November 7, 2017

Saxton & Drake win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd8

Round 8 of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League Nitro Series was held at R/C Tracks of Las Vegas with over 170 entries. In the premier Expert Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the TQ and he would also come out fastest in the Open Nitro Truggy class. However in the 15-minute Expert Buggy main it was Team Associated’s Richard Saxton with the win, coming from the 3 spot in the grid. Adam would end the race on the 2nd place some four seconds behind Richard and only 0.7 seconds in front of Aaron Gomez (Mugen). In the Open Truggy A-main Adam was able to take a dominant win, one lap in front of Team Associated’s A.J. Schumacher and Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

View the Open Truggy podium here

November 7, 2017

Max Flurer teams up with Yokomo

Yokomo have announced another big signing to their US race team with Max Flurer. Max is very well known in the industry as a great guy who works extremely hard and can lay it down with the best of them. Max began testing the YZ-2 DTM 2WD buggy last month where he instantly found success. Max went onto take a podium finish at his first race with the car in the 2WD Modified Buggy class at round 4 of the JConcepts Indoor National Series at RC Excitement in Massachusetts. Then a few weeks later Max took the impressive 2WD Modified Buggy win at the 2017 Masters of Dirt Race hosted by Beach RC & Hobbies in South Carolina.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

November 6, 2017

Essex Winter Series Rd2 – Report

The second round of the 2017/2018 Essex Winter Series took place this weekend at the usual indoor venue in the south-east of the UK. Another fully booked out meeting saw the 110 entries greeted by a band new carpet, identical to that used successfully at the ETS race in Vienna just one week before. In the Modified class, the winner of the opening round of the championship, Olly Jefferies, was looking to continue to build his championship lead – but he was going to have his work cut out as Schumacher’s Elliott Harper set the pace in the opening round, one-and-a-half seconds quicker than Olly’s Xray. Harley Eldridge, no longer classed as a junior this season, took her Yokomo to third in the round, ahead of Olly’s team-mate Alexander Hagberg.

Continue reading the report here

November 6, 2017

Mathieu Briere doubles at French Champions Cup

The final round of the French 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals, the Champions Cup, was held in Merlevenez on a purpose-built indoor carpet track. Xray’s Mathieu Briere was the man to beat in 2WD Modified Buggy as the took the overall TQ with the only 17-laps run and he also came out fastest in the opening two A-mains to take the overall win early and in front of Xray teammates Valenti Peuziat and Thibault Berthier.

Continue reading the report here

November 6, 2017

Hohwart crowned ROAR Paved On-road TC Mod champ

The 2017 ROAR Electric On-road Paved Nationals were held at N-Control in Dale, Texas this past weekend after the event had to be rescheduled due to the devastating Texas flooding earlier this year. In the Touring Modified class Rick Hohwart (Team Associated) and Chris Adams (Xray) battled for the TQ with the better end for Rick who took the pole position for the A-mains in the tie-breaker. Chris Adams came in 2nd from Randy Caster (Team Associated) 3rd. The opening A-main then saw Randy Caster taking a narrow win from Serpent’s Ralph Burch but Rick stroke back in A2 and A3 to take the overall from Randy 2nd and Ralph 3rd. Chris Adams had to settle for 4th overall in front of Team Associated’s Keven Heber in 5th.

Image: Randy Caster

November 6, 2017

SARDA Electric On-road Nationals Rd5 – Report

The fifth and final round of the 2017 South-African ORE national championship was hosted by the Krugersdorp Model Racers and held at the Key West Track. Controlled practise was held on Thursday and Friday in great spring weather and good track conditions ensured a fast pace for all drivers. On Friday night a cold front moved in over Gauteng and the temperature dropped to 13 degrees Celsius which had the drivers changing setups and rethinking strategies for the qualification rounds. The track however held its great characteristics and the pace remained fast throughout the weekend.

Continue reading the report here

November 6, 2017

Shoki Takahata takes JMRCA 1/8th On-road title

The JMRCA All-Japan 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals were held this past weekend at the Sagami-do Racing Track in the Kanagawa prefecture. 46 drivers attended the event that also attracted guest driver Lamberto Collari (Infinity). Defending champion, Takaaki Shimo (Infinity/O.S.) took the TQ by winning three of the five qualifiers but in the main final it was Shoki Takahata (Mugen/O.S.), 3rd place finisher at this year’s IFMAR 1/8th On-road World Championship, who took over the lead some ten minutes into the race and from there he never looked back to take the win after the 45-minute encounter. In 3rd Takehiro Terauchi (Mugen/Picco) rounded out the podium result.

Source: O.S. Engines [os-engines.co.jp]

November 6, 2017

XRS Austria Off-Road – Announcement

The XRS Austria Off-road event will take place on the weekend of the 3rd of December in Leopoldsdorf im Marchfelde. The event will see 2WD Modified, 4WD Modified and 2WD Modified Truck racing and more information as well as sign-up is available here.

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