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October 29, 2019

Alain Sarafyan doubles at Turkish Off-road Nats

The Turkish National 1/8th Off-road Championship was hosted by the Luleburgaz RC Yildizlar track last weekend. The 3-day event was held in 1/8th Nitro and Electric classes and when the dust had settled it was Alain Sarafyan with the overall in Nitro Buggy as Can Soykal and Emre Bozdoğan came in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in E-Buggy it was again Alain Sarafyan with the overall win as Bora Mumcu and Serkan Tumer completed the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 29, 2019

Czech Masters Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Czech Masters, a new electric off-road series in the Czech Republic, was held at the Sport Arena Prague last weekend. The schedule saw four rounds of qualifying followed by triple A-mains, however due to unfortunate tech issues in the morning, qualifying had to be cut short to three qualifiers. Young Max Götzl was in control of things in the 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Stadium Truck class as he was able to top qualify all of them. In the Truck class it was Frank Hempel 2nd and Miroslav Loupy 3rd, in 2WD and 4WD Jiri Mara lined up 2nd on the grid and Michal Blahovsky was 3rd in 2WD and Dominik Vlasek 3rd in 4WD.

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October 29, 2019

Phend & Marasco sweep Masters of Dirt

Beach RC of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina hosted the Masters of Dirt race last weekend, attracting nearly 280 entries. The event was held in Modified and Stock 1/10th off-road classes and in Pro 2WD Mod Buggy it was TLR‘s Dakotah Phend with the overall TQ and also the win in the single 10-minute A-main event, leaving behind Team Associated‘s Dustin Evans in 2nd. Team Associated‘s Aydin Horne would round out the top 3 result in front of TLR‘s Aaron Kothman and Yokomo‘s Max Flurer.

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October 29, 2019

Wesley van Helmond wins at Winter is Coming Race

The Mach-One Helmond track in Helmond, The Netherlands held their 2019 Winter is Coming race last weekend in 1/8th nitro and electric off-road classes. In the Nitro Buggy category, attracting 44 drivers, it was Jarno Pijpers (SWorkz) with the overall TQ after taking two of the three qualifying rounds. Wesley van Helmond (SWorkz), who won a single qualifying round, came in 2nd. The 30-minute A-main event then saw Wesley getting past Jarno on the second lap and from there he never looked back to take the win a lap in front of Jeffrey Halsema (Team Associated) while Jarno Pijpers rounded out the top 3 results.

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October 29, 2019

Adam Drake TQs & wins at Pro-Line Nitro Explosion

The 2019 Pro-Line Nitro Explosion was held at Thunder Alley R/C Raceway in Beaumont, California last weekend, attracting over 115 entries. In Expert Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ and he would also come out on top after the 25-minute A-main event, leaving behind TLR’s Anthony Westergaard on the 2 spot, a lap down. JQRacing’s own Joseph Quagraine came in 3rd, some six seconds behind Anthony. Tyler Brown would lead the best of the rest some 25 seconds short of JQ’s time.

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October 29, 2019

Matt Olson wins 4WD Pro Truck at West Coast Nationals

The 10th Annual 5th scale West Coast Nationals were held at Good Ol’Boyz RC Club Raceway in Bakersfield, California last weekend. The track layout was super easy but also in a way very difficult as the speeds were high and racing was so close that it became a game of tenths of a second. In 4WD Pro Truck Brian Sullivan and Matthew Olson battled it out for the overall TQ with both being tied for TQ with two qual wins a piece. For tie breaker it came down to total time and Brian edged out Matt by four hundredths of a second. The 40-minute A-main event then saw Brian, Matt and also Josh Mitchell matching lap for lap so three trucks were running for the win. With a little luck Matt had a shot at the win come the 17th lap as he was able to make a clean inside pass and from there he never looked back to take the win some six seconds in front of Brian while Jason Sheerer came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Source: MOD [modspeedshop.com]

October 29, 2019

SWorkz S14-3 Dirt 1/10th 4WD electric buggy kit

SWorkz have introduced their new S14-3 Dirt 1/10th scale 4WD electric buggy kit developed especially for dirt tracks. The kit includes a centre gear differential for improved bump and lower traction handling with one of the unique features of the new buggy being the 5mm axle universal cross driveshafts that are specially designed and made from SWorkz’s 1/8th buggy steel material. For dirt off-road racing, the designers kept the original S14-3 C-hub steering system but moved the motor and battery positions further back for improved traction. With this new centre layout, the S14-3D has an improved overall balance. The front and rear suspension arms are made of strong composite nylon materials to cope with the rigours of off-road racing and the 7075 aluminium chassis with centre flex system provides more rear end grip. For dirt racing, the S14-3D also comes standard with a Pro-composite hard material side guard set. Also helping with overall traction are the new front and rear upper carbon fibre decks. The kit is rounded out by a refined shock system for optimised bump handling.

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October 28, 2019

Caldwell, Hooks & Battaile win at RC Pro finals

The 2019 RC Pro Series finals were held at Indy RC World in Garland, Texas over the weekend, attracting over 180 entries. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was Dillon Caldwell with the overall TQ from Jake French in 2nd. After the 30-minute A-main final it was still Dillon on top with 3rd place qualifier, Tyler Hooks in 2nd and 4th place qualifier, Aaron Royston in 3rd. Mike Battaile came in 4th from 11th place qualifier, Micah Smith in 5th.

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