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January 23, 2018

Burak Kilic wins at OWL Messe Cup

The annual OWL Messe Cup was held in Bad Salzuflen, Germany this past weekend. The event was run along a public fair which ensured a good exposure to possible newcomers. In the 1/10th 2WD Buggy class it was Schumacher’s Burak Kilic who took the TQ spot from his brother Berkan (Schumacher), despite the two not making it in time for Friday morning’s practice due to school obligations. In the triple 8-minute A-mains things were pretty close between the brothers as Burak took the win in A1 while Berkan came out on top in A2. In the third and final A-main it came to a rear showdown in the closing stages but it was the pole setter who held the upper hand to take the day’s win from Berkan in 2nd and Sophie Müller (Xray) in 3rd.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.

January 23, 2018

Lee doubles at Urban Astro Buggy Champs Rd1

The opening round of the popular Urban Astro Buggy Championships in Singapore was held this past weekend at the downtown rooftop astro offroad track. Throwing down the gauntlet for the rest of the local racers was young Sean Lee, who kicked off his 2018 racing season in the best possible way with a double win in both the 2WD and 4WD classes. In the 2WD category, Sean blitzed the field by sewing up the TQ with wins in the first two of three rounds of qualifying. Sebastian Lee, who is Sean’s father, made it a family affair in the front row of the grid, by qualifying 2nd, while 2017 4WD Singapore National Champ, Fazly Ibrahim took 3rd.

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January 23, 2018

Hobbywing sign Daniel Kobbevik

Hobbywing have announced the signing of another RC star to their growing factory team in the form of up and coming Daniel Kobbevik. The Norwegian talent and IFMAR 1/10th Buggy Junior World Champion will be using Hobbywing speed controllers and motors in all of his 1/10th and 1/8th rides from now on and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am very excited about what 2018 has to bring, and it’s an honor to be a part of the Hobbywing team, I have already made a podium at EOS with Hobbywing power and won the Junior WC title in China. The support at race in China was awesome! Thank you to the team Hobbywing for the opportunity.

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

January 22, 2018

Evans claims 2nd Reedy Race of Champions

Seven years on from when he made a name for himself as one of Offroad’s top drivers by winning the 2011 Reedy Race of Champions, Dustin Evans has claimed victory at the unique event for a second time. The Associated driver becomes only the 5th driver in the race’s 24 year history to have achieved multiple victories in one of the World’s most difficult races to win given its unique multiple heads up race format. A contender throughout this year’s encounter, which was hosted again at the World famous OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California, Evans went to the top of the points after a dramatic penultimate round of 2WD action and then sealed the deal with his 6th win of the event in the last round. This left a stacked closing heat to determine who would stand each side of Evans on the podium, 5 drivers vying for the 2 places. An action packed affair Tessmann came out the winner to give him a perfect 2WD score which together with a less successful 4WD part of the event pulled the Xray driver up to 2nd overall. Having looked like he was going to clean up a 5th Reedy Race title, Ryan Cavalieri would get third behind Joona Hataanen to secure the final podium placing getting the tie break from World Champion Ryan Maifield. Going into the final round in 2nd position in the points, Maifield would break after 5 laps while leading. Also having a tough final race, Spencer Rivkin, who shared the lead with Cavalieri over a number of rounds, would end the event with his worst race and while a throw-out it meant he had to count the 5 from the previous round leaving him 5th overall.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete coverage here.

January 22, 2018

Oscar Baldo wins at Levante Championship Rd2

The second round of the Spanish Levante Championship was hosted by the Automodelismo Sax club at the Circuito Municipal de Sax track near Alicante. Qualifying was won by newly signed Kyosho driver Bryan Baldo in front of Oscar Baldo (Kyosho) while guest driver David Ronnefalk (HB Racing) rounded out the top 3 result. In the 45-minute A-main encounter it was Oscar who would prevail as he took the win a lap in front of Bryan as Manuel Iniesta (Mugen) completed the top 3 result. David Ronnefalk, who scored the fastest lap of the race, had to settle for 9th overall after engine issues in the closing stages of the race.

Image: Baldo RC

January 22, 2018

Cody King teams up with Serpent

Serpent have officially announced the signing of former IFMAR 1/8th Buggy World Champion, Cody King to their factory team. The former HB Racing pilot only announced his retirement last Fall but he was still seen trackside and is now back to race Serpent’s Cobra series of 1/8th off-road buggies and trucks. In addition he will also campaign the Spyder 1/10th platforms at various 2WD and 4WD races. Cody’s calendar will include all major races in the US and abroad, including the Neo Race and the IFMAR Worlds and he had the following so say:

My first impression of the Serpent cars is awesome! The quality of the parts is the best I have ever worked with. I built my first kit last week and it went together amazingly. I have been running the cars for about 2 months and I feel very comfortable with them already. The cars are so easy to work on and every day I go practice things get better and better. […] I want to say thank you to everyone at Serpent. Especially Paul Ciccarello for all his help during this process. 2018 is going to be a great year! If anyone has any questions about the Serpent cars or brand they can contact me through email Codyking@serpentamerica.com or Facebook Messenger.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 22, 2018

Mibosport Winter Cup Rd4 – Report

The penultimate round of the 2017/18 Mibosport Winter Cup was held in Hrotovice this past weekend. Fresh off the Christmas break a total of 220 drivers signed in for the event that was held in the usual mix of electric on-road and off-road class with 103 entries for the on-road and 117 entries for the off-road categories. Drivers from Austria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and even Italy signed in as did some well-known named from series such as the ETS and EOS. In Touring Modified, Dominic Vogl did not feel confident in qualifications, but it was a brand new story in the final legs. In the first one Oliver Havranek crashed on the roll out lap so that he was forced to score a DNS and nothing could prevent Dominic from taking the win. In the second leg Oliver kept the doors shut setting the final run to be the decider. It was a great fight between those two guys and finally Dominic passed Oliver for the overall. Matej Sulc completed the as Patrick Gollner lost a few spots compared to his starting position and finished 4th in front of Zdeno Kunak.

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January 22, 2018

Knapp & Reilley win at Mid Winter Classic

RC Clubhouse in Warren, Michigan held their Mid Winter Classic race this past weekend and it was 1/12th on-road specialist, Andrew Knapp with the TQ in the 4WD 13.5T and 2WD 17.5T classes. In the wheeler class Andrew would be able to control the A-main, bringing home the win with a lap margin after the 5-minute main. Eric Devos would come in 2nd from George Berridge 3rd. In the 17.5T Stock Buggy main Andrew would start from pole position, however it was Ean Reilley with the win after the 5-minutes encounter. Andrew would have to settle for 2nd, some 2.5 seconds short of Ewan with Frank Jr rounding out the podium 3rd.

View the 2WD Stock podium here