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March 1, 2016

Munn & Hadley win at Cabin Fever Indoor Supercross

The Pacific Northwest 1/8th racing season kicked off this past weekend in Lewiston, Idaho at the annual Cabin Fever race. This year’s event spanned 3 days with Friday being practice, Saturday three rounds of qualifying using your best two rounds in a qual point format and main events on Sunday – 30 minute nitro mains and triple A-Mains in electric. Drivers from Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Canada were all in attendance, itching to get racing after a long and wet winter up there with approximately 240 entries making for a very long but very fun weekend. In the Nitro Truggy class a great battle was on between Jesse Munn and Shane Pruegschat in round one with Shane getting Jesse on the last lap by 0.5 seconds. Jesse then would TQ rounds 2 and 3 to wrap up the overall TQ while Austin Azure would complete the top 3.

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February 29, 2016

Dimitriou wins Speed Hunters Series Rd2

The second round of the Greek Speed Hunters Series was held at the Zorri RC Track in Athens. The race format was the same as at round 1 with two 20 minute qualification rounds of which the three fastest consecutive laps would count towards the qualifying result. The finals were held in a triple 15 minute race format of which the best two would count. After the qualifiers Dimitriou would take the overall TQ from Likaris in second and Limnios in third. The finals then were a done deal for TQ holder Dimitriou who would score easy wins in the first two A-mains to grab the overall victory early. Likaris came in second, Limnios rounded out the top 3 result.

View the A-main result here

February 29, 2016

F1ItalianSeries GP7 & GP8 – Report

The F1ItalianSeries resumed with round 7 and 8 following some weeks off but unfortunately rainy weather made things unpleasant. The circumstances also lead to a slightly smaller field of drivers but nevertheless 20 racers attended and the qualifying of the GP7 round saw De Caro (Benetton) taking the TQ honours from Giorgio (Hesketh Racing). Championship leader Capuano (Ferrari) only placed in 6th after the qualifiers, showing that numerous drivers seemed to have upped their skills during the Winter. The actual race then had Capuano showing his real pace as he took the win in front of the second Ferrari of Magnocavallo. Cutugno (Red Bull) completed the top 3 result.

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February 29, 2016

Drake doubles at Winter Indoor Off-road Champs

Adam Drake doubles at Winter Indoor Off-road Champs

Wheatland Wyoming R/C Racing Club hosted the Winter Indoor Off-Road Championship last weekend. All-round nice guy Adam Drake conducted a clinic as part of the event and he would also set the pace and was the overall TQ in both Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck. Drake would then also lead both finals from start to finish to sweep the event.

View the Truck podium here

February 29, 2016

Olivier Bultynck wins FBA Formula season opener

The opening round of the Belgian FBA Formula Championship was held this past weekend at the GTM RC Club. Olivier Bultynck (Roche) would grab the pole position for the triple A-mains from Serpent driver Steve Deblaere while young Florian Joos (MD Racing) took the overall third place after the qualifiers. A clean sweep in the finals then secured Olivier the day’s win while Steve Deblaere, with two second place finishes, ended the day on the runner up spot. Two third places and a solid 2nd place had 12-years old Florian Joos completing the podium in third.

Source: MD Racing [mdracingrc.com]

February 29, 2016

Xray Winter Series Slovenia Rd4 – Report

The final round of the Xray Winter Series Slovenia was held at the Medeuzza track in Italy in the three classes of Touring Stock, Formula and 1/12th pan car with drivers from Slovenia, Croatia and Italy in attendance. With round four being the final race of the series the Touring Stock and Formula title were still up for grabs. The qualifiers of the Touring Stock class saw Jan Popic taking the TQ spot from Alojzij Osvald and Rok Rudl while the Formula class was lead by Matevz Homar from Andrej Grebenc and Borut Svoljsak. In the 1/12th pan car class former European Champion Jernej Vuga claimed the pole position for the finals from Nejc Mihelic and Simone Bellin.

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February 29, 2016

RSD RR12V2 & T4 aluminium main chassis

Following the 7075-T6 aluminium main chassis set for the Xray X12’16, Reflex Racing also introduced a specific variant for the RR12V2 as well as an alloy chassis for the Xray T4 line of touring cars. Starting with the RR12V2 alloy chassis kit, the set includes a black anodised and strategically milled chassis that ups the weight of the car by roughly 20g which in turn can be reduced by using lightweight electronics, screws and accessories. The chassis was developed to bring the centre of gravity as low as possible and it also includes a matching, thin carbon fibre rear lower pod plate.

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February 29, 2016

Alberto Garcia successful at Madrid Regionals Rd1

The opening round of the Madrid regional series saw Alberto Garcia walking away with the win in the 45 minute A-main encounter. Starting from the 1 spot Alberto would take the win one lap ahead of runner up, Oscar Navarro. Javier Pombo completed the podium result another lap down while Daniel Vega and Pablo Landaburu rounded out the top 5.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]