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January 20, 2020

Johnson & Sousa win at CRCRC Winter MidWest Champs

The 2020 CRCRC 1/8 Winter MidWest Champs were held at The Ohio R/C Factory in Jeffersonville, Ohio this past weekend, drawing 143 entries. Agama’s Tyler Jones would lead qualifying, taking the overall TQ in Pro Nitro Buggy from Xray’s Adam Johnson in 2nd. The 30-minute A-main event then was a constant forth and back up front with Tyler Jones, Adam Johnson and Mark Sousa swapping leads several times. In the second half of the main things settled a bit as Adam was able establish himself up front, taking the win some 7.7 seconds from Tyler in 2nd as Mugen’s Collin Weatherholt came in 3rd to round out the top 3.

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January 20, 2020

Ashley Owen wins PDMCC Answer RC Winter Series Rd6

Round 6 of the PDMCC Answer RC Winter Series was held this past weekend in frosty cold UK Winter weather, making for some tricky condition. With the temperature barley rising through the day it was late before the track eventually just about thawed bit still remain slippery, along with a very slight track changed this resulting in some interesting racing. The schedule saw five 6-minute qualifiers and 22-minute mains with the A-main being won by Ashley Owen a lap in front of Mugen driver, Vincenzo Zuccarelli. Agama pilot Dave Blakeley came in 3rd to round out the top 3 podium result.

Source: PDMCC [facebook.com]

January 20, 2020

SIC Pro class wins for Tebo, Lutz & Bornhorst

Autaugaville in Alabama hosted the 2020 Southern Indoor Championship this past weekend, attracting nearly 500 entries. In the premier Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Seth VanDalen with the overall TQ from Cole Ogden in 2nd, however the 30-minute A-main event would see the top 2 drivers struggle, making way for 3rd place qualifier, Tekno RC’s Jared Tebo who took the lead in the opening stages and swapped it with Joe Bornhorst (Tekno RC) in the second half of the race, however Tebo would regain P1 a couple of laps later and from there he never looked back to take the win from Joe in 2nd while TLR’s Dakotah Phend came in 3rd overall. Austin Woodyard and Brandon Rose would end the A-main in 4th and 5th respectively.

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January 20, 2020

Adam Drake wins at Adelanto Grand Prix

The Adelanto Grand Prix was held this past weekend, attracting nearly 120 entries for the usual US mix of 1/8th off-road classes. The Pro Buggy class saw Agama’s Steve Harris taking the overall TQ on the pretty challenging track from Mugen’s Adam Drake in 2nd and Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo in 3rd. The 20-minute main final featured some lead changes in the opening stages but some minutes into the race Adam Drake had settled up front and from there he never looked back to take the win some 26 seconds in front of a recovered Steve Harris while Carlos Arredondo came in 3rd to round out the podium from Jake Mayo in 4th and Richard Saxton in 5th.

Image: Carlos Arredondo Jr.

January 20, 2020

Fear Farm 3.0 – Announcement

The RC Tonder club is hosting their Fear Farm 3.0 race from the 21st to 23rd of February in Tonder, Denmark. The 3rd edition of the popular event will see the running of 1/8th Nitro Buggy, 40+ Nitro Buggy and 1/8th E-Buggy classes and sign-up is already available here. Full details about the race can also be found on the event’s social media page here.

January 20, 2020

Jörn Neumann sweeps IFMAR GT Worlds

Homestead RC Raceway of Homestead, Florida played host to the 2020 IFMAR GT World Championships last week. The event was held in both Nitro and Electric classes and attracted nearly 80 entries. Qualifying in the Nitro class was won by Alessio Mazzeo from Meen Vejrak in 2nd and Jeff Hamon in 3rd. In the Electric class it was Martin Bayer with the overall TQ from Jörn Neumann in 2nd and Felix Law in 3rd.

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January 16, 2020

Bruno Coelho joins Xtreme Aerodynamics

Xtreme Aerodynamics have announced the signing of multi-time IFMAR World Champion, Bruno Coelho to their team. The Xray factory driver will use Xtreme Aerodynamic’s body shells to deck out all of his on-road rides from now on and he has the following to say about the deal:

I’m really happy to announce that I decided to join Xtreme Aerodynamics! I’ve been following the work of Xtreme in on-road nitro classes and how they totally dominate that market and since they joined electric TC their results have been impressive. The new Xtreme Twister is for sure the body of the moment and I can’t wait to start this project. Finally I want to say thank you to Cristian Boni for the great opportunity and see you all in the next race!

Source: Xtreme Aerodynamics [xtremeaerodynamics.it]

January 16, 2020

Lewis Jones wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd6

The 6th round of the HNMC Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK last weekend, attracting nearly 75 entries. The mild January weather made for good racing conditions and the qualifying went to Less Reeder in Truggy, Richard Miller in E-Buggy and Callum Niblett in Nitro Buggy. The 20-minute Nitro Buggy A-main event was won by Team Associated’s Lewis Jones some two seconds in front of Xray’s Callum Niblett while HB Racing’s Simon Reeves came in 3rd, already a lap down.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]