December 2, 2019

Jamie Clancy sweeps Slough Winter Series Rd3

Round 3 of the popular Slough Winter Series was held at the RWMCC club in Slough, UK over the weekend. Team Associated/Reds Racing’s Jamie Clancy made it a clean sweep in the Nitro Buggy class as he took the overall TQ and also brought home the win in front of HB Racing/Reds Racing’s Simon Reeves as Darren Hayden-Ball (Team Associated/Reds Racing) completed the top 3 results.

Image: Jamie Clancy


December 2, 2019

Davide Ongaro TQs & wins at Christmas Cup

The River Park RC-off Track in Pagliare di Morro D’oro hosted the Christmas Cup over the weekend, attracting some of the region’s fastest 1/8th off-road racers as well as 1/8th Off-road World Champion, Davide Ongaro. The latter would then also be in control of things, taking the overall TQ and also the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy A-main final, leaving behind Dario Gabrielli (Mugen) in 2nd while David Cinti (Mugen) completed the top 3 results.

Image: River Park RC-off Track [facebook.com]


November 27, 2019

SWorkz sign Camden Lime

SWorkz have announced the signing of young US top talent, Camden Lime to their factory team. Camden inked a multi-year deal for 2020 and beyond, to campaign SWorkz’s 1/8th and 1/10th scale vehicles at all major events. Camden says:

I’m beyond stoked and grateful for this opportunity for 2020 and beyond. I couldn’t thank Max from SWorkz and Franco from RC1-Racing enough and I’m very excited to work with the team around Georg and Scott Yang. I’ll see everyone at the track soon with this awesome products from SWorkz.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]


November 27, 2019

Abdulrahman Aljuhail wins at RCCCK Points Race

The Radio Control Car Club of Kuwait RCCCK held their opening Points Race last weekend, attracting over 40 entries for the Nitro Buggy and Truggy classes. In Nitro Buggy it was Agama racer Abdulrahman Aljuhail with the win in the 45-minute A-main event, a lap in front of SWorkz’s Ali Sherazy on the runner-up spot. Agama’s Mohammad Alhajri came in 3rd to complete the podium result in front of Mohammad Altarmoum in 4th and Nasser Altermoum in 5th overall.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]


November 27, 2019

2019 Australian GP On-Road National Champs – Report

The 2019 Australian Nitro On-Road GP National Championships were held at RRCSA in Littlehampton, Adelaide last weekend. In 1/8th scale it was Jesse Davis taking the TQ spot over Luke Duthie in 2nd and Steven Jovanovic in 3rd. In the main final it was factory Infinity driver Jesse Davis comfortably taking the win over 2nd placed Nick Salib (Infinity) by five laps and making up the podium in 3rd was Capricorn’s Steven Jovanovic.

Continue reading the report here


November 26, 2019

Lykaris takes 4th consecutive Greek 200mm title

The fifth and final round of the Greek 1/10th 200mm IC Track Nationals was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. Having shown a great performance in the previous four rounds, Vasilis Lykaris was also able to also dominate the season finale of the national championship. For the 5th time in a row he claimed the pole position followed by a convincing victory. Labros Tsiklitiras finished the main final in 2nd place while Spyros Sotiropoulos completed the podium. In the overall championship Vasilis took the victory with the maximum points result in front of Nikos Karampelas and Spyros Sotiropoulos in 3rd place.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]


November 26, 2019

Xray Racing Series Grand Final 2020 – Announcement

The 2020 Grand Final of the Xray Racing Series will be held at the world famous Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia from the 29th to 31st of May 2020. Full details will be announced soon but participators can expect a world-class top drivers line up, racing action in many popular classes as well as a Saturday night party.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


November 26, 2019

Diekmann & Tödtmann join Capricorn factory team

Capricorn RC have announced the addition of German nitro on-road frontrunners Thilo Tödtmann and Melvin Diekmann to their line-up of international drivers. Regular ENS and Euros A-finalists the duo tested various platforms and choose Capricorn’s Lab C03 Evo as their weapon of choice for the 2020 season. The duo had the following to say about the deal:

We are happy having the opportunity of joining the Capricorn team. Capricorn and Patrizio Rossi in person always have been very open-minded when it comes to developing new ideas and revolutionary solutions. Always focusing on providing the fastest and best product to their customers. This is reflected in the fact that many of his ideas have already been imitated. We are looking forward of playing a decisive part in this development representing the brand on all major races worldwide.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]