June 23, 2016

Loran Whiting teams up with Serpent

Loran Whiting teams up with Serpent

Serpent have announced the signing of female U.S. racer, Loran Whiting to their team. Loran will focus on 1/10th scale nitro and electric racing but she will also campaign Serpent’s 1/8th on-road cars and 1/10th buggies at selected events. The former Capricorn racer had the following to say about the deal:

 I am incredibly lucky and thankful to be given the opportunity to race with Serpent. They are a world-class company with a great team. I am confident that we will be successful and I am looking forward to all of the great and fun times!  Thank you to Ronald, Michael, Stef, and Paolo for the support!

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 23, 2016

Mike Fisk doubles at JBRL Electric Series Rd4

Mike Fisk doubles at JBRL Electric Series Rd4

Round four of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League was held at OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California. Currently home of the world-famous Reedy Off-Road Race of Champions the facility hosted race 4 of the JBRL Electric Series that saw Mike Fisk (Team Associated) taking double wins in 13.5T and 17.5T Buggy after also obtaining the TQs in both categories. Shawn Blackwell Sr. (TLR) and Johnathan Schultz (Team Associated) would sideline Mike on the 13.5T podium while Austin Pannone (Team Associated) and Justin Watson (TLR) would accompany Mike on the 17.5T podium.

View the 17.5T podium here

June 22, 2016

Oliver Speith wins West German EP Buggy regionals Rd2

Oliver Speith wins West German EP Buggy regionals Rd2

The second round of the West German Electric Off-road regionals was hosted by the MC Dortmund club over the weekend. Saturday’s practice was washed away by the ever present rain with the Sunday starting out wet and cloudy but the newly-built astro turf track would soon start to dry and in time for the finals even the sun would come out. In the 2WD Buggy class, Oliver Speith would take home the winning honours, coming from the 2 spot on the grid.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

June 22, 2016

Ziga Pajek successful at TDM Race Rd1

Ziga Pajek successful at TDM Race Rd1

The first round of the TopRC Dirt Masters were held in Blatni dol, Slovenia after the first two attempts to hold the race were spoiled by the weather conditions. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class the overall TQ went to Ziga Pajek (Xray) who took the two opening qualifiers in front of Andraz Stefe (Xray) and Nejc Orazem (Mugen). The A-main then saw Ziga conserving his qualifying performance, taking wins in A1 and A2 to grab the overall victory early. Dejan Cigler (HB Racing) came in second, Nejc Orazem had to settle for third after some close battles.

View the final results here

June 22, 2016

Zilinsky & Valder win at InterTrack Challenge Rd4

Zilinsky & Valder win at InterTrack Challenge Rd4

Round four of the InterTrack Challenge was held in Kvetoslav, Slovakia. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Mark Zilinsky (TLR) would take the win from the Xray duo of Erik Margony and Ondra Kulhanek while in the triple 10-minute E-Buggy A-mains, Jarda Valder (Xray) came out successful in A1 and A2, starting from the 7 spot on the grid. Radim Siska (Xray) completed the day on the runner-up spot while Martin Rytir (TLR) rounded out the top 3 result.

View the E-Buggy podium here

June 22, 2016

Indra Liono successful at Bali Fun Race

Indra Liono successful at Bali Fun Race

This past weekend the Bali Fun Race was held at the popular WillSon track in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. A total of 25 drivers attended from Jakarta, Surabaya, Batam, Kendari, Medan and Bali with the race format being four rounds of ten minutes qualifying with the three best rounds to count but due to rain pouring down in time for Q4, the race director decided to count the two best rounds out of three. This would hand Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) the TQ but unfortunately for him, Jason would suffer from two flameouts in the 45-minute A-main, promoting Indra Liono (Xray/SPower) into the lead that he would convert into a win from Jason while Yoko Sumarto (SWorkz/SPower) completed the podium result.

View the final results here

June 22, 2016

Tony Bacon doubles at Karsyn’s Krusader’s Race

Tony Bacon doubles at Karsyn's Krusader's Race

The Karsyn’s Krusader’s Race was held last weekend in Evansdale, Iowa. The cancer benefit race attracted some of the fastest guys in the Midwest to hammer it out at LRT Raceways, a high-bite, fast and technical track. In the Pro Nitro Buggy A-main, Tony Bacon was able to TQ qualifying and take advantage of the pole to break away from the pack and just settle in to clean, consistent laps. Ultimately Tony would bring home the win from Danny Bartholomew who took second place. In the Nitro Truggy A-main, Tony would start third from the grid but he was able to take the lead on the first pit stop and his fellow competitors never caught up.

View the Truggy podium here

June 22, 2016

JConcepts Indoor National Series finals – Date change

JConcepts Indoor National Series finals – Date change

JConcepts have announced a date change for their Indoor National Series finals. Held at Speed RC in Mooresville, North Carolina, the date has been moved by one week with the event now taking place on the 10th and 11th of December, a week later than originally planned. The dates for the Summer and Fall events remain unchanged and more information about the series can be found on the event’s website here.

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