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February 22, 2017

Joe Bornhorst triples at Motorama

Harrisburg in Pennsylvania played host to last weekend’s 2017 Motorama event. In the three expert classes of 1/8th E-Buggy, 1/8th E-Truggy and 1/10th 4WD Short Course Joe Bornhorst made a near sweep, TQ-ing eight of the nine qualifiers with only in E-Buggy he was having some traffic problems in Q2. The A-mains were held in a double format with motocross-style tiebreaker meaning a better finish in A2 decides the overall but that wasn’t something Joe had to care about as he made clean sweeps in all A-main legs to wrapping up the overall in all three classes he attended. In E-Buggy Spencer Heckert and Anthony Mazzara sidelined Joe on the podium while the remaining top 3 spots in E-Truggy were taken by Austin Woodyard and Spencer Heckert. As for Pro4, Jared Wiggins and Spencer Heckert, who made a triple podium at the Motorama, completed the top 3 result.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

February 22, 2017

Richards, Due & Alex K. win Mod classes at Motorama

The 2017 Motorama was held this past weekend at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex. Considered to be the biggest indoor motorsport event in America, this event has it all from Arenacross, Go Kart racing, Quarter Midgets, RC 1/8th and 1/10th electric racing, RC Demolition Derby, RC Scaling, Car show, Speed show, Robot Conflict, and even a Ms. Motorama beauty pageant. On the RC side of things, this event was organized and hosted by two of the industry’s best RDs … Scotty Ernst and Charlie Suangka. With their expertise, unique style and experience, the show was amazing and both tracks were built with dedication and heart to ensure everyone would have a wonderful time. The tracks were amazing and a pleasure to drive on as the event had over 660 combined entries making it one of the largest races in the nation. The 1/10th scale track was greatly improved from the previous years with better dirt that was consistent and easy to work with. It had what many would call, the “old-school dirt” feel as it was a loamy, natural sifted dirt track. Cars would slide and drift, but traction was there as long as you were on the line.

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February 21, 2017

Kaja Novotny doubles at Open Challenge Rd5

Round five of the Czech Open Challenge was held this past Sunday in Prague. The usually low-grip track offered a very easy layout this time which was welcomed by most of the drivers. In the 2WD Buggy class Xray’s Kaja Novotny was on fire and he would grab the overall TQ and after the finals he would also come out on top. Michal Blahovsky (SWorkz), who was able to challenge Kaja in the opening stages of each leg, ended the day on the 2 spot from Team Associated driver Arnold Lorenz in third.

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February 21, 2017

Dave Crompton wins at UK Winter Series

Pendle in the UK recently held a round of their Winter series and in qualifying Dave Crompton would walk away with the TQ from Ashlee Owen and Mick Butler. Going into finals Ashlee started clean but Dave pulled away. Ashlee continued to push hard as the conditions become more slippery with the falling rain and before the second fuel stop, Dave ran out of fuel, providing Ashlee with an opening to contend for the win. Up until the second to last lap Ashlee managed to hold onto to the lead until traffic caused him some issues in the very late stages, handing Dave the win from Ashlee and Mick, who ran an electric-powered buggy.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 21, 2017

Nico Risser wins 4WD class at Euro Indoor Race

The 2017 edition of the Euro Indoor Race was held in Belgium this past weekend. In the 4WD Buggy class Xray’s Nico Risser took the TQ and he would also come out on top after the triple A-mains that were a pretty entertaining affair with three different winners. Ultimately Nico would bring home the win in front of Xray team mate, Eric Michiels and Team C’s Tom Maquel.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 20, 2017

Nordic Contest 2017 – Announcement

Bittydesign in collaboration with the Swedish MK-Eskil club have announced the Nordic Contest and EFRA European Championship A warm-up race. The event will be in Eskilstuna, Sweden from May 12th to 14th in the two classes of 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/8th E-Buggy. The race is open to all racers and more information is available on the official event website here.

February 20, 2017

Juan Carlos Canas wins Andalusia regionals opener

The opening round of the Andalusia 1/8th off-road regional championship was held in Sevilla this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy A-main Juan Carlos Canas took the win from Zacarias Villalba in second. Agustin Illanes would come in third to round out an all-Mugen/Ultimate podium.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

February 20, 2017

LRP welcome Juan Carlos Canas

LRP have announced the signing of Spain’s Juan Carlos Canas to their factory team. The EFRA 1/8th Buggy European B Champion will use LPR brushless motors, speed controllers, batteries, chargers and accessories for his 1/8th E-Buggy and nitro campaign and he has the following to say about the deal:

I want to thank LRP for this chance. I am very happy and exited and all products work perfectly together while the technical support is incredible. LRP is extremely helpful in every manner and I can really concentrate on my driving. I will give everything this season to achieve the best results possible. I am really grateful and I am looking forward to a very successful time together.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]