May 9, 2012

Lee Martin wins BRCA 1/8th EP buggy Rd1

Round 1 of the BRCA British Electric 1/8th buggy & Truggy series which runs alongside the nitro truggy series kicked off last weekend with this new format at the Herts track. 97 drivers made the trip and with bad weather all week it was not looking good but with a lot of hard work by the HNMC and Westmill farm the event was given the all clear. Mugen driver Lee Martin TQ’d the Electric buggy class, with Mark Robson TQ’ing electric truggy while TLR factory driver Darren Bloomfield took the top spot in the nitro Truggy class. In the finals it was Lee Martin that took the buggy win ahead of Bloomfield in 2nd and Simon Willets in 3rd while in EP truggy Mark Robson was victorious over Chris Hampson and Dale Knight. In the nitro truggy class Chris Doughty took the win for Durango ahead of Callum Niblet in 2nd and Michael Lewis in 3rd.

View the nitro truggy podium here


May 9, 2012

Elliot Boots double at Herts Summer series Rd3

With a lot of race meetings cancelled last Sunday due to bad weather there was a massive turn out for Rd3 of the HNMC Summer series on the bank holiday Monday event attracting 122 drivers. Again the weather would play a part with showers midday and clearing up later. Kyosho team driver Elliot Boots took TQ in the buggy class with Lee Martin and Darren Bloomfield close behind while in the truggy class Callum Niblett took TQ in the truggy running the new Team C truggy. In the buggy A final Elliot Boots took the win ahead of Darren Bloomfield with Tony Truman coming in 3rd. In the truggy final Elliot Boots also took the win ahead of top qualifier Niblett with Robert York in 3rd.

View the truggy podium here


May 9, 2012

2012 Vintage Offroad Nationals – Announcement

Celebrating their 5th year, the 2012 Vintage Offroad Nationals is hitting the great outdoors to the brand new track at Bethel Racearena hosted by the BRCRO RC Club in Bethel, CT on the 14th to 16th of September . After 4 great years, the Vintage Offroad Nats has proven that you don’t have to be a pro racer or spend a ton to have a great time at a national level event, you just have to love RC. Think of the race as more of a celebration of our industry and it’s landmarks rather than a race.

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May 9, 2012

Frank Root wins 2wd Mod at JBRL Rd3

TLR and JConcepts driver’s Frank Root was on hand at the 3rd round of the 2012 JBRL Saturday at Rainman’s Hobby Shop & Raceway in Bakersfield, CA. The track had fantastic traction and a very fast layout. The entry count was very strong at 235, especially strong for the Bakersfield Round of the series which is traditionally the smallest. There were two 12 car heats of modified 2wd buggy and the qualifying action was intense. JConcepts driver Jimmy Barnett had a great round 1, and snuck out the TQ from Frank Root. Frank would charge back hard in round 2 with a fast, clean run to take a strong TQ by 5 seconds. When the tone went off, Root jumped out to a quick start to gap the field. About 2 minutes in, Frank had a slight interaction with traffic and surrendered the lead. Frank quickly got back on the wheel, and retook the lead with a clean pass over the backside double the very next lap. Hometown hero, Zach Rogers, moved into second place with a strong mid race charge. After regaining the lead, Frank pulled out to a comfortable lead and made it by for an extra lap to cruise home for the win with Zach Rogers finishing second and Brent Fiege 3rd.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]


May 9, 2012

Jorg van Leuken takes Rd2 in Holland

The 2nd race of the Dutch 2012 season took place on the circuit of Mach One in Helmond last week end. Practice day was rained out, and it even rained lightly on Sunday, race day, but the track was astro turf, so the race was run. Drivers were searching for the right setup and / or tires but it soon became clear that whatever you did, the track was slippery. The qualifications were a real spectacle of pirouettes and slides and JQ-driver Jorg Van Leuken was fastest. In the afternoon the rain stopped and the final was run on a dry track. In the main final, Jorg van Leuken took off from pole and drove fast. He was never really threatened and drove unchallenged to his first win of the season. After his poor start Jeffrey Halsema took the second spot. The third place was a very consistent Paul Geelen.

Source: JQ [jq-products.com]


May 9, 2012

Davide Tortorici joins VP Pro

VP Pro have announced the signing of 2-times European Champion Davide Tortorici to their factory squad for the 2012 season. The Mugen/Bliss racer was top qualifier at last weekend’s Italian National season opener and won the rain shortened Euros warmup in Fehring Austria in late April.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]


May 9, 2012

Bruno Heremans wins Liege Grand Prix

The Electroliege club has put on their Grand Prix for several years now in Liege, Belgium, and this year they spent much time and effort improving the track and putting in a challenging new lay-out for the annual race.  The dirt track featured several good sized jump sections this year.  Practice was Sunday April 29, and the race was Tuesday May 1, a holiday in Belgium. It rained Monday night and the track was super-slippery as Tuesday dawned.  Morning practice was non-existent, and there was just one qualifier.  In these conditions, the slightest mistake was truly costly, and X Factory’s Bruno ‘Elvo’ Heremans drove carefully to second on the grid, just three seconds behind the X-6 Squared of privateer and TQ Martin Vierin, but 5 seconds clear of third. The track began to dry as the triple-A mains began, but was still quite slippery.  Elvo pulled easily away from the field right from the start to take a 9 second win in A-1.  Same story in A-2 as Heremans sealed up the Grand Prix trophy with another 9-sec win.  Elvo also won A-3 to complete a dominating X Factory performance, TQ and all three mains.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]


May 8, 2012

Dominic Bauer wins Austrian season opener

Last weekend saw the first of 3 legs that makes up the 2012 Austrian nationals for 1:8 Offroad and it was held at the A-Team Graz race track attracting 110 entries. Mugen/Novarossi driver Dominic Bauer was the man of the weekend, winning all practice heats, 3 of 4 qualifier, the Semi final and most importantly the final. For second place there was a very close fight between Hupo Honigl, Martin Wollanka and Thomas Mayr which was finally decided by the better fuel mileage of Hupo in front of Martin and Thomas.

Source: Hoeco [hoeco.at]