main then saw Robert dropping back the order in the opening stages while Juan Carlos Canas and Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo battled for the lead, swapping positions several times. After the final pitstop Juan Carlos however was able to take over the lead and extend it to 2.4 seconds on the line, handing him the win from Juao in 2nd. Robert Batlle would complete the overall top 3 another 14 seconds behind.

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October 7, 2019

Elliott Boots sweeps 2019 Reds GP

The Ospy Team track in Gussago, Italy played host to the 2019 Reds GP this past weekend. SWorkz’s Elliott Boots was in control of things all weekend in the Nitro Buggy class as be brought home both the overall TQ and also the win in the 45-minute A-main final. Kyosho’s Mattia Polito came in a close 2nd from SWorkz’s Leonardo Valante who rounded out the top 3 podium result.

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October 4, 2019

Michele Manzo joins Awesomatix

Awesomatix have announced the signing of Swiss Touring Modified expert, Michele Manzo to their Factory Team. The former Swiss national champion will attend at all major races in Switzerland and also some Italy based events. Other appearances will include the Euro Touring Series and the EFRA European Championship. Michele will also offers track-side setup support.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

September 30, 2019

Masami Hirosaka leaves Yokomo after 30 years

In what sounds a bit of a shock announcement, record IFMAR World Champion, multi-time Japanese National Champion and all-time RC icon, Masami Hirosaka has announced his departure from long-time sponsors Yokomo. Being with the Japanese company for 30 years now, Masami has taken to social media that he will leave Yokomo effectively today, September 30th, following the retirement of company founder Tom Yokobori. Masami and mechanic Masaaki have won countless national and international titles campaigning Yokomo cars, with Masami being the company’s main brand representative after his official retirement from racing, a couple of years ago. For now Masami leaves open what comes next for him.

September 26, 2019

2020 Silver State Indoor Worlds – Announcement

The team at The Dirt Racing has announced the 2020 Silver State Indoor World Championship will take place from May 14th to 17th at the South Point Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The venue will be hosting the event for the third year and the organisers have some awesome plans to make it a great event. The schedule will be the same as the first year with Thursday practice, Friday and Saturday qualifying with some lower mains on Saturday night and remaining mains on Sunday. The arena is packed for the season and the only move in and set up dates available require the The Dirt team to follow this format. Entry spots may be limited so for early entry sign ups go to the official website here.

September 24, 2019

Paul Crompton joins Schumacher

Schumacher have announced the addition of UK’s Paul Crompton to their team. He is a regular BRCA National A-finalist, also he finished in the top 10 at the EOS championship and recently had a strong top 30 finish at the Worlds event. Schumacher Racing are pleased to have Paul on board and look forward to working with him. He shall be attending the EOS series, 1/10th off road Euros and the BRCA National series along with some other events. Paul had the following to say:

I am looking forward to starting a new chapter with Schumacher Racing in my RC career, it should be great and I thank them for the opportunity.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

September 24, 2019

Naoto Matsukura wins at International Nitro Grand Prix

The RCMC Singapore club held the Infinity International Nitro Grand Prix last weekend, attracting some of the World’s fastest nitro on-road drivers. The event was held in 1/8th and 1/5th scale classes and saw Infinity’s Jesse Davis taking the overall TQ from Infinity teammate, Naoto Matsukura in 2nd. The 45-minute main final then was a pretty close affair with Naoto taking the win by less than a second from veteran racer, Infinity’s Alberto Picco while Rick Vrielijnck (Infinity) came in 3rd, some nine laps down, to round out the podium result in 3rd.

Image: Alberto Picco

September 23, 2019

Sobue & Sawada return for OneTen Season 2

The organisers of the 2019/20 OneTen Series presented by Infinity are pleased to announce the return of Akio Sobue and Jin Sawada for the opening double header of the season at RCI V2. Set to take place on October 19-20 at the World famous indoor facility in Shanghai, the reigning series Champion and Vice Champion of the modified class will lead the charge for Infinity as the Japanese manufacturer aims to win back to back titles. Akio and Jin will be joined by more international and national drivers, to be announced soon, as well as the strong local contingent in Shanghai. More information on the event can be found hereand entry can be submitted here or directly at RCI V2.