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November 27, 2020

Ryan Lutz confirms switch to WRC

Ryan Lutz has confirmed his move from long time chassis sponsor Agama to new chassis sponsor WRC. Not just taking up the role of driver, Ryan is the person tasked with growing the Italian brand, more known in onroad, in the Americas and in a lengthy blog post linked below he explained his new position as:

As for my role, if you can name it, i’ll probably have my hand in it in one way or another. I have been assigned the role of making this brand what it will be in the America’s. Starting out that means everything from Racing, testing, and promoting on the track to the behind the scenes of working with distributors and shops to help them get set up. I will be creating educational videos to learn and showcase the platforms. I also will be the team manager for the offroad side of things as they currently offer 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Ebuggy with their SBX and SBXE.

Source: Lutz RC [lutzrc.com]

November 19, 2020

The Dirt Nitro Challenge 2021 – Announcement

The Dirt has announced that the 2021 ‘The Dirt Nitro Challenge’ preparations are under way. With the continued Covid-19 restrictions the State fairgrounds, where the event has been located for the last two years, were not able to make the commitment to ensure the opening of the fairgrounds and the ability to hold the event in 2021. So Joey has moved the event to the world famous Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, Sunny Southern California. The facility is perfect for the event with full hookup camping, horseshoe tournament pits, nice restrooms, grass park and a huge grass field for us to set up manufacturers row and pit areas. The event will take place on the 17th to 21st of February next year and entries are now open.

Source: The Dirt [thedirt.us]

November 16, 2020

Tebo double at Tekno RC Winter series

Round 1 of the Tekno RC 1/8 Winter Series was held last weekend at the HobbyTown USA Hobbyplex in Omaha. Racing was close, with Jared Tebo (Tekno) taking the TQ in Expert Nitro Buggy, with Mason Fuller (TLR) starting first in Expert Electric Buggy. In Nitro, Mason and Jared would have an epic battle for the entire 30 minute main. Both would would make strange mistakes every time they built any sort of a lead. Close acing throughout, Tebo would emerge the winner in front of Fuller in 2nd with Jared Wiggins (Tekno) right there in 3rd, the top 3 finishing within 4 or 5 seconds. In Electric, Mason and Jared again battled early, but unfortunately Mason would have some mistakes and Jared pulled a big gap to win the 10 minutes main.

View the eBuggy podium here

November 9, 2020

Cavalieri, Tebo & Maifield take Pro classes at AMS 11.0

The 2020 Alabama Manufacturers Shootout presented by Racetime Entertainment took place last weekend in Cullman, Alabama. In the Pro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Ryan Maifield that claimed the top spot in qualifying but in the 45 minute final, following a thrilling battle with Sworkz’ Ryan Cavalieri it was Cav who would take the victory by less than a second in front of his long time rival. Jared Tebo (Tekno) would complete the top 3 less than a lap back, with Cole Ogden (HB Racing) and Brandon Rose (Agama) rounding out the top 5. Pro Truggy saw a dominant performance by Tekno’s Jared Tebo to take a clear win from the pole position ahead of the impressive Tyler Jones (Agama), with Spencer Rivkin a few seconds back in 3rd. Daktah Phend (TLR) and Joe Bornhorst (Tekno) would complete the top 5. In Pro eBuggy, Ryan Maifield took his Mugen to the TQ spot in qualifying, edging out Dakotah Phend on a tie break, with Tyler Jones starting 3rd. The double leg finals saw Maifield win both to take the overall with Cavalieri coming through to take the runner up spot ahead of Jones in 3rd, Phend in 4th and Rivkin in 5th.

View the other Pro podiums here

November 6, 2020

Jamie Hall takes EssexCarpetClash Rd2

Last weekend saw round 2 of the EssexCarpetClash championship take place. The track was a little challenging in places to get a perfect lap, but was rewarding when you did. After 4 rounds qualifying, Jamie Hall showed his talent by topping the time sheets for all rounds with his Associated. The rest of the field would then place their best times to get as high up the 8 field grid for the 3 legged finals. William Venables managed to secure second on the grid with his Associated ride, while Yasir Mughal had a good consistent qualifying to place third ahead of fellow Yokomo driver Harley Eldridge. The finals would go the same way as qualifying for Hall, never looking back and taking all leg wins in the finals. Mughal would get caught up with a few errors in the finals, where as Eldridge would keep her head and run clean, managing to finish second in two of the finals. Venables would complete the podium in third, where his second place finish in leg 2 would be a key counting score.

Source: Essex Carpet Clash [essexcarpetclash.co.uk]

October 26, 2020

Double win for Adam Izsay at RcProf Cup Rd2

Round 2 of the Hungarian RcProf Cup was held on last weekend close to Budapest. In the hotly contested 4wd buggy class it was Adam Izsay that took the TQ after qualifying, just ahead of Zsolt Bajusz in 2nd. In the finals, Adam could convert his TQ spot into wins in all the finals with Gabor Forrai finishing runner up and Szabolcs Konya in 3rd. In 2wd buggy class Izsay also took the TQ and win in all finals, with Janos Pittman coming home 2nd and Karoly Izsay, father of Adam, in 3rd.

View the other podium here

October 19, 2020

Davide Ongaro wins 2020 Reds GP

This past weekend the 2020 Reds GP, organised by Italian brand Reds Racing, took place at the OSPY Team track in Gussao, Italy, the track crew doing a great job to get everything ready following heavy rain in the build up to the event. Attracting some of the quickest drivers from Italy and neighbouring countries, it was Infinity driver Riccardo Berton that was the man to beat after 5 rounds of qualifying. Elliott Boots (SWorkz) would line up 2nd ahead of Mattia Polito (Kyosho) and Davide Ongaro (Associated). In the 45 minute final, Ongaro would work his way to the front and take the win, followed closely by Boots in the 2nd, while Polito would round out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

October 19, 2020

Venables wins at EssexCarpetClash Rd1

Round 1 of the popular Essex Carpet Clash events took place last weekend for its third series at a new venue, in Brentwood Essex, south of the UK. The larger hall greeted the racers allowing for social distancing to take place for all attendees running 2WD (being the only class this series). The track had a flowing layout with nice features and jumps allowing for racing and a satisfying lap. Last year’s champion Ellis Stafford, hit the ground running taking all 4 qualifying rounds and giving him pole position for the 3 leg finals. The finals would make for some awesome, exciting and close racing. Pole man Stafford would only be able to take 2nd overall, following little mistakes in the finals meaning he had to fight his way back through the field. 2nd placed qualifier William Venables would walk away with the overall round win having decent and consistent finishing positions. But this wasn’t made easy for him, as he had to hold off a fast chasing Harley Eldridge who finished 3rd overall, in some close extremely close racing.

Source: Essex Carpet Clash [essexcarpetclash.co.uk]