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April 12, 2013

Bultynck & Vekemans win at Belgian Cup Race

The Belgian Cup Race took place in Héron and it was Olivier Bultynck who took TQ in front of Manuel Henriet and Yves Zoma. The touring car modified class saw a fast and tight race between Olivier and Manual with the latter taking the win with former 200mm nitro racer Maxim Claes, taking the third spot. The second final had Olivier taking a close win as Manuel never was in the position for a clean overtake. Maxim again took a third place. The third final would decide the race win and saw Olivier taking off and never looking back. This handed Olivier (Yokomo) the win in front of Manuel (Awesometix) and Maxim (Yokomo).

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April 12, 2013

2013 JConcepts Dirt Invert – Announcement

The 2013 Dirt Invert is brought to you by JConcepts and hosted by the One Hobbies off-road track in Peoria, Arizona. The main event format is unique and offers something different for the racers. Triple mains will be used for the A-main drivers and single extended mains with bump-ups will be used for all other mains. The Invert, something developed by Brian Kinwald and the JConcepts team, will challenge racers by changing the starting order based on the finishing order in the previous main. It’s simple, start your first A-main where you qualified and the mains after will be started in the inverse order of how you finished the main before. Points from all three mains will be used to determine the overall winner so performance in each main is important. Speed and strategy is a must and the driver must keep it cool to score the best finish possible in each main. The invert format is developed and endorsed by IFMAR World Champion Brian “Dirt” Kinwald. Registration is available on RCsignup.com.

April 10, 2013

Rob Gillespie triple at April Fools Classic

For the 25th year in a row, the April Fools Classic has been a staple in the electric off-road racing community. Boasting “the best dirt on earth,” the Intermountain R/C Raceway located just outside of Salt Lake City, UT brought together over 200 entries vying for a title across a wide spectrum of classes. In the top classes of 2WD and 4WD Modified it was Team Associated/Reedy/LRP’s Rob Gillespie Jr. that brought home the TQ and victory with his B4.2 Factory Team and B44.2 Factory Team, both were Reedy/LRP equipped vehicles. Joining him in the winner’s circle was Scott Brown and his SC10 4×4 Factory Team, again equipped with Reedy/LRP electronics.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

April 10, 2013

Rick Vrielijnck wins Rd1 of Dutch 1/8th Nationals

The first race of the Dutch nationals was held on the MRG track in Genk, Belgium. With a small line of grip and slippery as ice if you go outside it is a very tricky track, even with the use of tire additives which is legal this racing season. In the NK we had 23 drivers and now following EFRA there is no direct finalists. While this track is a Belgian track it was Dutchman John Ermen setting the fastsest qualification time folowed by RickV and behind them the Belgian drivers Gunther v. Steay and Robin d’Hondt. In the half finals John had a collision and had to retire. The new construction of the finals has directly proven that the normal 4 fastest drivers have to race for a final place and is creating less room for errors. In the other half final it was RickV winning the race without problems making pole position for the final. After an hard race it was RickV taking the win followed by Robin d’Hondt with just 8 seconds distance and with a huge 4 laps distance on the 3rd podium spot Steven Cuypers.

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April 10, 2013

Hagberg & Cerny winners at Xray Challenge Italy

Last weekend the Xray Challenge Italy was held at the great facilities of RC Landia, in Scandiano, Emilia Romagna, Italy and Alexander Hagberg sent this report. The event was booked out in few days due the limit of 100 entries maximum. The race was split in three classes: 1/12, Touring Car Stock and Modified. Drivers from Italy and surrouding countries entered the race. Xray had most of its European team present, with team leader Martin Hudy, Marek Černý from the Czech Republic, myself, Magnus Vässmar and Niclas Nilsson from Sweden, Marco Kaufmann from Germany as well as the Italian stars Francesco Martini and Alessio Menicucci.

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April 10, 2013

2013 JConcepts Spring Indoor Nats – Announcement

2013 JConcepts Spring Indoor Nats - Announcement

The 2013 JConcepts Spring Indoor Nationals is quickly approaching (19th – 21st April). The first of its kind, the Indoor National Series sponsored by JConcepts will converge in Carrollton, TX, for the 2nd leg of the popular series. For the 2nd year in a row, Mike’s Hobby Shop will host the Spring event and with entries expected to reach a peak capacity, Steven Hartson will look to defend his 2012 titles against some of the nation’s best drivers. Winter round 1 TQ and champion Ryan Maifield, fresh off his Cactus Classic success, will attend the Texas event for the very first time looking to take on last year’s champion Steven Hartson, as well as Team Associated teammate Brent Thielke and challengers from TLR include Dustin Evans, JR Mitch and Taylor Larsen. Red RC will be in attendance bringing you live coverage throughout the event. Signups are available at www.rccarcal.com

April 10, 2013

Nick Gibson RC Pro North Rd1

This past weekend, HobbyTown USA Hobbyplex in Omaha, NE hosted the first round of the RC Pro Series North Division. With a good number of entries to start the series, Team Associated’s Nick Gibson qualified his Team Associated RC8.2 in the number 2 spot behind Jared Tebo. Settling in to second place and overcoming adversity with a bent servo horn, Nick was able to solidify a gap over third place Associated teammate Chad Parks. At the 33-minute mark and with just over 10 minutes to go, leader Tebo flamed out. Gibson capitalized on Tebo’s misfortune, taking the lead and holding off a late race charge by Parks and Tebo, taking the win with just a 5-second margin.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

April 10, 2013

Bruno Coelho wins 2nd Portuguese National

Last weekend the 2nd round of the Portuguese 1/8th offroad Nationals was held in the north of the country and Xray driver Bruno Coelho gave this report. ‘The weather conditions were not so good with a lot of rain during the final. On Sunday, during the morning qualifications we are very close to the T.Q. Bruno was always faster making the fastest laps but the track is hard and very bumpy and a small mistake caused Bruno to lose the top qualifying position and he decided to not push too hard. So after the qualifying we were in third position for semis. Bruno won his semifinal with a very consistent race and two laps ahead of the second driver. Bruno take very careful start at the beginning of the final and started improving his lap times lap after lap. At the end of 4th lap he was in the lead and kept it until the finish. Ricardo Monteiro finished 2nd with TLR team mate Miguel Matias in the 3rd.’

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]