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June 15, 2020

Ryan Cavalieri TQs & wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd3

Round 3 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Empire R/C Raceway in Brentwood, California this past weekend, attracting over 200 entries. In the premier Expert Nitro Buggy class it was SWorkz’s Ryan Cavalieri with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the 15-minute A-main event from 3rd place qualifier, Xray’s Kyle Turner on the runner-up spot. Already a lap back it was Mugen’s Adam Drake who rounded out the top 3 result.

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June 15, 2020

Rinderknecht & Fuller crowned Winter Series champions

The RC Compound of Des Moines, Iowa hosted the final round of the final round of their Winter Indoor Series this past weekend with over 65 entries. In the overall standings of 2WD Modified Buggy it was Mason Fuller who would walk away with the overall title some two points ahead of Tom Rinderknecht, who ended the season on the runner-up spot. Kaden Fuller would complete the all-TLR top 3 result. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was Tom Rinderknecht who came out on top by a 2-point margin as Mason Fuller finished in 2nd overall. Chad “Rico” Karstens rounded out the overall top 3 result.

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June 15, 2020

Harker & Pillars win at Stickit1Racing Mod Series Rd2

Round 2 of the 2020 Stickit1Racing.com “We’re Back Racing” Friday Night Modified Off-Road Series was hosted by PDX RC Underground in Portland, Oregon last week. Yokomo’s Travis Harker and Joe Pillars would tie for the overall win in the highly competitive 2WD Modified Buggy class that consisted of 24 entries, with three wins each. Harker would win the tie-breaker by posting the single fastest run. Team Associated’s Ryan Reavis finished 3rd overall.

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June 15, 2020

Terry Rott wins at Midwest Series opener

Round 1 of the Midwest Series was hosted by the One Eighth Racers of Toledo this past weekend with nearly 50 racers in attendance. In the 1/8th Open class it was Ralph Burch with the overall TQ from Terry Rott in 2nd. With Ralph scoring a DNF in the 30-minute A-main event following a crash on the opening lap, it was Capricorn pilot Terry who ultimately came out on top a lap in front of Scotty Ernst (Infinity) as Jason Conley (Infinity) came in 3rd overall, only 1.5 seconds behind Scotty.

Image: Scotty Ernst

June 15, 2020

Culley & Skidmore win at 8th Annual Judge Race

The 8th Annual Judge Race was hosted by GS Hobby in Barling, Arkansas this past weekend, attracting 120 entires for the several 1/10th electric off-road classes. When the dust had settled and in the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Braxten Culley with the overall TQ and also the win in after the triple A-main events. Braxten would finish 2-1-1 with A1 winner, Kyle Skidmore (Team Associated), coming in 2nd overall as JR Mitch (TLR) completed the top 3 result in qualifying order.

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June 15, 2020

Adam Izsay TQs & wins at Hungarian large scale nats Rd1

The opening round of the Hungarian large scale on-road nationals was hosted by the RC Pecs club this past weekend. The touring car class saw Adam Izsay with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the main event, leaving behind Zsolt Bajusz Junior on the runner-up spot. Zoltan Szabo completed the all-RS5 top 3 podium result.

Image: Adam Izsay

June 15, 2020

Dillon Caldwell sweeps RC Pro Series Rd1

452 Raceway of Lindale, Texas hosted the opening round of the RC Pro Series this past weekend, with the event attracting over 120 entries. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was HB Racing’s Dillon Caldwell with the win in the 30-minute A-main event after having a troubled start to the race with his buggy’s engine running lean in the opening stages. However he was able to recover from an early pitstop to re-adjust the settings and from there he never looked back to take the lead in the final stages of the race and ultimately he walked away with the win from Agama racer and top qualifier, Jake French while another Agama pilot, Brandon Rose completed the top 3 results. Over in the E-Buggy class it was Dillon Caldwell with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the A-mains, leaving behind Brandon Rose in 2nd and Tekno RC’s Tyler Hooks in 3rd.

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June 11, 2020

Vanderbeek sweeps Team Associated Summer Series Rd1

The opening round of the Team Associated Summer Series was held at the Hobbyplex facility in Omaha, Nebraska last weekend, attracting over 170 entries. In the premier class of 2WD Modified Buggy it was Tom Rinderknecht with the overall TQ, however after the single 8-minute A-main event it was Alex Vanderbeek (Team Associated) with the win some 1.7 seconds in front of Charlie Maiorana (TLR). Mason Fuller (TLR) came in 3rd, another 5.3 seconds back as Tom Rinderknecht had to settle for 4th overall. 4WD Modified Buggy again saw Tom taking the TQ honours and again it was Alex Vanderbeek with the overall win as Mason Fuller and Tom Rinderknecht (TLR) rounded out the top 3 result a couple of seconds back.

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