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April 23, 2019

Ryan Lutz wins 2019 DXR Dirt Kings race

The 2019 DXR Dirt Kings race was held held at the Harper Adams University in Shropshire, UK over the weekend, attracting some of the world’s fastest 1/8th nitro off-road racers. Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro would sweep the Nitro Buggy qualifiers with a clean 800 points score, followed by Agama’s Ryan Lutz in 2nd, tie on points with Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo. New SWorkz signing, Elliott Boots and teammate Juan Carlos Canas would follow in 4th and 5th, again tie on points. The 45-minute main final than would see a very close outcome with Ryan Lutz taking a slim 2.5 seconds win from Davide in 2nd while Juan Carlos came in 3rd, only ten seconds behind Davide. Agama’s Burak Kilic and SWorkz’s Elliott Boots came in 4th and 5th, already two laps down.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

April 23, 2019

Jackson Andres sweeps 2018/19 NIS

The fifth and final round of the 2018/19 Northwest Indoor Series was once again hosted by Tacoma R/C Raceway in Washington. This 5-race series would begin at the end of 2018 and would go through April of 2019. Each round of the series would see many of the best drivers that the Northwest has to offer. With each drivers four best finishes out of 5 counting, there was no room for error in this extremely competitive series. After the dust had finally settled from this intense 6-month series, it was Yokomo USA team driver Jackson Andres taking the impressive overall series championships in both the premier 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes.

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April 22, 2019

Absima Summer Championship Rd1 – Report

The Absima Summer Championship was opened with brilliant sunshine and brilliant racing at the Coastal Model Car Club this weekend. A bumper entry rolled through the gates to fight it out for the first round. First up it was the touring cars, and after a scare with a breakage in practice Adrian Dew dominated the results by winning all the qualifiers and finals, although there was some great action for the lead with both Jason Scott and Attila Hadji.

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April 22, 2019

Nico Schmid doubles at Swiss Champs Rd2

The second round of the Swiss Electric Off-road Championship was held at the Islikon indoor track. The race would mark the final race event at the popular location that will close its door permanently after the Easter weekend. Racing-wise it was Nico Schmid who took wins in the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes, leaving behind his brother Florian in 2nd place in both categories. Kay Fehner snatched the final podium spot in 2WD while Philip Jeisy rounded out the top 3 in 4WD, making it all-Xray top 3 podiums in both categories.

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April 22, 2019

Hobiland Race of Champions – Report

The Hobiland Race of Champions was held at the SDC offroad track in Serpong, Indonesia. The event attracted 40 entries for the 1/10th 2WD Modified and 2WD Stock as well as the 4WD Buggy and 4WD SC Truck classes. In 2WD Buggy, Bowie Ginting secured the TQ, ahead of Ariatenna and Dimaz Arianto in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the 4WD class, Rizky Pradana secured the TQ after winning the first and second qualifying round and in front of Arief Budiman and Yusuf Zulkarnain.

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April 18, 2019

XRS Poland Rd5 – Report

The XRS Poland and Polish National finals were held in a joint event in Lodz that attracted more than 130 entries. The race was held in the Zatoka Sportu PL multi-sport facility, making for a perfect venue that saw great sportsman spirit and lots of visitors. In the 2WD and 4WD Modified classes it was Bartek Zambrzycki (Yokomo) with the overall TQ in both categories, while Bartek Zalewski (Xray) secured 2nd position in both classes. Bartek Kramża (Xray), another up and coming driver from Poland, secured the 3rd spot. When the dust had settled after the finals, it was again Bartek Zambrzycki, who took both National Champion titles – for the 4th consecutive year. Bartosz Zalewski came in 2nd in 2WD while Bartek Kramza rounded out the top 3.

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April 17, 2019

Winter Jumps Series finale – Report

The final round of the Winter Jumps series was held at the Helsinki Child Fair with the host, Fullspeed RC, putting in much effort to offer an impressive racing track, a test track and stand for the exhibition. Thousands of people got to see RC Racing and 500+ kids tried out the test track in what turned out to be a great showcase for RC racing. And once again almost one hundred drivers made their entry for the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes. The 2WD class was held on Saturday and the racing was super tight with Pekko Iivonen and Jamiel Gabrielsson fighting it out for the TQ closely followed by Lauri Ruotsalainen, Tuomo Otsavaara and Arttu Syrjänen. In the end Jamiel managed to take the TQ in front of Pekko, Lauri, Tuomo and Arttu followed by Markku Honkanen, Juho Rajaniemi, Jarno SIltanen, Konsta Saarinen and Topi Salminen all making the A-main.

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April 17, 2019

John Peroyiannakis wins at Buggy Masters Rd9

Round 9 of the Greek Buggy Masters series was held recently with the event being affected by the weather prior to the race. Heavy rain the days before meant the track crew had to work extra hours but in the end it worked out and the track was slippery but good to go. At the end of the 30-minute nitro buggy main final it was John Peroyiannakis with the win from Aris Bornovas on the runner-up spot – the latter having to fight against an increasingly harder to drive car due to his engine being on the edge of a flameout. Sotiris Christodoulou came in 3rd to round out the podium result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]