Xray have been in touch to invite racers to the series of the Xray Challenge races around the Europe. A full list of confirmed dates can be seen in the calendar below with more events to be added to the calendar throughout the year. Each race will have a separate and detailed leaflet published, so watch the Xray site for more details to come.
View the complete list of dates here
World Champion manufacturer KM Racing have announced the signing of 2-time World Champion Adrien Bertin to their team. The French driver and man behind the Orion engine program will not only race for KM in both 1/10 and 1/8 categories but will also be helping with the development of the H-K1 the upcoming K8—Killer Eight. Adrien had this to say:
I am really pleased to join the World champion brand KM Racing as at first Kenny and Hang are my friends for a long time and it was just a matter of time for us to work together. I know how hard it is to create a new brand and make it successful and when I got the opportunity to help them for the 1/8 on road project, it became evident for me to jump into this new adventure. My experience with the J-max project will help a lot to be quickly competitive! KM’s facility and power of development are just amazing so it will be for sure a great feeling to get ready for the coming World championship and fight for the victory again! With Fukuda and Meen, we will be 3 World champions to take part in this new project and all our team work will help to establish KM Racing as the major brand in the on road nitro market. I am excited to be back on racing and will be more than happy to support KM customers all over the World. See you at the track!
Source: KM [km-rc.com]
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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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]
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
