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January 8, 2019

Alberico & Keel win at Salt City Challenge

The Salt City Challenge was held at Hi-Performance Hobbies in Hutchinson, Kansas last weekend. The race drew 160 entries and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was David Alberico with the TQ and overall win after the triple A-mains. Tyler Keel would come in 2nd, leaving behind Charles Day in 2nd. Over in the 4WD Mod Buggy class Tyler Keel made a clean sweep, taking the TQ and win as Todd Sieler and David Alberico came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

View the 4WD Mod Buggy podium here

January 8, 2019

Xray Xmas Race – Report

The Xray Xmas Race was held just before new year at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia. The schedule saw open practice on Friday with Saturday being race day being Saturday. The qualies started with Martin Bayer on the top in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. In 2WD Adam Izsay put also his best run in the Q1, as Martin did. Max Götzl was trying some changes on his car in the Q2, but it took him until Q3 to extract the maximum out of it, just missing the 2nd place by 0.5s. So in the end it was Adam sitting on the 2 spot on the grid behind Martin and in front of Max. In 4WD it was again Martin 1st followed by Adam in 2nd and Max in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

January 8, 2019

Marco Baruffolo FX-powered for 2019

FX Engines have announced the signing of top Italian off-road pilot, Marco Baruffolo to use their engines in 2019. The Xray factory pilot will attend all major European races including the EFRA Euros, the Montpellier GP, and the DXR Dirt Kings race as well as the Italian Nationals and other select events. Marco says:

I’m very proud to be in FX family. I tested the engine and it is very smooth and with a great power. I hope to have a successful year together! Thanks to FX for this opportunity.

Source: FX Engines [fx-engines.com]

January 8, 2019

Micha Widmaier doubles at Köngen Indoor Masters

The annual Köngen Indoor Masters was held in Köngen, Southern Germany this past weekend. SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier was on fire again, taking the overall TQs and wins in both 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy. Yokomo’s Luca Rau came in 2nd in front of Team Associated driver Kim Sitensky. Over in 4WD it was again Luca Rau with the runner-up spot as Xray’s Jens Becker rounded out the top 3.

View the 4WD podium here

January 8, 2019

2019 Desert Classic – Announcement

The 2019 Desert Classic will be held from the 7th to 10th of March at Action Hobby RC Raceway in Chandler, Arizona. The event will see the running of the most popular Modified and Stock classes, including a 21.5T 2WD Buggy handout motor category, and sign-up is available from the 14th of January12:00 pm MST here. Full information can be found on social media by clicking here.

January 7, 2019

Tomas Ramirez wins at 2019 Summer Cup

The 2019 Summer Cup was hosted by the CACH club in Santiago de Chile this past weekend. Run in three nitro on-road classes including 1/8th IC Track, 200mm Touring and 1/8th Nitro GT, it was Alvaro Jr. Jara who took the overall TQ after the Nitro GT qualifiers. In the 30-minutes main final Alvaro had to settle for 2nd though, as Tomas Ramirez took the overall win with a 4-laps margin. Rodrigo Cantergiani rounded out the all-IGT8 podium in 3rd another three laps down.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

January 7, 2019

Clement Boda doubles at Happy New Year Race

The Belgian Buggy Club Indoor held their Happy New Year Race this past weekend at their permanent indoor carpet track in Lodelinsart. The event was held in four different 1/10th electric off-road classes and it attracted both national racers and guests from abroad. In the competitive 2WD Modified Buggy class, that drew 53 entries, it was Team Associated’s Clement Boda with the overall TQ from Team Associated driver, Wouter Wynen and Xray’s Mathieu Briere. After the triple A-mains and when the dust had settled it was again Clement on top from Wouter 2nd and Mathieu 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

January 7, 2019

Jared Tebo wins at Tekno Winter Series

The Tekno Winter Series was held at the Hobbyplex Raceway in Omaha, Nebraska. New Tekno RC signing, Jared Tebo was in control of things in the competitive Nitro Buggy class, taking the overall TQ after the qualifiers and bringing home the win with a 4-laps margin in the 30-minute A-main final. Julian Malevanets (HB Racing) came in 2nd as JQ Racing’s Ashton Abdul rounded out the top 3 results.

Image: Jared Tebo