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February 18, 2019

Andy DiBrino wins at Rockstar Winter Off-road Series Rd6

PDX Underground of Portland, Oregon held round 6 of the 2018/19 Rockstar Winter Off-road Series last Friday. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was the Yokomo duo of Andy DiBrino and Joe Pillars who battled for the overall TQ with the better end for Andy, who would take the pole position by less than 0.2s. The single 5-minute A-main then would again see Andy on top with Joe coming in 2nd, some six seconds down on Andy.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

February 18, 2019

Louth RCCC Schumacher Winter Series Rd5 – Report

Round five of the Schumacher Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club took place this past weekend. An ever improving number of drivers and record entry would attend this meeting, with 85 drivers taking to the technical layout that the club had laid out, running the four classes of 13.5 Blinky, 17.5 boosted, Gt12 and Tamiya Euro Truck. In 13.5 Blinky the qualifying would be very close for the top spot. Ricky Lee would continue his fine form at Louth by taking the top spot with his Awesomatix. Chris Lovely would follow close behind with his Xray, Andrew Green and Nathan Winyard would leave it late in qualifying to take 3rd and 4th respectively. Mikey Mansell would follow close with his Capricorn, and 17.5 Boosted champion Jason Lovely would show well in the Blinky class in 6th with his Xray, Garry Plant would make up the A-final with his Awesomatix.

Continue reading the report here

February 18, 2019

Jack McMillan doubles at South Australian State Titles

The Adelaide Radio Control Raceway hosted the South Australian State Titles this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Jack McMillan (Team Associated) made a clean sweep, taking the overall TQ after winning each of the four qualifying rounds. In the triple A-mains events Hack was equally dominant, as he came out on top in all three legs to take the 2WD Modified State title in front of the Yokomo duo of Antoni Caretti and Damon Davis Perry.

Continue reading the report here

February 18, 2019

Rasmussen & Kaerup win at RC Kongen Winter Series Rd6

Round 6 of the Danish RC Kongen Winter Series was held this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Jesper Rasmussen with the TQ from AE teammates Jonas and Marcus Kaerup. after the triple A-mains the top 2 order would remain the same, however it was Christoffer Henriksen (Team Associated) who was able to snatch the final podium spot. Over in the 4WD Modified Buggy class Marcus Kaerup snatched the TQ and win, leaving behind Mathias Douglas in 2nd and Christoffer Henriksen in 3rd.

Image: Jesper Rasmussen

February 18, 2019

Viktor Wilck takes Swedish TC Modified title

The Wäxjö MS club played host to the Swedish Electric Onroad Nationals this past weekend. The event was held in 1/10th and 1/12th classes and in 1/10th Touring Modified it was Infinity’s Viktor Wilck with the TQ and also the win, sealing his 10th national championship. Fabian Vernersson came in 2nd as Marcus van Elling (Xray) rounded out the top 3 in front of Team Associated’s Daniel Carlsson and HB Racing’s Elias Johansson. Over in the 13.5T Stock class it was Xray’s Marcus van Elling with the top spot after the qualifiers and he would also sweep the A-mains to take the win in front of Infinity’s Nathan Parker and Team Associated’s Daniel Carlsson.

View the 13.5T podium here

February 18, 2019

Ryan Cavalieri wins at Revelation Raceway Club race

Revelation Raceway of of Ontario, California held a club race this past weekend, attracting local talent alongside the likes of SWorkz’s Ryan Cavalieri and Tekno RC’s Jared Tebo. The two tried to get some laps in in preparation of the forthcoming Dirt Nitro Challenge and they would battle it out in the Nitro Buggy class. Ultimately it was Ryan with the TQ and win as Jared came in 2nd, some 14 seconds short of Ryan due to too many mistakes. Mugen’s Javier Perez ended the race in 3rd, three laps behind the top 2.

Image: Jared Tebo

February 18, 2019

Thomas Reynolds wins at Conquer the Carpet race

Outlaw RC of Surray, BC recently hosted the Conquer the Carpet event on a challenging and quick layout. In the popular 13.5T Wheeler class it was HB Racing’s Thomas Reynolds with the win from the Xray duo of Frank Bortolazzo and Paul Parks.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 18, 2019

T-Works MP10 graphite radio & upper plate

T-Works have introduced new carbon fire option parts for the Kyosho Inferno MP10 buggy in the form of a radio plate and an upper plate. Both are cut from high-quality carbon fibre and they replace the standard alloy items. While adding a factory touch the parts also offer slightly different flex characteristics compared to the standard alloy items, allowing to adjust overall chassis flex.

View the upper plate here