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November 4, 2019

Adam Drake trifecta at Fallout RC Arenacross

The 2019 Fallout RC Arenacross race was held at the Jack Giesy Arena in Ridgefield, Washington this past weekend, attracting over 280 entries for the 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road classes. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class had Adam Drake taking the overall TQ and also the win in the 30-minute A-main, leaving behind Kyle Johnson in 2nd, a lap down. Mason Eppley, runner-up after the qualifiers, came in 3rd to round of the podium in front of Tanner Day and Tyler Wilbur.

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November 4, 2019

Takahata crowned World Champion as Matsukura denied once again

‘To finish first, first you must finish’ was a phrase that rang true at today’s 1:8 Onroad World Championships in California as a rather sedate Main was turned on it’s head with 12-minutes to go with Mugen’s Shoki Takahata eventually crowned the new World Champion. The 1-hour encounter started out with Top Qualifier Dario Balestri leading from Infinity team-mate Naoto Matsukura but during his second fuel stop defending Champion Balestri would collect a badly released Greiner, the impact braking the body on the Italian’s car and ending his quest for 2 in a row. This allowed Matsukura to take control of the race. Having shown the world the class of driver he is when he led in France on his nitro debut two years ago before a flat battery denied him the title, everything looked perfect for the reigning 1:10 Nitro World Champion to make history and hold both titles consecutively but it wasn’t to be. With just two fuel stops separating him from winning, a rear pulley stripped and once again there was heartbreak for the Japanese driver and his mechanic Masayuki Miura, his race was done. Graduating to the lead it was another 1:10 World Champion who looked on target to finally match Adrien Bertin’s record as the only double champion in nitro onroad. Having found himself almost a lap down at the start following contact at the on the first lap and then receiving a stop & go for his bad release in the pits, Dominic Greiner was out front. Counting down the minutes he then hit trouble with just a little over 5-minutes left on the clock – the watching crowd in disbelief at the unfolding drama. Always within sight of the lead, Takahata was now the fourth different race leader, well clear of now second placed Takaaki Shimo. The manufacturer’s sole representative in the final, to the chants of ‘Mugen’ the 25-year-old crossed the loop to take a very popular first World title, while Balestri salvaged the final step on the podium behind the bridesmaid of nitro racing, Shimo.

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November 4, 2019

Ty Tessmann sweeps U.S. Open Fuel Championship

Sun City Raceway of Canutillo, Texas held the U.S. Open Fuel Championship this past weekend, attracting nearly 115 entries. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Xray’s Ty Tessmann with the overall TQ and he would also take a tone to tone win in the 45-minute A-main event, leaving behind 4th place qualifier, Tekno RC’s Jared Tebo in 2nd despite the latter being able to hang with Ty in the opening stages of the race. HB Racing’s Spencer Heckert would complete the top 3 result a lap behind Jared while TLR’s Tanner Denney and Team Associated’s Chris Boice completed the top 5 results.

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November 4, 2019

Jade Lim takes 2019 MNL Championship title

The fifth and final round of the Malaysia National League was held this past weekend, attracting 45 drivers to compete at the Precint 6 Putrajaya track. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class Serpent’s Mizan would take the overall TQ, however after the hour-long A-main event it was young Team Associated driver, Jade Lim with the win an ultra narrow 0.2 seconds in front of 14th place qualifier, JQRacing’s Adam Fikri. Danny K had to settle for 3rd overall, some two laps down as Mizan (Serpent) and Alfie Othman (SWorkz) came in 4th and 5th respectively.

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November 4, 2019

Dani Choi doubles at KMRCA 1/8th Off-road Champs

The 2019 KMRCA 1/8th Off-road Championship was held at the I-Cheon track in South Korea this past weekend. In the Nitro Pro class it was Kyosho’s Dani Choi with the overall TQ thanks to a clean sweep in the triple qualifiers and he would also bring home the win in the 45-minute A-main event, held in chilling temperatures. A lap behind Dani it was HB Racing’s Hanyoung Jeon on the runner-up spot while another lap down, Kyosho’s Yeonho Kim would complete the top 3 result.

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November 4, 2019

Baruffolo & Canas win at IBR Winter Cup

The 2019 Winter Cup was held at the IBR Padova dirt indoor track in Padova, Italy over the weekend. The event attracted some of Europe’s fastest 1/8th off-road racers as well as guests from abroad such as Agama’s Ryan Lutz who came over from the U.S. to compete in the Nitro Pro and E-Buggy classes. Over in the Nitro Pro class it was Xray’s Marco Baruffolo with the overall win as Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton came in 2nd overall. A lap behind the two it was SWorkz’s Leonardo Valence who would round out the podium in front of Kyosho’s Mattia Polito. In 4th SWorkz’s Elliott Boots was the highest ranked non-Italian driver with TLR’s Renaud Savoya coming in 6th overall.

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November 2, 2019

Stunning drive puts Kurzbuch in final after start-line flameout

A stunning drive has put former Champion Simon Kurzbuch in the 1:8 Onroad World Championship Final in California. Suffering an engine flame out on the grid, the pole sitter for the second of the Semi Finals missed the start and had to be returned to the pits to be restarted as the rest of the field got underway and the general feeling of the stunned onlookers was the Swiss ace’s event was done. Kurzbuch however defied the odds, driving at 110% he started to put himself back in contention for a bump up spot as the crowd watch on in awe. Setting the fastest lap of the race he crossed the line in 3rd position to ensure he gets another chance to do battle with his great rival and reigning champion Dario Balestri. Up front in the Semi Odd, Jesse Davis made the race his own, leading home fellow Australian Jeff Hamon to secure both drivers their first 1:8 Worlds Final start. In the first of the Semi Finals, Dominic Greiner led from start to finish despite struggling with his engine with Shoki Takahata a close second and Toni Gruber third. Unfortunately for Lamberto Collari he fell just three minutes short of making the Main Final on the 10th Anniversary of his last World title after he suffered an engine flame out. With the second Semi the faster the finals, the two drivers to book their place in the main event at the 22nd running of IFMAR Worlds would be Takaaki Shimo and Carmine Raiola.

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November 2, 2019

Salven calls time on WC career

Michael Salven has called time on his World Championship racing career, one of nitro onroad racing’s best known figures made the announcement that having made his World Championship debut in California in 1987, that the 22nd running of the IFMAR 1:8 Worlds here in Fontana, California was the right time to take a step back from racing. The 58 year-old German, who has enjoyed all of his professional career with Serpent, a company which was instrumental in the early development of the class, Salven bowed out of the Worlds competition here this morning at Steel City RC Speedway when he failed to finish the 1/16th finals. Asked about his decision, he said, ‘The Pro guys turn up with everything sorted. I turned up here with three engines that still needed to be run in and it turned out none of them are very good. I will still race, I probably have a few more Euros in me, but its important I race because as the designer of our cars I need to know what’s going on’.

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