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March 1, 2016

Ben Ellis sweeps P&T Hobbies Anniversary Race

Celebrating more than two decades of being in the business, P&T Hobbies and Raceway held their 25th Anniversary Race this past Saturday, sporting 3 rounds of rocket round qualifications and lengthened A-mains to determine who got to stake claim to some coveted titles amongst the 90+ entries that arrived. P&T being where it all started for Ben Ellis and there was no way the former local would miss out on such a unique race. Competing in 2WD Mod Buggy and Pro 2WD SC, Ellis was able to grab the overall TQ’s in both classes, and was able to win the lengthened A-mains in both as well, making it a clean sweep for him.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

March 1, 2016

Munn & Hadley win at Cabin Fever Indoor Supercross

The Pacific Northwest 1/8th racing season kicked off this past weekend in Lewiston, Idaho at the annual Cabin Fever race. This year’s event spanned 3 days with Friday being practice, Saturday three rounds of qualifying using your best two rounds in a qual point format and main events on Sunday – 30 minute nitro mains and triple A-Mains in electric. Drivers from Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Canada were all in attendance, itching to get racing after a long and wet winter up there with approximately 240 entries making for a very long but very fun weekend. In the Nitro Truggy class a great battle was on between Jesse Munn and Shane Pruegschat in round one with Shane getting Jesse on the last lap by 0.5 seconds. Jesse then would TQ rounds 2 and 3 to wrap up the overall TQ while Austin Azure would complete the top 3.

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February 29, 2016

Drake doubles at Winter Indoor Off-road Champs

Adam Drake doubles at Winter Indoor Off-road Champs

Wheatland Wyoming R/C Racing Club hosted the Winter Indoor Off-Road Championship last weekend. All-round nice guy Adam Drake conducted a clinic as part of the event and he would also set the pace and was the overall TQ in both Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck. Drake would then also lead both finals from start to finish to sweep the event.

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February 29, 2016

Alberto Garcia successful at Madrid Regionals Rd1

The opening round of the Madrid regional series saw Alberto Garcia walking away with the win in the 45 minute A-main encounter. Starting from the 1 spot Alberto would take the win one lap ahead of runner up, Oscar Navarro. Javier Pombo completed the podium result another lap down while Daniel Vega and Pablo Landaburu rounded out the top 5.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

February 28, 2016

3rd Annual Lonestar Challenge – Announcement

The 3rd Annual Lonestar Challenge will be held from April 22nd to 24th at the Thornhill Racing Circuit. Recent renovations turned the track into was is possibly the largest covered off-road facility in the World. The event will be held in the usual array of 1/8th off-road as well as 4×4 Short Course classes and it acts not only as the ROAR Fuel Offroad Nationals warm-up but it is also a round to the U.S. Pro Cup. More information and sign up can be found here.

February 26, 2016

Miguel Mathias teams up with HB Europe

HB Europe have announced the addition of former European Champion and multiple Portuguese National Champion, Miguel Matias to their team. The former Xray driver recently left the team after being with the Slovakian manufacturer since 2014. It is understood that Miguel will attend both national and international 1/8th off-road events with HB’s range of vehicles.

Source: HB Europe [hbeurope.com]

February 25, 2016

Colin Herzig sweeps Expert classes at 2016 DNC

This past weekend, the 2016 Dirt Nitro Challenge was once again held at The Fear Farm in Goodyear, Arizona. Joey and The Dirt track crew did an amazing job on the track build for this years event and it was a big hit with all the drivers. Kenny Brosh and Jimmy Babcock did another great job keeping the race program moving silky smooth all weekend long and with the total 1/8th race entries being limited to 600 this year, the event went off without a hitch and was very well received by all the racers. On Saturday night, the 30-Minute Expert Nitro Truggy A-Main event would be run. Kyosho America’s Colin Herzig would start 3rd on the grid and as the dust settled after the 30-Minute A-main, it was Herzig taking the impressive win by just under 1 second ahead of TQ holder CJ Jelin (HB). Victor Guerrero (HB) would go onto finish 3rd on the podium.

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February 25, 2016

Ales Bayer doubles at Benek Cup

The Polish Benek Cup in Poland, considered to be one of the most popular races in the country, was recently held in the city of Lodz. Ales Bayer would be in control of things in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes as he not only TQ’d both categories but he also took the overall wins. In 4WD Szymon Luczak and Siwy Luczak would come in second and third respectively while the 2WD podium was completed by Wojciech Rzepecki and Sebastian Migal.

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