October 3, 2016

Ongaro tops 3rd practice in Vegas

Ongaro tops 3rd practice in Vegas

David Ongaro topped the third round of practice at the 1:8 Offroad World Championships in Las Vegas.  The talented young Italian took his Mugen to the fastest three consecutive laps for all three rounds of practice in a round that would see European’s set the Top 3 times.  Closest to Ongaro would be Elliott Boots, the Kyosho driver going marginally faster than his previous best time to be 0.189 off.   Posting his first Top 10 time, HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk would go third fastest a further 3/10th off Boots.  It was also to be a much improved round for reigning champion Ty Tessmann as he also posted his first Top 10 time with a P4 for the round ahead of Dakotah Phend with Ryan Lutz completing the Top 6.

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October 3, 2016

Cavalieri sets pace in 2nd practice

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Ryan Cavalieri has opened Day 2 of the 1:8 Offroad World Championships In Las Vegas by setting the pace in the second round of practice.  The Team Associated driver was quickest over 3-consecutive laps from TLR pairing Ryan Maifield and Dakotah Phend with the trio separated by less then a tenth of a second with Joe Bornhorst fourth fastest.  Having set the pace in the opening practice yesterday, that time half a second faster than Cavalieri Practice 2 topping time, Jared Tebo would set the 12th fastest time while reigning World Champion Ty Tessmann was 15th quickest, both driver still pleased with their cars.   Having set the fastest lap yesterday, Ryan Lutz was again the fastest driver around RC Tracks of Las Vegas with a 33.980 as he took his Tekno to the seventh fastest time for the round.

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October 2, 2016

The Worlds according to Ruona – The hand shaking phase is over

The Worlds according to Ruona - The hand shaking phase is over

Well, we made it through the hand shaking phase of the worlds. You know, where everyone across teams, countries and pit areas pretend to like each other for a little while. It’s always fake, it’s always awkward and personally, I look forward to when we all go back to normal. Sure, we all respect the competition, but in all reality, let’s race already.

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October 2, 2016

Tebo fastest in opening practice

Tebo fastest in opening practice

On what can best be described as a very leisurely opening day to the 1:8 Offroad World Championships in Las Vegas it was Jared Tebo who set the pace as drivers ran just a single 10-minute practice run each around the RC Tracks of Las Vegas track.   Posting a best three consecutive lap time of 1:42.818, Tebo led a Kyosho 1-2 from Elliott Boots with the separation less than 1/10th of a second.  Behind, Mugen’s Cole Ogden would post the third fastest time while on a complete 10-minute race time it was his team-mate Adam Drake who would top the time sheets. With the focus of the first practice being to learn the track, something most drivers reported as not taking long, reigning champion Ty Tessmann would post the 15th fastest time summing up the track as ‘not challenging yet’.

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October 2, 2016

Wing rule causes some issue on Day 1 of WC

Wing rule causes some issue on Day 1 of WC

A wing rule that was introduced in April 2014, caused drivers some issue on the opening day of the 1:8 Offroad World Championship as IFMAR started to enforce the ruling that came about as a result of the race numbers used at the 2010 World in Thailand.  The ruling, which states the rear wing side plates must have a space 50mm x 40mm in which to place the car’s race number, was not enforced at the previous Worlds in Italy 2-year-ago because no manufacturer had created a wing that met the newly drawn up specification.  In November 2015, EFRA, the European governing body, voted to remove the ruling from its handbook as it had not been followed by the industry.  Shortly after however, Kyosho would design & release a wing based on the ruling and as a result IFMAR had to enforce the ruling leaving drivers to either purchase a Kyosho wing, many drivers very sceptical over the real reason for the ruling due to the fact Kyosho had 100’s of wings in stock at the track, or extend the wing side plates of the brand of wing they use.

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September 29, 2016

2016 Serpent Asia Cup – Announcement

2016 Serpent Asia Cup – Announcement

The 2016 Serpent Asia Cup will be held on the weekend of the 4th of December at the Hong-Kong-based TRC racing track. Running alongside the HK Cobra GT Cup finale the Serpent Asia Cup is held in 1/8th and 1/10th scale nitro categories all of which are Serpent-only classes. The race will see the attendance of Serpent factory drivers with the event being open to drivers from all around the world. More information can be found here.

September 29, 2016

Tasos Paparegas wins Greek Off-road Nationals Rd4

Tasos Paparegas wins Greek Off-road Nationals Rd4

Round four of the Greek Off-road National Championship was held at the Hobbytech track. Tasos Paparegas was the man to beat as he won all qualifiers to take the top qualifier position. In the main final he would smash the competition by taking home the win some two laps in front of runner-up, Makropoulos while also setting a new track record. Papanikolaou would round out the top 3 podium result.

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September 29, 2016

Mike Swauger signs with Ulti Tires

Mike Swauger signs with Ulti Tires

Ulti Tires have announced the addition of U.S. on-road expert, Mike Swauger to their team. The former World and multiple ROAR National Champion brings years of knowledge and experience. Ulti Tires and Mike have already started testing new products at this past weekend’s KO Grand Prix where he made the debut for his new sponsor.

Source: Ulti Tires [ultitires.com]

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