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August 31, 2016

2016 U.S. World Nitro Cup – Announcement

The 2016 U.S. World Nitro Cup will be held from December 7th to 11th at Fullthrottle R/C Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida. The events starts off on Wednesday with open practice and the opening qualifier will be held on Friday morning while the day will end with a poolside social at the host hotel in the evening. 2016 classes are 1/8th Open, Masters, Sportsman and 2WD pan car as well as 1/8th GT 5-port, 1/10th Sedan and a 4WD 1/8E promoter class. More information about the event are available here.

August 30, 2016

Brandon Cho signs with ARC USA

ARC USA have announced the signing of KO Propo Grand Prix winner Brandon Cho to their team. Brandon will campaign the 2016 ARC R8.0 1/8 scale nitro kit at major national races in the US. His first race is next month as he defends his title at the 2016 KO Propo Grand Prix. This is what Brandon has to say about the deal:

I am ecstatic to be joining Team ARC USA. The ARC R8.0 is an excellent car and the parts are made with great quality. I would like to thank Jones Chu, and also Willie Chung and Paul Dabao at Hobby Authority Distribution for this opportunity. I’m looking forward to many great results!

Source: Hobby Authority [hobbyauthority-dist.com]

August 30, 2016

Patrick Hofer takes back-to-back Swiss 1/8th Buggy title

This past weekend the sixth and final round of the Swiss 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held in Gland on a grass track with lots of smooth jumps. Right from the start Patrick Hofer (Team Associated/Reedy) laid down some very quick laps, ending the practice rounds with the fastest lap but come the qualifiers things changed a bit as the track started to get more bumpy with the grass breaking up, revealing more and more dirt. The fight for the TQ spot was on between Jeremy Pittet (HB Racing/Team Orion) and Patrick with the better end for Jeremy who took the TQ after the four rounds of qualifying. The two semifinals again were and all-Jeremy-and-Patrick affair with the better end for Jeremy who would start from the pole position into the 30-minute A-main. Patrick though would take maximum profit of an ultra-fast refuelling during his first pitstop that would promote him into the lead that Hofer would hold onto until the chequered flag. Jeremy would end the race on the 2 spot from third placed Joachim Kallen (Xray/FX). With the win at round six Patrick secured himself his second 1/8th national title in a row.

Thanks to Patrick Hofer for the report.

August 30, 2016

Ty Tessmann wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd5

Round five of this year’s Jimmy Babcock Racing League Nitro Off-road Series was held at R/C Tracks of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The race marked the second time the otherwise SoCal-based series headed to Nevada and the round would be one of the biggest of the year as many drivers tried to get some more laps under their belts in preparation for the forthcoming IFMAR World Championships. In the premier Expert Buggy class HB Racing’s Ty Tessmann came out fastest from Mugen’s Adam Drake and Kyosho factory driver Cody King.

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August 30, 2016

Øyvind Stusdal wins at Norwegian National Series finale

The final round of the Norwegian National Series was held at the Lørenskogs track in Oslo. The weather forecast for the weekend was unstable but the qualifying could be started on a dry track. In time for the finals the rain came and it was Øyvind Stusdal who made the best out of the conditions to take the win in A1 with a 9 seconds margin. In A2 Øyvind, who started from the 3 spot on the grid, further dropped down the field but he was able to recover and to take the win to grab the overall victory with one leg to spare. For A3 Øyvind tried a couple of new settings and he would be able to take home another leg win, this time with a 14 seconds margin. Behind him, Morten Bremsrud in second and Georg Ellingsen in third completed the podium result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 30, 2016

2016 Tamiya Championship Series finale – Report

The 2016 Tamiya Championship Series finals concluded at Tamiya America’s racing facility in Aliso Viejo, California after nine regional races across the country. The event spanned two days and this year’s final celebrates 22 years of on-road Tamiya R/C car racing. The event brought eight new class champions, four of which will be representing the USA at the Tamiya World Championships in November; an event during the Tamiya Fair in Shizuoka-City, Japan. The four class-champions that will be moving on to the Tamiya World Championships are Timmy Valles in GT-1, Bill Jeric in Formula, Tobey Zhang in GT-2 and Jason Smith in the popular M-Chassis class. The champions in the additional classes are Alex Tolmasoff in GT-3, Tsuyoshi Niizuma in GT Novice Spec, Orlando Sherman in FWD and Tyree Phillips in the GT Pro Spec/Porsche Cup category.

View the other podiums here

August 30, 2016

Slovenian Electric On-road National Champs – Report

The Slovenian Electric On-road National Championship was recently held at the Miniavtodrom na Logu track in Tolmin. The technical and fast track with its nice layout and flat surface was prepared with sugar water to make for decent traction conditions and the event was held in the three classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock and 1/8th scale GT/Rally. As for the schedule, Saturday was devoted for free practice followed by three round of qualifying on Sunday morning with the finals being held after the lunch break. In 1/10 Touring Modified it was Darko Nemec (Xray) who won the race in front of TQ holder Stanislav Kokol (Xray) and Kristjan Mikložič (Xray) in third place.

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August 29, 2016

Lutz & Bornhorst sweep Pro-Line Shootout

Thornhill Racing Circuit played host to last weekend’s 2016 Pro-Line Shootout. Qualifying in Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy was dominated by the battle between the two teammates Ryan Lutz and Joe Bornhorst. In Nitro Buggy Joe swept all three round of the qualifying while in Nitro Truggy it was Ryan who won two rounds to take the overall TQ. Finally in 1/8th E-Buggy it was again Joe who made the triple after the qualifiers to take the overall TQ for the triple A-main events. Buggy was a battle between Joe and Ryan that were pacing each other, pretty much playing a game of chess waiting for the other one to make the first move. Joe made a couple mistakes at about the 25 minute mark allowing Ryan to get out to a comfortable lead. In the last fuel run, Joe tried to push hard to catch up but couldn’t quite do it allowing Ryan to grab the win and Joe came across about 10 seconds behind in second.

Continue reading the report here