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February 10, 2015

2014/15 Rockstar Winter Off-Road Series – Report

The 2014/15 Rockstar Winter Off-Road Series was hosted by Premier R/C Raceway in Portland, Oregon. This six race series started in November and just recently came to an end. Each driver’s four best rounds out of the six would be used to determine the Champion in each class. The three month series averaged an impressive 60+ entries. With the ease of a carpet track and pre-made jumps, new track layouts were done the day of each series race in only 30-minutes to level the playing field for all drivers. When the dust had settled, Kyosho was left standing on top by taking four Modified class Championships.

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February 10, 2015

Ben Panic wins Lap Paradise 1/8th Offroad League Rd2

Round 2 of the Lap Paradise 1/8th Offroad League in Johor Bahru, Malaysia was held on a newly installed layout over the weekend. A new back section imitated the famed C-Netic track in Indonesia and it challenged the field as it was a lot tighter than the Indonesian version. With a good watering overnight by the track crew the first half of the day was run on a grooved track. Four rounds of qualifying split the drivers in to Christmas tree finals. By the time the finals came around the track had dried out, the groove was still there but the line was very tight and it was loose and dusty everywhere else with ruts forming.

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February 10, 2015

Evans & Chambers win at Rumble in the Rockies

The 20th Annual Rumble in the Rockies were held this past weekend at MHOR Raceway in Denver, CO, the home track to superstar drivers Dustin Evans and Matt Chambers. This year the entry count would reach an impressive 269, making for a great weekend. The race schedule saw open practice on Friday, 3 rounds of qualifying on Saturday and one last qualifier on Sunday followed by triple A-main events. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Dustin Evans would TQ two out of the four rounds of qualifying to take the overall TQ honours and he would then drive perfect in the first and second A-main to wrap up his 1st championship of the weekend.

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February 10, 2015

JJ Wang continues with Arrowmax

Arrowmax RC has announced that JJ Wang, one of their very first sponsored drivers in the history of the brand, will continue to use Arrowmax tools and accessories for the 2015 season. JJ has the following to say:

Arrowmax has given me the tools to be successful during the past 3 years and I am really excited to continue with such a great brand with great products.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

February 9, 2015

Daniel Kobbevik sweeps JConcepts Challenge Rd4

Round 4 of the Norwegian JConcepts Challenge was held at Mustit RC Raceway in the usual classes of 1/10th Electric Off-road and 1/8th Light Buggy. Saturday started with 1/8th Light Buggy, 2WD Buggy and 2WD Truck, and after 3 rounds of qualifying it was Oyvind Fast Olsen who sat on TQ position in the 1/8th class while in 2WD Buggy it was Joakim Nicolaysen who grabbed the pole position. In 2WD Truck it was Daniel Kobbevik who was the fastest driver after the qualifiers.

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February 9, 2015

Xray X1 graphite front brace

Made for the use in high traction conditions is this graphite front brace for the Xray X1 formula car. Cut from 2.5mm carbon fibre sheet and coming with mounting hardware the brace makes for a less aggressive steering feeling on grippy surfaces as it stiffens up the front end assembly by connecting the lower wishbones.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 9, 2015

Volker & Prumper complete ETS podium

Ronald Volker and Yannic Prumper completed the podium at Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany after the Yokomo pairing claimed a 1-2 finish in the 3rd A-main. With Marc Rheinard wrapping up his first ETS win on carpet in 5-years with a second win of the weekend in A2 and sitting out A3, the closing race of the record breaking event would see Volker lead an uneventful race from start to finish. Behind him Prumper, despite making early attempts to pass his team-mate would run the entire race in second despite coming under pressure from a much improved Alexander Hagberg in the closing laps. Winner of the event last year, Hagberg would be classified 4th overall followed by Viktor Wilck and Christopher Krapp, all drivers having started the leg with a chance of a podium finish.

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February 9, 2015

JConcepts Indoor National Series Rd1 – A3 results

The 2WD Modified Winter Indoor National Champion of the premier class came down to the final race between AE/JConcepts’ Michael Schoettler and AE/JConcepts’ Nick Gibson. With Gibson having a win and a 3rd and Schoettler with a win and a 2nd, A3 would decide who would be crowned the new champion. Once again, Nick Gibson would attack right from the start and put the pressure on the rest of the field as he would try and repeat his perfect run in A2. Gibson’s fast pace was hard to match lap for lap as TLR’s JP Richards would push hard to keep the Kansas City native within striking distance. On the 7th lap, Richards was unable to maintain Gibson’s pace and a mistake would allow Schoettler and Kyosho/JConcepts Mitchel Gardner through to see if they could chase down the leader.

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