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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]

February 3, 2016

Ryan Maifield wins Arizona State Championships

The Arizona State Championships were held last weekend and in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class TLR/Reds Racing’s Ryan Maifield would take the win. Mugen’s Mike Truhe would take his OS-powered buggy the runner-up spot just ahead of Mugen team mate Adam Drake in 3rd.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

February 2, 2016

Carlos Duraes wins at AAC club race

The Mini Autodromo AAC in Coimbra, Portugal played host to a local 1/8th scale off-road club race. The event attracted some of the fastest drivers of the Portuguese nationals and it was Serpent’s Carlos Duraes who was able to TQ the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class by winning all three qualifiers. In the 45 minute main final Carlos then converted the TQ in to a win some two laps in front of Ricardo Monteiro (TLR) and Gonzalo Meilo (TLR) in second and third respectively.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 2, 2016

Singapore EP Buggy National Series Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the Singapore Electric Buggy National Series was held at the Urban PlaySpace astro turf off-road track in downtown Singapore. A small but quality field participated in the season’s opening event, including Singapore’s touring car ace, Nicholas Lee. The big challenge for all was managing the high traction surface of the tight circuit. In the 4WD class, Dominic Quek (Xray) drove his buggy with confidence to win the first two rounds of qualifying to secure the TQ honours. In leg 1 of the A-main, Dominic weathered the pressure from Scott Pettet (Yokomo) to secure the win. In leg 2, a misjudged jump by Dominic in the tricky double-chicane-double section of the track gave the win to Scott, setting up a showdown in leg 3. Dominic again got off to a confident start in leg 3, with Scott in hot pursuit. Holding back his adrenaline to avoid mistakes, Dominic was able to take a good win in leg 3 and claim his first win in the Singapore Nationals.

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February 2, 2016

Ryan Lutz trifecta at Southern Indoor Champs

The recent Southern Indoor Championships saw Ryan Lutz (Tekno) walking away with a triple win. In the 30 minute Nitro Buggy A-main Lutz and teammate Joe Bornhorst (Tekno) would battle over the top spot and they were within a few seconds the whole race. It came down to the last few laps for the deciding pass and the win from Ryan Lutz. Joe Bornhorst came in second, Evan Vail (Mugen) rounded out the top 3 result.

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February 1, 2016

Coelho claims 2nd EOS win in Germany

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Bruno Coelho will go into the final round of the Euro Offroad Series in Austria as championship leader after the Xray driver secured his second win of the season in Germany today. Top Qualifier for the third round, the World Champion would after a fraught A2, take the overall win ahead of Marc Rheinard with a near perfect drive in the closing race of the championship’s successful first visit to the Muelheim-Kaerlich venue. For defending 4WD Champion Lee Martin his challenge for a required A3 win lasted just 3-laps as a mistake dropped him down the field, the winner of the season opener at the Nurburgring having to settle for the final step on the podium.

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