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June 8, 2010

Asian EP Buggy Party 2010 Rd1

The first selection race of the ‘Asian EP Buggy Party’ was held in the AJ RC Arena in ZhongShan, China on the at the weekend. Due to a change of date, it was clashing with other races and so the turn out was lower than expected, however everyone that went enjoyed a great day of racing with great gifts coming from Speed Passion and JConcepts, together with new decal makers Infinity. The race was held with three 5 minutes qualifies and three 8 minutes finals. TQ in 2wd went to John Ho, who was running the new Schumacher Cougar SV, but in the final it was Antony Kwok driving a self made prototype Losi mid motor conversion XXX-M that won the A-main. Team C driver Cup Yuk Shuen, with the newly release TC-04, grabbed the hotly contested TQ spot for 4WD, while the final again provided a thrilling race with Team Durango Driver John Ho taking the final victory. All the A-main winners were using Speed Passion V3 motors, while everyone ran the JConcepts control tire.

View the final results here

June 7, 2010

Eric Albano wins 17.5 class at RROC

TOP Racing is reporting that team driver Eric Albano has won the Reedy Race of Champions in the 17.5 class. The Reedy Race was held over Memorial Day weekend at Norcal Hobbies,(25 minutes south of San Francisco, California. Eric TQ’d and won the division using a TOP Racing Photon. The TOP Photon had a podium finish in each of the open classes. James Arluck secured the 2nd spot in the 13.5 class and Jesse Stark finished 3rd in the Open Modified class. This is the third year in a row that TOP has won a class at the Reedy Race. Starting in 2008 Kevin Jelich TQ’d and won open modified, in 2009 EJ Evans TQ’d and won both the 13.5 and 17.5 classes using the Photon.

Source: TOP [topracingusa.com]

June 7, 2010

Lee Martin wins 4wd at Eden Park National

oOple are again reporting that Lee Martin has taken his third 4WD national win from three rounds of the 2010 BRCA 10th off road national series, at Eden Park Raceway. Grant Williams once again took TQ and pole on the grid for the three leg finals, but problems plagued the Schumacher driver after winning leg 1. A retirement in leg 2 was followed by a car that just wasn’t quite right in leg three. Lee Martin won, Grant Williams finished second and Tom Cockerill third.

View the full report on oOple here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

June 6, 2010

Ellis Stafford wins 2wd at Eden Park National

oOple are reporting on round three of the 2010 BRCA 10th off road national series that was held at Eden Park Raceway in South West London yesterday. The 2WD event saw the mid motor cars of Ellis Stafford (X6) and Grant Williams (Schumacher Cougar SV) battling it out for domination during qualifying. Some amazing racing in the 3-legged finals saw Ellis Stafford take the overall win with Grant 2nd and Tom Cockerill 3rd.

View the full report on oOple here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

June 4, 2010

Inaugural ROAR 1:8 Electric Off-Road National Championship

ROAR

ROAR and Nor-Cal Hobbies located in Union City, California, have announced the dates for the Inaugural ROAR 1:8 Electric Off-Road National Championship. Following the successful US Championship hosted by Revelation Hobbies in 2009, the electric 1:8 Off-road divisions of 1:8 buggies and 1:8 trucks will now be recognized with level 5 national championship designation. The Event is scheduled to take place at Nor-Cal Hobbies facilities on September 15-19, 2010. As a level 5 ROAR Event, the ROAR race management team will oversee the operation and technical duties associated with such national championships. This event will crown national champions in 2 classes, 1:8 electric buggies and 1:8 electric trucks. Each class will be powered by any ROAR approved battery (up to 14.8v) and ROAR approved motor and vehicles will be subject to dimensional specifications as outlined in the ROAR rulebook vehicle guideline. On-Line registration will begin 12:01 AM Friday June 18, 2010 at the ROAR website.

Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]

June 3, 2010

Cantoni & Alleoti wins Italian TC Nationals

The AMSCI Italian outdoor electric touring car championships took place last week in Florence and is a one off event to determine who is champion in the different classes. In the 6.5 category it was TOP Photon racer Claudio Cantoni that took the winning from pole position ahead of Carlo Parravicini in 2nd and Ivan Buganè in 3rd. In the 17.5 class it was Losi driver Simone Alleoti that took the TQ and followed it up with the win in front of the TOP pairing of Andrea Cappelli in 2nd and Tiziano Borgogni in 3rd.

View the 17.5 podium here

June 1, 2010

Travis Amezcua joins TQ Racing

TQ Racing have announced that Travis Amezcua has signed a contract to campaign the TQ Racing SX10 series of 1/10 electric off-road cars through 2011. Travis brings a unique skill set to TQ Racing having been a multiple time IFMAR World Championship A Main Finalist and competed in over 15 ROAR National Championship A Main events in electric off road classes. Travis was the 2003 ROAR 2wd Modified National Champion and he also was the Top Qualifier at that event. He brings with him a long history in the hobby industry with a background that not only includes driving, but also product development and service. Travis’ TQ Racing SX10 2w, SX10T, SX10 4w and SX10 SC will use products from his other sponsors LRP, Orion and Proline. He will be continuing his nitro powered schedule with Mugen Seiki.

Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]

June 1, 2010

Tom Jefferies does double at MMUKGP

The annual Much More UK GP took place last weekend on the Stonehaven track in Scotland. The race is split into two days of racing with the Pro Stock running on Saturday and the Modified on Sunday. In Saturday’s qualifying it started off slightly wet in the morning but was dry by round 1. It was Associated driver Tom Jefferies that took pole position for the double leg finals in front of John Simpson, with Cameron Mac Donald in 3rd. Two leg wins, including a recovery drive in the 2nd run, gave Jefferies the win ahead of TOP driver Dan Rowlands in 2nd and Keiran Smart taking the 3rd spot. In Sunday’s modified class the rain made a return and saw 3 wet rounds of qualifying and it was Jefferies again that claimed pole ahead of Rowlands in 2nd and Mac Donald in 3rd. The first A-main saw most drivers running with wet tires and changing to slicks to the final leg. Some exciting racing saw Tom Jefferies once again claim the win ahead of Cameron Mac Donald in 2nd who was fending off some serious attention from Dan Rowlands.

View the modified podium here