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December 13, 2016

Adi Riederer wins at Islikon Offroad Masters

The second round of the Swiss Islikon Offroad Masters was held this past weekend with about 80 drivers in several electric off-road classes. In the 4WD Buggy category it was Kevin Prinz (Xray) who took the overall TQ after the qualifiers but in the finals Adi Riederer (Xray), coming from the 2 spot on the grid, would take the overall victory from Kevin while Team Durango driver Philipp Huber rounded out the podium. The Xray duo of Michel Buschor and Mario Di Bella completed the top 5 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 13, 2016

Yardy & Williams successful at Silverstone Winter Series

The recent round of the popular Silverstone Winter Series saw Schumacher’s Tom Yardy scoring a dominant win in the 2WD class. Tom TQ’d all four rounds of qualifying, and cruised to a final win by a comfortable margin. There was a close battle for second between Eugene Galley (Xray) and Jack Neal (Schumacher) but eventually they tangled which allowed Richard Barton (Schumacher) through to take second and Iain Mellish (Kyosho) took third.

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December 13, 2016

Adam Drake sweeps Toys for Tots

Thunder Alley Raceway hosted their Toys for Tots race over the weekend with the event having over 110 entries. Mugen’s Adam Drake would sweep the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck classes with his Novarossi-powered rides and he took a commanding victory in the 30 minute Nitro Buggy final by nearly a lap. Cody King (Kyosho/Reds Racing) settled for second and Joseph Quagraine (JQRacing/Reds Racing) finished third.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

December 12, 2016

Reno Savoya sweeps Reims EMC race

The French Reims EMC club held an electric off-road race over the weekend at their indoor dirt track. The event had almost 100 entries and after four rounds of qualifying it was Reno Savoya who took the TQ in the 2WD Buggy class while local ace Romain Valter came out fastest in the 4WD qualifiers. The organisers ran four mains that were all very tight and entertaining and counting three out of four mains it was Reno who ultimately grabbed the overall wins in both classes.

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December 12, 2016

Video – Jared Tebo Interview

JConcepts founder Jason Ruona interviews multiple World Champion Jared Tebo and talks about racing, life, retirement, and his relationship with Speed RC owner, former Formula 1 & Nascar racer Scott Speed.

December 12, 2016

Double delight for Tebo at Speed RC

Jared Tebo completed the buggy double at Speed RC in North Carolina as the track played host to the JConcepts Indoor National Series Finals for the first time. Winning 4WD with relative ease, sewing up the overall win in A2 earlier in the day, in 2WD it was to go down to the wire. With Rivkin taking an easy win in A1, in A2 things really hotted up with the pair clashing a number of times and it was Daimon Borkowicz came away with the win ahead of Tebo and Brent Thielke with Rivkin fourth. This set the stage for a three way showdown and while all three led the decider it was Tebo who was at the front at the finish-line to take the win. Finishing third behind Alex Kosciuszek in A3, Rivkin was less than impressed by the Kyosho ace’s driving. With Rivkin ending up second overall it was Thielke who completed the podium as Borkowicz struggled towards the end of the leg going from leading to finishing with a P6.

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December 12, 2016

Tebo takes 4WD win at JConcepts Finals

Jared Tebo claimed the 4WD Buggy win at the JConcepts Indoor National Series, the Kyosho driver completing a perfect weekend when, like in qualifying he wrapped things up early, by securing the overall victory with another win in A2. Having dominated the opening A-Main, it looked like he was going to repeat the performance in the second of the three encounters but riding the curbing he rolled his ZX6.6 allowing Spencer Rivkin to the front. Rivkin however would make a carbon copy of Tebo’s mistake and with his Associated on its roof letting Tebo resume the lead where he would stay to the finish for the win. Going on to take A3, Rivkin would get second in North Carolina which was enough to secure him the overall JConcepts INS title. Daimon Borkowicz would complete the race podium on the series’ first visit to Speed RC.

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December 12, 2016

Kaja Novotny successful at XRS Poland Rd2

The second round of the XRS Poland was held this past weekend in Lodz. In the opening 2WD and 4WD qualifiers, Xray’s Kaja Novotny would lead the way but two messed-up rounds meant that the decision for the overall TQs would be shifted to Sunday as Bartek Zambrzycky was hot on the heels of Kaja. On Sunday morning a leaking shock absorber of one of the competitors left the usually high grip carpet greasy as soap meaning the remaining qualifiers would be held in very difficult conditions. Especially the 2WD buggies were sliding a lot but some last-minute setup changes on Kaja’s buggy allowed him to snatch the overall TQ and also in the 4WD class the young man would excel on the unusually slippery track.

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