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November 11, 2015

Cavalieri sweeps Horizon Hobby Offroad Champs

Ryan Cavalieri sweeps Horizon Hobby Off-Road Champs

As the season turns from Summer to Fall, racers from the Midwest migrate indoors to race for the winter. One of the signature events of this time of year is hosted by Trackside Hobbies & Raceway just outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Now re-branded as the Horizon Hobby Offroad Championships, racers from across the country visit the professionally run and maintained facility to see how they stack up against an impressive group of local talent. Covering the four major modified classes, the duo of 5-time 2015 ROAR National Champion Ryan Cavalieri and newly-crowned IFMAR 2WD World Champion, Spencer Rivkin top qualified all of them with Cavalieri starting first in 2WD, 4WD, and Short Course Modified with Rivkin taking the TQ in 2WD Truck Modified.

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November 11, 2015

French 1/10th Off-road Nationals final round – Report

The final round of the French 1/10th Off-road National Championship was held in Neuvile de Poitou. High-grip carpet combined with low-grip sections made setup a bit tricky and in the 4WD class it was Lorenzo Crolla (Xray) who came out fastest from Xray teammate Mathieu Briere who both won two qualifiers but the better tie-breaker would hand Lorenzo the overall TQ. In the finals, Lorenzo was again super fast and he didn’t make any mistakes, sweeping all three finals for the overall win. Behind him the race was on for the runner-up spot between Mathieu Briere and Julien Formentin (Team Associated) with the better end for Julien. Mathieu then would round out the top 3 result.

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November 9, 2015

Adam Drake doubles at JBRL Nitro Series finale

Thunder Alley Raceway Beaumont, CA. hosted the final round of the JBRL Nitro Series. The event had 180 entries and as always attracted a good mixture of World-class drivers and regional talent. Adam Drake was top qualifier in Electric Buggy and Drew Moller was the top qualifier in Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck but it was Adam Drake who took the win in the premier Nitro Buggy class. Drew Moller finished second and Steve Harris rounded out the podium in third. In the Nitro Truck category Drake and Moller had a great race, but in the end Drake took the win. Moller and Gomez finished second and third. Elsewhere in the E-Buggy class, Steve Harris grabbed the win followed by Drake and Snyder.

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November 9, 2015

Yaniv Sivan wins Israeli League Rd3

Round 3 of the Israeli League was held at the Speed Racing Track and after three rounds of qualifying Yaniv Sivan grabbed the TQ from Aviv Mimon and Omer Assayag. In the 40 minute main final Yaniv Sivan and Omer Assyag battled for the lead while Aviv Mimon at first hold onto the third spot with Gil Harush in tow until around the 8 minutes mark Omer Assayag had a flameout and Aviv Mimon moved to second position. With the positions looked to be settled Aviv Mimon had rare technical issue around the 36 minute mark and he had to quit, promoting Or Balulu into the second spot followed by Aviv Aviton in third. At the end it was Yaniv Sivan (Kyosho/Reds Racing/Pro-Line) who took the win from Or Balulu (Agama/Bullett/Pro-Line) and Aviv Avitan (Kyosho/O.S./Pro-Line) in second and third respectively.

Thanks to Yaniv Sivan for the report.

November 9, 2015

Jack Neal wins at Silverstone Winter Series Rd2

At the recent second round of the Silverstone Winter Series David Poulter set TQ in the 2WD Buggy class and he led a very close and entertaining final for over four minutes, under constant pressure from Schumacher teammates Nathan Waters and Jack Neal. Finally Dave made a small error, which blocked Nathan, and allowed Jack Neal to squeeze past and take the win, from David in 2nd and Nathan in 3rd.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

November 9, 2015

Berton & Boots successful at Kyosho Masters

The 2015 Kyosho Masters USA were held this past weekend at RC Tracks of Las Vegas, home of the 2016 IFMAR 1/8th Buggy World Championships. The event saw the attendance not only of U.S. Kyosho drivers but also some swift guests from abroad such as Riccardo Berton, Elliott Boots and Kyosho’s own Yuichi Kanai. In the premier Nitro Buggy class 2015 Italian Nitro Buggy Champion Riccardo Berton made a clean sweep by TQing three of the five qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Elliott Boots and Cody King who came out fastest in the remaining rounds. Jared Tebo and Kyle Johnson completed the top 5 after the qualifiers.

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November 8, 2015

Yannick Aigoin TQs and wins at Pierrefeu GP

The French Grand Prix Pierrefeu was held this weekend with some of the country’s fastest drivers in attendance. Xray’s Yannick Aigoin would take the TQ after the qualifiers and he also grabbed the overall win in the 45 minute main final some 25 seconds in front of Rayan Medjoubi (JQRacing). Jerome Sartel (TLR) would round out the podium another four seconds down while Jerome Aigoin (Kyosho) and Jeremy Pittet (HB) completed the top 5 result.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

November 6, 2015

Margaritis Sourdos wins North Greece Cup

The North Greece Cup was recently held at the Hobbytech RC track. Margaritis Sourdos (Xray) was the man to beat in the 1/8th nitro class as he easily TQ’d round 1 and 2 to take the overall TQ from Biritzikis (Mugen) and Markos (Agama). In the main final it was again Margaritis who dominated the field by taking the win some two laps ahead of Zois Margaritis (Agama) and Markos who rounded out the podium in second and third respectively.

View the final result here