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January 17, 2012

Top spots for Maifield & Cavalieri at CRCRC race

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the CRCRC Electric Midwest Championship was held for the second year at the Ohio RC Factory in Jeffersonville, OH. A change to the schedule with two qualifiers on Friday and Saturday with mains on Sunday, instead of the usual one qualifier on Friday and three on Saturday, was a welcomed tweak to the popular event that boasted over 380 entries. Team Associated came out to support the event with superstars Ryan Cavalieri and Ryan Maifield. Competing in four classes, Cavalieri took the TQ honors in 2WD Modified and 2WD Stadium Truck and Maifield took TQ in the 4WD Modified and Short Course Modified class, which gave Associated vehicles the top starting spot in the four premier classes.

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January 16, 2012

Jörn Neumann double at 2012 Petit race

JConcepts Team Driver Jörn Neumann competed at the 6th annual Petit race last weekend at Ardent Raceway in the UK. It was 2WD buggy and Pro4 Short Course on Saturday and 4WD buggy on Sunday. Every driver was able to run two rounds of practice and then qualifying got underway with only the fastest time counting. Jörn was able to TQ 2WD with his JConcepts Finnisher equipped Durango DEX210 while in Pro4 Jörn qualified 2nd. The finals were a little chaotic, but in the end Jörn was able to take the win in 2WD buggy and Pro4 short course. On Sunday 4WD qualifying started great, Jörn had really good runs and again the fastest time giving him the TQ spot for the mains. In the finals Jörn started off well but got tangled in traffic and ended up finishing in the 2nd spot behind Durango team mate Hupo Honigl.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 13, 2012

Lloyd wins Winter warm up

Silverstone RCMCC hosted the warm up for the British Winter Open Championship a couple of weekends ago. This gave racers the opportunity to get some practice in for the BWOC which is due to take place on the weekend of 11th and 12th February 2012. There was a good turnout of drivers for the 2wd, 4wd and shortcourse classes and they were greeted with a flowing track with a mixture of carpet with slippy sections and some challenging jumps to test the drivers. With Lloyd Storey and Danny McGee taking two round wins each in qualifying out of the fours rounds, Danny took TQ honours in the 2wd class by virtue of the faster overall time. Lloyd lined up second on the grid with Ellis Stafford in 3rd. A close fought final with some clean racing and Lloyd took the win with his Cougar SV. Tony Truman crossed the line less than a second behind with Danny McGee took 3rd.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

January 13, 2012

Ryan Maifield to use Reedy Sonic motors

Long-time Reedy/Team Associated driver Ryan Maifield has chosen Reedy Sonic motors for 2012 and beyond. The precision power band of the Sonic is a huge advantage in off-road where one of the keys to winning is confidence in power delivery. Expect Ryan to take full advantage of his Sonic motors at the CRCRC Midwest Winter Championships in Columbus, OH this weekend.

Source: Reedy [reedypower.com]

January 12, 2012

Hugo Miguel joins forces with Vampire Racing

Portuguese Modified National Champion Hugo Miguel had joined Vampire Racing/Supermodels and has already won this past weekend’s Portuguese Off-Road Series in the 4wd class. Hugo will use their line of LiPo batteries, motors and ESC in both the onroad and offroad National championships, while his international debut for Vampire will take place this weekend at the Petit RC Race in the UK.

Source: RC Supermodels [rcsupermodels.com]

January 12, 2012

Faur & Cseko win Rd6 of Hungarian Nats

Team Unico Modellsport enjoyed an excellent performance last weekend at the sixth round of the National Championship at Dabas track as their drivers finished on the first three places in both Modified TC class with the Serpent S411 and the 2wd buggy class with the TLR22. 2wd buggy is a fully opened class and the heats are 7 minutes long. Almost every run was a spectacular race between well-established racer Cristian Faur from Romania and up and coming young talent Krisztian Arvai who already clinched the National Championship in the Truggy GP class earlier in the outdoor season with Cristian coming out on top in the end. Laszlo Gabor secured the last podium spot.

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January 11, 2012

Ronda Drake joins Team Losi Racing

More TLR news with Team Losi Racing announcing the signing of Ronda Drake for 2012. Ronda will be racing both nitro and electric for TLR and will also be using Nitrotane fuel. Ronda is very excited to be back with TLR as she was a team driver for them many years ago and had this to say:

I would like to thank Kris Moore and Robbie Collins from Mugen as well as Bobbi Jo Clausen from Byron’s for the great support over the past seven years. I’m really looking forward to being back with TLR and running the same vehicles as my husband. The team of people and products from TLR are amazing See you at the races!

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

January 11, 2012

Miguel Matias signs for TLR

Team Losi Racing have announced the signing of Miguel Matias for the 2012 racing season. Miguel is an 8x Portuguese National Champion, former European Champion and multiple European and World Championship podium finisher. The former JQ Products driver will be racing both nitro and electric for TLR and will also be using the Spektrum DX3R Pro Radio. Miguel will attend local races, as well as major races worldwide, concentrating on the Nitro and Electric Euro’s and the IFMAR 1/8th World Championship in 2012.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]