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July 2, 2012

Lloyd Storey wins Rd3 in Spain

The weekend before last top UK Schumacher Team driver Lloyd Storey traveled over to Bilbao in Spain to compete in round 3 of the 2wd Spanish nationals. The track was the same layout as used at the 2009 Euros, but this time running in the opposite direction and was high grip and bumpy with some difficult jump sections to test the drivers. The format was 8 rounds of controlled practice on Saturday and 5 rounds of qualifying, followed by 3 legged A finals on Sunday. The weather forecast leading up to the event was warm and dry, and didn’t disappoint.

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July 2, 2012

Swedish National double for David Ronnefalk

Last weekend saw the Swedish Nationals for 1/10th 2wd and 4wd held at the MHF Skarpnäcks 1/8 track in Stockholm. As the race was on similar surface as it will be at the Euros next week, it was also a good opportunity to make some practice with the same regulated tires that will be used then. The weather forecast for Saturday (2wd day) was not so good, and it rained during practice and the first qualification round. Following the first round Oskar Levin managed to take the first place ahead of David Ronnefalk and Mikael Hedin but after that it changed to a ‘David Show’ as Ronnefalk took qualification rounds 2 to 4 and secured TQ and start on pole.

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June 21, 2012

Chris Cristo wins Race For A Cure in Goshen

Last weekend Pin Stop Hobbies presented the Race For A Cure at the Goshen Connecticut Fairgrounds. The race was held in the center of the fairgrounds during the Goshen Stampede, which is a large fair with a rodeo, demolition derby, truck pulling, carnival rides and concerts; more than 10,000 people attended during the three days. The R/C track was built in a grassy area in the middle of everything, with dirt jumps and grass on the level parts of the track, so the fair attendees were constantly watching R/C action. X Factory Team driver Chris Cristo TQ’d and won 1/10 Stadium Truck with his X-60. Cristo took three of the four qualifiers and won the first two A Mains to sew up the title.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

June 18, 2012

Fjeldvar & Johannessen wins Rd3 in Norway

The third round of the Norwegian Nationals was held in Volbu in Valdres. The track is one of the most spectacular in Norway with a height difference between the lowest and highest point on the track of almost 4 meters. It rained all day on Saturday so there was no practice on the track but when everyone woke up on Sunday morning the track was still a little wet, but with some help from the sun, the track dried up pretty quick. In the first qualification heat the track it was a little wet in some places. In the Stock class Espen Fjeldvar was dominating in the 2 last qualification heats on the dry surface. Espen was clearly the fastest guy on the track with laptimes more than 0.5 second faster than the rest with his TQ time.

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June 18, 2012

Papanikolaou double at the 2012 ElectroChamps

The second edition of the annual ElectroChamps electric off road race is now history and was another success with almost 60 cars attending this year’s two-day event held last weekend in Athens. For this year although there were no International drivers participating the event which was hosted in a brand new dirt track especially built for the race. On Saturday (2wd day) both buggies and Short Course were racing in three different heats. In open buggy class it was Kyosho driver John Papanikolaou that dominated the event becoming the first ever Greek ElectroChampion. Second was the Greek 2wd Champion Nicolas Floudas with his well prepared TLR22 and third was Jim Amaxas being the best mid motor 2wd buggy of the day with his C4.1.

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June 18, 2012

Olly Jefferies wins BRCA TC Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the 2012 BRCA Touring Car Championship saw victory for Associated team driver Olly Jefferies, second place went to the Schumacher of Colin Price with Serpents Chris Kerswell completing the podium. Tricky conditions on Saturday saw drivers battling with a gusting wind but the West London track thankfully stayed dry, with two TQ runs on Saturday Olly headed the overnight leader board but on Sunday the advantage seemed to swing toward the Schumacher of Chris Grainger but in the final last round of qualifying Olly took TQ. Elsewhere round one winner Andy Moore was struggling and failed to make the A main with his Hot Bodies.

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June 16, 2012

Reedy Power for Vesa Yli

Reedy have announced that Finnish racer Vesa Yli, the man behind V-Dezign cars, has joined the Reedy factory racing team for the remainder of 2012 and beyond. Vesa utilized the power and duration of Reedy LiPo batteries as a privateer to win the 2012 Finnish 1/12 Modified championship, and will now race as a full factory driver with both Reedy LiPo batteries and Reedy Sonic motors. He had this to say:

I am really happy to join Reedy to run their batteries and motors in my 1/12 and off-road cars. I have been very impressed by the performance of their products during testing and racing and I am looking forward to race at the World’s, Euro’s, Nordic’s and Finnish nationals as well as other international events. Reedy’s dedication to develop the fastest products decade after decade is really impressive. I also want to thank my long period motor and battery sponsor Nosram – and especially Reto Koenig – for the great support that has helped me to success since 2007.

Source: Reedy [teamassociated.com]

June 14, 2012

Danish nationals Rd2 double for Mike Gosvig

The second round of the Danish nationals was held in Tølløse on their very nice outdoor track. The track is high speed with a tricky chicane out to the straight. In the morning, just before the practice heat began, the rain arrived and the track was very wet, meaning a lot of drivers decided not to participate. In the Pro Stock qualifying it was Serpent driver Steven M.Olsen that was the top qualifier while in Modified it was Mike Gosvig with the Tamiya who claimed the top spot.

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