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May 10, 2016

Scotty Ernst Offroad Showdown Rd1

Having completed an awesome event in round 1 from Boston’s RC Excitement event, the Scotty Ernst Offroad Showdown tour made its way to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for round 2 on May 8th – 9th. 3 years ago, Track owner Brent Densford undertook the ultimate task of creating one of the best RC facilities in the United States and is slowly, but surely progressing his way towards the dream. At the heart of Beach RC is the fantastic, fully stocked hobby shop that carries parts from almost every major manufacturer as well as all the killer upgrades from Schelle, MIP, Avid, etc… needless to say the hobby shop did not disappoint. Not one bit. Separated from the hobby shop, the dialled track area was ironically clean and has all the amenities one could ask for. Beach RC is definitely one of the best new facilities to surface in the last few years.

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May 10, 2016

Rick Vrielijnck wins opening Dutch 1/8th national

The opening round of the Dutch 1/8th Nitro On-road National Championship was held last weekend at the Real 80 track in Groningen in the North of the Netherlands. 51 drivers where welcomed with sunny weather conditions which lasted the whole weekend. This year the Dutch championship is run under a different racing format. Both (Premier) NK and (secondary) Nomac class, drive together in a combined “ABC” system. After the combined race, seperate championship points are given to the drivers in their respective class. After qualification all drivers are divided in this ABC system, and per lower final 2 bump up spots are available for the 2 fastest drivers to bump up to the next final. Because of this system, there where very nice battles in almost al lower finals to be seen between drivers fighting for these 2 bump-up spots. After all finals where run, Rick Vrielijnck won the A-Final, and came out as winner of the premier NK class. 2nd spot went to Joey Sorber, and 3rd to Jeffrey Rietveld.

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May 10, 2016

X-Race Grand Final report

The Xray X-Race Grand Final was held last weekend at the company’s on site facility, the Hudy Arena and Alexander Hagberg gave this report. ‘Great weather, and a great atmosphere as always, gave the racers that came to Trencin this past weekend a really enjoyable experience. Drivers were able to compete in 6 different categories, at the beautiful Hudy Arena outdoor circuit! Practice ran all Friday, with qualifiers on Saturday, and finals on Sunday as always.

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May 9, 2016

Yaniv Sivan takes 6th Isreali title with Rd10 win

The 10th and final round of the Israeli League took place this past weekend at the Ein Vered racing track. With great weather Yaniv Sivan took the TQ spot ahead of fellow Kyosho drivers Omer Assayag and Ofir Avitan. The A final saw a big battle between Yaniv Sivan, Omer Assayag and Italy Eskenazi but after 10 minutes both Omer and Itay retired due to technical issues. Meanwhile Ofir Avitan who had a bad start took the second position with Gil Harush and Tal Siles in 4th after a flame out. After 40 minutes of thrilling battles Yaniv Sivan won with Ofir Avitan 2nd and third going to Tal Siles which managed to pass Gil in the final minutes. This would seal the title for Sivan, his 6th in total, with Ofir Avitan ending the series as runner up, while Tal Siles finished 3rd.

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May 9, 2016

2016 Victorian State Titles report

Last weekend saw over 190 entries converge at the Keilor Club in Melbourne, Australia for the 2016 Victorian Titles sponsored by JConcepts Australia. Racers were treated to an outdoors track with a combination of high speed sections, elevation changes and a huge triple jump, with a natural clay surface that grooved up through the weekend providing great racing. The JConcepts 3D tyre was chosen as the control tyre for all classes. The weather was perfect for practice and 2wd day with sunshine and 26C temps, however mother nature won on Sunday with heavy rains cancelling the 4wd portion of the event. The entry list was stacked with 7 of the 2015 Nats A finalists in attendance and entries from all around Australia, including 2014 National champs Josh Pain and Chris Sturdy, as well as the Queensland young guns Mitchell Steer and Alex Bernadzik.

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May 9, 2016

Robert Pietsch wins Hot Race Nitro Cup

The Hot Race Nitro Cup took place last weekend in Gubbio, Italy, the host of this summer’s 200mm World Championships. Using the same handout Hot Race tires as those to be used at the Worlds a lot of drivers used the event to gain knowledge on the track and tires.Qualifying would see former 1/8th World Champion Robert Pietsch take the top spot in qualifying with his Picco powered Mugen, ahead of the Tesla powered Capricorn of Dario Balestri, with super fast French race Leo Arnold with his Orion powered Xray in 3rd. Unfortunately the rain arrived before the finals could be won and so the even was called on the qualifying results. In the two support classes it was Roberto De Cesare that won the 1/8th class, which was run in the wet, while in the 1/10th National class the win went to TQ man Federico Iezzi.

Source: Hot Race [hotracetyres.com]

May 6, 2016

Fankhauser & Seiler win at Swiss Racing Cup Rd2

Round two of the Swiss Racing Cup was held at the MRTM Lostallo track and in the 1/10th Touring category it was Patrick Fankhauser (Xray) who brought home the win from second placed Philipp Bühler (Xray) and Serpent driver Marco Licci in third. The Xray duo of Christian Lehnherr and Peter Koller would round out the top 5.

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May 6, 2016

Dragon Stone Asian Buggy Champs – Announcement

Scotty Ernst Productions have announced the Dragon Stone Asian Buggy Championship from September 1st to 4th 2016 in Liaoyang, China. The Asian Buggy Championship is an international 1/8th Buggy event that will be held at the Dragon Stone RC Facility that includes both 1/8th offroad and onroad tracks as well as all the amenities a racer would want. Some of the World’s top drivers have already confirmed their attendance like Ryan Maifield and Reno Savoya, with more to follow. Industry manufacturers will also be attending this event such as JConcept’s Jason and Allison Ruona and Jerome Treignier from RC Concepts among others. The Championship is open to all drivers from around the World regardless of ability. International racers attending the event will be treated to a very VIP experience such as a shuttle service to and from the track as well as an airport shuttle. Classes run include 1/8th Nitro Buggy, 1/8th Electric Buggy and 1/8th Nitro Truggy. Detailed information of the event can be found on the event website as well as on the Dragon Stone Facebook page. Racers that are interested in joining the event should email Scotty Ernst at scottyernst@gmail.com.