The 2019 HB Racing European Race Days will be held from April 5th to 7th at the ARCF42 club near Lyon, France. The event is open to all drivers piloting HB Racing 1/8th Nitro and Electric Buggies and a set of HB Racing Megabite yellow compound tyres will be included in the entry. The weekend will kick off on Friday, with Saturday and Sunday being the race days. Sign-up opens on January 15th and more information will soon be available here.
Apex Raceway of Murfreesboro, Tennessee held the Tennessee Indoor State Offroad Champs last weekend, attracting some of the region’s fastest electric off-road racers. In the premier 2WD Mod Buggy class it was John Barron II with the win from Tony Fox and Luis Oros.
Round 6 of the HNMC Winter Series was held last weekend in freezing weather conditions. Conditions on Sunday would be damp and slippery all day with most racers using Ultra soft tyres. Just over 40 diehard club racers made the trip and the Nitro Buggy TQ went to Graham Alsop, while Erik Lykke came out on top in E-Buggy and Warabie Tatejoki wrapped up the Truggy TQ. In the 20-minute Nitro Buggy A-final it was Graham Alsop with the in from Lewis Johns and Kevin Brunsden. The 12-minute E-Buggy main went to Erik Lykke from Darren Hayden-Ball and Holger Lykke while the 20-minute Truggy main was won by Warabie Tatekoji from Darren Ropper and Brin Tourle.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
Last weekend’s Full Throttle Race was held in Mumbai, India as part of the Techfest events. Mugen’s Robert Batlle was invited alongside Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo and Rayan Medjoubi and the three would also make up the top 3 after the A-mains, leaving behind a bunch of talented locals.
Source: Mugen [mugen.eu] | Image: Meet Modi
Round 2 of the Snake Pit series was held at the CCX Race track in Monroe, Wisconsin last weekend. In 2WD Stock Buggy, the largest class of the weekend, Brad Shearer would take the TQ, however it was Zac Rose, coming from the 3 spot, with the overall win as Brad Shearer came in 2nd. 2nd place qualifier, Matt Wilbert had to settle for 3rd overall. Over in the competitive 13.5T Wheeler class Matt Wilbert took a popular TQ and win from Dalton Balboa 2nd and Alex Vaughn 3rd.
View the 13.5T 4WD Buggy podium here
Xray will hold their 2018 Xmas Race at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia on the 29th of December, allowing racers to try and test their new toys in various on-road and off-road classes. The event is run using the same rule set as the XRS Slovakia, however the friendship race does not count as a round of the series, allowing drivers to just go and have as much fun as possible.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 2 of the Northwest Indoor Series was held at Tacoma RC Raceway this past weekend. In the 2WD Mod Buggy class it was Luke Smith (Team Associated/Reedy) with the win from Jackson Andres (Yokomo/Muchmore) on the 2 spot as Daniel Lea (Team Associated/Reedy) rounded out the top 3. In the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Harley Yoshii who brought home the win with his Reedy-powered ride as Jackson Andres (Yokomo/Muchmore) came in 2nd and Daniel Lea (Team Associated/Reedy) completed the top 3 podium result.
View the 4WD Buggy podium here
The Ontario, California based Revelation Raceway held the Kyosho Toys For Tots race this past weekend. Over 100 entries made for plenty of great racing and in the premier Open Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Ricardo Berton, who flew in from Italy, with the TQ and win in front of HB Racing’s Tyler Brown and Anthony Westergaard. Over in the 1/8th E-Buggy A-main it was top qualifier, Kyosho’s Zachary Rogers with the win from Mugen racer Radcliffe Brill and Kyosho’s Wayne Crowder.
