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December 29, 2016

Giorgio & Cabal win at FORGASS Rd3

The third round of the Florida Onroad Gas State Series was held at Homestead RC Raceway, home of the 2011 1/8th IFMAR World Championship and the upcoming 2018 1/10th IFMAR Worlds. In 1/8th nitro on-road it was Gianni Giorgio, starting from second on the grid, who took the win in the 30-minute final. Gianni took the lead halfway through the race and never looked back, scoring the fastest lap of the race and crossing the line seven seconds ahead of second placed Joaquin Desoto in what was a very close race. TQ Joe Sumasky would round out the top 3 result.

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December 23, 2016

Guan Kou Sunpadow Off-road GP – Announcement

The ARC International Raceway in Xiamen, China, home of the 2017 IMFAR 1/10th Electric Buggy Worlds, will play host to the 2017 Guan Kou Sunpadow Off-road Grand Prix from the 28th of February to the 5th of March. The event will be held in 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes, limited to 120 and 90 entries respectively, and it will see Scotty Ernst on the microphone to make for a true international feeling. More information can be found on the track’s website here.

December 22, 2016

Fariz Mazri wins at FEMCA GT Champs support race

Last weekend saw the running of the FEMCA GT Championship, held at the KLIRCC track in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the supporting 1/8th nitro on-road category drivers from Malaysia and China battled for the win. The qualifying saw Fariz Mazri taking the TQ in front of Wong Yoong Keong and Nelson Woo. At the start of the 45-minute race Fariz managed to defend his first position while Nelson Woo climbed up the order from third to second position. Until the checkered flag it was a close race between these two drivers but Fariz was able to defend his first position and he crossed the finish line some three seconds in front of Nelson. Neil made his way up from sixth to third position to complete the podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

December 20, 2016

Dario Balestri to roll on Hot Race tyres

Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of Italy’s Dario Balestri to their team. The multiple national and European Champion will use the company’s tyres at open races world-wide while also helping with product development and being a brand ambassador at the races.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

December 20, 2016

Adam Drake doubles at Christmas Gifts for Kids Race

Revelation Raceway of Ontario, California hosted the Christmas Gifts for Kids Race this past weekend. The weather prior to the event was cold and rainy, but Dana Smelter of Revelation Raceway wasn’t going to let that stop the event from happening and so the event had nearly 100 entries. Adam Drake was the man to beat in both the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck finals. In the 30-minute Buggy final Drake got off to a bad start and was nearly a half a lap down to the early race leader Cody King. Drake put in consistent laps and slowly worked his way to the front. Once Drake got into the lead he didn’t look back and won by a comfortable margin over Cody King and Colin Herzig. Drake also TQ’ed and won the Nitro Truck class by a large margin.

View the Truggy podium here

December 19, 2016

Contact announce 2017 factory drivers

Contact have announced their 2017 factory driver line up. Beside long established Robert Pietsch, who is in his seventh season and reigning 1/8th World Champion, Simon Kurzbuch, next year’s team will also see Germany’s up and coming Toni Gruber, who has shown some impressive results lately, including an overall 4th place at the 2016 Guan Kou Sunpadow GP in China.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

December 19, 2016

Robert Batlle doubles at Barcelona Purple Race

The Barcelona Purple Race was held at the RBR36 Arena in Barcelona this past weekend. Home track of Mugen’s Robert Batlle the event attracted some of Spain’s fastest off-road drivers as well as guests from abroad. In the 30-minutes Nitro Buggy A-main Robert would make maximum use of his track knowledge by bringing home the win from Joan Carlos Canas in second and Joao Figueiredo in third. Elsewhere in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was again Robert who came out fastest after the A-main.

Thanks to Robert Batlle for the report.

December 18, 2016

Nicholas Lee teams up with Arrowmax

Arrowmax have announced the addition of Singapore’s Nicholas Lee to their team. The 2016 IFMAR Electric Touring A-main finalist will use the company’s range of tools and accessories including Arrowmax’s set-up system and he has the following to say about the deal: