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January 17, 2016

Hudy Indoor Championships – Report

The Hudy Indoor Championships marked the first large carpet race of the year and it was held at Pro Level Raceway in St. Louis, MO, host of the upcoming ROAR Carpet Nationals. The format for the event was simple with Friday practice, Saturday qualifying and a last chance qualifier and finals on Sunday. Paul Lemieux controlled most of the Modified Touring qualifying and after a clean start in the final was able to pull a good lead on Chris Adams but Chris was not to be denied and came back in the end to finish a very close second, Cody Woods would have a great drive to come to third.

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January 15, 2016

Ryan Maifield confirmed at Reds Racing

TLR’s Ryan Maifield has been confirmed as part of the Reds Racing driver line-up for 2016/2017. The former Orion Nitro team driver, will debut his Reds Racing powered Horizon Hobbies JConcepts TLR at The Dirt Nitro Challenge next month. Mario Rossi had the following to say about signing the multiple National Champion:

The legacy Ryan is building is very impressive, and we are very proud to be a part of it. Off-road is incredibly competitive and Ryan is certainly one of the top 3 or 4 to beat at any event. At REDS we are very fortunate to have several top level drivers like Elliott, Cody and Cole. All of them have the skill to win Worlds this year.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing-usa.com]

January 15, 2016

2016 Super Cup Championship Series Rd1 – Report

The 2016 Super Cup Championship Series kicked off with an almost record turnout of 292 entries. Beachline Raceway located in Cocoa, Florida was host to the first race of the 2016 Spring Session and the first qualifiers kicked off just after 10:30am and the final A-main was run just before midnight. The Mod 2WD Buggy A-main would have Ryan Eckert and Jason Ruona moving up from the B-main and it was former World Champion Billy Easton in the TQ spot but it would be Paul Wynn taking the win followed by JR Mitch and Daimon Borkowicz.

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January 15, 2016

Witta & Wynn double at MMR Challenge

The recent MMR Challenge saw John Witta and Brian Wynn dominating the proceedings in the 1/12th and 1/10th scale pan car classes. John grabbed the TQs and wins in both in the 13.5T and 17.5T 1/12th scale classes while Brian would dominate the rubber tyred World GT-R and Formula categories with two TQs and wins.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

January 14, 2016

Harley Yoshii wins big at 2nd Annual Lunsford Race

January 9th and 10th saw the Pacific NW kick off its first race of 2016 indoor season and what a great way to celebrate the new year with a fantastic race in celebration of one of the industry’s greatest ambassadors, Kelly Lunsford. Now, in its 2nd year of the great Lunsford Race, last year’s champion was none other than TLR’s Dustin Evans. Unfortunately, Dustin is preparing for the Reedy Race and was not unable to attend to defend his crown. On the plus side, without Dustin in the mix, this leaves the 2016 Lunsford Race champion completely undecided and open to all the hungry racers out there.

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January 14, 2016

Mark Green joins F.T. Line

F.T. Line have announced the signing of Mark Green to their team. The former Novarossi driver will use the whole line of F.T. Line on-road engines at the biggest events World wide and he also will be a key support and development figure for the Italian manufacturer. Mark had the following to say about his move:

I would like to thank F.T. Engines for this opportunity to race with their great racing engines and with support from DB Engine technology I am sure great results can be achieved for the 2016 racing season and onwards . Also a thank you to Gino Voghera for making it possible to join F.T. Line. I am looking forward to the start of the racing season with the F.T. Line of race engines and products and will be trackside to help any F.T. Line customers with tuning tips.

Source: F.T. Line Engine [facebook.com]

January 14, 2016

XWS Slovenia Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Xray Winter Series Slovenia was held at the technical MSM club track in Maribor. The demanding track layout made for some fun racing and the event started with a round of controlled practice for seeding before the qualifiers started. In the Touring Stock class Jan Popic, Alojzij Osvald and Dario Veseli fought for the top spot with the better end for Jan who took the TQ from Alojzij and Dario. The Formula class saw Andrej Grebenc taking the TQ from Jan Pernarcic and Borut Svoljsak while in the 1/12th scale class Rok Rudl was the man to beat as he secured himself the TQ from Jernej Vuga and Mis Valentin.

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January 14, 2016

Luca Redaelli teams up with Capricorn

Capricorn have bolstered up their 1/10th scale nitro on-road team with the addition of Italian driver Luca Redaelli. Luca will pilot the LAB C03 20omm nitro car in the coming season with a special focus on the World Championships in Gubbio and he has the following to say:

I would like to thanks Patrizio for this oppurtunity and he is very exciting for the incoming season. After a long experience, results and hard work with my previous team Blacktarmac R/C now I decide to start a new season with Capricorn R/C team . I would like to thank Blacktarmac R/C, and SprintRC for the support they gave me in the past, with a special thank to Mr. Alessandro Borsani.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]