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February 26, 2013

Truman wins HNMC Winter Series Rd8

After a wet start into the year the HNMC Winter Series round 8 was run in cold but dry conditions on the club’s dirt track. 85 drivers made the trip and were rewarded with a smooth fast surface to race on. Buggy qualifying went to Karl Jackson driving a TLR 8 3.0 just piping Jon Hazlewood’s Agama. Tommy Chung took top qualifying honours in the truggy class. The buggy A final saw an epic fight between Truman, Jackson and Hazlewood with position changes all the time. Tony Truman whatsoever had the better end, finishing in front of Kark Jackson and Jon Hazlewood. In the truggy class Richard Cousins finished first with Darren Warburton and James Tatlow in tow.

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February 25, 2013

Carsten Keller wins Quakenbrück indoor race

The ninth instalment of the famous 1/8th off-road indoor race took place in Quakenbrück/Germany last weekend. A total of 140 drivers attended and it was Kyosho’s Carsten Keller who won the nitro buggy class with his Team Orion powered Kyosho MP9. RB’s Daniel Reckward took the runner-up spot at his first outing with the new RB One R buggy. RB team mate Maik Wiesweg grabbed the remaining spot on the podium.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]

February 25, 2013

Video – DNC 1/8th Pro Buggy A-main

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Again our friends at Live RC have published the entire 45 minute Pro Buggy A-Main from the Dirt Nitro Challenge in Arizona. View the complete multi camera video embedded above and don’t forget to also check out our complete event coverage here.

February 25, 2013

Maifield wins Dirt Nitro Challenge

Ryan Maifield took a convincing victory at the 14th running of the world famous Dirt Nitro Challenge, the Associated driver winning the blue ribbon Buggy A-main of the Arizona event comfortably over Top Qualifier Jared Tebo and team-mate Ryan Cavalieri. For outgoing champion Ty Tessmann who last night successfully defended his Truggy title a difficult race following a strong start by the factory HB driver left him 6th at the end of the 45-minute encounter.

View our complete event coverage here.

February 24, 2013

Video – DNC Truggy & eBuggy finals

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Our friends at Live RC have published their A-main videos from Saturday’s Dirt Nitro Challenge Truggy and eBuggy finals. You can view the full 45 minute Truggy A-main above and after watch the 8 minute eBuggy final below. You can view our full event coverage on our Events page here.

View the eBuggy A-main here

February 24, 2013

Tessmann bounces back to defend Truggy at DNC

Defending Dirt Nitro Challenge Champion Ty Tessmann came back from a difficult qualifying at the 14th running of the world famous Arizona event to take victory in Truggy ahead of Kyosho’s Jared Tebo and another driver experiencing a below par qualifying Ryan Maifield, a change of radio transmitters since qualifying bringing both drivers right back into contention. For Top Qualifier Adam Drake a wrong set-up meant he could only manage fourth at the end of the 45-minute encounter.

View our complete event coverage here.

February 23, 2013

Tebo is Top Qualifier at Dirt Nitro Challenge

Jared Tebo is the Top Qualifier for the Dirt Nitro Challenge, the Kyosho driver putting the honour beyond the reach of his rivals with one round to go after he backed up his Q1 run by again topping the time sheets at the famous Arizona event. Have just seen off his team-mate Elliot Boots by less than a second in Q1, birthday boy Tebo posted a much more convincing Q2 taking the round by over 6 seconds from Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield and A-Main Hobbies’ Dylan Rodriguez putting in yet another impressive performance this weekend to complete the Top 3.

View our complete event coverage here.

February 23, 2013

Tebo TQs first Buggy qualifier at DNC

2011 Dirt Nitro Challenge Champion Jared Tebo got his 26th birthday off to the perfect start as he headed a Kyosho 1-2 from Elliott Boots in the opening round of qualifying for the 14th running of the world famous Arizona event. Running earlier than Boots in the round Tebo had to watch an impressive run from US debutant Boots, the World Championship Top Qualifier just 8/100ths shy of the TQ at the end of the 7-minute run with the pair the only drivers to record 12 laps. Just missing out on joining them on 12-laps, Team Xray’s Renaud Savoya completed the Top 3.

View our complete event coverage here.