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December 18, 2013

Cody King wins Pro Buggy at Kyosho Buggy Classic

The 2013 Kyosho Buggy Classic was held this past weekend at Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA. This annual 1-day event was also combined with Rev’s Toys for Tots Drive that would bring in just under 100 entries. With perfect weather conditions all day, it made for a great day of racing. Two 5 minute qualifiers would be ran using the Rocket Round format. This would take each drivers single fastest run to determine the overall qualifying order. After qualifying was complete, it was Kyosho Factory Driver Cody King who would take the TQ honors by just 1-second ahead of TLR’s Adam Drake. Kyosho’s Drew Moller showed good pace in the 2nd round of qualifying to move up to 3rd overall.

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December 17, 2013

Cobos & Gomez win at Ecuadorian off-road champs

Combos & Gomez win at Ecuadorian off-road champs

The 2013 Ecuadorian off-road championships went to Pablo Cobos (Serpent/Novarossi), who won the buggy class while his Serpent teammate Raul Gomez brought home the truggy title. Marco Grijalva secured himself the vice championship in both the buggy and truggy class while Alejandro Campana (Serpent/Novarossi) completed the podium in the buggy class. Helmut Baldus (Kyosho/Novarossi) came in 3rd in the truggy class.

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December 16, 2013

Alberto Garcia wins CARTT Christmas Cup

The CARTT Christmas Cup was held at the Fuencarral track in Madrid, Spain. 102 drivers filled the only class at this event, 1/8th off-road buggy. In the 30 minute final, run in dry and slippery conditions, SWorkz’ Alberto Garcia came in 1 lap ahead of Daniel Pariente, followed by Oscar Navarro, who completed the podium another lap down. Chema Casado Gil and Janma Guileen came in 4th and 5th respectively.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

December 16, 2013

Nitro Onroad Christmas Race 2013 – Report

The Nitro Onroad Christmas Race 2013 took place at the Extreme Speed Alley raceway. The race saw the running of a 1/8 nitro, 200mm nitro and 1/8 GT class and in 1/8th it was Ricky Tangan (Serpent/Novarossi) who took the winning honours, despite a late show-up for qualifying, in front of Serpent/Novarossi teammates Denis Lucindo and Clemen Pancho. In the 200mm touring class veteran off-road racer Jordan Go (Serpent/Novarossi) took the win after a very strong and consistent race from Joseph Evaristo (Serpent/Novarossi) and Edgar Ngo (Serpent/Novarossi). 1/8 GT was won by Edgar Ngo (Serpent/Novarossi) in front of Garet Santayana (Team C/NH) with another veteran, Leo Virtucio (Serpent/Novarossi) who was racing for the first time at the ESA track, taking the final podium spot.

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December 14, 2013

1st annual U.S. World Nitro Cup – Report

U.S. World Nitro Cup – Report

The 1st Annual US World Nitro Cup took place at Full Throttle R/C Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida. The racing format ensured excitement from the qualifiers to the mains. For the larger classes, only the top four qualifiers are guaranteed a spot on the grid, while all of the other spots are filled by bump-ups from the lower mains. The triple A format also changed the strategy that is common in regular racing formats. In the 1/8 Open class, Paolo Morganti held TQ honors for most of qualifying until an amazing run by Daniele Ielasi in the final round on Saturday morning put him in the top spot. Alberto Picco cemented his spot in the top for in the first round of qualifying, while Vincent Jackson struggled thorough the first two round until finally setting his fourth position run in round 3.

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December 12, 2013

2014 Silver State Nitro Challenge – Announcement

The 2014 Silver State Nitro Challenge will take place on the weekend of the 13th of April at the Boulder City track in Las Vegas. The race running from Friday to Sunday with the practice taking place on Thursday. The event also marks the second race of the 2014 USProCup. More details will become available soon.

December 12, 2013

Martin Wollanka joins Xray off-road team

Xray announce that multiple and current Austrian Champion, Martin Wollanka has joined the Xray factory team to race the company’s 1/8 and 1/10 off-road buggies in 2014. Martin will attend the Austrian and European Championships, the IFMAR 1/8 Worlds and the remaining rounds of the 2013-14 Euro Offroad Series beside other events. This is what Martin has to say about the deal:

I have been racing Xray cars as a privateer for 2 years without any technical problems. The performance and reliability of the car allowed me to win the Austrian Championship which was a great personal achievement for me. I am happy to join the Xray international racing team and I am very excited since the World Championship will take place Europe and to be part of this strong team makes me feel confident.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 12, 2013

Paolo Becattini wins Masters at US World Nitro Cup

Paolo Becattini wins US World Nitro Cup

The 2013 US World Nitro Cup took place in Kissimmee, Florida. Serpent’s Paolo “Paulie B” Becattini brought home the win after the triple A-mains in the 1/8th Masters class. Following some technical issues in the first A Paolo was able to wrap up the victory in A2 and A3.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]