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February 12, 2019

JP Richards doubles at JC Indoor National Series Rd1

The first stop of the 2019 JConcepts Indoor National series was held this past weekend at Team Velocity R/C, just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. The event brought in over 350 entries and after all three rounds of qualifying were complete on Saturday, it was Yokomo’s JP Richards taking the overall TQ honors in both the highly competitive 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes. In 2WD Modified Buggy, JP would keep his momentum going after qualifying by taking the convincing wins in A-mains 1 and 2, while leading every lap of both races to score his first title of the weekend.

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February 12, 2019

Albertoni & Easter win at Propo Off-Road Champs

The Track Hobby Shop and Raceway of Gaithersburg, Maryland hosted the East Coast KO Propo Off-Road Championship last weekend. In the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Enzo Albertoni (Kyosho) with the overall TQ and he also went on to win the 6-minute A-main from Nathan Easter (Team Associated), who ended the race some 5.7s behind. Yokomo’s Jay Drakeford would come in 3rd, a lap down. In the 2WD 17.5T Buggy class Nathan Easter (Team Associated) took the TQ and he would lead the 6-minute main from tone to tone, taking a dominating win some two laps in front of Yokomo’s Kenny Kong as Team Associated’s Mike Sunderland completed the top 3 result in 3rd.

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February 12, 2019

Collin Weatherholt doubles at Winter Series Rd3

The third round of the Winter Series was held at The Ohio RC Factory track in Jeffersonville, Ohio this past weekend. The event attracted nearly 110 entries for the 1/8th off-road and 1/10th SCT classes and in Pro Nitro Buggy it was Collin Weatherholt with the TQ and also the win in the 20-minute A-main, leaving behind Brandon Hogan in 2nd by a 12-seconds margin. Scott Kuchler would round out the podium a lap down.

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February 12, 2019

Dustin Evans sweeps Rumble in the Rockies

The annual Rumble in the Rockies race was held at MHOR RC Raceway in Aurora, Colorado this past weekend. The race attracted some of the region’s fastest electric off-road racers and in the 2WD Mod and 4WD Mod classes it was Team Associated’s Dustin Evans who would lead the way, taking the TQs and wins in both categories. The 2WD Mod podium saw Xray’s Zac Gastelum finishing in 2nd and TLR’s Tyler Whitt coming in 3rd while Zeke Ballinger (TLR) and Andrew Kurtchi (TLR) completed the 4WD Mod Buggy top 3.

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February 11, 2019

Winter Jumps Series Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Finnish Winter Jumps Series was held at the Äänekoski indoor track located near Jyväskylä. The permanent indoor track features a full-size off-road track and an even bigger on-road track with the slippery surface making for a narrow driving line. Saturday was 2WD day and straight from the start it was evident that the fight for the win was on between three drivers: Joona Haatanen, Pekko Iivonen and local rising star Jamiel Gabrielsson. With Joona having problems in the first qualifying it was Jamiel who started with a TQ with Pekko and Lauri Ruotsalainen in 2nd and 3rd respectively. From the second round Joona took charge of the qualifying, winning the next three rounds to claim the overall TQ in front of Jamiel in 2nd, Pekko in 3rd, Konsta Saarinen in 4th, Lauri in 5th and Mikko Luopajärvi in 6th.

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February 11, 2019

Riccardo Berton joins RC Concept electric team

RC Concept have announced the signing of Riccardo Berton to their electric factory team. The Kyosho factory driver will use RC Concept’s WTI brushless speed controllers, brushless motors, competition LiPo batteries and also RC Concept’s accessory line to power his 1/8th and 1/10th electric rides.

Source: RC Concept [rcconcept.net]

February 11, 2019

Westergaard wins at Grassroots Racing Series Rd2

Round 2 of this year’s Grassroots Racing Series was held at SoCal Nitro Raceway in Victorville, California. In the Open Nitro Truggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ, however in the single 15-minute A-main it was TLR’s Anthony Westergaard with the win, some 7.3s in front of Adam as TLR’s Brian Sullivan rounded out the top 3 a lap down. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the TQ and win from TLR’s Anthony Westergaard 2nd and Mugen’s Marcus Garrett in 3rd.

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February 11, 2019

Elliott Boots wins season opening Montpellier GP

The Montpellier GP, season opener for Europe’s 1/8th off-road drivers, was held this past weekend at the Mini Bolide Montpellierain track in Montpellier, France. As usual the event attracted most of Europe’s 1/8th off-road stars as well as local talent and to no one’s surprise it was 2018 IFMAR World Champion, Italy’s Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) with the overall TQ after coming out on top in Q2 and Q3. Mugen’s Robert Batlle came in 2nd from new SWorkz signing, Juan Carlos Canas. Davide then also secured the pole position for the hour-long Nitro Buggy A-main event from Juan Carlos in 2nd and Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton in 3rd. The race then looked pretty straight forward for Davide until his battery broke in the closing stages of the race, allowing Kyosho’s Elliott Boots take a narrow win from Juan Carlos Canas and Riccardo Berton, all ending the main on the same lap. Robert Battle and Marco Baruffolo would come in 4th and 5th to round out the top 5.

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