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November 7, 2016

Ribeiro & Ramos win at Portuguese Cup

The 1/10th Electric Off-road Portuguese Cup was held at the Indoor RC Oeste track in Torres Vedras near Lisbon. With a refurbished track and a good turnout of drivers in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes, the race was full of intense battles. In 2WD it was Nuno Casal Ribeiro (Team Associated) that took the TQ and overall win but not without being heavily chased by the youngest pilot, 10-years old Pedro Gomes (Team Durango), with the victory being decided on the last lap of the second final. The final step on the podium went third to Marco Timóteo (Xray).

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November 6, 2016

Marc Valero takes Spanish Pro10 Championship

The final round of the Spanish Pro10 Championship was held at the Rubi track in Barcelona. Pre-event favourite Marc Valero grabbed the TQ from Sergio Lacuesta in second and Jaime Lacuesta in third. The finals then saw Marc continue to dominate, as he took the day’s win and with it the overall championship title. Sergio ended the day on the runner-up spot from Raul Carmona while Jaime made a mistake, taking him out of the decision for the podium spots. Overall in the Championship it was Jaime Lacuesta who obtained the vice championship title from Sergio Lacuesta in third.

Source: Coches RC [cochesrc.com]

November 4, 2016

7th Annual Northwest Invitational – Announcement

The 7th Annual Northwest Invitational will be held November 19th to 20th at Cottage Grove R/C Raceway in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Over the past six years, The Northwest Invitational has brought in some of the best factory drivers in the World including 4-time IFMAR World Champion Ryan Cavalieri, 2-time World Champion Jared Tebo, and ROAR National Champion Dustin Evans. The event will see triple bump-up A-mains and it is held in an Invitational 2WD Mod Buggy class as well as 2WD Mod Buggy Open, 4WD Mod Buggy, Super Stock 13.5T Truck, Stock 17.5T Buggy, and also 2WD Mod SCT. More information can be found here and you can also email the organiser Joe Pillars at joepillars@hotmail.com.

November 4, 2016

Jakarta Regional Buggy Championship finale – Report

The final round of the Jakarta Regional Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya track in Serpong, West Java. A total of 38 drivers attended the event that saw three rounds of 10-minutes qualifying with the two best rounds to count. The finals were then run with five drivers bumping up into the 45-minute main final. John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) grabbed the TQ but in the final, that was run in wet and muddy conditions, it would be Indra Liono (Xray/SPower) to take the win from Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) second and John Agus in third.

View the final results here

November 4, 2016

Joni Skidmore teams up with Yokomo

Yokomo have announced the signing of UK’s Joni Skidmore to their electric off-road team. The young man will race the company’s YZ-2 and YZ-4 buggies in the country’s major series and also at select EOS events and he has the following to say about the deal:

I would like to thank Yokomo, Yokomo Europe and MB Models for giving me the opportunity to race the superb YZ-2 and YZ-4 electric buggies. I am looking forward to hitting the track this winter and hope to succeed at the UK’s premier race series and some EOS events. Once again I would like to thank all my sponsors for helping me further my RC career.

Source: Yokomo Europe [teamyokomo.eu]

November 4, 2016

Xray Racing Series Netherlands – Announcement

The Model Indoor Oss Arena will hold a round of the Xray Racing Series Netherlands on the 17th and 18th of December. The race will be held in 2WD and 4WD off-road classes with more event information available here while sign-up can be done here.

November 4, 2016

Kostas Katsadonis successful at Tour of Champions

The second Tour of Champions race was recently held at the newly built RC Pylaros track in Kefalonia, Greece. In the 60-minute Nitro Buggy main final, Kostas Katsadonis (Xray) came out fastest from his brother Harris Katsadonis, who set the TQ and also the fastest lap. Mugen racer Thanos Pagonis ended the race on the final podium spot from Christofer Pliatsikas (Mugen) and Andreas Stellatos (SWorks).

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November 4, 2016

SARDA Electric On-road Nationals Rd5 – Report

The fifth and final round of the 2016 South-African ORE national championship returned to the TRAP RC Venue in Pretoria after round two was rained out at the same venue. Free practise was held on Thursday and Friday with a heat wave hitting the Gauteng province. The air temperature peaked at 38 Degree Celsius and the track temperature went up to 64 Degree. The heat put tremendous pressure on the batteries, tyres and electronics and the drivers had to choose their setups carefully and also manage the tyres during the race. The Touring Modified class is still growing stronger and all the drivers need to be at their best to qualify for the A-mains. All the top drivers pushed hard during the practice rounds and during qualifying but it was Shaun Schutte who dominated the class with his Xray during practise and qualifying to take TQ. There was a great battle between current champion Jason Hillcoat, Anderton Smith, Antonio Caroli and Ashley Hurley for the remaining grid positions. Anderton managed to take second after a good Q3 and Q4 with Antonio starting third in the A Mains.

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