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April 6, 2021

Double for Baruffolo at Italian Pride Race

Last weekend was the Italian Pride Race at SRB track in Nembro, Italy. With rain affecting the track conditions ahead of the race, during the event itself the track was dry and so it was Kyosho racer Mattia Polito that took the top spot in nitro qualifying while in the the EP class it was Xray’s Marco Baruffolo with the top spot. In the nitro final things changed fast with Polito making a mistake and then 3 turns later Baruffolo overtook Elliott Boots to the take over the lead from where he would control the race until the end. Polito would regain 2nd spot with Boots completing the podium in 3rd. The E-buggy was more of the same for Baruffolo as he won all 3 mains to take the win ahead of Gianluca Zecchini in 2nd and Nicolo Veronesi in 3rd.

View the podiums here

April 4, 2021

Jin Sawada takes Speed King Tour Rd1

After a one year break, the Kazuki Endo produced Speed King Tour re-started at RC Stadium Sodegarura’s outdoor tarmac track in Chiba prefecture last weekend. With the 2020 series cancelled due to Covid-19, the organisers ran the event with measures in place. Unfortunately the weather forecast said that it would be raining from noon on race day so the first qualifying session started early in the morning. After finishing Modified class Q2, the rain started to come down and it was enough to cancel the other races and so the results were based on qualifying. In the modified class, Infinity/Rush driver Jin Sawada made the fastest laps and time in Q2 and his younger brother Shin Sawada took TQ in Q1. Jin’s result was faster than Shin’s so Jin took the opening round of the 2021 Speed King Tour with Rush driver Hayato Ishioka taking third. Kazuma Murai took the win in the Stock class with the best time from Q2, while in the new Super Stock class that uses G-force ESC & motor and Super RC (Radicon) original battery pack with the race motor lent by the organiser, KO Propo’s Yuichi Anahara took the victory using the new KO EX-NEXT. Next round of Speed King Tour will be take place at TM circuit Wakayama outdoor tarmac track in Wakayama prefecture on the 23rd of May.

View the other class podiums here

April 2, 2021

FSEARA Rd6 Nugget Ranch – Report

Another Strong 80 entry event at the Nugget Ranch raceway for the 6th round of the FSEARA series. One of the bigger size tracks for the series. Saturday’s practice was filled with lots of laps, the weather was cold for this time of the year, but Sunday was even colder. With the wind again a challenging factor just like Rd5 at Coral Spring. It was hard for most racers as the cold front totally came out of nowhere. The high speed and the sudden cold weather made this track unforgiving. Many broke their cars in practice on Saturday. As time went on, many were able to adapt to have enough parts to continue for Sunday’s event. The highlight of the battle for the weekend was for sure in 17.5 TC.

Continue reading the report here

April 1, 2021

Ralph Burch wins Sedan at Miami Pan American race

The famous Miami Pan American race was held in Homestead, FL this past weekend. What started as a large GT focused race expanded into sedan and 8th scale as well. The Wallace Motorsports team was in attendance for this great event with some of the best competition in the United States. The format for qualifying was top 3 consecutive laps and the mains were broken up into 2 different 30 minute mains versus 1 long 60 minute main. This points system for the mains made it so you had to show up and perform twice. Serpent team driver Bryce Butterfield took TQ for sedan, while Wallace Motorsports team drivers, DJ Apolaro, Ralph Burch, Diatta Collymore, and Brian Thomas were able to qualify 2 through 5 respectfully. When it came time for the mains, A1 was a battle of attrition while most of the top guys ran into issues, Ralph and Diatta were able to hold on to a 3rd and 4th place finish. For Sedan A2, Diatta Collymore led all the way up until the final minute until he finally ran out of tires and lost the lead to Ralph Burch who would go on to win meaning the sedan A overall Final results were Ralph Burch 1st, Diatta Collymore 2nd and Pepito Colon 3rd. A clean sweep for Infinity and a 1 and 2 for Wallace Motorsports.

Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]

March 29, 2021

ACI Sport Italian EP Onroad Championship Rd1 – Report

ACI Sport kicked off the racing season with the 1st round of the Italian Championship (EP) held at the RC Landia indoor track in Scandiano last weekend. There was a good turnout of drivers who were able to compete regularly and in full compliance with federal protocols and current national regulations in the field of Covid emergency. In TC Modified, Gabriele Berselli (Awesomatix) took first blood ahead of Federico Barbieri (WRC) and Mattia Collina (Schumacher).

Continue reading the report here

March 26, 2021

Lex Tyler clean sweep at 1st Annual Corona Classic

Last weekend saw the 1st Annual Corona Classic hosted by NorCal Hobbies in San Jose, California. With perfect weather conditions and great turnout, including a large 1up Racing team, the stage was set for a fun weekend of racing. Saturday saw 3 rounds of qualifying with triple A-mains on Sunday. After qualifying was complete, 1up Racing’s own Lex Tyler took the overall TQ spot in all 3 classes he competed in. On Sunday, Lex picked up right where he left off in qualifying by taking the wins in all 3 classes to complete the clean sweep.

View the final podium results here

March 23, 2021

2022 US Pro Cup – Announcement

Joey ‘The Dirt’ Christensen has announced the all new for 2022 US Pro Cup, a 5 race National series all around the United States. Incorporating some of The Dirt’s flagship events such as the DNC, Silverstate and Lonestar Challenge, before moving east for the first time with a new race for the 4th round of the series before moving back west for the finale in Southern California. For the 2022 season The Series Champions will have a $10,000.00 purse, which will increase if they get bigger sponsors as the year goes on. The USPro Cup series is open to every racer just like his other races however the points will only be given to the 100% sponsored racers, drivers who race professionally. The full dates and venues still need to be finalised and we will bring you the final calendar when we get it.

Source: The Dirt [thedirt.us]

March 8, 2021

Bowie Ginting wins 2021 East March Race

Held this past weekend, the East March Race in Indonesia was run following a year hiatus due to pandemic situation. Open to a total of 30 racers due to limitations for health and safety protocols, in the main Open Brushless 13.5T class it was Bowie Ginting who topped qualifying followed by Muhammad Izzah and Ridhwan Suteja. The finals saw the same results as Bowie scored the first two final wins to secure the overall early, while a win in the last leg for Izzah handed him 2nd and Ridhwan completed the podium result.

View the complete A-main results here