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January 8, 2019

Shin Adachi joins Mugen 1/8th off-road team

Following his departure from 1/8th off-road chassis sponsors Serpent, Japanese top driver Shin Adachi has announced a new deal with Mugen for 2019. The Yokomo engineer will campaign Mugen’s MBX8 platform at all major national and international races. We have yet to receive the official press release from Mugen but in the meantime Shin had the following to say:

I’m happy to announce about 1/8 buggy. I am joint to Mugen Seiki. Thank you so much Sanada-san, Osak-san, Tsuruta-san! I’m really really excited! Can not waiting 1/8buggy race!

January 8, 2019

Micha Widmaier doubles at Köngen Indoor Masters

The annual Köngen Indoor Masters was held in Köngen, Southern Germany this past weekend. SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier was on fire again, taking the overall TQs and wins in both 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy. Yokomo’s Luca Rau came in 2nd in front of Team Associated driver Kim Sitensky. Over in 4WD it was again Luca Rau with the runner-up spot as Xray’s Jens Becker rounded out the top 3.

View the 4WD podium here

January 8, 2019

Randy Caster joins Muchmore Racing

Muchmore have announced the signing of US top driver, Randy Caster to their international racing team. Randy is well known for his 1up Racing brand and recently left long-time sponsors Team Associated and Reedy to race for Yokomo and now also Muchmore. Randy will campaign the company’s Fleta series motors and speed controllers as well as the Impact series batteries and he has the following to say:

I’m very excited for the start of a new chapter with Muchmore Racing. I want to thank Joe Pillars, Kobayashi, Jang for giving me this opportunity.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

January 8, 2019

2019 Desert Classic – Announcement

The 2019 Desert Classic will be held from the 7th to 10th of March at Action Hobby RC Raceway in Chandler, Arizona. The event will see the running of the most popular Modified and Stock classes, including a 21.5T 2WD Buggy handout motor category, and sign-up is available from the 14th of January12:00 pm MST here. Full information can be found on social media by clicking here.

January 7, 2019

Tomas Ramirez wins at 2019 Summer Cup

The 2019 Summer Cup was hosted by the CACH club in Santiago de Chile this past weekend. Run in three nitro on-road classes including 1/8th IC Track, 200mm Touring and 1/8th Nitro GT, it was Alvaro Jr. Jara who took the overall TQ after the Nitro GT qualifiers. In the 30-minutes main final Alvaro had to settle for 2nd though, as Tomas Ramirez took the overall win with a 4-laps margin. Rodrigo Cantergiani rounded out the all-IGT8 podium in 3rd another three laps down.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

January 7, 2019

Clement Boda doubles at Happy New Year Race

The Belgian Buggy Club Indoor held their Happy New Year Race this past weekend at their permanent indoor carpet track in Lodelinsart. The event was held in four different 1/10th electric off-road classes and it attracted both national racers and guests from abroad. In the competitive 2WD Modified Buggy class, that drew 53 entries, it was Team Associated’s Clement Boda with the overall TQ from Team Associated driver, Wouter Wynen and Xray’s Mathieu Briere. After the triple A-mains and when the dust had settled it was again Clement on top from Wouter 2nd and Mathieu 3rd.

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January 7, 2019

Jared Tebo wins at Tekno Winter Series

The Tekno Winter Series was held at the Hobbyplex Raceway in Omaha, Nebraska. New Tekno RC signing, Jared Tebo was in control of things in the competitive Nitro Buggy class, taking the overall TQ after the qualifiers and bringing home the win with a 4-laps margin in the 30-minute A-main final. Julian Malevanets (HB Racing) came in 2nd as JQ Racing’s Ashton Abdul rounded out the top 3 results.

Image: Jared Tebo

January 7, 2019

Südhoff & Vogel win at MCSS Open

The MCSS Althengstett held the MCSSS Open 2019 this past weekend. The race was held in several electric on-road classes and in the premier Touring Modified category it was Awesomatix’s Freddy Südhoff with the overall TQ from Yokomo’s Ronald Völker and Awesomatix driver, Tim Wahl. The finals also were a done deal for Freddy, who brought home the wins in all three finals for the overall in front of Ronald and Tim. Mugen’s Eric Dankel came as the best of the rest in 4th.

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