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January 20, 2011

Corally retain Marc Fisher for 2011

Dutch company Corally have announced that their team driver Marc Fischer from Germany has extended his contract for another year bringing him through to 2012 with the team. Marc Fischer had the following to say about his new deal:

I would like to send my special thanks to Constant, Susi and Yoko for they have given me the chance to continue the contract. In 2011 I will focus on following races: Snowbird Nationals, Euros TC Indoor and Outdoor, 1:12 German Nationals and Euros. On these and other races I would represent Corally as good as possible and will try all my best to take home the victory to team Corally.

Source: Corally [corally.com]

January 19, 2011

Euro Offroad Series announced

The organisers of the hugely popular Euro Touring Series will bring their successful concept off-road with the announcement that they are to create a ‘Euro Offroad Series’. Catering for 1:10 electric off-road classes, the EOS is the result of 12-months of lobbying by a number of top off-road racers to get ETS founders Uwe Rheinard and Scotty Ernst to bring the profile and fun element of their electric touring car series to 1:10 off-road, a category which is currently enjoying a strong resurgence in Europe.

Continue reading the announcement here

January 19, 2011

Ty Tessmann takes Rd2 of WCICS

This past weekend Ty Tessmann was at the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series Race #2 in Lethbridge, Alberta. In qualifying the first round went to Xray racer Wayne Mah, but in the 2nd round Ty upped the stakes to qualify 6 seconds faster, and setting the tone for the weekend. After the 3rd qualifier, Ty’s TQ from the 2nd round still stood. In the 4th and final qualifier Ty’s dogbone twisted off, opening the door for Associated’s Peter Toszer to take the TQ from Ty by 1 second. This set the stage for what would be an exciting main. Peter Toszer, Ty and Wayne Mah pulled away from the field, but Ty was able to come away with the win putting the HotBodies TCX with PROTOform’s MazdaSpeed 6 body in the top podium position, Wayne would take 2nd with Peter finishing 3rd after an unfortunate marshaling incident.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 19, 2011

Jared Tebo repeats Mod triple at CRCRC

The 24th annual CRCRC Electric Midwest Championships were held at The R/C Factory in Jeffersonville, Ohio. This would be the first year for event to be held in this new location. The facility was very big providing plenty of heated pits for everyone that attended. The track was very challenging consisting of very high speed sections along with technical jumps. This years event brought in over 380 entries around the country.

Continue reading the report here

January 18, 2011

Martin & Bradby win 2011 Petit RC race

The annual Petit RC race took place at Ardent Raceway in the UK last weekend and attracted many big names from Europe and beyond, together with the large British contingent. In the 2wd class on Saturday it was Tamiya driver, and reigning European Champion, Lee Martin that took the pole position ahead of the Team Durango pairing of Joern Neumann and Hupo Honigl. In the race itself Lee took the win in Leg 1, while Neumann would come out on top in Leg 2 setting up a showdown for Leg 3. Lee would take the win ahead of Paul Bradby to take the overall win ahead of Neumann in 2nd and Brady claiming 3rd overall. In the 4wd class on Sunday it was all Paul Bradby, the Associated driver taking the top spot in qualifying from Hupo Honigl in 2nd and Viktor Wilck in 3rd. In the finals it would again go down to the 3rd leg with Bradby winning leg 1 and Honigl leg 2. The 3rd and final leg would see Bradby win by a clear margin, to take the overall, ahead of Marc Rheinard who would take 3rd overall, the pair separated on the podium by Honigl in 2nd.

View the 4wd podium here

January 17, 2011

Travis Amezcua joins AKA

AKA is proud to announce the addition of former Pro-Line racer Travis Amezcua to the AKA race team. Travis is always a threat to win at any race he attends and is a past ROAR National Champion in 2WD electric and a worlds finalist in 1:8 Buggy as well. Travis will be running AKA tires on his Mugen 1:8 buggy and his electric buggies, with AKA welcoming his electric experience to help develop their new line of 1:10 tires coming in the Spring of 2011.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]

January 17, 2011

Griffiths & Kerswell win BRCA 1/12th Nats Rd4

Round 4 of this season’s BRCA 1/12th scale nationals saw the annual trip south to Plymouth, a venue that remains a favourite on the calendar for many of the drivers. When entering the venue the drivers were greeted with an extra 2 meters of carpet width, ensuring that this is one of the largest venues visited during the series. The track had been laid to produce a fast flowing circuit which provided some excellent racing throughout the entire field.

Continue reading the report here

January 17, 2011

Cavalieri takes Mod truck at CRCRC

The Winter Midwest Electric Championships is one of the most longest running and popular races in the country for electric 1:10 offroad racing. Hosted by the CRCRC club, the event changed venues to the newly opened Ohio RC Factory just south of Columbus, OH in Jeffersonville. Now in its 24th year running the event is as popular as ever. Team Associated drivers Ryan Cavalieri and Ryan Maifield battled it out for the top qualifying position in the Truck Modified class with their Factory Team T4.1 trucks. In the end it was Cavalieri edging out Maifield for the top qualifying honors. With the grid set, the two drivers battled it out in A1 and A2 with each gaining a victory and setting the stage for a winner take all showdown in A3. Cavalieri jumped out to a quick lead in the final main event and an untimely bobble by Maifield gave Cavalier all the cushion he needed to pilot his T4.1 to the winner’s circle.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]