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December 16, 2019

Nagashima, Huang & Shum to attend OneTen Shanghai

OneTen Series organisers are excited to announce more big names for the 5th and 6th round of this season which takes place in Shanghai on the 4th and 5th of January. Having previously announced Marc Rheinard and JJ Wang, we can confirm that Serpent racer Yugo Nagashima, who made his series debut at Rd3 & 4 in Guangzhou, will return to RCI V2, the scene of his popular AOC win back in April. National Champion, and recent winner of the SIGP Nitro class, Gary Huang will be aiming to continue his recent run of good results with the Chinese driver hoping to benefit from being joined at this event by Xray team mate Wang. Making the trip from Hong Kong, showing a recent improvement in form, Jackie Shum will boost the Yokomo team’s chances against the best in the OneTen series, which for this weekend will run alongside the exciting new SGP1 Formula series. More information on the event can be found here and entry for all classes, Modified and Stock, can be submitted here or directly at RCI V2.

December 16, 2019

Hunter La Flower wins at RC Pro 1/10th scale finals

Indy RC World of Garland, Texas hosted the RC Pro 1/10th scale finals this past weekend. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was Trevor Nault with a clean sweep in the qualifiers, as Tyler Hooks, Tyler Heel and Hunter La Flower ended the qualifiers tie on points. The double A-main format then saw Trevor Nault taking the opening leg from Hunter in 2nd with the latter striking back in A2 while Trevor ended on the runner-up spot. With both tie on points it would be the tie-breaker that awarded Hunter the win from Trevor in 2nd while Charles Day completed the top 3 results.

Image: Hunter La Flower

December 16, 2019

Ethan Lefebvre wins Thornhill Championship Series

The final round of the 2019 Thornhill Championship Series was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas over the weekend, attracting nearly 60 entries. In the premier 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind Xray teammate, Spencer Harrison in 2nd, a lap down. HB Racing’s Chris Marrant would round out the top 3 overall results another lap down and some 16 seconds in front of 4th place finisher, Sean Gallagher. With the win at the 8th and final round Ethan also took the overall series title in the Nitro Buggy category.

Image: Ethan Lefebvre

December 16, 2019

Jackson Andres wins at Northwest Indoor Series Rd2

The second round of the Northwest Indoor Series, which is considered to be the largest indoor off-road series in the Pacific Northwest, was held at Tacoma RC Raceway this past weekend. In 2WD Modified Buggy Jackson Andres (Yokomo) was able to TQ round 1 and 2 of the qualifying to secure the number 1 starting spot. The mains were intense with an amazing run by all the front runners. Jackson was able to take A-mains 1 and 2 to secure the overall win as Harley Yoshii (Yokomo) and Michael Schoettler (Team Associated) rounded out the top 3 results.

Image: Jonathan Andres

December 16, 2019

Jackie Shum takes Team Powers Cup Mod TC title

The final round of the 2019 Team Powers Cup was held at the PYC track in Hong Kong this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Destiny Racing/Muchmore’s Patrick Poon with the overall TQ, however after the triple A-mains it was Yokomo/LRP’s Jackie Shum with the win and also the overall title as Patrick had to settle on the runner-up spot following some mishaps in A2 and A3. Yokomo/Team Powers’ Fong King came in 3rd overall at round 4, allowing him to take the overall runner-up spot in the series.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

December 16, 2019

Lewis Jones wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd4

Round 4 of the 2019/20 HNMC Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Lewis Jones who would top qualify all three qualifying rounds for the overall TQ. At the start of the 15-minute main final Lewis got tagged form behind and lost twelve seconds on the leader Karl Jackson who had the hole shot, getting from 6th to 1st by the second corner. Further down the field Lewis recovered position by position and took the lead at the fuel stop. Then slowly all of Lewis’ tyres came unglued causing issues but he held on for the win some four seconds in front of Xray’s Karl Jackson while Agama’s Kevin Brunsden came in 3rd to round out the top 3 result.

Image: Lewis Jones

December 16, 2019

Völker, N’diaye & Libar win at Longwy Winter Series Rd2

Round 2 of the Longwy Winter Series was held this past weekend in Longwy, France with the event attracting over 110 entries for the six classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock Expert, Touring 17.5T, FWD, Formula and Rookie. Touring Modified was led by Yokomo’s Ronald Völker who brought home the overall TQ and also the win in all three A-main events, leaving behind the Awesomatix duo of Lucas Urbain and Tim Wahl in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Continue reading the report here

December 16, 2019

Vesa Yli TQs & wins at 12Track Tour opener

The opening round of the Finnish 12Track Tour was held this past weekend in 1/12th and 1/10th scale classes. In the C12 1/12th scale Modified category it was Vesa Yli with the overall TQ and he also brought home the win in all three A-mains events, leaving behind Panu Vehniäinen and Sami Munck in 2nd and 3rd respectively. The GT12 13.5T Stock class saw Miikka Luhta with a clean sweep of TQ and overall win from Eemeli Anttonen and Juha-Matti Heikkala. Finally in the supporting TSS10 class it was Ville Aalto with the TQ, however it was Jaakko Huhmarsalo with the win in all three A-mains as Ville Aalto and Verneri Valtanen came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: V-Dezign [facebook.com]