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August 19, 2015

Drake & Lutz win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd5

This past weekend was round five of the JBRL Nitro Series at Heritage R/C Park in Chula Vista, CA. The nearly 200 entries made for a long day, but the racing was great with a number of talented drivers in attendance. Adam Drake (Mugen) took the qualifier honors in the Expert Nitro Buggy class by almost 4 seconds. In the final, Drake got a good start and controlled the race from start to finish taking the win by a comfortable margin over Kody Numedahl (Team Associated) and Ryan Lutz (Tekno).

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August 19, 2015

Robert Batlle takes 1/8th Buggy Open Euros win

The first ever EFRA 1/8th E-Buggy European Championship was held at the WMW Fehring track in Austria, home of past 1/8th Nitro and 1/10th Electric Euros. The track presented itself in a rough and partly high-grip condition, making setup not an easy task for the drivers. Being an open championship the race attracted a good turnout of racers with over 90 entries. Mugen/LRP’s Robert Batlle, David Ronnefalk with his Team Orion-powered and Tekno-converted HB and Xray/Orca’s Martin Bayer ended the four qualifying rounds tie on points with Martin Wollanka (Xray/LRP) and Jörn Neumann (Serpent/Team Orion) rounding out the top 5 result. The finals were run in a mix of nitro and electric rules with semifinals being held first of which the best drivers bumped-up into the triple A-mains.

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August 19, 2015

Jarno Pijpers wins Dutch Buggy Cup Rd6

The recent 6th round of the Dutch Buggy Cup saw Jarno Pijpers walking away with the win after some mixed qualifiers and semifinals. Starting into the main final from the 3 spot Jarno had to let Sander van Genechten past in the opening stages while Bart Mulink was able to open a gap to the field up front only to experience a flame out during a pit stop later on. This allowed Jordy Velder to slip into the lead while Sander and Jarno were closing on the leader. In the closing stages of the final both Sander and Jordy crashed which promoted a lucky Jarno the win of the 6th round of the Buggy Cup. Sander van Genechten came in 2nd while Jordy Velder completed the top 3 result.

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August 19, 2015

Reedy Off-Road Race of Champions – Announcement

The 2016 Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions will continue for the third consecutive year at OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, CA from January 21-24, 2016. With two years of hosting the Reedy Race under its belt, OCRC continues to be the “Home of the Reedy Race” and the event is more popular than ever. With over 500 lottery entrants last year, the response was overwhelming an in the Invitational Class, Ryan Maifield took a very popular win while Aussie Kyle McBride won the 4WD Open class and OCRC local, Kevin Motter, got the win in 2WD Open. All three racers will be back to compete in the Invitational class to become the 22nd name etched on the Mike Reedy Heritage Trophy. Entries for the 2016 edition open at noon, PST on September 1, 2015 exclusively on rcsignup.com and close October 18, 2015 at midnight, PST. As in previous years, the event features its traditional 2WD Open and 4WD Open classes and the combined 2WD/4WD Invitational format and more information is available here.

August 17, 2015

Jason Nugroho wins Independence day race

Held to mark the 70th year of Indonesian Independence, the Independence day race was held last weekend at the Batam track, Batam Island, Indonesia close to Singapore and Malaysia via ferry. A total of 52 racers attended the event from Singapore, Malaysia, Jakarta, Palembang, Tanjung Pinang, Pekanbaru, Medan and Batam. The race format was 3 rounds of 7 minutes with the 2 best rounds to count. After 3 rounds it was Xray driver Jason Nugroho that too the Top Qualifier spot. In the 60 minute A-final it was a clean start for the pole man and he was able to maintain his lead throughout the race to win from the Kyosho pairing of John Agus and Ben Panic.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 14, 2015

2015 SiKCross – Announcement

2015 SiKCross - Announcement

Announcing the first annual SiKCross brought to you by SiK Track Designs from October 24th to 25th. Hosted at Pro-line’s test facility located in Banning, Ca. Levi Jackson is promising to bring supercross to RC with a brand new event, totally different than any other format in Rc. Practice, seeding, qualifying supercross style with side by side, heads up racing. There will $1,000 up for grabs if a driver is SiK enough to win both Pro Buggy and Truck and there will also be a ton of prizes from their event sponsors. More information can be found here.

August 14, 2015

Zhichao Li & Yibo Zhang take Chinese Youth Nationals

As reported previously the Chinese Youth National Race took place recently at the Feiteng R/C circuit in Guangzhou, China, with more than 300 youth class participants from all over the country. In the 1/10 EP Touring Car U18 (under 18 year-old) Class, HB Racing locked out the podium. In qualifying it was ZhiChao Li from Hangzhou that took the TQ. The final started cleanly but that lasted until the third lap when there was a lot of position changes. The battle for the first place was very intense between Zhichao Li and Wenchang Xie who had climbed all the way up from 7th. At the end Zhichao Li brought home the win driving the HB Pro5, 1 lap ahead of Wenchang Xie in 2nd also driving a Pro5 with Siqi Li in 3rd driving a TCX. In the 1/10th EP Buggy U12 Class, Yibo Zhang was the Champion ahead of HB drivers Chang Yuan and Rui Shen who had a close race and finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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August 13, 2015

Tanner Day double in Stock at 2015 ROAR Nats

The 2015 ROAR 1/10 Electric Off-Road Nationals were held this past weekend at SRS/Hobby-Town USA Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. It’s very well known around the country that the stock racing scene in Arizona has always been very competitive and this year would prove not to be different. Kyosho would roll into this years ROAR Nationals with 2 of there best stock drivers in hopes of taking home a ROAR National Championship! From Damascus, Oregon Kyosho’s young talent Tanner Day has been making a name for himself up in the North-West. Day who has only been competitively racing for a few years made his way down to Arizona with his Mom & Dad to take his chances against the best stock drivers in the nation. From Orange County, California Kyosho’s Jason Dias has proven to always be a threat in the Stock ranks and would roll into Arizona with high hopes.

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