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September 11, 2017

Asia Onroad Championships Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Asia Onroad Championships were held at the GRC Raceway in South Korea. A true world-class facility greeted the drivers that gathered from all around the world to compete. In the opening Modified Touring A-main and out to the early lead was Akio Sobue with teammate Marc Rheinard following closely. In the 3rd position was E. C. Kim patiently waiting for the leaders to make a mistake and take advantage. The leaders would get by lapped traffic cleanly, Kim wouldn’t be so lucky. Akio and Marc would battle all the way until the end with only two tenths of a second separating them. E. C. Kim would finish 3rd.

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September 8, 2017

IFMAR 1/8th Nitro Onroad World Champs 2017 – Preview

The 1/8th Nitro Onroad World Championships has a certain special feel to it. As the oldest class in RC racing, the ‘formula one’ of our sport is a highly competitive class and the coveted title will be awarded for the twenty first time next week. After a slight lull in nitro on-road racing, the last few years have featured some exciting and close competition, with an interesting mix of drivers and manufacturers really bringing the class to life once again. I’ve had the opportunity to watch most of the teams throughout the last couple of years from my enviable position of overseeing the ENS championship, and that’s the experience I’ve drawn on to review the contenders and challengers for this year’s World title.

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September 4, 2017

David Ronnefalk sweeps 2017 EFRA 1/8th E-Buggy Euros

The 2017 EFRA 1/8th Electric Buggy European Championship was held this past weekend in Velika Gorcia, Croatia. Unseasonal heavy rain had put the final Open Championship of the EFRA season in considerable doubt, as Saturday’s running had seen just one round of qualification run before the heavens opened, dropping biblical amounts of rain onto an already drenched surface in Velika Gorica. Luckily the rain stopped during the night and after some intensive track prep and several bags of sawdust the event was ready to go with a packed program of two qualifiers and then 3-legged finals for all.

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September 2, 2017

Marc Fischer Scorpion-powered through to 2020

Scorpion Power System have announced the signing of Germany’s Marc Fischer to their factory team. The former Trion driver signed a long-term contract through to 2020 and he will not only race Scorpion’s brushless motors and speed controllers but he will also assist with research and development. Marc says:

Since my contract was done on 01.08.2017 with Trion, I really want to thank Koba for the great and good Time in the Team. I test multiple system for a couple of weeks and I decided Scorpion Power System is the way to go for me. As George van Gansen offer me to work in the RD and testing/developments. So I am really happy that from 01.09.2017 until 31.08.2020 I sign with Scorpion Power System and want to thank George van Gansen and the whole Scorpion Team for the opportunity for their team. First official Race will be ETS Round 1 in October, so I am really looking forward for the first Indoor event and for sure with the new system. Thank you very much George.

Source: Scorpion Power System [scorpionsystem.com]

August 31, 2017

’18 Reedy Off-road Race of Champions – Announcement

Reedy have announced that the 2018 Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions will continue for a fifth consecutive year at OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, CA from January 18-21, 2018. With four epic years of hosting the Reedy Race, OCRC remains the “Home of the Reedy Race.” In 2017, Ryan Cavalieri won an unprecedented fourth Invitational title, while Team Associated’s very own Brent Thielke achieved a 20-year goal of winning the 2WD Open class and break-out newcomer Broc Champlin took the victory in 4WD Open. All three racers will be back to compete in the Invitational class and look to become the 24th name etched on the Mike Reedy Heritage Trophy. Entries for the 2018 Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions open on September 1, 2017 at noon, PST exclusively here and close September 30, 2017 at midnight, PST. The lottery drawing for the Open class will be conducted on October 2, 2017. As in previous years, the event features its traditional 2WD Open and 4WD Open classes along with the combined 2WD/4WD Invitational format. More information can be found here.

August 28, 2017

David Ronnefalk gets the job done in Italy

The 2017 edition of the The Italian Job Race was held at the Alseno Nicolas track in Italy this past weekend. As usual the event attracted the country’s fastest drivers as well as guests from abroad and one of them would be HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk who took the win in the 45-minute Pro Nitro Buggy A-main encounter. David qualified 2nd behind Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro and in the main he would take a convincing win some 30 seconds in front of the newly-crowned European Champion, Robert Batlle (Mugen). Young Mattia Polito (TLR) would take the final podium spot some two laps down.

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August 28, 2017

2017 Korea TLR Masters – Report

This past weekend saw the 2017 Korea TLR Masters being held at the GRC Circuit in KimPo, Korea. 55 racers attended the event that was held in 2WD and 4WD Modified and Stock classes and in 2WD Modified Buggy it was Jeff Joo with the win from Jeongu Lee 2nd and Seunghwan Ra 3rd.

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August 25, 2017

Alexandre Duchet teams up with SRT

SRT have announced the signing of 2016/17 ETS Pro Stock champion, Alexandre Duchet to their team. Formerly using Highest servos, Alexandre now made the switch to SRT to campaign their low-profile servos such as the BH8015 HV brushless servo. Alex says: