Red RC » Electric

September 22, 2012

Maifield TQ’s second 2WD Buggy qualifier

Defending JConcepts Clash Champion Ryan Maifield has TQ’d the second round of qualifying for 2WD Buggy becoming the first and so far only driver to record 14-laps around the Flowood Indoor RC Park in Mississippi. The Associated driver made best use of the high traction track conditions to set the pace ahead of the morning’s Q1 top qualifier Dustin Evans, the TLR driver missing the 14-laps by just under 3/10th of a second.

View our complete event coverage here.

September 21, 2012

Evans tops opening 2WD Buggy qualifier

Dustin Evans got his first JConcepts Clash appearance off to the perfect start as he TQ’d the opening round of 2WD Buggy qualifying this morning at the Flowood Indoor RC Park in Mississippi. The Team Losi Racing driver took his Orion powered TLR22 around the large indoor clay track in a time of 13/5:13.153 to top defending champion Ryan Maifield by over three second with TLR team-mate JR Mitch claiming third for the round.

View our complete event coverage here.

September 21, 2012

Maifield sets early pace at JConcepts Clash

Defending JConcepts Clash Champion Ryan Maifield set the pace on the opening day of the sixth running of the annual event with the Team Associated driver fastest in all three of the classes he is contesting and hoping to retain his 2011 titles. Putting most of his efforts today into his 1:8 Nitro Buggy, it was this class in which the Arizona driver looked to have the greatest advantage over his rivals at the Flowood RC Indoor Park in Mississippi.

View our complete event coverage here.

September 20, 2012

Maifield & Evans preparing to ‘Clash’ in Mississippi

The main honours at the sixth running of the annual JConcepts Clash is set to be a ‘clash’ between Associated’s Ryan Maifield and Team Losi Racing’s Dustin Evans with the duo running head to head in 1:8 Nitro Buggy, 2WD Electric Buggy and 2WD Short Course at the unique and famous US off road event which caters for both 1:8 nitro and 1:10 electric classes. With all five previous Clash events having been held in Florida and outdoors, for 2012 the event has undergone two key changes. The first of these was moving it away from the East Coast where JConcepts is based over to the state of Mississippi with the second and more significant change being to run indoors at the Flowood Indoor RC Park where they have created an impressive large track for the unique event.

View our complete event coverage here.

September 20, 2012

Thailand Mini-z World Champs – Announcement

RC City Thailand have announced the 2012 Kyosho Mini-z World Championship on November 23rd – 25th, 2012. The event will take place at the famous RC City circuit near the Bangkok International Airport. International Mini-z racing events are not new but this is going to be the largest of its kind in Asia. Classes include 2WD Stock; AWD Stock and Open (Modified) Class. Racers from America, China, Taiwan, France, Spain, Thailand and SouthEast Asia will compete against each other with their highly customized Kyosho Mini-z vehicles. Besides the racing weekend, Bangkok was recently named ‘World’s Best City’ by Travel + Leisure magazine therefore it is a bonus for the trip as a foreigner. For more information and entry information visit the event site here.

September 18, 2012

Marsh wins East Coast Race against Cancer

Mccullough’s Offroad in Sarver, PA hosted the 11th annual East Coast Race Against Cancer. This year’s event had just over 200 entries, which provided some great racing in all classes. Team Associated driver Brandon Marsh competed in the 2WD Buggy and 1:8 eBuggy classes. In 2WD Buggy, Brandon was able to secure the overall TQ after TQ’ing three of four rounds of qualifying. He then went on to win the single 10-minute A Main with his Team Associated RC10B4.1. In 1/8th eBuggy, he TQ’d two of the four rounds of qualifying, but lost the tie-breaker for overall TQ. However, in the single 10-minute Main he was able to get out front early on and never looked back to take his second win of the weekend with his Team Associated RC8.2e. After all was said and done, this year’s event raised $15,000 for the American Cancer Society.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

September 17, 2012

Jefferies wins Rd5 to take British National title

Going in to the final round of the BRCA National touring car championship five drivers were in contention to win the series outright, at the four previous rounds there had been four different winners and four different manufactures, the results made for a winner takes all show down at the final round. Andy Moore, Chris Grainger, Elliott Harper, Colin Price and Olly Jefferies all came to the final round at Mendip with a shot at securing the national title and it was Jefferies that got off to the best possible starts by taking TQ with his Associated TC6.1, behind Olly it was the LRP powered serpent of Chris Kerswell and the Tamiya of Elliott Harper, next up was the Hot Bodies of Andy Moore. Going in to the final round Chris Grainger lead the series by one point and on paper looked pre event favourite but problems in qualifying left him down the qualifying order and out of contention.

Continue reading the report here

September 17, 2012

John Bruins joins Kyosho TC team

Kyosho have announced that front running Dutch driver John Bruins has joined their 1/10 electric Touring Car team. Winning the stock class at the ETS race in Apeldoorn in 2011, John also had a fantastic season in the Dutch Nationals this year. The highlight of his year was making the B-Main and finishing in 15th position at the IFMAR World Championships during the Summer. John will join already well known team mates like Christopher Krapp and fellow countryman Vaasco Christiaanse and to power his car he will stay with Team Orion that are already supporting him for many years. John had the following to say about his move:

First of all I would like to thank everybody at Kyosho for providing me with this great opportunity. Kyosho is known for manufacturing fantastic products and as of now I am proud to say I will be part of such a dedicated group of people. The TF6 SP is one of the best touring cars out there and I can’t wait to put it through its paces. Last but certainly not least, I would like to thank my mechanic, for without his help none of this would have been possible.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]