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December 30, 2019

Reno Savoya leaves Team Losi Racing

Multi-time EFRA European and French National Champion, Reno Savoya has announced his departure from Team Losi Racing. Reno had a pretty successful 4-season stint with the US company, achieving two IFMAR Worlds finals and five French National Championship titles. Reno for now leaves open on what comes next for him but with the new year just around the corner, the RC community will find out pretty soon. For now, Reno has the following to say:

2020 is just around the corner! It will mark a new chapter in my career as I am up for a new adventure. After 4 ecstatic seasons with TLR, 2 IFMAR Worlds finals, 5 french National titles, it is time for me to look for a new future. Thank you to the entire TLR crew Frank, Ryan, Bryan, Todd, Barry, Kevin and all the #driveTLR family worldwide for those wonderful moments on and off the track! See you guys in Padova in just a few days with my new entity.

December 30, 2019

Leonardo Valente wins at Year End race

The Rapallo track in the North-western part of Italy hosted their year end race this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy F1 category it was Leonardo Valente with the overall win in the 45-minute main final from EFRA European Champion, Riccardo Berton on the runner-up spot, a lap down. Giovanni Camamo came in 3rd, another two laps down.

Image: Leonardo Valente

December 30, 2019

Trinity sign Barry Baker

Trinity have announced the signing of RC icon, Barry Baker to their factory team for the 2020 season. Barry brings decades of knowledge and experience to the team and he will not only be driving but will be Trinity’s West Coast team representative.

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]

December 30, 2019

Mitchell Booth wins at Nitro X Cross Winter Series Rd3

Round 3 of the Nitro X Cross Winter Series was held at the Brookthorpe track in the UK this past weekend. In the 20-minute Nitro Buggy A-main it was Tekno RC driver, Mitchell Booth with the overall win some eight seconds in front of Mugen’s Ben Billing on the runner-up spot. Tekno RC’s Wes Jolly came in 3rd to complete the top 3 result a lap down.

Source: Nitro X Cross [facebook.com]

December 30, 2019

Urban Astro Buggy Champ Rd6 – Report

The 6th and final round of the 2019 Urban Astro Buggy Championship was held at Urban RC in downtown Singapore this past weekend. The round saw plenty of exciting races, and more importantly, another opportunity for Singapore’s off-road enthusiasts to get together to share a fun day on the roof at Urban RC. In the 2WD Buggy class, that attracted nearly 20 entries, it was Esmail Apandi with the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifiers as Sean Lee TQ’d a single round for P2 on the grid. The triple A-mains saw Esmail taking pretty dominant wins for an early overall victory from A3 winner, Sean Lee. Behind the two, the race for the final podium spot was on between Julien Foo, Steven Ong and TS Bay with the three ending tie on points eventually. When the dust had settled and after the tie-breaker, Julien would snatch overall P3 from Steven in 4th an TS in 5th.

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December 30, 2019

Bezerk roll out new XB2’20 carbon fibre optionals

Bezerk from Australia have announced the release of new carbon fibre option parts for the Xray XB2 2020 buggy. First up is a beefed up front tower that has material added in strategically placed areas in order to improve rigidity. The shock stay mimics the standard suspension geometry and it is available in 3.0mm, 4.0mm and 5.0mm glossy carbon fibre.

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December 30, 2019

HNMC Winter Series Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the popular Herts Nitro Model Club Winter Series attracted 75 racers with dry weather making for good racing conditions all day. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Jamie Clancy with the overall TQ while E-Buggy was top qualified by Richard Miller. The main Nitro Buggy A-final was another epic battle between Joni Skidmore and Jamie Clancy under the flood lights with the lead changing constantly on the last few laps. Ultimately it was Jamie Clancy with the win from Joni Skidmore 2nd and Lewis Jones in 3rd. The E-Buggy A-main had Richard Miller taking the overall win from Tony Verboom in 2nd and Holger Lykke in 3rd.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

December 30, 2019

Palsson & Albertz win at RC Meeting race

The Swedish Furulund RC Club held their RC Meeting race this past weekend. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was Jessica Palsson with the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifying rounds. The triple A-mains then saw Jessica with a clean sweep, taking wins in all three A-mains secured her the overall win from Mikael Palsson in 2nd while Stefan Palsson completed the overall top 3 result from Pontus Magnusson and Jonas Johansson. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was Ludwig Albertz with the overall win from Roger and Linus Olsson in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Image: Jessica Palsson