Friday, December 15, 2006
Ellis Stafford joins Nosram Categories - Nosram, Electric, Off Road, Racing, Drivers - comments closed
Top European off road racer Ellis Stafford has signed to use Nosram electrics in his cars for 2007. Having only recently signed to X-Factory, the 2005 European 4wd Champion has made a complete equipment switch for next year which will see him race the UK Nationals, Belgian GP as well as the World and European Championships.
Stafford won his first BRCA National buggy event in his first year of competition on the circuit, and took the buggy title both in 1996 and again in 2000. He has a total of 27 National wins, among the most of any active driver, placing him second on the all-time win list. He’s also won the European Championship twice in 4WD, 1992 with a Kyosho and 2005 with a Losi.
Source: Nosram [nosram.com]
Team Orion team driver Cody King has won the 2006 Toys for Tots race at Hobby Town Raceway in Palm Desert. Qualifying 3rd after some problems on his fastest run, Cody managed to get ahead of Jeremy Kortz at the very start and then he proceeded to chase down Jared Tebo but was handed the lead after Tebo went out, which gave Cody the lead and in turn the win.
After looking at the heat sheet, I was surprised to find that not only had Jeremy beat me out, but Jared Tebo managed to sneak in front of me by only half a second. That would put me 3rd on the grid the main. I wasn’t too worried about it, because I had the fastest laps, and I knew I could win the main.
Read the full report from Cody here.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Ryan Cavalieri dominates the Southwest Indoor Grand Prix Categories - Events, Team Orion, Electric, Off Road, National, Racing - comments closed
In absolutely commanding style, top Team Orion racer Ryan Cavalieri showed everyone that he was the class of the field at last weekends Southwest Indoor GP in Arizona by TQ’ing all 3 classes he competed in and then going on to win all 3 as well. On top of that the top drivers from the event were put together for a showdown race called the Pro Challenge and Ryan won this too to take 4 wins in the one weekend.
Team Orion factory driver and off-road superstar Ryan Cavalieri was on hand to compete against some of the Nation’s best. Ryan competed in all three modified classes (2wd,Truck, 4wd), and by the end of practice, it was clear RC was the man to beat.
Read the full report here.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
Monday, December 11, 2006
Adam Drake wins the 2006 Fall Brawl Categories - Events, Gas, Off Road, National, Racing - comments closed
Top US off roader, Adam Drake, has dominated the 2006 Fall Brawl held at the Badlands III track in South Carolina. Adam, driving for Team Losi, TQ’d all 3 rounds of qualifying in both the Truck and Buggy class and then went on to easily win both classes.
You can view the full results from the race here and some pictures here.
Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]
Sunday, December 10, 2006
2006 Neo-Invitational getting close Categories - Events, Gas, Off Road, International, Racing - comments closed
Our friend Philip over at Neo-Buggy has been busy of late with the promoting and organising of his flagship event, the Neo Invitational that takes place next weekend, the 15th - 17th of December. We wrote a little bit about it earlier this week and gave you the lowdown on how cool this event is likely to be. Well now we have some images of the preperations of this event and most importantly the track itself, and i have to say its looking pretty big and challenging and is definitely going to be an epic event.
Head on over to Neo-Buggy for some more pictures, even more if your a member for some reason.
Our partner site Buggy-Sport are reporting that New Zealand National Champion Martin Wolhuter has confirmed the switch to Pro Line rubber having ran with Panther tyres for the previous 7 years. Martin recently TQ’d and won the National championships driving his Hong Nor X1CRT on Pro Line rubber and officially also announced the change over.
I would like to thank Panther for all the past support and look forward to a long and prosperous future with Pro Line Racing …Martin Wolhuter
Source: Buggy Sport [buggy-sport.info]
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Neo Invitational race 15th - 17th December Categories - Events, Video, Gas, Off Road, International, Racing - comments closed
If you are a major fan of buggy racing then you should already know about this event but for those of you who dont know, this annual indoor race is organised by our partner site Neo-Buggy. Called the Neo Invitational, last years event took place alongside the docks somewhere in Belgium and attracted top racers from around the world and was eventually won by US racer Jared Tebo. This years event still attracts the top international racers but will instead take place in the UK in the Harper Adams College, Newport, Shropshire. This will be a cool event so if you are in the area then you definitely drop by and have a look. Check out the video above for a taster.
You can read more about the event on the official site here.
Source: Neo-Buggy [neo-buggy.net]
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Ryan Cavalieri wins the 2006 SoCal Supercross Categories - Events, Electric, Off Road, National, Racing - comments closed
Team Orion have a report on their site about last weekends SoCal Supercross in which Ryan Cavalieri dominated proceedings. Held at SoCal Raceway in Huntington Beach, CA, the Supercross brings the best drivers from the Southern California area together to compete on a challenging Supercross inspired track layout.
Team Orion factory driver Ryan Cavalieri earned top qualifying honors in both the 2wd and Truck Modified classes. Unchallenged, Ryan drove his AE buggy and truck to victory in both classes!
You can read the full report here.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com] Image: RC Forum [rcforum.co.kr]
