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June 12, 2016

Neal King wins BRCA 1/8 Circuit Nationals Rd4

Neal King wins BRCA 1/8 Circuit National Rd4

The fourth round of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit National series, took place at the Yorkshire Radio Control Model Car Racing Club, host to the 2013 1/8th scale euros, in stark contrast to round 3 at Adur, this is a fast flowing track where engine, gear box and clutch are critical to a strong performance. During Saturday’s practice the usual top contenders of Mark Green, Tim Wood, Neal King and Andrew Hastings were setting lap times in the high to mid 14 second bracket, which signalled the track was unlikely to be in lap record breaking condition for qualifying and finals following day. After four rounds of qualifying the Nitro A final would line up as follows:

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June 10, 2016

Lukasz Olenczak wins at Polish Formula Nationals Rd2

Round two of the Polish Formula National Championship was held at the Ruda Slaska track. The rules allow to use down to 17.5T motors, boost ESCs and even foam tyres, making for a very mixed car performance throughout the field. At the end Łukasz Oleńczak would take the win from Tomasz Szymański in second and Jan Ruman in third.

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June 10, 2016

Tyler Jones signs with LRP

Up and coming US racer, Tyler Jones has joined forces with LRP to run the company’s nitro engines, brushless motors and controllers as well as using LRP chargers in his upcoming campaign. Tyler achieved a lot of titles in his young but already 7 years lasting career, such as the 2015 ROAR Jr. National Champion, qualification for the 2016 1/8 IFMAR Worlds, a 2nd place in Pro Nitro Buggy at the AMS 5.0 and he was A-finalist in all three Pro A-Mains at the 2015 CRCRC Midwest Championships.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

June 10, 2016

Martinelli & Schär win at Swiss IC Track Nats Rd3

Martinelli & Schär win at Swiss IC Track nats Rd3

Round three of the Swiss Nitro On-road Nationals was recently held in Schaffhausen. In the premier 1/8th class Simon Kurzbuch and Silvio Hächler would lead the proceedings at first but in the semifinals things would look a bit different. The first semifinal would be held in dry conditions until the very last minute when it started to rain. Silvio would bring home the win from Mattia Pesenti. The second semi than was run on a wet track with Luca “The orange submarine” Martinelli coming in first while Simon ran into trouble that now allowed him to proceed into the A-main.

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June 9, 2016

Rinderknecht & Vanderbeek sweep Summer Series Rd3

Round three of the Team Associated Summer Series at the Plex in Omaha, Nebraska, opened with some deja vu. Much like round two, 170 racers from Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota were on hand to battle it out for the top steps of the podium and a chance to advance in the points standings. Alex Vanderbeek and Tom Rinderknecht once again took victories in all three of the premier Modified classes. Tom started from pole position in Mod 4WD, and took a big win over the field. Alex Vanderbeek got the TQ in both Mod Buggy and Mod Truck, earning that valuable extra TQ point. He went on to take convincing wire-to-wire wins in both classes.

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June 9, 2016

Brown & Mayo win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd3

The third round of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at one of Southern California’s best-known 1:8-scale tracks, Revelation Raceway. In Expert Buggy and at the sound of the tone, Cody King led the field with Jeremy Kortz, Kody Numedahl, and Dayton Brown in tow. Toward the end of the race, both King and Dayton stretched out their lead and separated themselves from the rest. With just over 2 minutes to go, Brown pressured King for the race lead, causing him to bobble and give Brown the lead. King tried to go after Brown, but Brown was running too quick and smooth and he took the win in Expert Buggy.

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June 8, 2016

JJ Wang teams up with Xray

Xray have announced the signing of Shanghai based JJ Wang to their electric team. The young Chinese-American, who recently won the AOC season opener in Shanghai, is considered to be one of the most talented drivers at present and he will campaign Xray’s line of 1/10th scale electric on-road and off-road kits at major national races in the USA as well as at selected international events. The former HB driver has the following to say about the deal:

After the departure from my previous team, I had the opportunity and freedom to try almost every platform in the market. After several extended testing with most of the brands, Xray was by far the most consistent in performance and quality. I am very happy and thankful to join Team Xray and be a part of the family for years to come. Special Thanks to Hudy family for this opportunity.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 8, 2016

Felix & Coelho win at Portuguese IC Track Nats Rd3

Round three of the Portuguese Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Maia track in Porto in the North of the country. The first dry race of the year had Bruno Coelho taking the TQ honours in both the 1/8th and 1/10th classes. The 1/8th A-main then saw an entertaining battle between Bruno Coelho and Hugo Exposto, with the latter putting much pressure on the World Champion. Some 11 minutes into the race Hugo forced Bruno into an error, allowing Hugo to take over the lead. Bruno then ran into more trouble as he crashed with a stopped car, breaking his car’s second gear and letting him drop to fifth. Pushing hard Bruno was able to recover to end the race in second place behind winner Jose Felix while Hugo Exposto completed the top 3.

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