May 3, 2017

Green & Thurston win at BRCA 1/8th Track Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the BRCA 1/8th Track National Championship was held at the super fast Halifax track with the weather being dry and sunny for both Saturday’s practice and the race on Sunday. The entry was 36 nitro cars and 21 electric cars and by the end of the practice day Mark Green was the quickest with his XRD-powered Serpent in the nitro class while Alex Thurston with his Arrowmax-powered Serpent, was the quickest electric class driver. The two would also come out on top after Sunday’s qualifiers and they would again excel in the finals, with Mark Green taking the nitro win from Andrew Hastings (Shepard/O.S./Matrix) in 2nd and Richard Hicklin (Serpent/O.S./Contact) 3rd. In the electric class Alex Thurston was sidelined on the podium by Adam Catchpole (ARC) and Joe Hawnt (Serpent).

View the electric class podium here

May 3, 2017

Sebastian Recio doubles at Argentinian On-road Champs

The 2017 Argentinian On-road Championships were recently held in Buenos Aires in several nitro on-road categories. In the premier 1/8th Free class Sebastian Recio took the title from Agustin Cutini in 2nd and Flavio Elias 3rd. In the 1/8th “3 Transfer” class, understood to be a stock engine category, it was Agusto Quinteros who came out fastest from Frank Delepiane on the runner-up spot while Martin Mazzeo rounded out the podium in 3rd. In 1/8th GT Sebastian Recio took his second title this weekend with Flavio Elias and Carlos Fernando Lima coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Finally in the 1/10th 200mm touring class Marcos Corbani came out fastest to grab the title from Enzo Branciforte and Lucas Lemes.

View the other podiums here

May 3, 2017

Video – 2017 Philippine Masters Buggy Final

Watch all the action from the 60 minute Buggy Main Final at the 2017 Philippine Masters in Manila, with an epic battle between former HB team mates Ty Tessmann and David Ronnefalk. With commentary from Scotty Ernst.

May 3, 2017

Pelle Culmsee takes Danish 1/8th Off-road Nats Rd1

Round 1 of the Danish 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held at the Modelbilklubben SOS in Bjæverskov. Saturday was washed away due to bad weather and the wet track meant that the available practice was limited, making for a tough time for all drivers especially as the track started to dry up during race day. In the end Pelle Culmsee (HB Racing, Team Orion, AKA) came out on top after the main final from Magnus Frandsen (SWorkz, SPower, TPro) in 2nd while Nikolai Lamberts (TLR, Ultimate, Pro-Line) had to settle for 3rd on the podium.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

May 3, 2017

Savoya wins E-Buggy class at Spring Shootout

The annual Spring Shootout was held at the French ARCF42 club this past weekend. More than 90 drivers attended in several classes and good weather made for perfect racing conditions. In the 1/8th E-Buggy category, held on Saturday, Renaud Savoya would bring home the win after the triple A-mains from Julien Surget in 2nd and Celian Rousset in 3rd.

Source: RC Concept [rcconcept.net]

May 2, 2017

“The Fabulous” Barry Baker retires from RC racing

Veteran racer and living RC legend, Barry Baker has announced his retirement from RC racing. With 30+ years of racing under his belt “The Fabulous one” as he is often called, has attended his last race this past weekend, standing on the podium with long-time fellows Mark Pavidis and Greg Hodapp. We at Red RC wish him all the best for his future endeavours at hope to meet him again in his new spectator role.

After 30+ year of racing RC cars I have raced my last race. The passion for competition is still there but the fire and fun of racing is no longer.

Read Barry’s statement in full here

May 2, 2017

Lantheaume doubles at French EP buggy regionals Rd2

The second round of the French Electric Off-road regionals was held at the La Brillanne track with about 75 drivers in attendance. Xray’s Armand Lantheaume would make a clean sweep in both the 2WD and 4WD classes by taking the overall TQs and wins. Lionel Labbez (Team Associated) and Arnaud Matohanza (Xray) came in 2nd and 3rd in the 2WD class while the 4WD podium was rounded out by Arnaud Matohanza (Xray) and Stephan Bellity (Xray).

View the final results here

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