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January 20, 2020

SIC Pro class wins for Tebo, Lutz & Bornhorst

Autaugaville in Alabama hosted the 2020 Southern Indoor Championship this past weekend, attracting nearly 500 entries. In the premier Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Seth VanDalen with the overall TQ from Cole Ogden in 2nd, however the 30-minute A-main event would see the top 2 drivers struggle, making way for 3rd place qualifier, Tekno RC’s Jared Tebo who took the lead in the opening stages and swapped it with Joe Bornhorst (Tekno RC) in the second half of the race, however Tebo would regain P1 a couple of laps later and from there he never looked back to take the win from Joe in 2nd while TLR’s Dakotah Phend came in 3rd overall. Austin Woodyard and Brandon Rose would end the A-main in 4th and 5th respectively.

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January 20, 2020

Adam Drake wins at Adelanto Grand Prix

The Adelanto Grand Prix was held this past weekend, attracting nearly 120 entries for the usual US mix of 1/8th off-road classes. The Pro Buggy class saw Agama’s Steve Harris taking the overall TQ on the pretty challenging track from Mugen’s Adam Drake in 2nd and Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo in 3rd. The 20-minute main final featured some lead changes in the opening stages but some minutes into the race Adam Drake had settled up front and from there he never looked back to take the win some 26 seconds in front of a recovered Steve Harris while Carlos Arredondo came in 3rd to round out the podium from Jake Mayo in 4th and Richard Saxton in 5th.

Image: Carlos Arredondo Jr.

January 20, 2020

Orlowski & Martin successful at 2020 British GP

The 2020 British GP was held in Bruntingthorpe this past weekend. The race was organised by RC Octane and the Silverstone RCMCC and was held on a purpose-built, challenging track and in 1/10th Buggy and Truck classes. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski with the overall TQ, tie on points with the Yokomo’s Lee Martin while Team Associated’s Neil Cragg came in 3rd overall. The finals then saw Michal taking wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory from Lee Martin in 2nd and Joni Skidmore in 3rd.

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January 20, 2020

Fear Farm 3.0 – Announcement

The RC Tonder club is hosting their Fear Farm 3.0 race from the 21st to 23rd of February in Tonder, Denmark. The 3rd edition of the popular event will see the running of 1/8th Nitro Buggy, 40+ Nitro Buggy and 1/8th E-Buggy classes and sign-up is already available here. Full details about the race can also be found on the event’s social media page here.

January 20, 2020

T-Works T4’20 brass steering posts

T-Works have announced the release of their new machined brass steering post set for the Xray T4 2020 touring car. Made to add about 5g of weight to the front of the chassis, the posts allow to fine-tune the overall weight balance without having to add additional weights. The posts come precision machined and with a black surface coating for wear and looks.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

January 20, 2020

RC Maker T4’20 GeoCarbon shock towers

Coming from RC Maker are new GeoCarbon series shock towers for the Xray T4 2020 mid-motor touring car. Available for the front and rear of the car, the shock towers feature a dual-sided GeoCarbon finish and they are 3mm thick with a re-designed profile to introduce a marginal amount of flex, giving the car more traction, which is very often highly favourable for all asphalt racing, as well as low-medium traction carpet tracks. The towers are available mimicking the standard shock geometry and they also come as -3mm variant, allowing to access the new lower A-arm shock mounting position that can be an advantage in higher grip track conditions.

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January 20, 2020

Völker & Ratheisky win at GP3F

The 2020 Grand Prix des 3 Frontieres was hosted by the French MRC Longwy club this past weekend, attracting a full 150-car entry for the two classes of Touring Modified and Touring Stock. The event attracted some of Europe’s fastest electric on-road racers and it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker with the overall TQ from free agent Yannic Prümper and Marc Rheinard, the latter campaigning an Awesomatix car. The triple A-mains saw Ronald taking wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall while Mark Rheinard snatched the overall runner-up spot with a win in A3. Yannic Prümper had to settle for 3rd overall as Yokomo’s Christopher Krapp completed the top 4.

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January 20, 2020

Jörn Neumann sweeps IFMAR GT Worlds

Homestead RC Raceway of Homestead, Florida played host to the 2020 IFMAR GT World Championships last week. The event was held in both Nitro and Electric classes and attracted nearly 80 entries. Qualifying in the Nitro class was won by Alessio Mazzeo from Meen Vejrak in 2nd and Jeff Hamon in 3rd. In the Electric class it was Martin Bayer with the overall TQ from Jörn Neumann in 2nd and Felix Law in 3rd.

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