The Italian Rapallo track recently held a Trophy race and it was Marco Baruffolo who walked away with the win in both the 1/8th Nitro and Electric off-road classes. Valente would come in 2nd in the nitro class from Camamo in 3rd while Marco was sidelined by Sbrana and Formisano on the electric podium.
EZ Power from Italy have announced the signing of young Norwegian, Daniel Kobbevik to their team. The Xray factory driver and IFMAR Worlds finalist will use EZ Power batteries and accessories throughout the 2018 season and he has the following to say about the deal:
I am superhappy to get the opportunity to run EZ batteries, the performance is supernice, and I am very excited for the 2018 season! Big thanks to Lorenzo Ristori for the chance to use the EZ products.
Source: EZ Power [ezpower.it]
The Ohio RC Factory held the CRCRC Midwest Nitro Championship last weekend and in the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Austin Woodyard (Serpent) with the TQ from Mark Sousa and Ralph Krumme. At the start of the main final Mark Sousa (Xray) made a pass on Austin during the first lap and was able to run a smooth race. With Ralph Krumme (Agama) behind all had some good battles for the lead but by the end Mark was able to open up a comfortable lead to take the win with Ralph Krumme in 2nd and Cole Kasten (Mugen) in 3rd.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The third round of the Tekno Winter Series was held at the Hobbyplex raceway in Omaha, Nebraska. This would be a one day event with open practice Friday afternoon. Tekno RC’s Seth VanDalen TQ’d the Nitro Buggy class, however in the 30-minute main final it was Mason Fuller (TLR) who would bring home the win some three laps in front of Seth VanDalen while Xray’s Dan Williams, who bumped up from the B-main, snatched the final podium spot another lap down.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Indoor Arena Kostendorf near Salzburg in Austria played host to round 2 of the Ruddog Cup last weekend. The event was held in several electric off-road and on-road classes and in the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes it was Stefan Pfeifhofer who brought home the silverware.
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The fourth round of the Worksop Series, there was a great entry once again which saw 15 heats of drivers, this was across the three classes of 2WD, 4WD and a vintage buggy class. As always it was round by round qualifying as the racing format, with the best two results from four rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. Qualifying in 2WD was very close between three drivers, Eugene Galley, James Helliwell and Mitchell Fiddling. However it was Schumacher’s Mitchell Fiddling who took TQ to line up on pole. In 4WD it was James Helliwell who would TQ three out of the four rounds to line up on pole. In the Vintage class it was Mark Hazelden who would line up on pole.
The sixth annual Christmas Cup was held in Kiev, Ukraine last weekend on a temporary carpet track at the Karavan Megastores, one of the largest shopping centers of the city. Close to 100 entries foe the two main and two support classes made for competitive racing. The 1/10 2WD Modified Buggy class opened the event. On the challenging but very flowing track, four rounds of qualifiers were held with SWorkz’s Jörg Miikael Tiit taking the Top Qualifier spot, followed by the Team Associated duo of Maryan Beresh and Dmitro Chub.
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Pro-Line have announced the signing of Mark and Ryan Pavidis to their factory team. The name Pavidis and Pro-Line are synonymous with a long history of winning titles. Mark has won three World Titles spread across 1/8 buggy, 1/10 4WD off-road, 1/10 nitro touring car as well as numerous national championships while being hooked up by Pro-Line. Mark was introduced to the hobby with his father in the mid 1980’s and now Mark is sharing his racing craft with his son Ryan who is already giving the competition fits. For the 2018 racing season, the father and son combo are choosing Pro-Line to continue their winning ways.
Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]
