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October 13, 2014

DHI-Cup 2015 – Announcement

The 2015 edition of the DHI Cup will be held from the 9th to 11th of January in Odense. As in previous years there will also be a 1/10th electric buggy race run alongside the traditional touring car event which in 2015 will see Touring Car Modified and Super Stock classes with the latter using “blinky” speedos and LRP 13.5T motors. Tyres for the touring cars will be LRP CPX which are provided by event partner LRP as are the 13.5T X20 brushless motor for the Super Stock class. Entries are open from Wednesday October 15th on on MyRCM and more information about the race can soon be found here and here.

October 13, 2014

Hazlewood & Reeves win at HNMC Winter Series Rd1

Round 1 of the HNMC kicked off this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class Elliott Boots took the TQ but the 20 minute final had Jon Hazlewood (Agama) taking the win from Jack Embling (Mugen) who was able to held off Elliott Boots (Kyosho) for the runner-up spot. In 1/8th E-Buggy Simon Reeves came out successful in front of Mugen team mates Richard Cousins and Ian Barnard while Philip Michael took the win in the dying Truggy class. The next round of the series will be held on October 26th.

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October 13, 2014

Jason Nugroho wins Jakarta Buggy Championship Rd4

The 4th round of the Jakarta Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya Track in Serpong, West Java. The race format would be 3 rounds of 10 minutes qualifying with the two best rounds to count followed by the finals with 5 drivers bumping up to the next main. The 45 minute main final then got tough and challenging for many drivers as the dusty track caused a lot of flame-outs and it was Jason Nugroho, coming from 5th position on the grid, who made the best out of the conditions by getting in front around the 30 minute mark and never looking back. The Xray driver was able to retain the lead to take the win in front of Adrian Wicaksono (Kyosho) and Chopin Yusuf (HongNor).

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October 10, 2014

Jerome Sartel joins Team Losi Racing

Horizon Hobby welcome Jerome Sartel to the Horizon Hobby and Team Losi Racing Family. Jerome is well known worldwide for his professionalism, his off-road driving skills, and his excellent communication but also for his availability as a true ambassador to the RC Industry both on and off the track. Jerome will be in charge of developing our surface category brands as well as our marketing and event management in France. He will also be directly supporting the French Team Losi Racing drivers. Aside from these tasks Jerome will continue his successful driving career under the Team Losi Racing colors.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

October 9, 2014

Pablo Fernandez wins Spanish 2WD nats

Last weekend saw the running of the final round of the Spanish 1/10th 2WD Electric Off-Road National Series at the Rueda Loca track in Leon with four drivers still having the chance to win the championship. Saturday would see a day of practice, with two controlled rounds late in the day to seed the heats for the following day. With just 2WD running, Sunday would have five rounds of qualifying and triple finals for all.

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October 9, 2014

Jon Hazlewood wraps up UK Truggy Championship

On the back of the UK Buggy success, Jon Hazlewood continued the run of Championships for Agama/Nemo Racing by taking the BRCA National Truggy title. Coming into to the weekend, Jon was in a very strong Championship position needing only a decent result to ensure the Championship went his way. As it was Jon drove well within himself to place his truck 3rd on the day to secure his title. The race was won by Bullitt driver Graham Alsop making a 1 off appearance in the Truggy series this year after a close battle with another Agama driver, and BRCA Junior Buggy Champion Ollie Currie. Ollie has competed well at the Truggy races this year and this result would actually secure 2nd overall in the series for him, and would complete an Agama 1-2. 3rd overall in the series was another Bullitt/Beta man, Michael Lewis. Coming into the weekend, Michael was actually the only man who could deny Hazlewood the Championship, but a not so good round by his standards saw him fall to 3rd overall behind Ollie.

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October 9, 2014

Daniel Brown takes Norcal Hobbies Sunday Race Series

Norcal Hobbies recently wrapped up their Sunday Race Series. This series consisted of 5 race days with one track change in between and the best 4 results count. Daniel Brown completed the championship with an overall win in the 2WD Modified Buggy and Modified Truck class. Each Sunday race consisted of 2 qualifiers and double A-mains and Daniel was able to secure a perfect score and the series win in both of his classes leaving local talents such as Cody Hughey, Ryan Sagisi, Fabian Fernandez, Brian Gross, Charley Ross, and Sean Butler behind.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

October 9, 2014

Ogden wins as Whitenton  takes 2nd at Southern Nats

This past weekend the 2014 U.S. Southern Nationals were held in West Monroe, Louisiana at the Ike Hamilton Expo Center on a flowing track that has a lot of elevation changes. In the Nitro Buggy main Cade Whitenton got a good start, moving up to 3rd in the first lap coming from 6th on the grid. Taylor Petersen and Jason Branham were out in front with Cade being about 3 seconds behind them when Jason ran into engine troubles and Cade was moved up to 2nd to settle behind Taylor just to find Petersen coming into the pit lane for his own engine troubles. This moved Whitenton up to 1st with a pretty good gap on 2nd place Cole Ogden.

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