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January 25, 2016

SHRCCC & TORCH Summer Series – Announcement

The UK clubs Surrey & Hants and TORCH have announced that the club’s Summer series are going to be combined. There will be six rounds in total – three at each club and four out of the six to count towards the overall results. All drivers will get four rounds of qualifying and three rounds of finals in the 2WD, 4WD and Junior classes while there is also a buddy race championship throughout the series for a little bit of more relaxed racing fun. More information and all dates can be found on the SHRCCC’s Facebook page here.

January 25, 2016

Marvin Fritschler wins at Messe Cup

The annual Messe Cup was held last weekend during a hobby fair in Bad Salzuflen, Germany. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was SOAR/Graupner driver Marvin Fritschler, reigning German national 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy champion, who took the day’s win from Dutch racer Bart Mullink (Agama). Young Burak Kilic (Agama/Graupner) snatched the final podium spot from Sebastian Winterstein (Mugen). Agama/Graupner teammates Berkan Kilic and Yanic Grieger rounded out the top 5 result.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.

January 25, 2016

Jason Nugroho wins at 6th annual MRCC Challenge

The 6th annual MRCC Challenge was held at the MRCC track in Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia with almost 60 drivers from Taiwan, Malaysia, Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Batam, Bali, Palembang, Aceh and Medan in attendance. In the 60 minute main final Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) took the win, coming from the 2 spot on the grid. At first Jason tried to maintain the second spot but about 20 minutes into the race he was able to pass the leader and he never looked back from that moment on. Behind Jason, Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) ultimately grabbed the runner-up spot from third placed John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.).

View the A-main result here

January 25, 2016

Nico Schmid wins at Islikon OffRoad Masters Rd2

Round two of the Islikon OffRoad Masters saw Team Associated driver Nico Schmid bringing home the win in the 2WD Buggy class. Sven Zünd (Schumacher) snatched the runner-up spot from Patrick Hofer (Team Associated) who had to settle for third in front of team mate Florian Schmid.

Source: HRC [hrcdistribution.com]

January 23, 2016

Dmytro Chub doubles at Christmas Cup 2016

The 4th annual Christmas Cup was held in the Karavan Megastore shopping mall in Kyiv, Ukraine, one of the largest malls of the country. The event, in celebration of the orthodox Christmas, attracted around 9500 visitors and the four classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy, Short Course and Buggy Stock 21.5T had a total of 88 entries. In the premier 2WD class Dmytro Chub (TLR) took the win from TQ holder Viktor Lytvynenko (Yokomo) who experienced mechanical problems in the finals. Oleksiy Shinkarenko (Xray) grabbed the final podium spot in third.

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January 22, 2016

Marco Natale signs with Hot Race Tyres

Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of 2015 Italian vice-champion, Marco Natale to their off-road team for the 2016 season. The Kyosho driver’s campaign will include events such as the national championship, the Neo Race as well as the European and World championships and he has the following to say:

The new lines of Off Road tyres, the also feel a little mine, since I was the first, for the development’s start. So in addition to being the official driver, trying to get maximum results, we will continue with our strong team to develop the product, which is already at the maximum level, after only a few months after the official release on the market. Big thanks to Nicola for this big opportunity. See you on the track.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

January 21, 2016

Burak & Berkan Kilic join Graupner

German up and coming youngsters Burak and Berkan Kilic have signed a deal to run Graupner electronics in the 2016 season. The two will rely on Graupner’s new HOTT radio system, Graupner chargers as well as speed controllers and motors while Berkan will also utilise O.S. Speed nitro engines to power his Agama cars.

January 21, 2016

Czech Xray Winter Series Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Czech Xray Winter Series was held in Kolin. The event saw the running of both electric on-road and off-road classes with the off-road cars being required to run slick tyres. In the Touring Modified class it was Vitezslav Hola who grabbed the day’s win from Roman Korinek in second and Alex Tlusty in third. Jirka Tlusty and Jirka Kolman would round out the top 5 result.

Continue readin the report here