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February 16, 2020

Alex Bernadzik wins at King Of The Valley 2020

The Maitland Off-Road Radio Controlled Car Club of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia hosted the King Of The Valley 2020 this past weekend in Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and 1/8th E-Buggy classes. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Kyle McBride with a clean sweep in the qualifiers for the overall TQ from Alex Bernadzik in 2nd. The 40-minute A-main saw Kyle and Alex battle it out in the opening stages with the two swapping the lead several times until Kyle suffered a DNF at about half-way point that allowed Alex (Team Associated) to take the lead and ultimately also the race win with a 4-lap margin from Jarred King (Xray) in 2nd while Ari Bakla (Xray) came in 3rd, another lap down.

Image: Alex Bernadzik

February 13, 2020

2020 Keilor Invitational – Report

The Keilor Electric Off-Road Club of Melbourne, Australia hosted the 2020 Keilor Invitational last weekend. Australia’s version of the Reedy Race, this event is held on an outdoors dirt track in the Australian summer with the Invite classes running 5 heats of 2WD and 5 heats of 4WD in addition to open classes for both modified and stock, with the winner of these getting a direct invite to the 2021 event. For the 2020 event just under 130 entries were received from all around Australia, with the big talking point being the new track surface which had been treated with Canola oil dramatically reducing dust and tyre wear and proving a big hit with all racers. The layout had been changed since the 2019 Nationals held at the same track with a combination of sweeping and technical sections with large elevations and jumps challenging all levels.

Continue reading the report here

February 13, 2020

JConcepts Spring Dirt Oval Nationals – Announcement

JConcepts Events present the Spring Dirt Oval Nationals that will be held at the iconic HobbyTown facility in Omaha, Nebraska. The centrally located venue invites Dirt Oval racers of all skill level to race at the Plex on the weekend of the 5th of April. The indoor facility, managed by Alex Sturgeon, has a wealth of RC knowledge to go along with passion and always provides an experience like no other. Racers will tune to the clay based surface and utilize a controlled tire to simplify the event experience. HobbyTown’s track build will focus around their current Dirt Oval track, however, updates and size changes will accommodate faster speeds, better driver visibility, and include an overall racers feel to the dedicated event. Sign ups are already open here and more information can be found here.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

February 12, 2020

Stringer & Bernadzik win at King of the Hills

Pine Hills Dirt Racing of Bunya, Queensland, Australia recently held the Inaugural King Of The Hills event, attracting some of the area’s fastest nitro and electric off-road racers. The event was held in a unique format with multiple rounds of 10-minute heads-up racing and when the dust had settled it was Serpent’s Aaron Stringer with the win in E-Buggy from Mugen’s Jackson Beale in 2nd and Kyosho racer, Ric Williams in 3rd. Over in Nitro Buggy it was Team Associated’s Alex Bernadzik with the win from Aaron Stringer in 2nd and Craig Laughton in 3rd.

View the Nitro Buggy podium here

February 12, 2020

Park Sung-Kwang wins at A.C. Speedway Champs Rd12

Round 12 of the A.C. Speedway Championship was held in South Korea last weekend. The event took place on one of the biggest outdoor asphalt tracks of the country and it saw Park Sung-Kwang taking the win in the Formula class from Oh So-An in 2nd and Shin Jung-Min in 3rd, all three running Xray machinery.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 12, 2020

JConcepts Winter INS10 – Report

The JConcepts Winter INS10 kicked off the JConcepts Indoor National Series at Velocity Raceway in St. Charles, Missouri last weekend. This race is something special as it features a list of talented drivers and is always packed with entries nearing 350. This year, the prepaid system worked well as it sold out at exactly 350 entries, making for an exciting atmosphere and even better racing. The layout was fantastic. It was the longest layout Velocity Raceway has ever had at 16-17 second lap times in 2wd Modified. The layout utilized the track dimensions to the fullest but also extremely fun to run laps on. The left side of the track featured sweeping turns as well as a little elevation change while the right side of the track was tight and technical testing your vehicle’s handling characteristics and a driver’s timing and precision. As a whole, the track was massively fun and completing a money lap felt even better. Overall, the surface was tricky as the track dried out towards Sunday and required high tread as dust came up towards the end of a 5-minute run.

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February 11, 2020

Oliveras & Harris win at JConcepts Super Cup Rd2

Round 2 of the JConcepts Super Cup was held at Dean’s Discount Hobbies in New Port Richey, Florida this past weekend. With 80 entries and some great weather, the racing atmosphere was very relaxed and fun for all. The track started out a little slick for round 1 of qualifying, but by round 2 the groove was up as racers began to rip the throttle and lay down the rubber. The traction continued to come up as the double A-mains rolled around providing some exciting action in all classes. When the dust had settled and in the 2WD Mod Buggy A-main it was top qualifier, Julien Oliveras with the win from Paul Wynn in 2nd and Ryan Casteline in 3rd.

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February 11, 2020

Collin Weatherholt TQs & wins at FRL Rd2

The Ohio RC Factory of Jeffersonville, Ohio held round 2 of the FRL series last Saturday, attracting nearly 80 entries. In the premier 1/8th Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Collin Weatherholt with the overall TQ and he would also come out successful in the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind 2nd place qualifier, Scott Kuchler in 2nd, some three seconds down. In 3rd it was Jeff Switzer who would round out the top 3 result some 15 seconds behind Scott.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]