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March 10, 2015

Lorenzo Crolla wins at French EP Off-Road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the French 1/10th Electric Off-Road Nationals was held at BCL this past weekend and in the 4WD Buggy class it was Lorenzo Croll who grabbed the TQ by winning three out of the five qualifiers. The triple A-mains then were quite a mixed affair for Lorenzo as he scored 5th place finishes in the first two legs but a first place and a 2 second faster time than his toughest competitor Ludovic Valtier handed Lorenzo the overall win in the third and decisive final. Ludovic Valtier came in 2nd while Julien Formentin rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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March 10, 2015

Tyler Vik continues with FX

FX has announced that Tyler Vik continues to use FX engines in the 2015 season. Tyler Vik is a well-known, professional off-road racer and he will use the Slovakian engines at all regional, national and international races. Tyler had the following to say:

Despite FX Engines was a brand new in the market, I didn’t hesitate to give them a try, and now I know I made the correct choice. The speed and reliability never let me down during last year and as such I decided to stay with the engine I have full trust in – the FX engine.

Source: FX [fx-engines.com]

March 9, 2015

Travis Amezcua takes 2wd at 2015 Chi Town Shootout

Team Durango off-road star and North American Field Representative, Travis Amezcua, has returned from the 2015 Chi Town Shootout with a win and TQ in 2WD Buggy. Racing the DEX210v2 against fast competition, Travis was really happy to add to his previous Chi Town successes by taking the TQ for Team Durango. He then powered home in the 2WD ‘A’ Main final to lift the coveted Shootout trophy once again ahead of Austin Horne in 2nd and Chad Due in 3rd.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

March 6, 2015

1/10 Buggy Worlds Warm-up race – Updated schedule

The organisers of the IFMAR 1/10 Electric Buggy World Championships have released an updated schedule regarding the JMRCA 1/10 EP National Championship that is also the Warm-up race for the Worlds. Following a request made by the JMRCA to not provide practice days prior to the JMRCA Nationals, the practice days prior to the Warm-up race have now been cancelled. Practice is now scheduled for the week following the Nationals which is June 8th to 14th.

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March 6, 2015

Renaud Savoya doubles at GP Thurins

For the 3rd consecutive year, the Storm Team organised what is considered one of the biggest and most fun 1/10th off-road events in France. Around 130 drivers attended the event for both 4WD and 2WD classes. In the 4WD class Renaud Savoya came out successful in front of Arnaud Vialle and Cham Dassanayake after taking the TQ position.

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March 6, 2015

2014/15 Mibosport Cup finale – Announcement

The final round of the 2014/15 Mibosport Cup will be held on the 14th of March at the Hotel Sport in Hrotovice. The event will see the attendance of special guest Ronald Völker who will compete in the Touring Car Modified and 2WD Buggy classes. The Touring Car Modified standings before the final round see Kuba Šimurda 13 points in front of Dominic Vogl but Jiří Vyšín, who is currently 11th as he only attended at three rounds, is also a hot candidate for the top spot. The Stock LRP class sees Oliver Havránek, Aleš Pelikán, Jürgen Horn, René Kölbel and Bartlomiej Zambrzycki all having a chance to take the overall victory.

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March 5, 2015

Michael Schoettler doubles at thrilling NIS Rd3

Last weekend saw the continuation of the highly competitive Northwest Indoor Series make its way to Four Seasons’ Raceway in Olympia, Washington for round 3 of the glorious Pacific Northwest racing series. With 2 races already in the books, this 3rd race proved to be a pivotal weekend for all racers as there are no drops making each race vital for points in deciding the overall champion in each class. One bad race and your chances are out the window. One great race finish can catapult you up the standings and put you right there in the mix for the title hunt as all classes are still undecided.

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March 4, 2015

Adam Drake teams up with Mugen

Mugen Seiki Racing has announced that RC legend Adam Drake will be joining the team following a shock departure from Team Losi Racing and Horizon Hobby. Adam brings 20 plus years of racing experience to Mugen and will put it to work as a full time employee. Racing will be top priority but also Adam will work in race promotion/team management, research and new product development. Adam will race all Mugens off-road vehicles and will compete in club, regional, national and world championship events around the globe. Adam says:

I am very excited to be given the opportunity to be part of Mugen Seiki Racing as an employee and team driver. I am really looking forward to putting my knowledge and experience to good use with such an amazing company. I would like to especially thank Kris Moore and Tim Long for the support and for believing in me.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenracing.com]