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May 11, 2017

Jake Dellinger doubles at the Lone Star Challenge

The 4th annual The Dirt Lone Star Challenge was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit. The race has been growing yearly, bringing in more entries each year, this time totalling 358. This year for the track layout Joey and Thornhill decided to incorporate a “joker” lane into the track. The joker lane was optional and you could use it one time per qualifier per class and twice for each main per class; it was an easier and faster section which saved about 5 to 7 seconds off a lap. In the 30-minute Pro Nitro Buggy final Jake Dellinger started 2nd behind Noah Dickerson. The tone went off and Jake followed Dickerson around for the first two laps. Both of them used their joker on lap 1 but for lap 2 Noah took the normal line while Jake took the joker again, giving him an instant 5 to 6 second lead, which he turned into a 10 to 12 second lead before Dickerson ran into mechanical issues. Ultimately Jake went on to finish the main in first, nearly a lap and a half on 2nd.

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May 11, 2017

Philip Jeisy wins at Swiss Electric Off-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Swiss 1/10th electric off-road national championship was held in Islikon. While Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer scored a double TQ and win in the 2WD and 4WD classes, it was Xray driver Philip Jeisy who took the day’s win in the Stadium Truck category. Jan Dissler (Team Associated) would end the day on the 2 spot from Rene Bachofner (Team Associated) in 3rd.

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May 10, 2017

Bornhorst & Ogden win at Battle of the SiKest

The 2017 Battle of the SiKest was held at S&B R/C Speedway, attracting over 170 entries for the usual breed of 1/8th nitro and electric classes. Pro Nitro Buggy saw Joe Bornhorst taking the TQ from Evan Vail and Cole Ogden and in Open Nitro Truck it was again Joe who took the TQ. Cole Ogden and Evan Vail would complete the top 3 result. In the first two of the triple Pro Nitro Buggy A-mains Joe was able to conserve his qualifying performance, taking the overall from Cole in 2nd and Evan 3rd. In the single Open Nitro Truck A-main it would be runner-up after the qualifiers, Cole Ogden to take the win some eleven seconds in front of Joe while Blake Pickett rounded out the top 3 result.

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May 10, 2017

6th Annual JConcepts Stock Nationals – Report

The 6th Annual JConcepts Stock Nationals were hosted by OCRC in Huntington Beach, California. With over 310 entries dedicated to pure stock racing from all classes and skill level ranging from Novice, Sportsman, and Expert some would argue this race is harder to win then the official ROAR Stock Nationals as it draws in more competition and also being based in southern California where the skill level is among the highest in the country. With the event selling out in a short amount of time, the JConcepts Stock Nationals has been one of the most anticipated races in the region.

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May 9, 2017

Reds Racing sign Wataru Takashiro

Reds Racing have announced the signing of top Japanese driver, Wataru Takashiro to their team for 2017 and 2018. Wataru will use Reds Racing nitro engines throughout his campaign that will see appearances at all major races.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

May 9, 2017

Ofir Avitan wins at Israeli League Rd8

Round 8 of the 1/8th Nitro Buggy Israeli League was held at the Omer Ring track in fantastic weather conditions. After the four rounds of qualifying it was Ido Carmon to take the TQ honours. At the start of the 40-minutes main final Ido was not able to take profit of his pole position as he had a bad start which dropped him down the field. This allowed Yaniv Sivan, who came from the 2 spot on the grid, to take over the lead and to open a gap on the field. It wasn’t for long though as a few mishaps and a flame out promoted Ofir Avitan into the lead. However Yaniv managed to recover and to hold onto the 2nd position while Ido Carmon had fuel flame out which he could not recover from. Meanwhile there was a battle between Aviv Maymon and Or Balulu for 3rd. Aviv had some issues and lost valuable time which promoted Or Balulu into 3rd as Asi Bitton and Gil Harush were in the fight for the 4th place. Ultimately Gil Harush had the upper hand but up front Ofir Avitan would walk away with the win from Yaniv Sivan in 2nd and Or Balulu 3rd.

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May 9, 2017

Micha Widmaier dominates German Nationals qualifier

A round of the German 1/8th Off-road regionals, qualifying races for the nationals later this year, was held at the Sand/Main track over the weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Micha Widmaier (SWorkz/SPower/ TPRO) made a clean sweep by winning all qualifiers and taking the win in the A-main from Aaron Münster (Kyosho/O.S. Speed/AKA) and Luca Rau (Kyosho/O.S. Speed/AKA). In the E-Buggy class it was again Micha who grabbed the TQ by coming out fastest in two of the three qualifiers. In the A-main finals Micha continued to set the pace and taking wins in both legs secured him the second overall win of the day, with Agama’s Markus Metsch and Kyosho driver Tim Kraus completing the E-Buggy podium.

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May 8, 2017

Alexander Landen wins at Swedish National Cup Rd1

This past weekend the first round of the Swedish National Cup was held at the Green Hill race track with the event being hosted by the MHF Skarpnäck club. The cold weather made things slightly unpleasant but at least it stayed dry all days which was a plus. In the 4WD Buggy class local driver Niclas Mansson would take the TQ with young Alexander Landen lining up in 2nd.

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