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January 20, 2020

Johnson & Sousa win at CRCRC Winter MidWest Champs

The 2020 CRCRC 1/8 Winter MidWest Champs were held at The Ohio R/C Factory in Jeffersonville, Ohio this past weekend, drawing 143 entries. Agama’s Tyler Jones would lead qualifying, taking the overall TQ in Pro Nitro Buggy from Xray’s Adam Johnson in 2nd. The 30-minute A-main event then was a constant forth and back up front with Tyler Jones, Adam Johnson and Mark Sousa swapping leads several times. In the second half of the main things settled a bit as Adam was able establish himself up front, taking the win some 7.7 seconds from Tyler in 2nd as Mugen’s Collin Weatherholt came in 3rd to round out the top 3.

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January 20, 2020

DiBrino & Pillars win at Rockstar Winter Series Rd5

The fifth round of the 2019/20 Rockstar Winter Off-road Series was held at PDX Underground in Portland, Oregon this past weekend. The 2WD Mod Buggy class saw Yokomo’s Andy DiBrino with the overall TQ and win after the triple A-main events, leaving behind Yokomo’s Joe Pillars on the runner-up spot. Team Associated’s Ryan Reavis came in 3rd to complete the top 3 result. Over in the 13.5T Wheeler class Joe Pillars came out in swing, taking the TQ and win in the single 5-minute A-main event from Andy DiBrino in 2nd and Travis Harker in 3rd, making it an all-Yokomo podium.

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January 20, 2020

Burak Kilic wins at 2020 OWL Messecup

The 2020 OWL Messecup was held at the Bad Salzuflen fair grounds in the northern part of Germany over the weekend. In the competitive 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Mugen’s Burak Kilic with the overall TQ and also the win after the triple A-mains, courtesy of winning A1 and A2. Burak’s brother Berkan would win A3 to cement his overall runner-up spot from Serpent driver, Thomas Musial. Jeffrey Halsema from the Netherlands and Sophie Müller would complete the top 5 results.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

January 20, 2020

2020 RC Chili Bowl – Report

The 2020 RC Chili Bowl was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma this past weekend. With sign ups filling by the hundreds every minute, the entire race sold out in less than two hours with 400+ racers. Unusually warm weather welcomed drivers this year to the world’s biggest R/C oval race in the and with arguably the best-built and prepped dirt oval around, the racing was guaranteed to be as close and action packed as the full size Chili Bowl Midget Nationals happening next door. Racing-wise and in Outlaw Sprint, the fastest class at the RCCB Nathan Dean had dominated this class since the beginning of the week and looked unstoppable. Dean would quickly jump out to the lead at the sound of the tone and started to build his lead early on. No traffic is ever guaranteed as Dean would run right into a crash six laps in with two cars in turn one. Quick to recover he would lose a couple of positions. That’s all the break that Ryan Ralph and Justin Driemeier would need as the two battled the rest of the race. Driemeier would finish on top of that battle for the win with Ralph settling for second and Nathan Dean would round out the top three.

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January 20, 2020

Ashley Owen wins PDMCC Answer RC Winter Series Rd6

Round 6 of the PDMCC Answer RC Winter Series was held this past weekend in frosty cold UK Winter weather, making for some tricky condition. With the temperature barley rising through the day it was late before the track eventually just about thawed bit still remain slippery, along with a very slight track changed this resulting in some interesting racing. The schedule saw five 6-minute qualifiers and 22-minute mains with the A-main being won by Ashley Owen a lap in front of Mugen driver, Vincenzo Zuccarelli. Agama pilot Dave Blakeley came in 3rd to round out the top 3 podium result.

Source: PDMCC [facebook.com]

January 20, 2020

EC Kim wins at 2020 GRC Indoor Carpet Masters Rd4

Round 4 of the GRC Indoor Carpet Masters were held at the GRC indoor track in Gimpo, South Korea this past weekend. In the 21.5T Touring class it was Kim Byung Hwan with the overall TQ from EC Kim in 2nd. The latter however would strike back in the opening two A-mains, taking wins for an early overall victory which allowed him to sit out the third and final A-main. Top qualifier Kim Byung Hwan would score 2-2-1 finishes, securing him the overall runner-up spot from 9th place qualifier, Kim Si Woo in 3rd.

Image: EC Kim

January 20, 2020

SIC Pro class wins for Tebo, Lutz & Bornhorst

Autaugaville in Alabama hosted the 2020 Southern Indoor Championship this past weekend, attracting nearly 500 entries. In the premier Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Seth VanDalen with the overall TQ from Cole Ogden in 2nd, however the 30-minute A-main event would see the top 2 drivers struggle, making way for 3rd place qualifier, Tekno RC’s Jared Tebo who took the lead in the opening stages and swapped it with Joe Bornhorst (Tekno RC) in the second half of the race, however Tebo would regain P1 a couple of laps later and from there he never looked back to take the win from Joe in 2nd while TLR’s Dakotah Phend came in 3rd overall. Austin Woodyard and Brandon Rose would end the A-main in 4th and 5th respectively.

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January 20, 2020

Adam Drake wins at Adelanto Grand Prix

The Adelanto Grand Prix was held this past weekend, attracting nearly 120 entries for the usual US mix of 1/8th off-road classes. The Pro Buggy class saw Agama’s Steve Harris taking the overall TQ on the pretty challenging track from Mugen’s Adam Drake in 2nd and Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo in 3rd. The 20-minute main final featured some lead changes in the opening stages but some minutes into the race Adam Drake had settled up front and from there he never looked back to take the win some 26 seconds in front of a recovered Steve Harris while Carlos Arredondo came in 3rd to round out the podium from Jake Mayo in 4th and Richard Saxton in 5th.

Image: Carlos Arredondo Jr.