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June 22, 2020

Maifield doubles at Pro-Line Summer Offroad Shootout

The 23rd annual Pro-Line Summer Offroad Shootout was held at Rainman’s Hobby and Raceway in Bakersfield, California this past weekend. The race attracted 160 entries and in 2WD Open Buggy it was Yokomo’s Ryan Maifield with the overall TQ from Ron Devoll in 2nd. The triple A-mains saw Ryan making a clean sweep in A1 and A2 for the overall, allowing him to sit out A3 that was won by Team Associated’ Broc Champlin who took the overall runner-up spot from Team Associated’s Ron Devoll in 3rd. Ryan Cavalieri would come in 4th overall, tie on points with Ron.

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June 18, 2020

David Loppini signs with Xtreme Aerodynamics

Xtreme Aerodynamics have announced the addition of David Loppini to their factory team. The Italian on-road specialist will deck out all of this WRC Racing rides using Xtreme Aerodynamic body shells and accessories from now on.

Source: Xtreme Aerodynamics [xtremeaerodynamics.it]

June 18, 2020

Josh Ford doubles at Dakota RC Summer Series Rd1

Dakota RC of Jamestown, North Dakota held the opening round of their Summer Series last weekend, attracting 70 entries. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Josh Ford with the overall TQ and he also came out swinging in the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind GJ Kim in 2nd, some two laps down. Lathin Rahmann would complete the top 3 result another eleven seconds back. Over in 1/8th Nitro Truggy it was again Josh Ford with the overall TQ and win, as Roscoe finished in 2nd, some three laps behind Josh. Zander Johnson came in 3rd, another lap down.

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June 17, 2020

Bobby Horan wins at ROAR Region 4 On-road Champs

The ROAR Region 4 Championship was held at The Fort track in Fort Myers, Florida last weekend. While Gianni Giorgio walked away with the win in the 1/8th Open class it was top qualifier, Bobby Horan (Capricorn) with the win in the 1/10th 200mm Sedan category. 2nd place qualifier, Jerry Guerra (Infinity) came in 2nd overall, already five laps behind as Will Carrera (Infinity) finished in 3rd overall, another three laps down.

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June 17, 2020

Nikolai Lamberts wins at Danish Off-road Champs Rd1

The opening round of the Danish 1/8th off-road Championship was hosted by the Skanderborg RC club last weekend. With Nitro Buggy being held on Sunday, it was time for the E-Buggies and Nitro Truggies on Saturday. The latter saw Pelle Culmsee taking the TQ honours from Nikolai Lamberts on the 2 spot. The 45-minute A-main final then had Serpent’s Nikolai taking the winning honours some three laps in front of Mugen driver, Jan Hansen in 2nd. Steffen Culmsee (SWorkz) completed the top 3 result some five seconds behind Jan.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 17, 2020

Czech Masters Series Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Czech Masters Series was held at the Celakovice race track this past weekend. In the premier Electric Touring Open class it was Matěj Šulc who took the overall win from Zdeněk Hamák in 2nd and Miroslav Loupý 3rd. Miroslav Červ and Jan Kanina completed the top 5 result.

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June 17, 2020

Kyle Turner wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd3

Round 3 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Empire R/C Raceway in Brentwood, California last weekend. In the Open Electric Buggy class it was Xray’s Kyle Turner with the overall TQ from SWorkz’s Ryan Cavalieri on the 2 spot. The single 10-minute A-main event then saw Kyle leading the way with Ryan suffering problems and scoring a DNF. Behind Kyle, it was Mugen’s Adam Drake who established himself in 2nd to take the runner-up spot a lap behind Kyle as TLR’S Phillip Atondo came in 3rd, some 7.4 seconds behind Adam.

Source: JBRL [jimmybabcock.com]

June 17, 2020

Gianni Giorgio wins at ROAR Region 4 Regional

The ROAR Region 4 Regional was held at The Fort track in Fort Myers last weekend, attracting nearly 40 entries for the 1/8th and 1/10th nitro and electric on-road classes. In 1/8th Open it was DJ Apolaro with the overall TQ from Gianni Giorgio (ARC) in 2nd. The 20-minute A-main event at first saw DJ Apolaro in the lead, however he suffered problems in the 2nd stage of the main, making way for Gianni who would bring home the win with a 3-laps margin from Chuck Moon (Serpent) in 2nd while Martin Johnson (Serpent) came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Image: Gianni Giorgio