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January 18, 2023

Hobbywing Stock Spec Nationals – Announcement

PDX RC Underground has announced it will be hosting the inaugural Hobbywing Stock Spec Nationals. The unique event will see all classes use handout Hobbywing Justock fixed timing motors. The brainchild of this event, and the owner of PDX Underground Kevin Focht explains, “We started running 17.5 spec at the track, and I was thinking that there has never been a national event where everyone was running a handout motor. The thought of having everyone going the same speed intrigued me, and I thought it would be a true racers event. I immediately hit up Hobbywing, and they were excitedly on board!” There will only be 4 classes for the event – 17.5 Buggy, 13.5 4wd Buggy, 13.5 Stadium Truck and 13.5 Short Course Truck. All will be using handout Hobbywing Justock motors. Esc’s will be blinky and all other ROAR rules apply. Entries will be limited due to the hand out motors. PDX RC Underground are excited to announce that 4 time World Champion Ryan Cavalieri will be attending and racing the event.

Source: PDX Underground [pdxrcunderground.com]

January 17, 2023

Sunpadow International Grand Prix (SIGP) returns in ’23

Sunpadow has announced that the SIGP International RC Car Grand Prix will be resumed in 2023. The Sunpadow International Grand Prix (SIGP) event had established itself as one of the leading annual international RC event and attracted many of the sports top drivers. World Champion Bruno Coelho was the winner of the onroad edition in 2019 while in 2018 Ryan Lutz won the Offroad edition and a year earlier Joern Nuemann took the win from Atsushi Hara. While actual race dates are still to be finalised Offroad is expected to be held in August, along with on-road in In October or November. Taking place at the 2017 Electric Offroad Championship venue in Xiamen, the SIGP will continue to offer one of the biggest prize as before with the total bonus for the two series as high as $ 70,000. We will bring you further announcements of the 2023 SIGP in the coming weeks.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

January 16, 2023

EssexCarpetClash Round 3 – Report

Round 4 of the EssexCarpetClash was the first round of the series to run in 2023 with racers eager to get back on the track. Racers were greeted to another fun layout, this time a little more technical, with a jump section catching a few people out. After one round of practice drivers faced into 4 rounds of qualifying, with their best 2 to count. Ed Kerry, managed to secure the TQ for the 2WD A-Main having topped the sheets for 3 rounds with his Serpent. Kyle Moon was able to secure 2nd on the grip with his Willspeed machine after having PT troubles in the 1st round. Christopher Delves driving his TLR managed to have a better count back score and line-up ahead Willspeed driver Demetri Panayides. After 3 legs of finals Kerry managed to convert his pole in to the over all win, winning both the 1st and 3rd leg. He didn’t make it easy for himself after making an error in leg 2 meaning it was all to play for in the 3rd, after Moon managed to also have a win in the 2nd leg. Moon would take 2nd overall, using his win as the better counting score ahead of a fast Matthew Peters who were joint on points.

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January 16, 2023

MIBO International Race – Registration Open

Registration for the exciting new MIBO International Race on March 3-5th is now open. Building on the successful Mibo Cup Race Series that ran in Hrotovice in the Czech Republic pre Covid, this new annual event with continue the tradition of the popular Michal Bok organised series by running both onroad and offroad at the same event. The Mibosport team will build two separate tracks at the Sport V Hotel indoor venue to create an action packed gathering of electric racers. Registration is open via MyRCM with a new system meaning entry fee payments are due in advance directly in MyRCM via PayPal or Debit/Credit cards. Expected to fill up fast given the series’ and venues’ previous popularity, full details of the event can be found on the Mibosport website by clicking here.

Source: MIBO [mibosport.com]

January 16, 2023

Clean sweep for Phend at Southern Indoor Championship

Dakotah Phend has completed a clean sweep of the first major on the 2023 1:8 Offroad calendar winning Buggy, Truggy and eBuggy at the the RaceTime Entertainment organised Southern Indoor Championship in Alabama. Having already opened his 2023 electric programme with a triple victory at the ‘Clash of Champions’ at Hoosier RC Hobbyplex in Indiana last weekend, in qualifier at SIC the TLR driver would secure the TQ in Nitro Buggy from last year’s triple champion Ryan Maifield. In Truggy, Phend would start from 3rd with Mayako’s Jared Tebo the Top Qualifier while eBuggy saw him qualify P2 behind Maifield’s Tekno. In the finals, Phend kicked off yet another impressive race day with Truggy victory over Tebo and Sworkz’ Joe Bornhorst. Next up was Nitro Buggy and from the front he controlled the half hour encounter finishing over 18-seconds up on Maifield with the Kyosho of Ryan Lutz completing the podium. To cap off yet another star performance from the ‘Phenom’ he won eBuggy but this one went to the wire. Winning A1 by a comfortable margin, in A2 it was Top Qualifier Maifield who lead home the 15-cars with Phend 3rd leaving the pair tied on points. With A1 just fractionally faster, Phend completed the triple while HB Racing’s Mason Fuller completed the overall Top 3.

Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 15, 2023

Freeman takes Mod win at RC Chili Bowl

Running alongside its full size oval racing counterpart, the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals, it was Zachary Freeman who came away with the SC Modified win at the ninth edition of the RC Chili Bowl held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Attracting over 500 entries, the Scotty Ernst organised event is one of the biggest in the industry with its tented indoor pit area packed with manufacturers involved in the R/C oval racing scene. Concluding the 2023 edition of the RC Chili Bowl was the final of SC Modified presented by HobbyWing. All throughout qualifying it had been Zac Rose and Addison Krol, throwing down the heat for the ladies, going back and forth for the top spot with Rose edging out Krol to take the TQ honours. It would be a super smooth start for the 10 car field with all drivers holding their starting positions for the opening laps. A huge pile up in turn 4 however collected almost all the cars and would shake up the entire order creating a completely new race. Third place qualifier Zachary Freeman would come out on top in the lead holding that position to the end with Krol finishing on the same lap fpr second. Dropping back to sixth, Rose would recover to come through to complete the podium.

Image: RC Chili Bowl [rcchilibowl.com]

January 14, 2023

Phend Top Qualifier at Southern Indoor Championship

TLR’s Dakotah Phend has secured the big TQ at the Southern Indoor Championship in Alabama. The first big major on the annual US 1:8 Offroad calendar, the Racetime Entertainment organised indoor event is a big weekend in terms of new driver/manufacturer pairings following some significant driver announcements over the New Year break. In Nitro Buggy, it was Phend who kicked off qualifying with the fastest time ahead of the Ryans, Maifield’s Tekno taking P2 followed by Lutz’s Kyosho with third. Q2 would see Maifield top the time sheets from Sworkz’s Joe Bornhorst with Lutz again completing the Top 3. For Phend it was a bad round 2 as he ended up P5. All coming down to the third & final qualifier, Phend was back to form laying down the outright fastest time of qualifying to secure the overall TQ, 2 rounds from 3 to count. Maifield locked in 2nd overall from Lutz, Team Associated’s Lee Setser and Joe Bornhorst with new team-mate Brandon Rose rounding out the Top 6. In Nitro Truggy, it is Jared Tebo who is Top Qualifier. As the reigning SIC Champion, winning both Buggy & Truggy last year from the TQ, Maifield took the first qualifier from Sworkz’s Camden Lime, Phend and new Mayako signing Jared Tebo. Runner-up last year in Truggy, Tebo would find his stride in the next two qualifiers topping them both for the overall TQ. Again Maifield ends up P2 with Phend 3rd ahead of Lime, Lutz and the TLR of youngster Phi Long Nguyen.

Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 13, 2023

Zeke Ballinger joins Schumacher

American racer Zeke Ballinger has joined Schumacher Racing as the British manufacturer continues to increase its profile in the US Offroad racing scene. The former TLR driver has enjoyed some strong results in the last number of years including the 13.5 4WD class win at the 2021 Desert Classic and 2nd in Stadium Truck. Also a JConcepts Indoor National Series triple podium finisher, and TQ & winner at the 2022 Rumble in the Rockies, on the announcement Ballinger said, “I am so excited about joining the #SchumacherFamily in 2023 onwards. For me personally, a fresh start and a new challenge is something I am really looking forward to. I can’t wait to continue working with Cav and the rest of my new team mates as well. Thank you Muz, Robin, Tris and everyone at Schumacher for welcoming me with open arms.”

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]