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October 2, 2021

2022 Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

Joey Christensen has been in touch to let us know about the 2022 DNC which will be held the Southern California Fairgrounds in Perris, California at the New The Dirt at Perris track from the 23rd to 27th of February. There will be a warm up race in early January as well (dates are coming) and they are currently offering an early DNC entry discount for a limited number of entries while they last. It is already looking like this year’s DNC will be the biggest one yet with many of the European drivers to be in attendance which will make it that much more exciting. ‘We are pumped to have a permanent home for the DNC and have been working hard to make sure that the Biggest off road R/C race in the world is the best one yet!’

Source: The Dirt [thedirt.us]

October 1, 2021

Schumacher Outdoor Offroad Masters Rd5 – Report

This past weekend was the fifth and final round of the fantastic SOOM series 2021, there was once again a great entry of drivers present. It was the biggest entry of the series, with 108 entries for 2wd and 91 entries in 4wd. The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. The Robin Hood team had designed a fantastic track layout for both days of our event and the venue was looking in pristine condition. Once again as some travel restrictions have been lifted, it allowed some International entries from Michal Orlowski, Jorn Neumann and Riccardo Berton to travel across for the event. In 2wd qualifying it was Michal Orlowski who would take TQ to line up on pole. Lee Martin would be 2nd and Paul Crompton would line up 3rd.

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August 27, 2021

Davide Ongaro joins Arrowmax Factory Team

Arrowmax are delighted to add Davide Ongaro to their Factory Team line-up. The Italian off-road world champion will be using all tools and equipment from Arrowmax in the pits. Davide had the following to say: ‘I’m super happy to join AM team with a lot of champions!!! Can’t wait to hit the track with all super nice tools and hope to take good results with them’.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

August 24, 2021

Schumacher SOOM Series Rd4 – Report

This past weekend was the fourth round of the fantastic SOOM series, there was once again a great entry of drivers present. The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. The Southport team had designed a fantastic track layout for both days of our event. The mixed weather was present on Saturday but it was dry and sunny for most of Sunday. Finally as some travel restrictions have been lifted, it allowed both Michal Orlowski and Jorn Neumann to get across to the event. In 2wd qualifying it was Neil Cragg who would take TQ to line up on pole. Tommy Hall would be 2nd and Luke Holdsworth would line up 3rd.

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August 17, 2021

Daniel Kobbevik wins 2021 Norwegian 1/8th Nitro title

The 2021 Norwegian 1/8th scale offroad Nationals took place last weekend at Hverven Raceway in Oslo. The club put down new clay and prepped the track just one week prior to the event and during qualification the surface got very loose and many drivers had problem with getting small stones into drivetrain or clutch, but track got better and better, and by the finals there was no problem anymore. It became a real offroad track with sharp bumps and you needed to find new lines every time you went out on track. Daniel Kobbevik had full control in qualification and took overall TQ and would also win his semi final to start from pole with his Xray XB8. Mathias Fink would line up second with his Mugen Seiki and Vincent Ruger in third with his Agama.

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August 10, 2021

Schumacher Outdoor Off Road Masters Rd3 – Report

This past weekend was the third round of the fantastic SOOM series, there was once again a great entry of drivers present. The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. Then everyone has 1 final except for the 3 legged A finals. The Herts team had designed a fantastic track layout for the event, many racers were pleasantly surprised to see such a great track and facility. The layout was changed quite substantially between 2wd and 4wd. In 2wd qualifying it was Lee Martin who would take TQ in 3 rounds to line up on pole. Jamie Hall would be 2nd and his brother Tommy Hall would line up 3rd.

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August 10, 2021

Daniel Kobbevik double at Norwegian Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the Norwegian Nationals was held at the technical and bumpy astro track ‘Radoy Raceway’. This is on the west coast of Norway, so weather can change fast and be pretty bad, but this weekend was warm and nice weather. Every thing was organised well and it was good amount of drivers and fun in the pits. 2wd qualifiers started Saturday morning and Daniel Kobbevik was in his own league, taking the TQ in all four rounds. That meant Daniel could start from pole with his Hobbywing/Sunpadow powered Xray XB2. In A1 Daniel pulled away right away and lapped the whole field. In A2 Daniel was hit by a car in the start and when Daniel tried to get passed, he was taken out again, falling down to 5th place, and had to work the way back to the front but still managed to take a comfy win. This gave Kobbevik the overall win ahead of Yokomo driver Adrian Sognestad in 2nd and Vincent Rûger with his Xray in 3rd.

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July 30, 2021

Schumacher Racing team welcomes Riccardo Berton

Schumacher Racing would like to welcome young Italian star Riccardo Berton to the team. Riccardo is the current 1/8th European champion and Worlds A finalist. On his new deal he said ‘Big thank you to the Schumacher Family for the opportunity to race with their cars, I am really thankful and I look forward to do some of the most important races. See you soon’. Riccardo will continue with his Infinity program for 1/8th but joins them for his 1/10th racing. He will be competing at many large 1/10th events around the World as and when travel allows.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]