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January 21, 2019

Graham Alsop wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd8

Round 8 of the HNMC Winter Series was held this past weekend in freezing winter weather conditions. In Nitro Buggy Team Associated’s Lewis Jones took the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifiers in super slick conditions. With only a 15-minutes final and daylight fading it was going to be a sprint rather than a race in the A-main where Lewis Jones and HB Racing’s Graham Alsop managed to get away after a mistake by Xray’s Callum Niblett on the first lap. From there Lewis managed about a 4-second gap until he nosed in on an apex and lost some time. Lewis would put his head down and lead until he made three errors on the tricky left hand side in the last five laps which ultimately cost him the win, finishing in 2nd behind Graham Alsop 1st and Callum Niblett 3rd.

Image: Lewis Jones

January 21, 2019

Tebo & Lutz win at Southern Indoor Championship

The Southern Indoor Championship was held in Autaugaville, Alabama this past weekend, attracting a whooping 555 entries. For many racers the event marked the first race for and with their new sponsors, one of which was multi-time national and international champion, Jared Tebo who had his first outing for his new car sponsor Tekno RC. Jared came out in force in Pro Nitro Buggy, taking the overall TQ from HB Racing’s Cole Ogden and new Agama signing, Ryan Lutz. In the 30-minutes A-main event and after some great battles, it was still Jared on top, bringing home the win some 16.5s in front of Cole Ogden as Team Associated’s Evan Vail ended on the 3 spot. TLR’s Tyler Jones and AE’s Blake Pickett rounded out the top 5 podium result.

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January 16, 2019

Reds Racing welcome back Cody King

Following the popular return of Cody King to RC racing, Reds Racing have announced the signing the former IFMAR 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Champion. Cody and his dad Paul were integral in the advancement of the Reds Racing product line since 2013 and Reds Racing are pleased to have them back on board to start the next chapter of the 2010 IFMAR World Champion’s career. Cody’s talent is unsurpassed and Reds Racing expect to see more great things from now until the future.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

January 15, 2019

Melvin Diekmann joins Shepherd factory team

Shepherd have announced the signing of German 1/10th 200mm specialist, Melvin Diekmann to their factory team. A multiple ENS finalist and podium finisher, Melvin can already look back on a great series of victories in his young career. He and his father form a strong team and have been able to make life difficult for many big names in the past.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 15, 2019

SWorkz Korea welcomes back Ryan Lee

SWorkz have announced the return of Ryan Lee to their Asia factory team. Running the official SWorkz distribution for Korea, Ryan also is an avid racer and he will campaign SWorkz 1/8th and 1/10th off-road kits at events around Asia. Ryan had the following to say about his comeback:

I am so proud being a part of Team SWorkz. The quality of each part is the best in the market and the chassis performance is amazing. Special thanks to Scott Yang for giving me this good opportunity. My first international race this season will be SGIP Xiamen with S353 and S353E. Can’t wait to start the new season with the SWorkz factory team!

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

January 14, 2019

Bradley Baird wins at Navan Nitro Nuts series

Round 6 of the Irish Navan Nitro Nuts series was held this past weekend. 1/8th Nitro buggy JQ Racing Ireland driver Bradley Baird took TQ and win. Bradley set off in the 30-minute A-final and never looked back setting fastest lap after fastest lap to take an impressive win. Agama driver Barkley Abernathy would come in 2nd, a lap down on Bradley as Kyosho pilotJimmy Chan rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: JQ Racing [jqracing.com]

January 14, 2019

Nick Cox wins at North West Nitro Series Rd2

Round 2 of the North West Nitro Series was held at the club’s Mythop Road site near Blackpool this past weekend in pretty windy weather conditions. The original plan was to use the club’s dirt track but given the wind direction and openness of the rostrum it was decided to use the astro track instead. The wind never let off all day but this helped dry the wooden section as the day progressed but in the last qualifying round it rained for 5 mins making things interesting again for all. In the end it was Nick Cox (HB Racing/Team Orion) with the win in the Nitro Buggy A-main from Chris Sharpe Simkiss (SWorkz/SPower) in 2nd. Vincenzo Zuccarelli would round out the top 3 with his Novarossi-powered ride.

Source: Answer RC [answer-rc.com]

January 14, 2019

Matt Lewis wins Ledbury Winter Series Rd4

A great turnout of 55 drivers attended round 4 of the Ledbury Winter Series this past weekend at Ledbury Model Car Club. The weather stayed dry and the track was extremely grippy. Mike Lewis dominated qualifying – securing all four round with TQ. His brother, Matt was 2nd overall with yet more AE drivers Jon Howells and Lloyd Pitt 3rd and 4th respectively. Onto the A-final that saw some really interesting battles throughout the 15-minute race. AE’s Matt Lewis took the win by only 0.6 secs from his brother Mike. Jon Howells took the final step, only 0.5 secs in front of HB driver Chris Lovell.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]