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September 14, 2016

Malin Karlsen wins at Norwegian EP Buggy Nats Rd4

Round four of the Norwegian 1/10th Electric Buggy Nationals was held in Levanger, Norway. The race for the win in the 2WD class was on between Malin Karlsen (Xray) and Roy Gjemble (Schumacher), the latter would eventually take the overall TQ and pole position for the triple A-mains. A1 then saw Roy taking a pretty easy win following some bobbles of Malin but the young lady would strike back in A2 when Roy made a mistake in the opening stages that allowed Malin to cruise to the win, shifting the decision for the overall win into A3. The final A-main then again saw Malin coming out fastest after she managed to force Roy into a small error to take the win from Roy in second and Steffen Hjortshoj (Schumacher) in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 14, 2016

Ryan Lutz trifecta at SikCross 2016

This past weekend the Pro-Line test track in Banning, California held the famous SikCross event. This was the second annual event put on by Levi Jackson and as per usual, the event was unique. There were three qualifiers with each one counting and points were given on how high racers have finished their race. The races were heads-up, gate start and super exciting moto cross style legs. But qualifying didn’t mean much as it just allowed the pick of gate position. The nitro mains were also unique in that they were basically a typical 45 minute A-main but broken up into three, 15-minute races back to back with 5-minute breaks in between. This break allowed for a change of tyres or air filter or if a driver happened to have a mechanical failure as there was another chance in the next one. All three counted and so every position was paramount.

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September 14, 2016

Gee, Isaacs & Fenimore win at ROAR Paved Nationals

This past weekend RC racers from around the USA and Canada converged at Valkaria RC to race against the best at the 2016 ROAR Asphalt Nationals. Practice began on Wednesday morning as drivers quickly became aware of the ever-changing track conditions and intricacies of the beautiful Valkaria RC layout. As practice continued through Thursday night, it was Mike Gee looking strong in 13.5 as well as Mod TC. Sam led the way as “practice TQ” in 17.5 TC, Johnee Fenimore appeared to have the 21.5 TC class locked down.

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September 13, 2016

Oliver Mack & Armin Weihert join Team Infinity

Oliver Mack & Armin Weihert join Infinity

Team Infinity have announced the addition of Germany’s Oliver Mack and Armin Weihert to their already star studded factory team. Oliver, who spent close to a decade with Shepherd, claimed his first EFRA European A title with the German team in 2015 is joined in the move by long time pitman Weihart who has worked at Shepherd for more than a decade. The pairing has already had a successful first outing with the car during last weekend’s Novarossi Trophy in Fiorano with the next big races being the German Nationals followed by the fourth and final round of the ENS held in Fiorano in October. Oliver has the following to say about the deal:

I want to thank Shepherd and the Schäfer family for the past 8 years that were crowned by the European Championship title in 2015. I am now looking forward to the new adventure with Infinity. My first outing with the new car was already pretty successful and I am very excited to run it at the German Nationals and the ENS in Italy.

Source: Infinity [creationmodel.net]

September 13, 2016

Joao Figueiredo takes double Portuguese EP Buggy title

The final round of the Portuguese 1/10th Electric Buggy National Championship was held at the hard-packed and slippery Vilela track. Joao Figueiredo took the TQ in the 2WD class while the 4WD pole position went to Nuno Ribeiro. In the 2WD mains both Joao and Nuno fought it out until the last lap of the final A-main with Joao holding the upper hand over Nuno while Nuno Duraes completed the top 3 result. In the 4WD class it was again Joao Figueiredo who came out fastest in the A-mains, starting from the 2 spot on the grid. Nuno Ribeiro came in second, Luis Godihno completed the top 3 result. Overall in the championship Joao took the title in both classes from Nuno Ribeiro. Luis Godinho came in third in the 2WD class while Marco Timoteo completed the 4WD overall top 3.

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September 13, 2016

Collari & Redaelli win at 2016 Novarossi Trophy

This past weekend the 2016 Novarossi Trophy was held at the Fiorano track in Italy with some of the country’s fastest nitro on-road drivers in attendance. The 1/8th on-road class saw Infinity’s Lamberto Collari walking away with the win in the 30-minute A-main from Capricorn’s Dario Balestri in second and WRC’s Andrea Pirani in third. Carmine Raiola and Alberto Picco rounded out the top 5 result.

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September 13, 2016

Super Cup Championship Series Fall 2016 Rd2 – Report

The Super Cup recently made its way east to Beachline Raceway located in Cocoa Florida for race 2 of the Fall session. With 234 entries, everyone had another long day of racing but Lance MacDonald kept everything flowing smoothly and so the organisers were able to get two qualifiers and the mains done in about 12 hours. The premiere 2WD Mod Buggy class would have 30 entries and some very exciting lower mains. Daimon Borkowicz would be the top qualifier and go on to win the A-main event. The battle for second, third and fourth would make the A-main that much more exciting with drivers swapping positions throughout the 5-minute main. Paul Wynn would finish up in the two spot after an extremely tight battle with Ryan Eckert. Ryan would finish third just 0.546 behind Paul.

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September 12, 2016

Ron Ton, RC Industry pioneer, has passed away

Ron Ton passed away

It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of one of the RC industry’s true pioneers, Ron Ton. Co-founder of Serpent as well as a competitive racer in his day, the Dutchman invented a whole host of innovative products including the Centax clutch and the 2-speed gearbox, just to name a few, and it is a testament to his engineering ability that both of these inventions are still are in use today, some 3 decades later. Red RC would like to express our condolences to the Ton family.