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May 6, 2013

Jimmy Barnett wins WCRC Supercross Series

West Coast Raceway hosted the 4th annual Supercross Series which started March 23rd and ran through May 4th. The Supercross Series, consisting of 6 races with TQ points, along with bonus points for participants in each class dates back to the old SoCal Raceway days. Big air, big berms, and a whole lot of fun. JConcepts team driver Jimmy Barnett won the series in both 2WD Mod and 4wd Mod using his JConcepts equipped Associated B4.2 and B44.2.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

May 6, 2013

Joakim Nicolaisen wins Rd1 of Norwegian nats

Joakim Nicolaisen wins Rd1 of Norwegian outdoor series

Team Associated Factory Team driver Joakim Nicolaisen has won the first round off the Norwegian outdoor series, that was held at Geiteryggen Raceway, Skien, approximately two and a half hours outside Oslo. The track was bumpy, and had low traction and the race was open to touring modified and touring stock, which was driven as a support class. The race featured three rounds of qualifying, were the best round was counted, as well as three rounds of finals. Joakim was able to win the first two qualifiers, but in the third round, a mistake allowed Øyvind Stusdal to take the win and set the new TQ time. Young talented driver, Magnus Guttormsen also made the cut, starting at the back of the grid.

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May 6, 2013

Evens & Robert win Belgian SCT Cup Rd1

The first race of the Belgian SCT Cup 2013 has been held on BRTC track last Sunday. The layout of the track has been changed for this year and is now faster than before while still being challenging and offering very low grip. The number of entries is progressing compared to last year, with the participation of some fast buggy 1/10 racers and most importantly, young newcomers. They also had the pleasure to welcome a French driver coming all the way from Paris, Philippe Hautecoeur. The day started under the sun with pastries and coffee available on site. In 2WD qualification, tire choice proved to be pretty complex with drivers changing them each run in search of the best compromise. Martin Vierin put in the fastest run of the first run on his SC10 in front of Nicolas Evens (TLR 22SCT), Jean-François Renard (TLR 22SCT), Philippe Hautecoeur (SC10) and Julian André (SC10). Second run saw Nicolas take the advantage ahead of Jean-François, Philippe and Martin. Last run was decisive for the pole position attribution with Martin and Nicolas with a win each. Nicolas took that leg in front of Martin, Cédric Van De Ginste (SC10) and Jean-François.

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May 3, 2013

Tim Wahl joins Xray factory team

Xray have announced that German multiple junior champion Tim Wahl has joined the Xray factory world racing team. Tim has been a young talented driver who has showed in the last years excellent results and permanent growth. Tim and Xray have joined the forces for the 2013 season to achieve the best possible race results at German and international events. Tim will race the T4 platform and will participate all major international races. Tim had this to say:

I have been racing with Xray since 2006 and now I’m really happy to be a part of the Xray factory team. It is the chance to learn a lot from the other guys in the team and improve both my skills and results. The working atmosphere in the team is great and I really like how we push each other forward. I’m really looking forward to a successful year 2013 with the Euros and the ETS races. I would like to thank Xray and SMI for the support and the trust in me.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 2, 2013

Hartson double at 2013 JConcepts Stock Nationals

The second edition of the JConcepts Stock Nationals was held last weekend at OC_RC Raceway, located in Huntington Beach California. The crew at OC_RC had a fresh, stock friendly layout for the event, that was fun, flowing and had a tricky rhythm section to keep the best drivers on their toes. With stock 17.5, no boost ruling the event, consistent, tight, fast laps were going to get you to the checkers first. With an increase in entries from the inaugural event to 168, classes were full with some of the fastest drivers in the world giving it a go in Stock at this fun event. The OC_RC crew ran an efficient program to allow 4 rounds of qualifying on Saturday using Qual Points to set the Sunday main events.

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May 2, 2013

Matt Schreffler joins Serpent America

Serpent America has announced they have signed top US offroad driver Matt Schreffler to their team. Matt will be running the Cobra GP Buggy and Truggy, as well as the Spyder 1/10 2wd Buggy that will be introduced in July. The SoCal native will compete in this year’s ROAR Nationals in Gas and electric as well as the IFMAR Worlds which take place in California in September. Matt had this to say:

I appreciate the opportunity that Serpent has given me and hope to have much success with Team Serpent. I would like to thank Joaquin Desoto and Paul Ciccarello of Serpent America for providing me with this opportunity and hope to prove successful in my new venture.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 30, 2013

Billy Easton wins Lead Finger Anniversary Race

This past weekend was the First Annual LFR race at Space Coast R/C in Cocoa Beach, FL and Billy Easton provided this report. ‘The facility is the largest Indoor track in the state of Florida. They use Red Clay and prep it with grape soda and sugar. The traction is pretty intense and the layouts are always a blast. Angel and his crew did a great job keeping the track up and the race program going. There were around 200 Entries for the event and 21 or so heats. It was a typical IFMAR qualification format with 2 quals and a single A-Main. There were a fair amount of sponsored drivers in attendance, Paul Wynn, Ryan Eckert, Daimon Borkowicz, Jeremy Harris, Jadar Lopez and a few others. This track has been the home of a lot of the testing and development of the Serpent SRX-2. I have several race days at this track to develop the car for durability and also performance. This was the largest race I have entered thus far.

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April 29, 2013

Bruno Heremans wins Liege GP

The track at Liege, Belgium, is well known for its great clay surface, giant size, and awesome layouts, and the MRCL club did not disappoint for this year’s edition of the annual GP last weekend. The day started out chilly, then warmed up with just one brief shower mid-way through the program to hold down the dust. X-Factory team driver Bruno ‘Elvo’ Heremans was there bright and early with his brand new X-6 Cubed prototype for some early practice and it paid off. Elvo TQ’d every round of qualifying and ran away with all three legs of the A Main, setting fastest lap in every race. Martin Vierin took second with an X-6 Squared.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]