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October 21, 2015

Jack Embling joins Kyosho international team

Kyosho Europe have announced the signing of UK’s Jack Embling to the international team. Jack will be using the Inferno MP9 TKI3 chassis with Reds Racing engines and AKA tyres. The young man has improved each year of his career and is now ready to go that extra step and follow his new team mate Elliott Boots to success in 2016. Jack had the following to say:

I am incredibly excited to be joining Kyosho factory team for 2016. It’s always been my ambition to drive for Kyosho and I see this as a great opportunity to take my racing to the next level. I would like to thank Mike, Christophe, Kenji and Mitsuo for making this happen. So 2015-2016 is going to be a busy year, starting with the upcoming race at Padova in November, then on to Montpellier, Neo, Euros, UK Nationals, and the Worlds in Vegas, its going to be a fantastic year. I am feeling super confident running one of the best packages around with my proven Reds engines and AKA tyres.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]

October 21, 2015

Adam Drake doubles at MNRC Series finals

Last weekend the MNRC Series finals headed to the Motodome race facility in Browerville, Minnesota. The event had some 160 entries and in the Nitro Buggy class, Adam Drake took the TQ honors and he would also win the 30 minute main final. Elsewhere in the Nitro Truck final Adam again controlled the race and to take the day’s win.

View the Truck podium here

October 21, 2015

Czech Xray Winter Series – Announcement

Xray have released more dates and venues for their Xray Winter Series. The Czech XWS will be held at seven dates between November and April at the sports hall in Kolin, Czech Republic in the five classes of Touring Modified, Touring Limited, Formula, Buggy and Short Course. All dates and more details (in Czech language) are available here.

October 20, 2015

Belgium/Dutch Buggy Championship Rd8 – Report

The eighth and final round of the combined Belgium/Dutch Electric Off-road Championship was held at the MIO indoor carpet track in Oss. A total of 111 racers attended the championship that was held on a variety tracks including indoor and outdoor clay, astro turf and carpet. At the end, Wesley van Helmond dominated the Dutch 2WD title with his TLR 22 2.0 followed by Arjan van de Graaf, driving a Yokomo B-Max2 and Tom van Drunen (Team Associated B5M) and Wesley would also take the combined Belgium/Dutch title.

Continue reading the report here

October 20, 2015

Semi Pro class win for Deslina at Mugen Cup

Last weekend’s Mugen Cup at the MRCC Track in Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia not only saw Jason Nugroho taking the win in the Pro Buggy class but also Deslina (Kyosho) coming out successful in the Semi Pro category. Jhonny placed his Xray buggy on the TQ in the class but he got into traffic in the 45 minute main final and only finished in 4th place. Up front Awi (Xray) would end the race on the runner-up spot while Bun Bun (Mugen) rounded out the top 3 result.

View the final result here

October 20, 2015

Jason Nugroho wins Pro class at 2015 Mugen Cup

The 2015 Mugen Cup was held at MRCC Track in Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia with a total of 42 drivers attending. The event saw a Pro and Semi Pro class and in the Pro class it was Jason Nugroho (Xray) who took the TQ after the six rounds of qualifying. Jason would be able to conserve his qualifying performance to take the win in the 60 minute main final from Mugen racer Stanley Wangsanegara and John Agus (Kyosho) in second and third respectively.

View the A-main result here

October 19, 2015

ROAR announce 2016 calendar dates & tracks

ROAR have announced the dates and tracks for their National Championships for 2016. Prolevel RC of St. Louis, MO will play host to the Carpet On-Road Nationals from the 3rd to 6th of March. The 1/8th Fuel Off-Road Nationals will be run from the 9th to the 12th of June at the Thornhill Racing Circuit, Hutto, TX, while the 1/8th Electric and 4WD SCT Off-Road Nationals will be run at Stateline RC, Raceway, Fremont, IN from July 21st through to the 24th. HobbyTown USA Hobbyplex in Omaha, NE will play host to the 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals from August 11th to 14th while the Electric Paved On-road Nationals will be held at Valkaria RC in Valkaria, FL. Last but not least come the Fuel On-road Nationals on October 20th to 23rd at Homestead RC Raceway in Miami, FL.

October 19, 2015

Roman Larkin doubles at Russian Buggy champs

The recent Russian Electric Off-road Championship was held in the Tverskoy region halfway between Moscow and Saint-Petersburg with the fastest drivers from both cities and several entries from other regions in attendance. In the 4WD Buggy class Roman Larkin (Xray) would dominate the proceedings to take the win from Dmitriy Malyshko (Kyosho) and Sawa Dobrynin. Roman would then continue to stamp his authority on the event by coming out successful in the 2WD class also.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]