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March 26, 2013

Ryan Lutz wins buggy at Psycho Nitro Blast

The Psycho Nitro Blast was held last weekend in Unadilla, Georgia and Durango/AKA driver Ryan Lutz filed this report. This has always been one of my favorite races on my schedule and I always look forward to going back. I missed out last year as I visited the Alpha factory in Taiwan but this year I pushed that trip back to be sure I could attend the PNB. This race is just a one of a kind type event that you just have to try. What makes it so great I feel is the atmosphere and just the huge, intimidating, super rough track. The layouts generally start pretty mundane but give it a few hours of run-time on the track and the holes that develop swallow cars whole and some don’t come out. My favorite is generally the A-mains at the end of the weekend when the track is at it’s utmost extreme and it just takes a bit of creativity a patience to find lines that can keep you on 4 wheels and going fast. Here is how my roller coaster unfolded.

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March 25, 2013

Robert Batlle wins Spanish 4wd EP Nationals

The Spanish Championship 1:10 4wd electric off road finished this weekend, on a one race format everything was decided in the awesome track of RC Hobby Garden. Qualifying was dominated by Carlos Pineda, Roger Sancho and Robert Batlle which was the starting position for A main finals. The first A main was an incredible fight between Pineda and Batlle, they were fighting all main until the last lap when Batlle overtook Pineda landing the triple and won. The second final was dominated since lap 4 to the end by Batlle taking his first Spanish Championship in 1/10 electric with his Yokomo BMAX-4 II. The podium was completed by Carlos Pineda in second position and the third spot of the podium went to Juanma Lerma.

View the final results here

March 25, 2013

Mibosport Cup Rd8 report

The grand final of the Mibosport Cup presented by Yokomo took place recently and the race attracted over 130 drivers from the Czech Republic and many other European countries including ETS Champion Ronald Völker. Again the race was held for a variety of electric onroad and also offroad classes such as 2WD a 4WD buggy, Stock Zero 17.5T, Modified TC, Formula and Yokomo GT. For Dash for Voucher Race the organizer drew one of the offroad categories, final A 2WD, and the fastest driver was Jiri Mara.

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March 24, 2013

Jason Branham double at RC Pro South opener

The RC Pro National Series South division kicked off its season this past weekend at the all new facility of 439 Raceway in Belton, TX, just north of Austin and Jason Branham sent this report. ‘439 Raceway has put in a ton of work to get its facilities into top notch condition with features such as an enlarged track, new dirt, covered pitting area, cleaning station, on site hobby shop, on site shower, and RV hook ups for anyone choosing to bring their motor mansion. In attendance from the Xray/RCAmerica crew was I (Jason Branham), Josh Glancy, Cade Whitenton, Nick and Ethan Lefebvre, and Andrew Clark.

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March 21, 2013

Novarossi off road trophy – Announcement

Novarossi off road trophy - Announcement

The Ospy team Association have announced the Novarossi off road trophy, to be held on June 28-30, 2013 at The King Road track in Gussago, Italy. The event will see World famous Champions, National record holders and World Champions participating along with tricks, night jump and other activities. The race will be open to 1/8th buggy & truggy and to keep you entertained their will be a DJ set and cocktails. Entry is open now you can find more details here.

March 20, 2013

Jean-Yves Konigs wins at Belgium Winter trophy

The final round of the Belgium Winter Tropgy was held at the Black Country Arena last weekend. In the 4WD buggy class the title was up between Jean-Yves Konigs (Schumacher) and Cedric Nikell (Team Durango), both only separated by 8 points after four race weekends. None of the two drivers was able to secure the day’s race win but a fourth place just behind Cedric was enough for Jean-Yves to secure the championship title. Frederic Fontaine (Xray XB4) finished third overall behind Cedric with Jean-Michel Taijmans completing the top 4.

Thanks to Jean-Yves Konigs for sending the report.

March 20, 2013

David Ronnefalk wins Swedish VBC Cup

Last weekend saw the final round of the Swedish VBC Cup that was arranged by Borås MRK. The main classes are 1/10 2WD and 4WD buggy who are driven on indoor carpet. The series was held over the course of six weekends with four rounds counting for the final rankings. The 2WD title was up between Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk and Team Associated/Advanced driver Niclas Månsson who were equal on points after the sixth round. The time keeper therefore decided to have a ‘Death Race’ between David and Niclas that was ultimately won by David handing him the overall series title in the 2WD class. David tried to copy his good pace for the 4WD final but struggled with setup meaning ‘only’ as second place on Sunday but the runner-up spot was good enough to win the 4WD class also meaning a clean sweep and therefore the ‘Supercup’ title for the young Swede.

Thanks to Pierre Ronnefalk for sending the report.

March 20, 2013

Jirka Mara joins Vampire Racing

Vampire Racing announce that Xray factory team driver and two times EOS A-finalist, Jirka Mara joins Vampire Racing’s growing team of talented racers. Jirka already used VR equipment as a customer and will now receive full factory support during his campaign. He will use the entire line of Vampire racing products including the upcoming SR8 Plus 1/8th speed controller.

Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]