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January 17, 2017

2017 Keilor Yokomo Invitational – Report

The 2017 Keilor Yokomo Invitational, a Reedy Race style event in Melbourne, Australia kicked off the Australian 1/10th off-road racing season. The Keilor club had worked hard over the New Year break to build a completely new track which was fast, flowing and encouraged wheel to wheel racing. For the invite classes, ten 17.5 racers and 18 Modified class racers battled over five heats of 2WD and five heats of 4WD heads up racing with rotating grids. Invites were sent out based on 2016 race results and racers came from all around the country. In addition, Open classes were offered to allow all racers to vie for direct spots into the 2018 Invitational. Around 140 entries were received in total and the track copped over 9000 laps over the course of the weekend. No laps were allowed on the new layout until midday Friday, however a rainstorm meant a very muddy start to the event. The summer sun and traffic soon grooved up the track, with perfect weather on Saturday and Sunday.

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January 17, 2017

Kosciuszek & Borkowicz win at Spring Super Cup Rd1

The opening round of the Spring Super Cup Series kicked off the year with nearly 220 entries from all over Florida and the east coast in attendance for Florida’s first major race on astroturf. The weekend started off with some unscheduled rain on Friday, but luckily for the racers, round 1 was held at the massively covered Beachline Raceway in Cocoa Beach. After Saturday morning practice, racers had one qualifying round that started at 12:30pm and another round on Sunday morning. Typically, the Super Cup is a one-day affair and with only two qualifiers using both rounds to determine your overall starting position, every round of qualifying is important to make it into the A-mains. The racing was exciting and everyone got to experience a new type of racing on the astroturf. There is definitely a learning curve to running on the high grip astro, but most took it in strides and had a great time. In 2WD Modified, Florida native and local superstar Daimon Borkowicz (Team Associated) was able to TQ over teammates, Alex Kosciuszek, Paul Wynn, JR Mitch, and Jason Ruona. Unfortunately for Borkowicz, he had a poor start in the main only to battle back to regain 2nd. Taking full advantage of Borkowicz’s poor start, Alex Kosciuszek (Team Associated) would run away from the field and take the win on his first trip to Florida. Rounding out the top 3 was AE’s Paul Wynn.

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January 17, 2017

Adam Drake sweeps Stadium Nitro Shootout

Dialed In Raceway played host the second annual Stadium Nitro Shootout. The event is part of the Legendary Adelanto Grand Prix that has over 20,000 spectators. Friday’s practice was limited due to rain throughout the day, but the weather was great for the 1/8th event on Saturday. The track was fast, flowing and had huge jumps and ultimately it was Adam Drake who the 25-minute Expert Buggy and Truck finals.

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January 16, 2017

Pro Style power Robert Batlle for 2017

RC Pro Style have announced the signing of Robert Batlle to their team. The record Spanish National and former World Champion will use the company’s high-performance LiPo battery packs in 2017 and he has the following to say about the deal:

Rc Pro Style will be my new battery supplier for all classes that I race. I would like to thank Daniel for all the confidence he has placed in me and my team for this new year. I hope to be able to spread the word about this Spanish brand wherever we go!

Sourec: RC Pro Style [rcprostyle.com]

January 16, 2017

Kaja Novotny doubles at Czech Open Challenge Rd4

The recent fourth round of the Czech Open Challenge saw Xray’s Kaja Novotny sweeping the 2WD qualifiers and he would continue to dominate the finals also, taking the day’s win from Jiri Mara (Serpent) and Jiri Benes (Xray). Matej Sulc and Jindrich Jirak would complete the top 5 result. In 4WD Buggy it was again Kaja who excelled and starting from pole position allowed him to easily take wins in the opening two A-mains to grab his second overall victory of the weekend ahead of Petr Tomasek, Frantisek Kalenda, Jindrich Jirak and Jan Vild, making it an all-Xray top 5.

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January 16, 2017

Lee Martin powered by Thor Fuel for 2017

RC Concept have announced that UK frontrunner, Lee Martin will use Thor Fuel to power his RC Concept equipped rides for 2017. Lee will attend the UK BRCA Nationals as well as all major 1/8th off-road events such as the Neo Race and the European Championships to name just a few.

Source: RC Concept [rcconcept.net]

January 16, 2017

Dani Batlle wins RBR36 Arena farewell race

The RBR36 Arena farewell race was held this part weekend in Barcelona, Spain. The final race at Robert Batlle’s own indoor off-road facility saw his brother, Dani Batlle walking away with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class.

Source: SOAR [soar-rc.com]

January 16, 2017

Mibosport Cup Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Mibosport Cup 2016/17 was held this past weekend with 208 entries for the four electric on-road and two off-road classes. The race kicked off the second half of the season and in the Touring Modified class it was Dominic Vogl with Kuba Šimurda and Oliver Havránek occupying top 3 spots after the qualifying. The first A-main primarily saw a battle between Dominic Vogl and Kuba Šimurda. Kuba tried to attack but Dominic, with his fast and precise driving, didn’t give Kuba a chance. At the end of the first leg, Kuba was losing almost two seconds to the first place while Oliver Havránek finished in third.

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