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March 19, 2011

Cactus Classic Friday qualifying report

What an epic day of qualifying! 48 heats twice through, started at 8am and ended at 10:30PM. Round 1 of the 25th annual Cactus Classic is saw Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield dominating the field. With his home track advantage and his cars looking stellar around the track, he finished with TQ’s in 2wd Modified Buggy, 4wd Modified Buggy, and Pro-2 Short Course. Ryan had some minor motor issues in Pro-4 SC but otherwise would have likely TQ’ed that as well. I asked him what the plan for round 2 is and if he is going to change anything up. He said, “Everything is working really good today. I’m going to put a new motor in the SC-10 4×4 and hopefully have a better run.”

Continue reading the report here

March 19, 2011

Much More Racing confirm Joern Neumann

Joern Neumann has signed a deal with Much More Racing for 2011 that will see him use the World championship brand. The former European Champion and multiple World Championship finalist will join other former European Champion Marc Rheinard in Much More’s offroad team. Joern will receive their full support using their Cell Master Legend, Hybrid charger and Power Master Legend. Joern had this to say about the new deal:

I am really happy to join the Much More team. They have nice products and they look awesome. I looking forward to get good results in the future with Much More products.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]

March 18, 2011

Day 1 in Poland belongs to Hagberg

The opening day of the Polish ETS encounter was very much an Alexander Hagberg affair with the Swedish ace ending the day at the top of the time sheets. The factory Xray driver improved with every outing and setting the fastest lap of the day in the fifth & final practice and will now carry No.1 on his LRP powered T3’11 in the top heat for the four rounds of qualifying that make up tomorrow’s schedule at Arena Legionowo.

View our complete event coverage here.

March 18, 2011

Hagberg sets early practice pace in ETS Poland

The Yokomo Euro Touring Series has arrived in Poland for round 4 of the 2010/11 Series and setting the early pace in the impressive new Arena Legionwo building is Team Xray’s Alexander Hagberg. With three rounds of free practice complete, the 21-year-old Swede heads championship leader Ronald Volker by an impressive margin of over 1/10th of a second while the next three drivers are separated by just 2/1000ths.

View our complete event coverage here.

March 18, 2011

2011 Cactus Classic – Thursday update

The 2011 Cactus Classic is taking place this weekend at the Scottsdale RC Speedway in Arizona, USA. This annual electric race attracts top drivers from around the world and this, its 25th year, is no exception with top Europeans such as Lee Martin, Hupo Honigl, Joern Neumann, Marc Rheinard and Viktor Wilck joining the top US stars to battle it out for this year’s titles in 4wd, 2wd, SC and Truck. With 430 entries, making 48 heats it is making for a long day for everyone and the blazing heat is also taking its toll. Open practice has been underway since Wednesday and the drivers are closing in on their final race setups ahead of Friday’s first 2 rounds of qualifying. Red RC will be reporting from the event throughout qualifying through to Sunday’s A-mains so stay tuned.

View Thursday’s image gallery and Short Course video here

March 17, 2011

Chris Grainger re-signs with Schumacher

Schumacher are pleased to announce the re-signing of current British Touring Car Champion Chris Grainger. Chris has won two BRCA National titles since joining Schumacher two years ago and has an important part to play in the development of their Touring Cars along with their experienced engineering team. The new agreement see’s Chris with us for a further two years and he had the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy to re-sign with Schumacher racing for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. I have enjoyed the last two years with Schumacher very much, working with the team at the factory and race track. The design team impress me with their ideas and dedication to lead, not follow in design! I look forward to the next seasons with great expectation.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

March 17, 2011

Losi reports from 2011 JBRL Electric Series Rd1

This past weekend Southern California racers gathered at Hot Rod Hobbies for the first round of the 2011 JBRL Electric Series and Losi sent us this report. As always, round 1 has a large turnout and this year was no different with 280 entries spread throughout the various classes. With TLR being the headline sponsor for this year’s series, many local team drivers were in attendance. In qualifying Losi Project Manager Keith Whisler set the TQ’s in both Sportsman Stock Buggy and Sportsman Stock Truck. In Modified Buggy, TLR Team Driver and Project Manager Frank Root took the TQ over a field of world class drivers. Root was running the new TLR 22 in mid motor configuration in preparation for the upcoming Cactus Classic. In the Sportsman mains Whisler took advantage of both his TQ positions and completed the sweep of both classes. To take the wins, Whisler used Xcelorin ESC’s and batteries, the Spektrum DX3R, and Losi tires in his TLR vehicles. In Pro 2, Losi finished with 3 XXX-SCT’s in the top five. In a very close race with several position changes, TLR Team Driver Casper finished with 3rd place, TLR Team Manager Kevin Gahan in 4th and Losi Project Manager Ryan Dunford rounding out the top five. In Pro 4, TLR Team Driver Mike Truhe finished 2nd driving the new Losi TEN-SCTE. Fellow Team Driver Aaron Lane fought hard through the entire race to finish 4th with his TEN-SCTE. Round 2 of the TLR sponsored JBRL will be at OC/RC on April 2nd, 2011.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

March 17, 2011

Surikarn Chaidajsuriya re-signs to Xray

Xray have announced the re-signing of 2002 ISTC World Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya. The Thai driver is a great all round driver taking wins in both on road and offroad and will run the Slovakian company’s T3’11, NT1 and 808 cars this season. Surikarn had this to say:

I’m very happy that I have extended my contract with Xray. I will continue to race and test with Team Xray in the 2011 season, as well as continue using great Hudy products. I would like to thank Xray Slovakia and Asia Model Company (Xray and Hudy Thailand Distributor) for their great support. We had some very good results in 2010, and I will try to get even better results in the 2011 season.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]