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January 19, 2018

Green light for the 19th annual DNC

The organisers of the 19th annual Dirt Nitro Challenge have announced the race will take place as planned from the 21th to 25th of February at the Fear Farm in Arizona. There have been concerns that the race had to be cancelled but The Dirt’s Joey Christensen has been in touch with the following statement:

Hi racers!! I know there has been some concern as to whether or not the 19th annual DNC will FOR SURE happen at Fear Farm AZ Feb 21-25…Myself and the owners of Fear Farm have been 100% the whole time, but to ease any doubts, here is a photo of myself and the Fear Farm owners during my walk through of the facility on Tuesday Jan 16th! We are standing on the drivers stand with the track in the background :) Two thumbs up from the men in charge!! We have great plans for the race with a new stand for the 5th scale event and a new stand for the U4 event! There will be a few changes but nothing that will interfere with the the 19th annual DNC!!! We are excited and look forward to making this years DNC one for the record books!! See you all at the track!

January 19, 2018

Evans leads the way in RROC practice

Dustin Evans leads the way in practice for this year’s 24th running of the Reedy Race of Champions. The former champion was fastest after the first two rounds of practice in both 2WD and 4WD at OCRC in Huntington Beach. With Nick Black building his toughest track for OCRC’s fifth hosting of the infamous race, behind Evans it was Ty Tessmann who was second fastest in both classes with former champions Ryan Maifield and Dakotah Phend completing the Top 3 in 4WD and 2WD respectively. For reigning champion Ryan Cavalieri, he would kick off his quest for a fifth Reedy Race title with the fourth fastest 3-consecutive laps in each class, the Associated driver knowing better than most that practice pace doesn’t count for much once the Reedy’s heads up race format gets underway.

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

January 18, 2018

Marco Baruffolo doubles at Italian Trophy race

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.

View the E-Buggy podium here

January 17, 2018

EZ power for Daniel Kobbevik

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]

January 17, 2018

Mark Sousa wins at CRCRC Midwest Nitro Champs

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]

January 17, 2018

Mason Fuller wins at Tekno Winter Series Rd3

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]

January 17, 2018

Ruddog Cup Rd2 – Report

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.

Continue reading the report here

January 17, 2018

Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd4 – Report

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.

View the final results here