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January 7, 2019

2019 AWS Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the 2019 AWS was held at Deerdale with 64 attending the meeting. There was a mix of Nitro 8th Buggy, 8th Electric Buggy, mixed with Nitro, and 8th Nitro Truggy. Racing started at exactly 9am with a round of timed practice. Followed by the qualifiers that were held on a drying track that caused some traction rolling problems for the drivers. After the three rounds of qualifying Jon Howells took TQ in Truggy from Wez Jolly and Mark Morris while the Buggy class was lead by Graham Alsop taking the TQ in front of Mike Lewis and John Holmes. In fading light the Buggy A-main was the last final of the day. The 15-minutes race started just after 4pm and some driver scrambled to change tyres because of the slippy conditions. However in the end it was Graham Alsop (HB Racing) taking the win from Mick Butler (HB Racing) on the 2 spot. 3rd place was taken by another driver for HB Racing, John Holmes and 4th place was taken by Mike Lewis.

Continue reading the report here

January 7, 2019

Davide Ongaro sweeps 2019 One Race One Man

The IBR Padova track in Italy played host to the 2019 One Race One Man event this past weekend. The race attracted some of Europe’s fastest 1/8th off-road racers to kick off the 2019 racing season. Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro was the man to beat all weekend as the 2018 IFMAR World Champion was in control of things in both the qualifiers and semi finals, lining up on the 1 spot for the main final. Right from the start Davide would separate from the field and he eventually took the win with a one-lap margin from Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton in 2nd and Xray’s Marco Baruffolo in 3rd. Matt Polita (Kyosho) came in 4th as Reno Savoya completed the top 5 for TLR.

View the final results here

January 4, 2019

Xray sign Jake Mayo

Xray have announced the signing of US top driver, Jake Mayo to the RC America and Xray factory team. The former long-time Team Associated pilot will campaign Xray’s 1/10th and 1/8th off-road platforms at high-class events such as the Off-road Reedy Race of Champions, the Dirt Nitro Challenge, Surf City Classic, Top Gun Shootout and the ROAR Nationals. The multi-time Reedy Outdoor Off-road and JBRL Champion had the following to say:

I’m very excited to represent RC America and Xray in 2019. I look forward to working with the whole team and learning the new cars. Huge thanks to Gord Tessmann and everyone at RC America/Xray for the opportunity. Can’t wait to get the cars on the track!

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 4, 2019

Asia Nitro Championship – Announcement

In 2019, Scotty Ernst Productions are aiming to bring the most extreme R/C classes in existence to both racers and fans in a whole new way with the inaugural running of the Asian Nitro Championship (ANC). Three exotic locations. Three world-class facilities. One Championship series. All under the spotlight like you’ve never seen before. Round 1 will take racers to Hong Kong where TRC Raceway will be the home March 7-10. TRC Raceway is very familiar with hosting big events as they recently hosted the FEMCA Championships, Asia On Road Championships as well as other international races. Round 2 will be held April 25-28 and will take the trek to the land down under to England Park Raceway in Brisbane, Australia, only a 50 minute drive to the World famous Gold Coast. Known for hosting two IFMAR World Championship events, the track went through a complete renovation, layout change and resurfacing to give racers and spectators an amazing experience. Round 3 will see the series conclude its opening year at the soon to be constructed Infinity Raceway in Suzuka, Japan in the summer of 2019. The plans for Infinity Raceway will be nothing short of amazing and will make for the perfect location to round out the opening season of the ANC. For more information and the full press release, visit the official event website here or the series’ social media page here.

January 3, 2019

Cody King returns to RC racing

Kyosho America have announced the return of 2010 IFMAR 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Champion, Cody King to their team. Cody had to step away from racing for personal reasons earlier in 2018, following stints with HB Racing and Serpent. Along with Cody his dad Paul will be back in the pits and this is what Cody has to say about the deal:

I want to give a huge thank you to Kyosho for the opportunity to race for them again. As most people know, I had to step away from racing for a period of time, and now I’m ready and excited to get back to the track. For now I will just be racing locally, and take additional steps as it feels right. My focus is on keeping it fun, and getting back to competing again, I have missed it. Also, not only am I coming back, but my dad Paul also will be helping me in the pits again just like the old days. Can’t wait to see everyone at the races!

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

January 3, 2019

Lewis & Switzer win at Year End Showdown race

The 2018 Year End Showdown was held at Southside RC in Lake City, Florida. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was Landen Lewis with the overall TQ and he would also bring home the win in the 20-minute A-main, leaving behind David Carmendy in 2nd and Rob Lupo in 3rd.

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January 2, 2019

Ryan Cavalieri teams up with SWorkz for 1:8 campaign

SWorkz have announced the addition of former IFMAR Worlds and multi-time ROAR National Champion, Ryan Cavalieri to their 1:8 off-road factory team. The former long-time Team Associated ace left AE at the end of last year and he be piloting SWorkz’s popular S35 1:8 off-road platforms in his 2019 campaign. Ryan says:

I’m very excited to be a part of the SWORKz team in 2019. I would like to thank Scott Yang and Max Sonnleitner for giving me this opportunity and making the great line of communication during this process. I’m looking forward to work with the team and engineers for their 1:8 scale program starting with the Dirt Nitro Challenge as my first event of the year.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

January 1, 2019

HNMC Winter Series Rd7 – Report

Round 7 of the Herts Nitro Model Club Winter Series was held last weekend with about 70 drivers in attendance. The weather conditions started off with damp fog and mist but then dried towards the end of the day. Graham Alsop took the TQ in Nitro Buggy qualifying, as Danny Conway took the TQ in E-Buggy and George Miller rounded out the Truggy class. In the Buggy A-final it was Lewis Jones with the win from Graham Alsop and Callum Niblett in 2nd and 3rd respectively. The E-Buggy A-main had Danny Conway taking the win from James Clifford and Erik Lykke. Finally in the Truggy class it was George Miller on top with Brinley Tourle 2nd and Alex Leo 3rd.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]