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November 19, 2015

Tamiya Kakegawa Circuit gets a renewal

Tamiya’s iconic Kakegawa Circuit is celebrating its 20 anniversary next year and while the original circuit, that once was the largest permanent track in the world, is still in pretty good shape the track will get a major make-over to turn it from an outdoor track into an all-weather indoor facility. Two huge tents will keep the elements away from both the track and the pits and beside the waterproofing the track itself will also see a revision with a new layout and more. The completion of the construction work is planned for May 2016 and we really look forward seeing the result.

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November 18, 2015

Travis Amescua TQs & wins at 2015 NEiC race

Maximus Raceway in York, Maine held the 2015 North East Indoor Championship race over the weekend. The event attracted more than 140 entries and Travis Amescua (Team Durango) would TQ and win both the 2WD Modified and 4WD Modified classes in stile. In the 2WD class Matt Olsen (Team Associated) came in second, coming from the 3 spot on the grid while runner-up after the qualifiers, Alex Miller (Team Associated), ended the 5 minute A-main in third. In the 4WD class Matt Olsen (HB) would defend his runner-up spot while Alex Miller (Team Associated) was able to grab the final podium spot, coming from 4th after the qualifiers.

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November 18, 2015

Marc Valero wins Spanish Campeonato Pro10 title

The Spanish Campeonato Pro10 Series recently concluded with the seventh and final race of the season. The growing series is run all over the north-east of Spain in cities such as Barcelona, Rubi, Cerdanyola and Santa Oliva and finally it was Marc Valero who took a deserved title by winning all seven rounds to take the 2015 title from runner-up Sergio Lacuesta. Jaume Creus in third would round out the championship podium.

Source: Coches RC [cochesrc.com]

November 18, 2015

Rivkin sweeps Arizona State Off-road Champs

The 30th Annual Arizona State Championships were held at SRS Raceway located in Phoenix. With high grip and a fast layout, the event challenged even the most seasoned racers. In 2WD Modified Buggy, Spencer Rivkin was hooked up all weekend, TQ-ing the class and scoring the overall win after taking A1 and A3 victories to clinch the title. In the Modified Truck class it was all Rivkin once again. The newly crowned IFMAR 2WD Buggy World Champion rocked to a TQ run during qualifying and proceeded to dominate in the A-mains by winning A1 and A2 easily.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

November 18, 2015

Tyler Jones doubles at OHKY Rd2

Round two of the OHKY Off-road series took place at SRI Raceway in Kentucky. The round drew in 179 entries for the one day race with some of the best regional racers in attendance. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Tyler Jones took a late overall TQ from JP Richards. In 2WD Modified Truck Tyler made a clean sweep by winning all three qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ with the only 16 lap run. In the Buggy A-main Tyler then led wire to wire putting the entire field at least one or more laps down. The second place went to Nick Richards with Dylan Gerard in third. In the Truck main the tone went off and Tyler checked out just like he did in 2WD Mod. The young man did have an issue towards the end as the rear camber block cracked around the ball stud and the left rear was rolling over bad through the corners but he dialed it back and still brought home the win from Josh McDonald and Jeff Sumner.

View the Modified Truck podium here

November 17, 2015

Adam Drake dominated 2015 JBRL Nitro Series

The JBRL Nitro Series recently completed its 9th season, visiting eight tracks this year. Mugen Seiki’s Adam Drake was the man to beat in the Nitro and Electric Pro classes as he made the triple by winning both the Pro Nitro Buggy and Pro Nitro Truggy as well as the 1/8th E-Buggy categories. Runner up in the Nitro Buggy class was Cody King (Kyosho), Steve Harris (Mugen) rounded out the top 3 result. In the Truggy class it was again Cody King who came in second while Aaron Gomez completed the podium result. Finally in the 1/8th E-Buggy class Adam was sidelined by Mugen teammate Steve Harris and Tekno RC driver Anthony Westergaard.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

November 17, 2015

Danish Electric On-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

Round two of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals were held in Faxe on a purpose-built track. In the Touring Car class Mike Gosvig (Xray) dominated the qualifiers by winning all three rounds with a margin of four to eight seconds on the second place driver. Behind Mike, Frederik Brolos (Yokomo) and Soren Boy (VBC) had a good battle for the runner-up spot with Frederik taking three second place finishes while Soren ended the qualifiers in third. Young Xray driver Patrick Danielsen grabbed the 4 spot on the grid.

Continue reading the report here

November 16, 2015

Lutz & Cavalieri win at Pro-Line Gas Champs

This past weekend the Pro-Line Gas Champs where held at Dialed RC Raceway in Victorville, CA. The unique double A-main format was cut short by rain after the first round of mains and it was Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz who doubled up on wins taking both the Pro Nitro Buggy and Pro E-Buggy finals. In the Nitro category Ryan Cavalieri (Team Associated) would finish on the runner-up spot while Mugen’s Adam Drake rounded out the podium result. In the E-Buggy class Ryan’s Tekno teammate Joe Bornhorst came in second from Ryan Cavalieri (Team Associated). Finally in the Pro Nitro Truggy class Ryan Cavalieri (Team Associated) took the day’s win from the Tekno duo of Lutz and Bornhorst.

View the other podiums here