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January 20, 2020

Ryan Lutz VP PowerMaster fuelled

VP PowerMaster R/C Hobby Fuels have announced the addition of champion caliber driver Ryan Lutz to the VP Racing Fuels PowerMaster national and international race team. Lutz, from Medina, Ohio, will be fuelling with PowerMaster’s newest off-road blend. 30% Ryan Lutz was developed by VP Racing Fuels and Ryan Lutz to be a versatile off-road fuel for everyone from the seasoned pro to the club racer. Power, fuel mileage, and engine reliability were the development goals in mind. 30% Ryan Lutz blend is formulated with a high-performance proprietary oil package for additional engine protection. Lutz will compete and develop national and international markets for PowerMaster’s Lutz developed fuels and will be available for product support. The Agama factory driver comes fresh from his first race with VP Racing Fuels as he top qualified and won the Pro Truggy class at the 2020 Southern Indoor Championships. Ryan says:

I’m excited to race for and represent VP Racing Fuels.

Source: VP PowerMaster [vpracingfuels.com]

January 20, 2020

FEMCA IC Track Championships – Announcement

The FEMCA IC On-road Championships and IFMAR 1/10th 200mm Pre-Worlds will be held as a joint event at England Park Raceway, Brisbane, Australia from May 26th to 31st. The Pre-World Championship for 1/10th IC Track Touring Cars will be run concurrently with the FEMCA Championships for 1/10th and 1/8th scale IC Track classes. All classes will be run using controlled fuel and tyres and more information can be found on the official event website here as well as on social media here.

January 20, 2020

Johnson & Sousa win at CRCRC Winter MidWest Champs

The 2020 CRCRC 1/8 Winter MidWest Champs were held at The Ohio R/C Factory in Jeffersonville, Ohio this past weekend, drawing 143 entries. Agama’s Tyler Jones would lead qualifying, taking the overall TQ in Pro Nitro Buggy from Xray’s Adam Johnson in 2nd. The 30-minute A-main event then was a constant forth and back up front with Tyler Jones, Adam Johnson and Mark Sousa swapping leads several times. In the second half of the main things settled a bit as Adam was able establish himself up front, taking the win some 7.7 seconds from Tyler in 2nd as Mugen’s Collin Weatherholt came in 3rd to round out the top 3.

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January 20, 2020

DiBrino & Pillars win at Rockstar Winter Series Rd5

The fifth round of the 2019/20 Rockstar Winter Off-road Series was held at PDX Underground in Portland, Oregon this past weekend. The 2WD Mod Buggy class saw Yokomo’s Andy DiBrino with the overall TQ and win after the triple A-main events, leaving behind Yokomo’s Joe Pillars on the runner-up spot. Team Associated’s Ryan Reavis came in 3rd to complete the top 3 result. Over in the 13.5T Wheeler class Joe Pillars came out in swing, taking the TQ and win in the single 5-minute A-main event from Andy DiBrino in 2nd and Travis Harker in 3rd, making it an all-Yokomo podium.

View the 13.5T 4WD podium here

January 20, 2020

Burak Kilic wins at 2020 OWL Messecup

The 2020 OWL Messecup was held at the Bad Salzuflen fair grounds in the northern part of Germany over the weekend. In the competitive 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Mugen’s Burak Kilic with the overall TQ and also the win after the triple A-mains, courtesy of winning A1 and A2. Burak’s brother Berkan would win A3 to cement his overall runner-up spot from Serpent driver, Thomas Musial. Jeffrey Halsema from the Netherlands and Sophie Müller would complete the top 5 results.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

January 20, 2020

2020 RC Chili Bowl – Report

The 2020 RC Chili Bowl was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma this past weekend. With sign ups filling by the hundreds every minute, the entire race sold out in less than two hours with 400+ racers. Unusually warm weather welcomed drivers this year to the world’s biggest R/C oval race in the and with arguably the best-built and prepped dirt oval around, the racing was guaranteed to be as close and action packed as the full size Chili Bowl Midget Nationals happening next door. Racing-wise and in Outlaw Sprint, the fastest class at the RCCB Nathan Dean had dominated this class since the beginning of the week and looked unstoppable. Dean would quickly jump out to the lead at the sound of the tone and started to build his lead early on. No traffic is ever guaranteed as Dean would run right into a crash six laps in with two cars in turn one. Quick to recover he would lose a couple of positions. That’s all the break that Ryan Ralph and Justin Driemeier would need as the two battled the rest of the race. Driemeier would finish on top of that battle for the win with Ralph settling for second and Nathan Dean would round out the top three.

Continue reading the report here

January 20, 2020

Ruddog 6000mAh & 4100mAh Graphene Plus LiHV packs

New from Ruddog Distribution’s own Ruddog brand are two LCG high-performance LiHV battery packs. First up is the 6000mAh 7.6V 100C Graphene Plus LCG Stick Pack LiHV, a standard size stick battery of 22.5mm height. The low centre of gravity battery allows to lower the car’s overall centre of gravity for improved cornering speeds especially in high-bite track conditions while the high-quality 100C Graphene Plus technology cells ensure a very low internal resistance and thus improved overall power, runtime and exceptional cell durability. The battery weighs in at 260g and it utilises 5mm bullet-type connectors.

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January 20, 2020

Ashley Owen wins PDMCC Answer RC Winter Series Rd6

Round 6 of the PDMCC Answer RC Winter Series was held this past weekend in frosty cold UK Winter weather, making for some tricky condition. With the temperature barley rising through the day it was late before the track eventually just about thawed bit still remain slippery, along with a very slight track changed this resulting in some interesting racing. The schedule saw five 6-minute qualifiers and 22-minute mains with the A-main being won by Ashley Owen a lap in front of Mugen driver, Vincenzo Zuccarelli. Agama pilot Dave Blakeley came in 3rd to round out the top 3 podium result.

Source: PDMCC [facebook.com]