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December 9, 2019

Phend & Jones win at TLR Winter Championship Series

The Team Losi Racing Winter Championship Series was held at RC Fun Park in Granger, Indiana with 170 entries for the several electric off-road Modified and Stock classes. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was TLR’s Dakotah Phend with the overall TQ and he would also sweep the single 10-minute A-main event, leaving behind runner-up Charlie Maiorana (TLR) in 2nd, a lap down while Tater Sontag (TLR) came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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December 4, 2019

Ryan Cavalieri going full SWorkz

SWorkz have announced the addition of Ryan Cavalieri to their 1/10th scale factory team, meaning the former IFMAR World Champion will be fully SWorkz sponsored for the 2020 season. Already campaigning SWorkz 1/8th scale kits since this season, Ryan recently left the Yokomo 1/10th scale squad he was running for only since this season to now campaigning SWorkz vehicles, such as the S35 1/8th scale and S12 and S14 1/10th scale kits, exclusively.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

December 4, 2019

Neil Cragg sweeps Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd3

Round 3 of the Schumacher Indoor Off Road Masters at Worksop was held this past weekend. The race was once again a full entry with many great drivers in attendance. When the dust had settled it was Team Associated’s Neil Cragg with the win in 2WD Buggy from Schumacher driver, Ben Smith on the runner-up spot. The top 3 result was completed by Team Associated’s Tommy Hall.

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December 4, 2019

Stefan Lutka sweeps Pribeta club race

The Pribeta club in Slovakia recently held their club race and it was Stefan Lutka who took a double win in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. In 2WD, where Stefan started from P2 on the grid, he took the win following some hard fights against 2nd placed Aron Karika as Varga Karoly completed the top 3 results. Over in 4WD Buggy the podium would be completed by Josef Petrik in 2nd and Varga Karoly in 3rd.

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December 4, 2019

Sousa & Maiorana win at Drumstick race

The Drumstick race was held at the RC Clubhouse track in Warren, Michigan last weekend. The race saw around 130 entries which is a pretty standard for this race every year. In the 4WD Buggy A-main 2nd place qualifier, Xray’s Mark Sousa made a pass for the lead on lap one but then got together with the 2nd place driver and Mark went back to last on the first lap. However he was able to come through the pack all the way up to 1st and then slowly extended his lead from there to take the win from HB Racing’s Mike Valentine Jr. in 2nd and TLR’s Seth Rippee in 3rd. In the 2WD main it was Charlie Maiorana with the win from Russ Bryant on the runner-up spot. Mark Sousa struggled with a last minute setup change and ultimately had to settle for 3rd overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 3, 2019

Johnson & Switzer win at ORCF 1/8 Turkey Race

The Ohio RC Factory of Jeffersonville, Ohio held their 1/8 Turkey Race last Saturday, attracting over 60 entires. In 1/8th Pro Nitro Buggy it was Xray’s Paul Ciccarello with the overall TQ, however it was 3rd place qualifier, Serpent’s Adam Johnson with the win in the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind Paul in 2nd some 6.8 seconds back. 4th place qualifier, HB Racing’s Scott Kuchler came in 3rd, a lap behind Paul and Adam.

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December 3, 2019

Graham Alsop successful at NWN Winter Series Rd2

Round 2 of the NWN Winter Series was held at the North West Nitro club in Blackpool, United Kingdom over the weekend. HB Racing’s Graham Alsop took a popular win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class, leaving behind HB Racing’s Nick Cox in 2nd, some two laps down. Tekno RC’s Mitchell Booth came in 3rd some nine seconds behind Nick while Chris Sharpe-Simkiss completed the 27-laps club some 13 seconds behind Mitchell.

Source: Answer RC [answer-rc.com]

December 3, 2019

Iivonen & Haatanen win at Winter Jumps Series Rd1

The opening round of this season’s Winter Jumps series was held at the popular Fullspeed RC indoor track in Vantaa, Finland with over 90 entries and some world class level of racing. The weekend kicked off with open practice on Friday allowing plenty of time to learn the new layout. Saturday then is for the 2WD class and Sunday the 4WD racing is the order. The race was announced by Karri Salmela with great passion and vast knowledge about drivers and their cars. As for the action on the track, Joona Haatanen was able to TQ both 2WD and 4WD, but it was Pekko Iivonen who managed to take the 2WD victory over Joona while the latter took the win after a really intense fight until the final A3 in 4WD.

View the final results here