The inaugural Ruddog Winter Race will take place at the RC-Indoor-Arena track in Köstendorf near Salzburg, Austria on the 29th of January. The 1-day fun event will see 2WD Modified, 2WD 13.5T blinky and 4WD Modified buggy classes and the weekend kicks off with free practice on Friday and Saturday. More information about the race can be found here while registration is available here.
RC Concept have confirmed Philip Atondo as team driver for 2017. In 2016, Philip was more than happy with the RC Concept engine line, he found what he was always looking for: power, stability, longevity and stability. Philip will travel to all major USA events in 2017 and will be able to support all drivers.
Source: RC Concept [rcconcept.net]
The third round of the LRP-AE Challenge Italy was recently held on the technical RC-Evolution track with 50 entries for the four classes of Touring 13.5, Touring 17.5, Formula and Cinquone 299. Touring 13.5T saw Andrea Valerio taking the TQ in front of Stefano Bizzocco and Andrea Simari. In the final Andrea took advantage of starting from the pole position and thanks to winning all three finals he also took the day’s win from Stefano Bizzocco and Antonino Mangiaracina.
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Indoor Model Racing Oss played host to the opening round of the Dutch Xray Racing Series with 45 drivers attending in the three classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Rookie. In 2WD it was Jarno Pijpers who TQ’d three out of the four qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Wesley van Helmond followed by Bart Mullink and Bart Wubben.
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In a statement on social media, TLR’s Dakotah Phend has announced his departure from Team Orion’s nitro team. The former ROAR national champion, that also recently left tyre sponsors Pro-Line, is understood to continue using Team Orion electronics and he had the following to say about his move:
After many years and lots of success with Team Orion, I have decides to part ways with them on the Nitro side of my program.I have had lots of success and learned a ton from Adrien Crf Bertin. I want to wish him and Orions nitro program nothing but the best as they are truly great people and put in tons of work! Excited to announce my future nitro program for this year!
Round four of the Israeli League 1/8th nitro buggy racing series took place at the Omer Ring racing track. After a rainy week the track was a little wet and muddy but the sun was shining, making for fantastic weather conditions. After four rounds of qualifications, Yaniv Sivan took the TQ and in the opening stages of the 40-minute A-main event, Yaniv Sivan, Ido Carmon and Ofir Avitan swapped position for the lead. Meanwhile the battle for fourth was on between Tal Siles, Aviv Maymon and Gil Harush but later Aviv had to pull out due to engine issues. At the end it was Yaniv Sivan who took the win followed by Ido Carmon and Ofir Avitan in second and third respectively. Tal Siles and Gil Harush completed the top 5 result.
SOAR Racing USA have added Dylan Gerard to the team for 2017. Gerard, a former TLR and Serpent driver, is a very fast and popular racer from the Mid-West United States region. After a little break from racing, Gerard is ready to get back to racing with the new SOAR 998 TD1 buggy and he has the following to say:
After a short break, I am really excited to get back to racing with an opportunity to join SOAR Racing USA as they have a solid, promising platform of 1/8 cars. The quality of their products and willingness to succeed is second to none. The chance to join such a great company is truly an honor and I want to thank Gene Hickerson, Matt Sistrunk, and Didian Ho for this opportunity. I’m looking forward to a great year of racing!
Source: SOAR [soar-rc.com]
The E.Z. racing club held an opening race on their new track in Wilrijk, in the South of Antwerp. The combination of a challenging layout, laid out on ETS carpet, and the fact that this was the the very last indoor carpet race of 2016, attracted a massive 64 racers to compete in the four classes of Touring Modified, 10.5T, 17.5T and Formula. The schedule saw two qualifiers followed by triple finals for everyone. In the Modified class, Olivier Buyltinck again put his Awesomatix on pole, in front of the Tamiya of Florian Joos and the Xrays of Steve Lambrechts and Nik Weyers while Nicolas Delisé put another Awesomatix in fifth.
