The opening round of the 2017 JBRL Nitro Series was held this past weekend at the Pro-Line Raceway in Banning, California. In the Open Truggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake who took the TQ and win, leaving TLR’s Tanner Denney behind in second while Expert Buggy A-main winner, Cody King (HB Racing) had to settle for third.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
Round 3 of the 2017 CTS was held at the Tamiya USA raceway in Aliso Viejo, California. With close to 200 entries, the weekend had perfect weather and was packed with the best asphalt racers from the Westcoast. Special guest appearances from World Champion Spencer Rivikin, blast from the past David Jun and Josh Numan coming out of semi retirement. After ten years of a hiatus, David Jun put his Reedy powered TC7.1 in the show. In the Modified division, it was Team Associated driver Ryan Cavalieri who came out on top in the main. TQ Eric Albano had hole shot but due to lack of grip in the first turn, the Yokomo driver fell back to dead last during the early part of the race. By great driving from the reigning champ, Albano managed to work his way up to third for a hard earned fight. Meanwhile in second position, til about one minute to go, round 1 and 2 winner Rick Hohwart had 2nd locked up with Julian Wong (Xray) in 3rd until traffic tangled with the Team Associated veteran which put him in 9th as Wong and Albano sneaks by for podium.
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PR Racing have announced the signing of multiple US National Champion and Worlds finalist, Travis Amezcua to their factory team. The former Team Durango driver will use PR Racing’s line of cars during his upcoming campaign while also assisting with Research & Development of current and upcoming products.
Source: PR Racing [pr-rc.com]
Revolution Design Racing Products’ aluminium front bulkhead for the Team Associated B6 series of 2WD buggies was designed to replace the standard part with a more sturdy and durable item. The bulkhead comes machined from aircraft-grade 7075-T6 aluminium and its directional design allows to run 25 degree or 30 degree kick-up angle while the anodised surface and silver edge details add visual impact. The aluminium part adds rigidity and precision when the point gets tough and when racing on high-bite surfaces. The part fits both the B6 and B6D and it is available in black or blue anodising.
Round one of the 2017 Jimmy Babcock Racing League Nitro Series was held at the Pro-Line Raceway in Banning, California this past weekend. In the Expert Buggy class HB Racing’s Cody King would take the winning honours in the 15-minute main final from Mugen’s Adam Drake while top qualifier, Austin Blair (SWorkz) had to settle for third overall.
Image: Cody King
Martin Bayer has won the season finale of the Euro Offroad Series in Wels, Austria, it having been 2-years to the week since the Czech driver last stood on the top step of the EOS podium. The Xray driver denied team-mate Bruno Coelho the perfect weekend thanks to his A2 win, the time of which was 3/10ths of a second quicker than Coelho’s A3 win giving him the overall victory at the Modellbau Wels on the tiebreaker. His first win since back to back champion Coelho arrived into the championship, today’s win marks his 4th EOS Career win. With Coelho having to settle for 2nd, it was 2WD Champion Michal Orlowski who would complete the podium as the curtains came down on the championship’s sixth season.
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FX Engines have announced the soon release of their new B301 nitro engine. No information about the power plant, that is believed to be a 3-port off-road engine, are available yet but all details on specifications and features should surface in time for the release.
Source: FX Engines [fx-engines.com]
The opening round of the Italian Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the Fiorano track over the weekend. In the 1/8th Expert class, 9-times World Champion, Infinity’s Lamberto Collari took the win in the highly contested main final with Shepherd’s Marco Vanni coming in 2nd and Infinity’s Dario Balesti rounding out the podium in 3rd.
