November 15, 2017

Dani Vega wins at Castilla y León champs Rd8

The eighth and final round of the regional Spanish Castilla y León Championship was held at the Pical track in Arrollo de la Encomienda. The morning was quite cold but the day brought nice weather conditions, making it a fun event for everyone. The qualifiers went to Luis Jimenez who left behind Pablo Fernandez in the tie breaker. However in the 45-minute main final it was Daniel Vega with the win from Pablo Fernandez and Davide Benito, the latter two being separated by only 0.17 seconds on the line.

Source: Summum Brothers [summum-brothers.com]

November 14, 2017

Neal King to run Capricorn & One in 2018

Italian company Capricorn has announced the addition of UK on-road frontrunner, Neal King to their team. Neal will be using Capricorn’s LAB C803 1/8th nitro on-road kit powered by One engines and had the following to say about the deal:

I would like to thank Patrizio for the opportunity to join the Capricorn team. I look forward to racing the Capricorn Lab C803 Evo with the “One” engines in in 2018.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

November 13, 2017

Tedeschi & Scaglioni win at CRNS Championship Rd4

The famous Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter in Fiorano, Italy played host for fourth round of CRNS Championship, one of the last races in Italy before the winter break. In the Open 1/8th Nitro category it was Alberto Tedeschi who took home the win after a error-free drive. Following him on the podium was Emanuele Comoglio with Claudio Codazzi completing the podium another lap down.

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November 13, 2017

Ryan Lutz trifecta at Battle of the Sikest

The annual Battle of the Sikest race was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas this past weekend. Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz would make a clean sweep, taking the TQ and win in Pro Nitro Buggy, Open Nitro Truck and Open E-Buggy while his teammate, Joe Bornhorst would come 2nd in all three categories despite winning the opening E-Buggy A-main. Brandon Rose (Team Associated) would come in 3rd in the Nitro Buggy class while Dillon Caldwell (Xray) completed the Nitro Truggy podium. Finally in E-Buggy it was Jake Dellinger (Team Associated) who rounded out the top 3 results.

Image: Ryan Lutz

November 8, 2017

Simon Kurzbuch sweeps Guan Kou Sunpadow Grand Prix

The Guan Kou Sunpadow RC Car Grand Prix was held in Xiamen last weekend and it was Simon Kurzbuch who swept the 1/8th Nitro On-road class. In qualifying Simon took the TQ honors with a good margin over freshly crowned Italian champion Marco Vanni and in the main final Simon quickly stormed away from the rest of the field. Controlling the race from the top he was never challenged for the lead and took a convincing victory.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 8, 2017

Cole Ogden wins Pro Buggy at Fall Brawl warm-up

The Fall Brawl warm-up race was held at Badlands RC last weekend. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was newly signed HB Racing pilot Cole Ogden, who scored a popular TQ with his Reds Racing-powered ride. In the 20-minute main final it was again Cole who was able to come out on top, leaving behind Jason Smith (Mugen/Reds Racing) in 2nd and HB Racing/O.S. Engines’ John Michael McGinty in 3rd.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

November 8, 2017

Garret takes JBRL Nitro Series Intermediate Buggy title

RC Tracks of Las Vegas played host to the season finale of the 2017 JBRL Nitro Series and in the Intermediate Buggy class it was Marcus Garrett (HB Racing) with the overall win. Marcus Garret and Cole Jenson (HB Racing) were separated by only 1 point going into the last round of the series. Marcus qualify 2nd and finished 4th in the class which helped clinch the championship from Cole Jenson 2nd and A.J. Schumacher (Team Associated) 3rd.

Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com] | Image: JBRL [jimmybabcock.com]

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