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December 6, 2017

Jason Frank TQs & wins at Turkey Hangover

Southside Raceway in Lake City, Florida hosted the 2017 Turkey Hangover recently. In Intermediate Nitro Buggy it was Xray’s Jason Frank with a TQ in round 1 and a 2nd place in round 2 to start the 20-minute A-main from 1st on the grid. A couple minutes in Jason would find himself about 15 seconds ahead of second place. He would be able to maintain the lead from tone to tone and take the win from Xray teammate, Blake Raulerson 2nd and Soar Seiki’s Joey Perez 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 6, 2017

2018 Philippine Masters – Announcement

The 2018 Philippine Masters will be held from the 4th to the 6th of May at the Circulo Verde track in Quezon City, Philippines. Classes run will be 1/8 Nitro Buggy and 1/8 Nitro Truggy and the event is organised by the Voice of RC, Scotty Ernst. More information can be found on social media here or by emailing Edward Sio (sioedward@yahoo.com).

December 6, 2017

2017 Fall Brawl – Report

The 2017 Fall Brawl was held at Badlands RC Supercross in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina last weekend. Unlike in years past where it was cold, rainy, and the event even had some snow, this year the weather was exceptional for December. Adding to the magic of fantastic weather and great atmosphere, the track was dialed and extremely fun to drive on. Every lap provided challenge and an unexplainable thrill that put a smile on your face. The flow was perfect, the jumps required skill, and even the cross-over was money. All in all, the Fall Brawl keeps getting better every year and this year proved to be an unforgettable outdoor 1/8th nitro experience.

Continue reading the report here

December 5, 2017

Adam Drake wins at Toys for Tots race

Palm Desert R/C Raceway hosted the 13th Annual Toys for Tots Race this past weekend with the event having nearly 80 entries. In the Pro Buggy class Adam Drake set the pace in both rounds of qualifying and started first in the 25 minute final. Drake went on to win the 25-minute final followed by Mugen Seiki teammate Anthony Westergaard, and Team Associated’s Richard Saxton. Elsewhere in the electric buggy class Anthony Westergaard was the top qualifier and won the 10-minute final from Cole Jenson and Marcus Garrett.

View the E-Buggy podium here

December 4, 2017

Rafael Angulo wins at US World Nitro Cup

Last weekend’s US World Nitro Cup saw Rafael Angulo pulling the hat trick in the GT8 ROAR 5-port Spec class. Rafael would be taking the TQ honours, victory and fastest lap of the event, leaving behind Joel Aubrey in 2nd and Tim Caporal 3rd.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

December 4, 2017

Berton & Ongaro take KRacing Winter Edition wins

The inaugural KRacing Winter Edition race was held at the La Nucia track in Spain this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro with the TQ from Mugen’s Robert Batlle and Team Associated driver Tom Robin. In the main final however it was Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton, coming from way down the field, who scored a popular win from Davide in 2nd as Kyosho’s João Figueiredo snatched the final podium spot. Alex Zanchettin (Tekno) came in 4th, Robert Batlle had to settle for 5th overall after some problems. Over in 1/8th E-Buggy it was also Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) with the overall TQ and by scoring wins in the opening two A-mains he would also take the overall victory from Mugen’s Robert Batlle 2nd and Tekno’s Alex Zanchettin 3rd.

Source: InfoRC [inforc.net] | Image: João Figueiredo

December 4, 2017

Jesse Davis TQs & wins at US World Nitro Cup

Last weekend’s 2017 US World Nitro Cup saw Infinity’s Jesse Davis walking away with the TQ and win in the 1/8th Open class. Jesse took the TQ from Infinity teammate, Naoto Matsukura and he also scored a commanding win in the 45-minutes A-main, wrapping up the title with a 6-laps lead from Lamberto Collari, making it an Infinity 1-2. Serpent’s Joaquin De Soto came in 3rd, another two laps down.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net] | Image: Joaquin De Soto

December 4, 2017

Thilo Tödtmann takes US World Nitro Cup title

The 2017 US World Nitro Cup was held at Full Throttle Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida this past weekend. As usual the event attracted both national racers as well as guests from abroad with this year’s event again attracting a strong field of European drivers. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Sedan class the top 3 after the qualifiers was an all-Infinity affair with Jilles Groskamp on top followed by Andy Moore and Teemu Leino. DJ Apolaro and Thilo Tödtmann would round out the top 5 results.

Continue reading the report here