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January 17, 2018

Mark Sousa wins at CRCRC Midwest Nitro Champs

The Ohio RC Factory held the CRCRC Midwest Nitro Championship last weekend and in the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Austin Woodyard (Serpent) with the TQ from Mark Sousa and Ralph Krumme. At the start of the main final Mark Sousa (Xray) made a pass on Austin during the first lap and was able to run a smooth race. With Ralph Krumme (Agama) behind all had some good battles for the lead but by the end Mark was able to open up a comfortable lead to take the win with Ralph Krumme in 2nd and Cole Kasten (Mugen) in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 17, 2018

Mason Fuller wins at Tekno Winter Series Rd3

The third round of the Tekno Winter Series was held at the Hobbyplex raceway in Omaha, Nebraska. This would be a one day event with open practice Friday afternoon. Tekno RC’s Seth VanDalen TQ’d the Nitro Buggy class, however in the 30-minute main final it was Mason Fuller (TLR) who would bring home the win some three laps in front of Seth VanDalen while Xray’s Dan Williams, who bumped up from the B-main, snatched the final podium spot another lap down.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 17, 2018

Ruddog Cup Rd2 – Report

The Indoor Arena Kostendorf near Salzburg in Austria played host to round 2 of the Ruddog Cup last weekend. The event was held in several electric off-road and on-road classes and in the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes it was Stefan Pfeifhofer who brought home the silverware.

Continue reading the report here

January 17, 2018

Czech Open Challenge Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Czech Open Challenge was held in Prague with over 80 entries for the four electric on-road classes. In the premier Touring Modified category Matěj Šulc led the opening two qualifiers to secure the TQ spot in front of Michal Blahovský and Jiří Mára. the finals Matej scored wins in all three A-mains to take the overall victory in front of Michal and Jirka, the latter two being in a close fight for the runner-up spot.

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January 17, 2018

Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Worksop Series, there was a great entry once again which saw 15 heats of drivers, this was across the three classes of 2WD, 4WD and a vintage buggy class. As always it was round by round qualifying as the racing format, with the best two results from four rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. Qualifying in 2WD was very close between three drivers, Eugene Galley, James Helliwell and Mitchell Fiddling. However it was Schumacher’s Mitchell Fiddling who took TQ to line up on pole. In 4WD it was James Helliwell who would TQ three out of the four rounds to line up on pole. In the Vintage class it was Mark Hazelden who would line up on pole.

View the final results here

January 17, 2018

Jörg Tiit wins at Christmas Cup 2018

The sixth annual Christmas Cup was held in Kiev, Ukraine last weekend on a temporary carpet track at the Karavan Megastores, one of the largest shopping centers of the city. Close to 100 entries foe the two main and two support classes made for competitive racing. The 1/10 2WD Modified Buggy class opened the event. On the challenging but very flowing track, four rounds of qualifiers were held with SWorkz’s Jörg Miikael Tiit taking the Top Qualifier spot, followed by the Team Associated duo of Maryan Beresh and Dmitro Chub.

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January 17, 2018

Pavidis family rolling on Pro-Line rubber

Pro-Line have announced the signing of Mark and Ryan Pavidis to their factory team. The name Pavidis and Pro-Line are synonymous with a long history of winning titles. Mark has won three World Titles spread across 1/8 buggy, 1/10 4WD off-road, 1/10 nitro touring car as well as numerous national championships while being hooked up by Pro-Line. Mark was introduced to the hobby with his father in the mid 1980’s and now Mark is sharing his racing craft with his son Ryan who is already giving the competition fits. For the 2018 racing season, the father and son combo are choosing Pro-Line to continue their winning ways.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 16, 2018

Daniel Blalock wins at Top Notch Tour

A round of the US Top Notch Tour was held at Revelation Raceway recently and it was Daniel Blalock (Xray) with the win in the Intermediate Nitro Buggy class. David Carrasco Jr. (HB Racing) came in 2nd from 3rd placed TLR driver David Delgado.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]