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December 8, 2014

Shay Brand TQ’s and wins at the Run For The Riches

ROCCK Racing located in Knoxville, TN hosted their Run for the Riches “Part Deux” event. With a $2,400 purse and many regional fast guys, the racing was going to be close. Their covered facility at Chilhowee Park in east Knoxville allows them guaranteed racing rain or shine. With some rain on Saturday morning, the moisture in the air had an effect on the track and made it pretty slick for round 1. Shay Brand ended up 2nd in Pro Buggy and 8th in E-Buggy after a really rough qualifier. In the Pro Buggy class Shay Brand took the TQ in round 2 and in E-Buggy, he was able to put in a decent run and was now sitting 2nd. With the weather drying up and the track coming around, Shay put in another great run in both his classes to take the overall TQ in both. Shay then went on to lead the 10 minute E-Buggy Main, wire to wire as well as the 30 minute Pro Buggy Main to take the victory in both his classes.

Click here to view the E-Buggy podium

December 8, 2014

Ryan Lutz takes 3 classes at 2014 Fall Brawl

Last weekend’s Fall Brawl in Myrtle Beach, SC saw Ryan Lutz taking the TQ in the 1/8th Nitro and Electric Buggy classes. He went on to win Nitro Truggy by over a lap, 1/8th Electric Buggy, and Pro4 SCT. A flame out in Nitro Buggy was the only thing stopping Ryan from a win in 1/8th Nitro Buggy.

Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]

December 8, 2014

NeoX 10th Anniversary Race – Announcement

Neo Buggy and DXR announce NeoX, the 10th instalment of the unofficial 1/8th Buggy Indoor Worlds. The anniversary event of the Neo Race sees the race once again run on its classic Easter weekend date of the 3rd to 6th of April 2015. The Agricultural University Harper Adams in Shropshire continues as the venue for the event, once again a 4 days affair – running Friday to Monday. The event’s capacity has been slightly increased in size with the blossoming 1/8 Electric Buggy class making a return – now limited to 60 drivers, the main Nitro Buggy class is limited to 240 entries. After the success of the special one-off races in the past they return with a few additions; Juniors Final, Oldies Final, the Dash4Cash for the top qualifiers, Last Chance Qualifier – more details revealed soon. More information and sign-up, starting December 10th, can be found on the dedicated event website here.

December 8, 2014

Cole Odgen wins at Myrtle Beach Fall Brall

The Fall Brawl race took place at Myrtle Beach, SC with around 250 drivers in attendance. In the highly competitive Nitro Pro Buggy class Cole Odgen battled for the win with the likes of Lutz, Adam, Pettit and Mcginty and at the end Cole was able to come out successful from Lutz and Drake.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.com]

December 2, 2014

Kyle McBride returns to Team Associated & Reedy

Team Associated and Reedy announce the return of 3-times FEMCA Champion and 4-times Australian National Champion Kyle McBride to the team. Kyle began his racing career with Team Associated in 2006 and since then has established himself as one of the best drivers in the world with two 4th place finishes at the 1:8 IFMAR World Championships along with a victory at the 2014 Silver State Nitro Challenge. Based just outside of Brisbane, Australia, Kyle will be racing the full line of Team Associated off-road vehicles in Australia, Asia, and around the World. Additionally, Kyle will use Reedy power in all of his vehicles while competing in both 1:8 and 1:10 off-road events. This is what Kyle has to say about the deal:

I am beyond excited and pumped to be returning to the Team Associated team and family! With racing being my number one focus in life and career, Team Associated has given me a great opportunity to join their team. I want to personally thank Brent Thielke for giving me this opportunity and I look forward to a really successful race career with Team Associated and many great results for the team.

Team Associated team manager Brent Thielke adds:

Kyle is one of those underrated drivers that gets lost in the power rankings. He has shown to have the speed and skills to compete with the best in the world; we are looking forward to giving him more opportunities to do just that. We are also excited about adding a driver to the Australian/Asian market to develop and promote the Team Associated and Reedy product lines.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

December 2, 2014

Drew Moller re-signs with LRP

LRP announce the contract renewal with 18-year old Drew Moller. The IFMAR Worlds finalist signed a full factory support contract and he will continue to use LRP’s range of electric brushless motors and speedos, battery packs and chargers as well as the company’s nitro engines and accessories in his 2015 campaign that will see both 1/10th and 1/8th scale racing.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

December 2, 2014

Dirk Wischnewski renews with Shepherd

Team Shepherd announces the contract renewal with front running nitro touring car racer Dirk Wischnewski through 2015. Playing an important role for the development of the Velox V10 Pro in 2014, Dirk will continue to share his experience with the German manufacturer and he will attend races such as the German national championship, the EFRA Euros in Turkey as well as all ENS races. Dirk had the following to say:

I would like to thank Patrick and all the Shepherd staff to give me the chance to continue our cooperation in the future. Result wise it was a solid first year with Team Shepherd. I finished second in the overall ENS Championship and had a good chance to win the European championship in Spain. Further we had two Velox V10 in the main final at the World championship what showed that we developed the car in the right direction. All in all I’m very happy with the way we work together and I’m looking forward to having a successful future.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

December 2, 2014

Ari Bakla wins at Proline Challenge Australia finale

The final round of the Proline Challenge Australia was held at LRRCC in super hot weather conditions in the morning and thunderstorms in the afternoon that made it hard to keep up with the changing conditions. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Ari Bakla came out successful in front of Dallas Gardiner while Shane Kelly rounded out the podium in 3rd. The Nitro Truggy class had Wade Lazich walking away with the win from Brendhan Wade and Shane Kelly in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Click here to view the Truggy class podium