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December 19, 2017

Adam Drake wins at RC Pro Series finals

The RC Pro Series finals here held this past weekend at Indy RC World and it was Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz who took the overall TQ in the Pro Nitro Buggy class from Mugen’s Adam Drake 2nd and Team Associated’s Jake Dellinger 3rd. The hour-long A-main then saw Adam coming out on top, taking the win by a narrow 1.3 seconds in front of Tekno’s Ryan Lutz, the latter coming back from a 95 second lap running out of gas. Jake Dellinger again rounded out the top 3, a result that earned him the overall title in the Pro Nitro Buggy class. Tyler Hooks (Tekno RC) and Noah Dickerson (Xray) would complete the top 5 results. In the 40+ Nitro Buggy class it was Mark Morrow with the TQ and win from Jeff Keeton in 2nd and Shaun Grider in 3rd.

View the 40+ Nitro Buggy podium here

December 19, 2017

Tal Siles wins Israeli League Rd4

The fourth round of the Israeli League was held at the Omer Ring in Dishpan. In the Nitro Buggy class Ofir Avitan (Mugen) snatched the TQ after the qualifiers some three seconds in front of Tal Siles (Mugen) and Ido Carmon (Kyosho). In the 40-minutes A-main however it was Tal with the win, a lap in front of Ofir as Ido Carmon rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

December 18, 2017

Cody King wins at Toys for Tots race

Revelation Raceway of Ontario, California played host to their Toys for Tots race this past weekend. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class it was Cody King, driving a Serpent, with the TQ and win in the 30-minute A-main event. HB Racing’s Tyler Brown came in 2nd from swift Ronda Drake (Mugen) in 3rd.

Image: Ronda Drake

December 18, 2017

Rafael Panayi wins at ENEOS Cup

TQ RC Raceway of Nicosia, Cyprus played host to the ENEOS Cup recently. Xray’s Rafael Panayi would TQ the event and he also brought home the win in the Nitro Buggy main final from Xray teammate Savvas Sava as Charis Kkolis (HongNor) rounded out the top 3 podium result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 18, 2017

JQ wins at Top Notch Tour Rd5

The fifth round of this season’s Top Notch Tour was held at Channel Islands RC track in several nitro off-road classes. In Expert Nitro Buggy it was JQRacing’s own Joseph Quagrain with the win in the A-main from Mugen racer, Anthony Westergaard 2nd and JQRacing’s Greg Degani 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

December 14, 2017

Wallace Motorsports sign Chris Verano

Wallace Motorsports have announced the signing of multi-time ROAR US National finalist and top California racer Chris Verano to their nitro on-road team for 2018. Chris will begin his racing season campaigning the WRC GTX 1.3, Ielasi Tuned engines and Hot Race tyres through out California and abroad. He brings years of industry and racing experience to the table and will be an asset for supporting and helping grow the Wallace brand out west. Chris had this to say about the new venture:

I would like to thank Diatta Collymore and Ben Wallace for the opportunity to be part of Wallace Motorsports. I am looking forward to racing and working with the growing Wallace Motorsports team in 2018.

Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]

December 14, 2017

5th Annual Big Bend Shootout – Report

Capital City Raceway played host to the 5th Annual Big Bend Shootout recently. Challenging racing conditions with a rough yet high grip track and cold weather made things interesting for the racers and in Pro Nitro Buggy it was Xray’s Landen Lewis who made the best out of the conditions, taking home the win in front of Tekno’s Kenny Morris Jr. and Serpent’s Will McGiver.

Continue reading the report here

December 14, 2017

Jason Woolridge doubles at Toys for Tots

Thornhill Raceway of Hutto, Texas held their Toys for Tots race last weekend, raising $3000 and lots of toys for the good cause. Jason Woolridge (Xray) was top qualifier in Nitro and would also bring home the win from Xray teammate, Nick Vanderpool while Elliott Martinez rounded out the top 3 results. Over in E-Buggy it was again Jason Woolridge (Xray) with the win as Daniel Grobe (Xray) and Sean Gallagher (Mugen) completed the podium.

View the E-Buggy podium here