December 6, 2018

Spencer Rivkins wins at rained-out Fall Brawl

One of the best nitro races on the east coast, the 2018 Fall Brawl is always jammed pack with awesome competition, killer layout, and a truly fun atmosphere. As fun as the track was … everything was just about perfect, unfortunately, mother nature is going to win any outdoor war and halfway through qualifying, the rain came and continued into the next day washing away the weekend of racing. However, with almost two rounds in the books, the race was called and awards were given based on the qualifying action that took place. After a disappointing result from the 2018 IFMAR World Championships in Perth, Australia, Spencer Rivkin wanted a bit of redemption in the Pro Nitro Buggy class. Back into 1/8th scale mode, Spencer made the trip from Surprise, Arizona to his first ever Fall Brawl experience and loved it. Badlands is definitely a track suited to Spencer’s driving style and we saw him really distance himself from his competition in quals 1 and 2. As the only Pro Nitro driver to turn 12 laps in qualifying, Spencer grabbed two TQs before the rain came and was awarded 1st place once the race was called.

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December 4, 2018

Capricorn sign Mirko Salemi

Capricorn have announced the signing of Italian nitro on-road frontrunner, Mirko Salemi to their factory team. Mirko already had the first outing for his new chassis sponsor, taking the win at the year end race in Fiorano with his LAB C803 car. Mirko had the following to say about the deal:

I would like to thank Patrizio Rossi for the opportunity to run with Capricorn, test new parts and share the results with the team.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

December 3, 2018

Raiola & Groskamp win at US Nitro World Cup

The 2018 US Nitro World Cup was held at the Homestead RC Raceway, host of this year’s IFMAR 1/10th Nitro Touring World Championships, this past weekend. The event was held in four Nitro on-road classes and in 1/8th Open it was Infinity’s Carmine Raiola with the TQ and win, leaving behind Infinity teammate Dario Balestri in 2nd, a lap down. Alberto Picco would end the 45-minute main final in 3rd, some 8.2s down on Dario. Another Italian, Marco Vanni would come in 4th, 13 laps in front o Roniel Regalado.

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December 3, 2018

2019 AWS Rd3 – Report

This past Sunday was the day to hold the third round of the AWS 2019 at Nene Valley Raceway with slightly lower numbers this weekend as 32 drivers made the trip to The Nene. The day kicked off with a round of timed practice and the drivers found the track tricky as to was very moist. After the round of practice everyone went into three rounds of qualifying with the best two to count. After a 45 minutes break for lunch the club went through the three 15 minute finals of the day. In the Buggy A-final, Jon Spencer took 1st place, Chris Sharpe-Simkiss took 2nd place. The very lucky driver Chris Lovell managed to get back up to 3rd after an unlucky crash at the start. Scott Follington took 4th place after a good battle with Chris.

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November 29, 2018

Paul Ciccarello joins Xray Factory team

Xray and RC America have announced the addition of veteran racer, Paul Ciccarello to their factory team. The former multi-time Dirt Nitro Challenge winner is a multi-class talent with titles across both on-road and off-road categories and he will be campaigning Xray’s XB8, XB8E, XB2 and XB4 platforms at races across the country. Paul says:

I’m really excited for the opportunity to race and represent Team Xray. Everything from the bottom to the top, cars, team and company has been top notch. Thank you to Gord, John, RC America and Team Xray for everything!

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 29, 2018

Luke Duthie takes Australian 1/8th On-road title

The Australian IC Track Nationals were held in Melbourne last week in challenging weather conditions. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was Steven Jovanovic (Capricorn) with the TQ from Mugen’s Jeff Hamon. In the 45-minute A-main event however it was Infinity’s Luke Duthie who would prevail, taking the win some four laps in front of Shepherd’s Ric Bartolozzi on the runner-up spot. Leigh Dytor (Mugen) would complete the top 3 podium result.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

November 28, 2018

Jeff Hamon TQs & wins at Australian TC Track Champs

The 2018 Australian IC Track Championships were held in Melbourne, hosted by the MRCCR club. Changing weather made for some difficult conditions and it was Mugen’s Jeff Hamon who would manage to take the TQ in the 1/10th Nitro Touring class and he also came out on top in the 45-minute A-main event, taking the title some two laps in front of Shepherd’s own Thilo Tödtmann. Capricorn’s Steven Jovanovic came in 3rd from Peter Jovanovic 4th. Mugen’s Andrew Gillespie rounded out the top 5.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

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