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November 12, 2020

FSEARA Rd2 Coral Spring – Report

Another strong 85 entries event at the Coral Spring RC club for the 2nd round of the FSEARA series. It was a successful event although mother nature totally destroyed the day of practice on Saturday, with the rain destroying both the track condition as well as the pit area. The start of Sunday morning was another rain out, forcing the event to have a further delay. With both the delay and Daylight saving time change, the FSEARA had to change its original 3 rounds of qualifiers to 2 rounds and extend the practice time. As many drivers were coming from out of town it was important to get some track time for the first time after the rain delay at around 10am. With only 2 hours of open practice it was an intense battle royale practice with all classes on the track at the same time.

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November 11, 2020

Team Powers Cup double for Lex Tyler

The Team Powers Cup was held at Norcal Hobbies this past weekend in San Jose Ca. Normally this race happens in April but due to Covid 19, it has been extended to November which made racing a little more challenging since it is winter time. Racers got a late start on practice as track surface was wet the night before. For the 13.5 TC class it was a tie breaker between Xray driver Lex Tyler and Sean Guthrie to decide the title. This is a heads up format schedule for 6 rounds structured with Can-Am fixed motor timing and fixed gearing. The spec tires were Team Powers 34SU. Racers had to pick a motor for Saturday and give back to shuffle with a different motor on Sunday and this all keeps an even playing field.

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November 10, 2020

Giyong Hong wins KARS 1/8 Onroad Champs

The first nitro race in 2020 in Korea was organised last weekend by local Shepherd distributor Ki Heung Kim (KARS). The venue was the new Inje Speedium track located in the Gangwon province with 45 drivers attending the event. In the 1/8 Open class it was Shepherd racer Jaekook Yoo who took the TQ in qualifying. In the main final however he had to retire due to problems and this allowed his Shepherd team mate Giyong Hong to take the victory with his Velox V8.2. Yangwon Jeon and Gyeongseon Lee completed the podium. In the 1/10 class it was Mooseong Kook taking TQ and the overall victory followed Jinhong Jung and Byeonghan Lee in third. The 1/8 beginner class saw Yeoreum Park taking the pole position but in the final it was Seongi Jung crossing the finishing line in first position followed by Omin Hwang with Chiyeong Ahn (Shepherd) completing the podium.

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November 9, 2020

Cavalieri, Tebo & Maifield take Pro classes at AMS 11.0

The 2020 Alabama Manufacturers Shootout presented by Racetime Entertainment took place last weekend in Cullman, Alabama. In the Pro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Ryan Maifield that claimed the top spot in qualifying but in the 45 minute final, following a thrilling battle with Sworkz’ Ryan Cavalieri it was Cav who would take the victory by less than a second in front of his long time rival. Jared Tebo (Tekno) would complete the top 3 less than a lap back, with Cole Ogden (HB Racing) and Brandon Rose (Agama) rounding out the top 5. Pro Truggy saw a dominant performance by Tekno’s Jared Tebo to take a clear win from the pole position ahead of the impressive Tyler Jones (Agama), with Spencer Rivkin a few seconds back in 3rd. Daktah Phend (TLR) and Joe Bornhorst (Tekno) would complete the top 5. In Pro eBuggy, Ryan Maifield took his Mugen to the TQ spot in qualifying, edging out Dakotah Phend on a tie break, with Tyler Jones starting 3rd. The double leg finals saw Maifield win both to take the overall with Cavalieri coming through to take the runner up spot ahead of Jones in 3rd, Phend in 4th and Rivkin in 5th.

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November 6, 2020

Jamie Hall takes EssexCarpetClash Rd2

Last weekend saw round 2 of the EssexCarpetClash championship take place. The track was a little challenging in places to get a perfect lap, but was rewarding when you did. After 4 rounds qualifying, Jamie Hall showed his talent by topping the time sheets for all rounds with his Associated. The rest of the field would then place their best times to get as high up the 8 field grid for the 3 legged finals. William Venables managed to secure second on the grid with his Associated ride, while Yasir Mughal had a good consistent qualifying to place third ahead of fellow Yokomo driver Harley Eldridge. The finals would go the same way as qualifying for Hall, never looking back and taking all leg wins in the finals. Mughal would get caught up with a few errors in the finals, where as Eldridge would keep her head and run clean, managing to finish second in two of the finals. Venables would complete the podium in third, where his second place finish in leg 2 would be a key counting score.

Source: Essex Carpet Clash [essexcarpetclash.co.uk]

November 4, 2020

Frechette & Vanderway win South Ontario Champs Rd1

Last weekend was the first race of the Southern Ontario onroad Championship series at Outlaw RC Motorsports, home of the Canadian On-Road Nationals. The Outlaw crew put on a great event and took lots of extra precautions to keep us all safe and healthy. In TC Mod Barret Morrow (Xray) managed to TQ but would only finish in 3rd overall after some setup changes. The win would go to Bryce Frechette (Xray), just ahead of Lou Vanderway in 2nd. In TC Stock Bryce Frechette qualified first, but it was Lou Vanderway that would take home the win with Barret Morrow taking 2nd and Frechette having to settle for 3rd.

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November 4, 2020

Xray X1’21 Formula one car – Coming soon

Xray have teased the upcoming release of the 2021 version of their popular race winning X1 Formula one kit. We don’t expect this to be an all new platform, more of an evolution, however what changes there will be remains to be seen. Complete information, specifications and features should become available soon.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 2, 2020

Vera & Schimizzi win at FSEARA Rd1

The Florida State Series started its 41st season at Valkaria RC, home of the 2016 Roar Nationals. With nearly 90 entries running 3 qualifiers and 1 main and 7 different classes it was set to be a long day of racing. In the heavily contested 17.5 Super stock TC, Wallace Motorsports team driver Dave Vera took the TQ and the wire to wire win with his Infinity If14-2, with Brian Larkin coming in 2nd and Anthony Schimizzi rounding out the podium. Dave was also able to TQ and take the wire to wire win in the Modified division with his Infinity TC by a narrow margin over Felix Law (2nd) and Cory Parsons (3rd). In Formula One, Wallace Motorsports driver Anthony Schimizzi from 2nd on the grid put some serious pressure with just under 1 minute to go in the race on TQ Sean Wager and made an awesome pass in the chicane coming onto the straight to take the lead and hold on for the win. Sean Wager would finish 2nd with Scott Meeks finishing 3rd.

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