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November 27, 2020

Ryan Lutz confirms switch to WRC

Ryan Lutz has confirmed his move from long time chassis sponsor Agama to new chassis sponsor WRC. Not just taking up the role of driver, Ryan is the person tasked with growing the Italian brand, more known in onroad, in the Americas and in a lengthy blog post linked below he explained his new position as:

As for my role, if you can name it, i’ll probably have my hand in it in one way or another. I have been assigned the role of making this brand what it will be in the America’s. Starting out that means everything from Racing, testing, and promoting on the track to the behind the scenes of working with distributors and shops to help them get set up. I will be creating educational videos to learn and showcase the platforms. I also will be the team manager for the offroad side of things as they currently offer 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Ebuggy with their SBX and SBXE.

Source: Lutz RC [lutzrc.com]

November 23, 2020

Arrowmax carbon fibre battery holders

Arrowmax have announced the release of this set of carbon fibre battery holders made specifically for all AM aluminium honey-comb chassis. Available in both variants, for normal and narrow batteries, the set includes all the required fasteners. The quick-release battery holders are sold separately.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

November 19, 2020

The Dirt Nitro Challenge 2021 – Announcement

The Dirt has announced that the 2021 ‘The Dirt Nitro Challenge’ preparations are under way. With the continued Covid-19 restrictions the State fairgrounds, where the event has been located for the last two years, were not able to make the commitment to ensure the opening of the fairgrounds and the ability to hold the event in 2021. So Joey has moved the event to the world famous Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, Sunny Southern California. The facility is perfect for the event with full hookup camping, horseshoe tournament pits, nice restrooms, grass park and a huge grass field for us to set up manufacturers row and pit areas. The event will take place on the 17th to 21st of February next year and entries are now open.

Source: The Dirt [thedirt.us]

November 19, 2020

Tyler & Clements win Asphalt Wars final

Last weekend was the last leg of a four round points chase for Asphalt Wars in NorCal. This event was hosted at Speedworld Raceway in Roseville California. With a lighter turnout due to weather conditions, there was still quality racing. In 17.5 TC it was Xray driver Lex Tyler who would take TQ honours and win the single main from tone to tone with Jeff Auxier (Yokomo) in 2nd and Marcus Plumlee (Xray) in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

November 19, 2020

Milansport Xray Race series Rd2 – Report

Last Saturday the second round of the Milansport Xray Race series was held in Bierun, a city located in the south part of Poland. After a successful first round, the series is proving popular with drivers from Czech Republic and Germany joining the locals to battle for the win. TC Stock was the biggest group at this event with 20 drivers and in qualification the fastest was Lukasz Mach comfortably taking all 3 qualifiers in front of Henrik Heitsch and Martin Kratochvil. In the finals Lukasz took three tone to tone wins with a large gap, while behind there were some great fights between Henrik and Martin for the remaining podium places. In the end Henrik secured his 2nd spot ahead of Martin.

Continue reading the report here

November 17, 2020

Schumacher team up with Markus Mobers

Schumacher Racing have added legendary German LMP12 Racer Markus Mobers to their team. Markus has been running with the Double World Championship winning Eclipse 3 for some time, but the UK are pleased this is now a permanent arrangement for future races. Markus brings a vast amount of experience and knowledge to the team, and we wish him well for future events when we can enjoy them again.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

November 16, 2020

Element RC Trailrunner 4×4 with Fire body

Element RC’s Trailrunner 4×4 is now available in a red/orange, a colour the company refers to as ‘Fire’. The body and chassis remain unchanged, with the new colour body made from a high-strength polycarbonate that has been pre-painted to look fresh from the dealer showroom. Designed for looks, function and customisation, it features a two-piece design with removable front lower valance, injection-moulded fender flares, B-pillar appliqués, door handles, windshield wipers, mirrors and front grill installed right out of the box. Also included are injection-moulded roof rack, three-piece front bumper with D-rings, snorkel and accessory decal sheet.

Source: Associated Electrics [associatedelectrics.com]

November 16, 2020

Tebo double at Tekno RC Winter series

Round 1 of the Tekno RC 1/8 Winter Series was held last weekend at the HobbyTown USA Hobbyplex in Omaha. Racing was close, with Jared Tebo (Tekno) taking the TQ in Expert Nitro Buggy, with Mason Fuller (TLR) starting first in Expert Electric Buggy. In Nitro, Mason and Jared would have an epic battle for the entire 30 minute main. Both would would make strange mistakes every time they built any sort of a lead. Close acing throughout, Tebo would emerge the winner in front of Fuller in 2nd with Jared Wiggins (Tekno) right there in 3rd, the top 3 finishing within 4 or 5 seconds. In Electric, Mason and Jared again battled early, but unfortunately Mason would have some mistakes and Jared pulled a big gap to win the 10 minutes main.

View the eBuggy podium here