October 14, 2015

5th Annual JConcepts Fall Brawl – Announcement

5th Annual JConcepts Fall Brawl – Announcement

AMain Performance Hobbies’ Outback Raceway presents the 5th Annual JConcepts “Fall Brawl” on November 7th to 8th. Run on an all-new layout and using an accurate event timetable the organisers are keeping the “Buggy Brawl” format, which provided for some great triple A-main racing following bump-up B-mains. The event will see Open 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes along Pro Stock, Stock and 40+ categories. More information can be found on the event’s Facebook page here and sign-up is available here.


October 13, 2015

Dutch 1/8th Nitro On-road Nats Rd6 – Report

Dutch 1/8th Nitro On-road Nats Rd6 – Report

Utrecht’s RACO 2000 track played host to last weekend’s sixth and final round of the Dutch National 1/8th Nitro On-road Championships. Saturday’s practise started off dry and partially cloudy, while Sunday morning’s qualifying started under sunny but much colder conditions. In both the premier NK class and the Nomac class, the championship still was to be decided. In the NK class it was Frank Baggen (ARC/Reds) who was fastest after the qualifiers, followed by Arie Manten (Shepherd/Picco), Joey Sorber (Shepherd/Maxima) and Ad Vissenberg (ARC/Reds).

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October 13, 2015

Laszlo Kiss-Orban wins Hungarian E-Buggy title

Laszlo Kiss-Orban wins Hungarian E-Buggy title

The final round of the Hungarian Off-road National Championship was held at the RCOR track in Apaj. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class Laslo Kiss-Orban was the pre-event favourite going into the season finale and he would not disappoint as he grabbed another podium finish as he took the win from Zoltan Bognar and Janos Pakot in second and third respectively. With the win Laszlo also took the overall Hungarian National Championship.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


October 13, 2015

Leo Arnold teams up with Xray

Leo Arnold teams up with Xray

Xray have announced the signing of French National Champion Leo Arnold to their on-road team. Leo will be racing at national and international 1/8th and 1/10th scale events using Xray’s RX8, NT1 and T4 cars. Leo’s campaign will include attendances at the ENS, ETS and European Championships and 3-times French Cup winner and multiple ENS and ETS finalist has the following to day about the deal:

I’m very motivated to join Xray for the upcoming season. The support that the factory and the team can give me is the best way to obtain better result. Xray is the most professional RC factory in the world, with high quality product and constant development, so it’s with big intention that I join the team. I really want to thank the Xray team and the Hudy family for this nice opportunity.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


October 13, 2015

Olly Jefferies joins Hot Race Tyres

Olly Jefferies joins Hot Race Tyres

Top international on-road racer Olly Jefferies has signed to race with Hot Race Tyres for the 2016 season. Olly will be using the tyres during his upcoming 1/12th scale campaign and he will also be helping to with 1/10th touring car tyre development.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]


October 13, 2015

Nitro-West-Masters Rd6 – Report

Nitro-West-Masters Rd6 – Report

The final round and end of season finale of the Nitro-West-Masters was held at the Dormagen track with a record entry of 76 drivers. The weekend started out on Saturday with free practice and a driver’s party with BBQ, beer and loads of nitro talk followed by some serious racing and the battles for the titles on Sunday in perfect Indian Summer weather conditions.

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October 13, 2015

Adam Drake triples at JBRL Nitro Series Rd7

Adam Drake triples at JBRL Nitro Series Rd7

Round seven of the 2015 JBRL Nitro Series was held at Dialed In R/C Raceway in Victorville, California this past weekend. Run in the usual range of Expert, Intermediate and Sportsman classes the event again attracted a good amount of internationally experienced racers as well as local talent and in 1/8th Expert Buggy it was Adam Drake (Mugen) who took the win from Kyle Johnson (Kyosho) and Team Associated’s own Richard Saxton.

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October 13, 2015

Thurston & Beal take BRCA 1/10th IC track titles

Thurston & Beal take BRCA 1/10th IC track titles

Last weekend’s BRCA 1/10th IC On-Road race meeting was the last one of this year’s UK National Championship for Nitro Touring Car and Sports GT. The race was held at the very technical Cotswold track in good weather conditions on Saturday and with around 45 drivers in attendance. Sunday morning was very foggy and the track was damp but quickly dried up when the sun came out. In the premier 200mm Touring class Alex Thurston was in a good position to grab the overall title and coming in second after the qualifiers things looked very promising. In the main final he suffered from a flame out but at the end Alex was able to snatch the overall Championship. In the Sports GT class Glyn Beal took the TQ and the win and with it the 2015 National Championship title.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]