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February 8, 2016

Kosciuszek & Richards win at JConcepts Winter INS

Following some intense qualifying rounds at the 2016 JConcepts Winter Indoor National Series on Saturday, Sunday’s mains took that intensity and turned it up even further. From 9 am, the lower mains were ran to decide two bumps, giving racers a last chance effort to make the coveted A-mains. Taking the top 2 drivers in the lower mains, until the B-main which only took one single winner into the A making it a 10 + 1 grid. The JConcepts INS runs a slightly different format than the typical race. Triple A-mains are ran to decide the winner of the 2WD and 4WD Modified classes with the rest running one single 8 minute main that would test drivers’ limits.

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February 8, 2016

Ty Tessmann doubles at Sin City Nitro Encounter

The Sin City Nitro Encounter was held this past weekend at the RC Tracks Las Vegas. The event attracted some of the country’s fastest drivers and also guests from abroad, all of which already focus on the IFMAR 1/8 Gas World Championships that will be held at the same venue in October. The Expert Buggy class had Ty Tessmann (HB) coming out fastest in the main final after starting from the 2 spot on the grid. Top Qualifier Spencer Rivkin (Team Associated) put his usual 1/10th scale buggies aside this weekend to finish on the runner-up spot, just in front of Mugen’s Adam Drake. Ryan Lutz (Tekno) would finish on the fourth place with Xray’s Josh Wheeler rounding out the top 5 result.

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February 8, 2016

Pablo Ortuno joins Agama Racing

Agama Racing have announced the signing of Spanish driver Pablo Ortuno to their team. Following campaigns for American and Japanese brands, Pablo is now back with Agama to run the company’s A215 1/8th nitro buggy in the Spanish national series.

Source: Agama [agama-rc.com]

February 7, 2016

Riccardo Berton wins Montpellier GP

The annual Montpellier GP was held in France this weekend, attracting the usual breed of national and international top drivers. Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton would take the TQ and he would take the overall win in the 1 hour final, some 15 seconds in front of runner-up, Yannick Aigoin (Xray). Rayan Medjoubi (Kyosho) rounded out the podium result from 4th placed Jerome Sartel (TLR).

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February 7, 2016

2016 JConcepts Winter INS – Qualifying results

After 3 intensive rounds of qualifying at the JConcepts Winter INS at SmacTrac, the racing couldn’t get any closer showcasing the skills and talent of many of the locals as well as from travelers from afar. 2WD Modified was a battle between Team Associated teammates with Alex K taking round 1 and Daimon Borkowicz setting the fastest time in round 2. The final round of qualifying would ultimately decide the starting order and it was Alex K taking the win in round 3 giving him the top spot. Borkowicz wasn’t able to better his time in round 3 and will start in 2nd. JP Richards, who’s been very close to winning rounds all weekend, is going to start the triple A-mains from the 3 spot.

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February 6, 2016

2016 JConcepts Winter INS – Seeding results

This past Friday marked the first day of the 2016 JConcepts Indoor National Series and the action is already heating up from early morning practice to the final stages of the day, the 3 minute seeding rounds. Since 2009, the JConcepts Winter INS has become a classic race in St. Louis, Missouri and with the entry count nearing 300 and 34 full heats, this year’s race will be even more competitive than ever. Controlled practice was held from 8am till about 5pm allowing racers to dial in their cars and tires before the evening’s seeding round that will sort the field using each driver’s best 3 consecutive fastest laps in 3 minutes.

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February 5, 2016

6th Annual January Jam Race – Report

Flowood R/C Indoor Park hosted their 6th Annual January Jam Race with 200 entries from all over the US showing up to run in 13 classes. The layout was awesome and the track looked better after the race than it did during practice on Friday with the very unique layout giving both the 1/8 and 1/10 some of the best racing ever at FRC. The 1/8th Expert Nitro Buggy class had Jake Dellinger (Team Associated) taking the TQ and win from fellow Team Associated driver Josh Glancy with TLR’s Graham Gonzales rounding out the top 3 result.

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February 5, 2016

Jose Martinez wins SOR Championship Rd1

Round 1 of the SOR Championship was held in Puerto Rico with over 100 racer from all over the country in attendance. In the Nitro Truggy class Jose Martinez took the TQ honours after the qualifiers and he would be able to conserve his qualifying performance in the main final, taking the win some two laps ahead of second place driver Alex Vasquez. Miguel Cotto would round out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]