January 20, 2020

Adam Drake wins at Adelanto Grand Prix

The Adelanto Grand Prix was held this past weekend, attracting nearly 120 entries for the usual US mix of 1/8th off-road classes. The Pro Buggy class saw Agama’s Steve Harris taking the overall TQ on the pretty challenging track from Mugen’s Adam Drake in 2nd and Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo in 3rd. The 20-minute main final featured some lead changes in the opening stages but some minutes into the race Adam Drake had settled up front and from there he never looked back to take the win some 26 seconds in front of a recovered Steve Harris while Carlos Arredondo came in 3rd to round out the podium from Jake Mayo in 4th and Richard Saxton in 5th.

Image: Carlos Arredondo Jr.

January 20, 2020

Orlowski & Martin successful at 2020 British GP

The 2020 British GP was held in Bruntingthorpe this past weekend. The race was organised by RC Octane and the Silverstone RCMCC and was held on a purpose-built, challenging track and in 1/10th Buggy and Truck classes. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski with the overall TQ, tie on points with the Yokomo’s Lee Martin while Team Associated’s Neil Cragg came in 3rd overall. The finals then saw Michal taking wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory from Lee Martin in 2nd and Joni Skidmore in 3rd.

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January 20, 2020

Fear Farm 3.0 – Announcement

The RC Tonder club is hosting their Fear Farm 3.0 race from the 21st to 23rd of February in Tonder, Denmark. The 3rd edition of the popular event will see the running of 1/8th Nitro Buggy, 40+ Nitro Buggy and 1/8th E-Buggy classes and sign-up is already available here. Full details about the race can also be found on the event’s social media page here.

January 16, 2020

Lewis Jones wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd6

The 6th round of the HNMC Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK last weekend, attracting nearly 75 entries. The mild January weather made for good racing conditions and the qualifying went to Less Reeder in Truggy, Richard Miller in E-Buggy and Callum Niblett in Nitro Buggy. The 20-minute Nitro Buggy A-main event was won by Team Associated’s Lewis Jones some two seconds in front of Xray’s Callum Niblett while HB Racing’s Simon Reeves came in 3rd, already a lap down.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

January 15, 2020

2020 INS10 & NCTS2 Series – Announcement

JConcepts have announced their INS10 and NCTS2 series for the 2020 season. 2020 marks a truly remarkable milestone as the JConcepts Indoor National Series will now be in its 10th year as the most highly participated 1/10th dirt off-road series in the world. However, JConcept’s vision doesn’t stop there. The proactive company also wanted to elevate the carpet and turf off-road racing scene and cater to all types of racers and that’s why JC went all in to established the JConcepts National Carpet and Turf Series last year. Being the only unified and true indoor nationwide off-road series for both carpet and dirt, JConcept’s aim is to create lasting memories and amazing experiences for all racers no matter the skill level or surface. Using a very similar formula to the INS that focuses on fun and adrenaline pumping action, the participants of the inaugural year of the NCTS instantly felt right at home with the racer friendly familiar format, racing at world class facilities, and face challenges of competing against the finest drivers that will bring the best in everyone. To keep things relevant and the series fresh, the organizers made a few tweaks to the INS10 and NCTS2 for better racing and even more fun. Full details and dates can be found on the dedicated event websites here or as a summary here.

January 15, 2020

Essex Carpet Clash Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Essex Carpet Clash championship was this past weekend, and the team had a slight change up for the driver for this round, running in the opposite, anti-clockwise, direction compared to all previous rounds. After the four rounds of qualifying, it was Stephen Brown in 4WD that took the pole position securing it by TQ’ing all rounds. Mark Lewis was hot on his tail and lines up 2nd on the grid ahead of John Painter.

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January 15, 2020

Havranek & Hoch win at HIT Rd4

Round 4 of the popular HIT series was held in the Czech Republic recently. A technically track of medium grip challenged the drivers and in the end it was Oliver Havranek with the win in the Touring Modified class from Martin Kratochvil in 2nd and Radko Cernohous in 3rd, making it an all-Xray top 3. Over in the Formula class Lukas Hoch walked away with the silverware from Filip Radjus in 2nd and Svetlin Douhlevski in 3rd.

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