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March 4, 2019

1/5th scale World Challenge – Report

Steel City RC Raceway of Fontana, California held the 1/5th scale World Challenge this past weekend. Unfortunately the race suffered from mixed weather and a somewhat low turnout but racing was still hot and in the STC class it was former World Champion, Markus Feldmann with the TQ and win from Matias Garcia 2nd and Luis Diaz 3rd. 1/5th GT was TQ’d by Frank Pena but in the 30-minute A-main it was Tom Wong with the win from Frank Pena in 2nd. Greg Shum would round out the top 3. The 20-minute Spec 5 A-main was won by top qualifier, Tony Tam from Ken Gerberding and Gary Kyes.

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March 4, 2019

Ryan Lutz trifecta at RC Pro South Series Rd1

Round 1 of the South division RC Pro Series was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas this past weekend. Agama’s Ryan Lutz was in control of things in the Pro Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and Pro E-Buggy categories as he took the TQs in all classes. His dominance would continue in the A-mains as in the 45-minute long Pro Nitro Buggy A-main Ryan took the win some three laps in front of HB Racing’s Dillon Caldwell with Agama’s Jake French coming in 3rd some 15 seconds behind Dillon. Robbie Darby and Quincy Hughes rounded out the top 5.

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March 4, 2019

Patrick Hofer TQs & wins at Bütschwil Indoor GP

The 2019 Bütschwil Indoor GP was held this past weekend in 1/8th nitro and electric off-road classes. In Nitro Buggy it was Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer with the overall TQ from HoBao’s Max Hesse. In the 45-minute main final Patrick was able to bring home the win with a 3-lap margin on Xray’s Samuele Lenzi as Max Hesse had to settle for 3rd, some 2-laps down on Samuele.

Image: Patrick Hofer

March 4, 2019

Raulerson & Frazier win at Clash of Clubs Rd3

Chehaw RC in Albany, Georgia recently held the Clash of Clubs series race number 3 with over 100 entries. In Pro Nitro Buggy, Xray’s Blake Raulerson would take the overall win after qualifying 2nd and falling back to 6th on the opening laps due to a mistake in the first corner. About half way through the main, Blake took the lead and led every lap till the end, leaving behind Mugen’s Justin Kinsey in 2nd and Xray’s Brian Lewis in 3rd. In Nitro Truggy it was Mugen racer Shawn Frazier with the win in the 25-minute A-main from fellow Mugen racer Justin Kinsey 2nd and Xray’s Blake Raulerson 3rd.

View the Nitro Truggy podium here

March 4, 2019

Adam Drake sweeps 2019 Holiday Hangover race

The 2019 Holiday Hangover was held in Moses Lake, Washington this past weekend, attracting over 270 entries. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Mason Eppley with the overall TQ, however after the 30-minutes long A-main event it was Mugen’s Adam Drake who would hold the upper hand, taking the win a lap in front of Mason as Team Associated’s Nick Wautles ended the main in 3rd, another three laps down. Over in Nitro Truggy it was Adam Drake (Mugen) with the overall TQ and the veteran racer would also take the A-main by storm, leaving behind Nick Wautlet (Team Associated) in 2nd, some three laps down. Kyosho’s Cody Grams would end the A-main on the 3 spot, crossing the line some four seconds behind Nick.

View the Truggy podium here

March 3, 2019

Kyle McBride sweeps Australian 1/8th Nationals

The Canberra Off Road Model Car Club held the Australian 1/8th Off-road Nationals this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Infinity’s Kyle McBride who was able to lock his 9th consecutive Australian 1/8th Buggy title, leaving behind Mugen’s Aaron Stringer in 2nd while Craig Laughton came in 3rd. Over in the Truggy class it was also Kyle McBride with the win while Alex Bernadzik (Team Associated), had to settle for 2nd after a very promising showing in the A-main. Mugen’s Caleb Noble would round out the Truck top 3.

Image: Kyle McBride

March 1, 2019

Rayan Medjoubi wins at Agathoise race

The 2019 Agathoise race was held at the Agde track near Montpellier, France last weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Rayan Medjoubi with the win in the 20-minute main final, some 20 seconds in front of Eliot Marcon while Antoinne Guyonnet rounded out the top 3 result a lap down.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

March 1, 2019

Yusuke Sugiura signs with Yokomo & Mugen

Former long-time Kyosho factory driver, Japan’s Yusuke Sugiura has announced that he will be joining Yokomo and Mugen for the 2019 season. The 5-times Japan national champion will be running Yokomo off-road cars in 1/10th electric classes while using Mugen machinery for his 1/8th scale campaign.

Image: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]