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June 5, 2015

Tessmann doubles at S-Workz Challenge

The recent S-Workz Challenge was held at the beautiful Silver Dollar Raceway in Chico, CA. Being one of the most amazing RC facilities in the world, A Main Hobbies and Kevin Jelich did an awesome job in preparing the facility and the track with the event attracting over 200 entries as it was also the ROAR Nationals Warm-Up race. The track surface itself was prepared in a way that gave the track its own unique personality, although the surface was very smooth it was very abrasive and traction varied from medium to high grip. Friday was open practice which allowed the drivers to getting dialed into the track and surface. Saturday was 3 rounds of qualifying and it was HB’s Ty Tessmann who took the TQ honors in both Pro Buggy and Pro Truck.

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June 4, 2015

Japanese 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals – Report

The Japanese 1/8th On-road National Championship was held last weekend at the Keitune Circuit, home of the 2013 World Championships. A total of 41 drivers attended including guest drivers from Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, and Thailand. Among them where 9-time World Champion Lamberto Collari as well as Worlds finalist Carmine Raiola. Heavy rain on Friday made for only limited track time and this especially hampered the foreign drivers. Thankfully the weather was good for the remainder of the weekend, allowing for six dry qualifying rounds to be run. Defending champion Shinnosuke Yokoyama (Mugen) took TQ with current FEMCA Champion Syoki Takahata (KM) taking 2nd, and Michihiro Takayasu (Hot Bodies) coming in 3rd.

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June 4, 2015

JConcepts Super Cup Spring Session Race 4 – Report

The JConcepts Super Cup Spring Session Race 4 was held in Sarasota, Florida at FZRC, a hidden treasure of golden (red) clay. After many trips to Marty Chilton’s track, all racers have learned it’s going to be a great time on his fast, flowing, groomed surface. Racers packed the track to full capacity Friday for practice and returned very early Saturday morning for the final minutes of practice before racing began. Jason Ruona took is 2WD Modified Buggy to start P1 after qualifying. JR Mitch nailed the setup on his car for the early evening mains making the pass on Ruona during lap 5 and raced into the sunset with the win. Jason took 2nd with Paul Wynn 3rd, Daimon Borkowicz 4th and Shon Harding 5th.

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June 3, 2015

Essex Summer Series 2015 – Announcement

The EWS events team, the organisers of the successful Essex Winter Series and International Carpet Challenge events in the UK, have announced that their outdoor Essex Summer Series race will return in 2015. Last year, the ESS took their race format and style of event to an outdoor track for the first time, and the team have again secured the use of the Adur Model Car Club facility on the South Coast, to stage the event again this year. The event, which will take place on the weekend of August 15th and 16th, will remain largely unchanged from last year. The event will start mid-morning on Saturday, meaning drivers do not need to travel on Friday evening to help reduce costs. A large marquee will again be used for pitting to create the typical EWS Events atmosphere. The event will consist of controlled practice, qualifying and three-leg finals, with classes for Modified and Super Stock 13.5 Blinky Touring Car, both running on the Sorex 32RY control tire, and new for 2015, a Formula 1 class running to the widely accepted ETS rules. All abilities of driver are welcomed, with the organisers also hoping to be able to announce a number of star international visitors to the event for this year to battle against the best in the UK. Entries are now open here, where further information is also available.

June 3, 2015

Jarno Pijpers joins Xray Junior Racing Programm

Xray have announced the signing of young and talented Jarno Pijpers to their Junior racing team. The 14-year Dutch racer has so far shown an exceptional talent in off-road racing and he will be racing the full line of Xray off-road cars in his upcoming campaign including the XB8, XB8E, XB4, and XB2. This is what Jarno has to say:

I am very pleased to be given this unmatched opportunity to join the junior Xray team and to represent the greatest RC car company. To be part of this team has been my dream since I started racing few years ago and it was Xray that was my first car. I am honored and also fully motivated to work as much as possible to improve my racing results. Thank you Xray for your trust in me.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 3, 2015

Maltese 1/8th Nitro Offroad Champs Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the Maltese 1/8th Nitro Offroad Championships was held at the MMORRC Rinella track in windy weather conditions and on a pretty dry and rough track. The qualifying had Kyle Spiteri, reigning the Maltese champion, taking the TQ in both the Nitro Buggy and Truggy classes. In the Buggy main Kyle then had to settle for 2nd place as his team mate and 2013 champion Dillon Cassar drove an almost faultless race from 2nd on the grid to take the win. With Dillon’s victory, this year’s buggy title will go to the wire and will now be decided in the 6th and final round. Whoever wins between these two drivers will take the 2015 Buggy title. As for round 5 of the championship, Chris Zahra finished in the 3rd spot.

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June 2, 2015

Owen wins electric class at Swindon Nitrocross Rd6

The recent sixth round of the Swindon Nitrocross saw Ashlee Owen taking the win in the E-Buggy class. Coming from the 3 spot on the grid Ashlee had a great start that allowed him to pull away from the pack early. He then made a mistake and briefly dropped back to 3rd position but from there he made a couple of passes and took a comfortable win by 21 seconds at the end of the 15 minute final. Chris Lovell came in 2nd while Mick Butler rounded out the top 3 result. Further down the field Sean Wiles and Mark Hicks rounded out the top 5.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 2, 2015

Michael Derderian wins at French Vichy race

Last weekend the local club in Vichy, France recently hosted a nitro on-road race that was used by many racers to prepare the for the French Cup race that will be held later this year on the same track. In the 1/10th 200mm class Michael Derderian (Xray/Gimar) came out fastest in front of Maxime Legay (Capricorn/NDS Tech) and Xavier Blanc (Xray/Novarossi).

Source: Xray [team-xray.com]