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February 19, 2018

Drescher, Boda & Devillers win at CML Off-Road Masters

The 2018 CML Off-road Masters was hosted by the BCL club and held on a purpose-built indoor track in Louvres, France this past weekend. As usual the annual event attracts come of the countries fastest drivers as well as guests from abroad and this year’s edition was no exception as some swift drivers from the UK made the trip over the channel to compete. One of them, veteran racer, former European Champion and all-round nice guy, Craig Drescher had a go in the competitive 2WD Modified Buggy class and he would bring home a popular TQ and win from young Clement Boda with whom he had some nice fight over the whole weekend. In 3rd UK’s Tom Clancy would round out an all-Team-Associated top 3.

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February 19, 2018

Burch & Greiner sweep 2018 Florida Winternats

The 2018 Florida Internationals were held at The Fort in Fort Myers, Florida this last week. In the premier 1/8th Open category it was Serpent’s Ralph Burch who took the TQ some seven seconds in front of teammate, Merlin Depta while Paolo Morganti rounded out the top 3 result. Over in 1/10th 200m Sedan it was as Serpent’s Dominic Greiner with the TQ from DJ Apolaro and Ralph Burch in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Onto the finals and in the 1/8th Open class it was Ralph Burch who was able to conserve his qualifying performance by taking the win in the 35-minute A-main final, some 13 seconds in front of Merlin Depta while Shepherd’s Vince Tate rounded out the podium some 13 laps down.

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February 17, 2018

Adam & Ronda Drake team up with Futaba

Futaba have announced the addition of Adam and Ronda Drake to their US factory team. The Drakes have scored multiple championship wins in virtually every category. With over 50 years of RC experience between them, Adam and Ronda are no strangers to the sport of radio-control driving. Adam started out backyard bashing when he was eight. Six years later, he scored his first major sponsorship with Team Losi. Before long, Adam had five 1/8 ROAR Nitro Buggy Nationals titles under his belt. Ronda’s racing career started in 1990 – and she’s been leaving the competition in the dust ever since. Her extensive record includes a Top Three finish in the Nitro Challenge 1/10 Gas Truck class and a Number One placement at an Airtronics race. Both drivers count on the Futaba 7PX to take them to their next first-place finishes.

Source: Futaba [futabarc.com]

February 16, 2018

Xray Racing Series UK Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Xray Racing Series UK was held recently and in the 2WD Modified class it was Jamie Beasley with the TQ and win. Jamie did this all while setting a staggering fastest lap pace of 13.88 seconds while the second fastest driver’s lap pace was 14+ second. Dom Nunn came in 2nd at round 4 while Tony Bishop rounded out an all-Xray top 3.

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February 16, 2018

Rico Kröber teams up with WRC Racing

WRC Racing from Italy have announced the signing of Germany’s Rico Kröber to their factory team. A 1/10th on-road specialist, the former Capricorn driver will campaign WRC’s STX electric touring and new NTX nitro touring cars at races all over Germany. Rico has the following to say about his move:

After three years as Capricorn factory driver I am proud to join the WRC Racing Team and would like to thank Franco Ghiotto, CEO of WRC Racing, for his confidence. I would also like to thank Dr. Harald Hergarten, who works intensively in Germany to create the team and support his drivers as well his help in the continuous development of the products. I am looking forward to exciting and successful years in my new team.

Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]

February 15, 2018

Nico Schmid wins at Swiss EP Off-road Nationals Rd1

Round 1 of the Swiss Electric Off-road National Championship was held at the Poly-Fix Arena in Freienbach last weekend. The smooth and technical track was a real challenge for the drivers and while Patrick Hofer brought home the win in the 2WD Buggy class it was Nico Schmid who was the man to beat in 4WD. After sweeping the qualifiers Nico would also excel in the A-mains, taking the day’s win from his brother Florian as Fabian Luca Widmer snatched the final podium spot.

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February 14, 2018

Maxim Laverychev takes Russian Touring Car title

The Russian Electric On-road Nationals were held in the city of Vladimir recently and it was Maxim Laverychev who took the title in the premier Touring Modified class. Denis Zuykov came in 2nd while Nikita Ignatiev completed the podium result in 3rd.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

February 14, 2018

JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals – Report

The annual JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals was hosted by SmacTrac in St. Louis, Missouri last weekend. The anticipation flies high for one of the best races of the year and for 2018, there was massive improvements to the clay surface that was welcomed by all. With the four extra, tandem dump truck loads of clay mixed in, the crew at SmacTrac was able to add more elevation to the layout making it, even more, three dimensional along with upping the grip by a lot. Friday practice was a lot easier to manage with the cars having extra grip and by Sunday, the track came around nicely with more than adequate amounts of traction that made for high-speed, close racing all weekend.

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