FTR have been touch to announce that former World Champion Chris Doseck has joined the Full Throttle Team. Chris will be in charge of the continued development of the FTR line of pan cars along with the development of the new CD super power line of performance products, including blue printed brushless motors and hand matched nickel metals for 1/12 and lipos for touring.
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Round 3 of the BRCA Micro National series took place at the WRCC track recently and it attracted the biggest ever entry at a Micro Nationals event. The finals were run over 2 mains, both of which counted, with any ties on scores decided by fastest single race time of either final. Mark Styles with the LRP Shark-18 took the win in the 1st final with Chris Doughty in 2nd place, while at the end of the 2nd action packed final Chris Doughty found himself in 2nd position again but this time with Mark Styles in 3rd place and this meant that both Chris Doughty and Mark Styles had same total points. In the end a tie had to decide the winner and thanks to a very quick 2nd main, Chris Doughty took the win with Mark Styles in 2nd place, while Chris Bottle took 3rd.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
This past weekend Bending Corners Raceway in Orange County, California played host to the Team Orion Invitational race which would use the Reedy Race type heads up format for the Invitational drivers. The race format used the drivers 4 best points out of the 5 rounds of racing allowing 1 round to be thrown out. Team Orion Factory Driver Josh Numan looked very fast in practice on Saturday laying down very impressive lap times especially considering it was the first time he would run LiPo power in his TC. On Sunday morning the races were set to get underway at 10:00am but unfortunately light rain showers in the morning delayed the start until 12:00pm. After all 5 rounds of racing were complete, it was Numan that took home the championship, with 3 wins and 1 second place finish for a total of 5 points, Steve Weiss took 2nd with 6 points and Lex Tyler rounded out the top 3 with 8 points.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
Seen as one of the biggest indoor events in Europe, the KIM 2008 attracted over 120 drivers last weekend in Köngen, Germany. It was Team Durango/Orion driver Jörn Neumann who was setting the pace taking the TQ spot with his Durango Prototype in 4WD, while In 2WD he would start second from the grid. In 4wd it was complete domination by Jörn who won all 3 A-mains along with all 5 Qualifying rounds, while in 2WD he had some problems in qualifying but with an awesome performance he was setting the fastest lap times and could win also all 3 A-mains.
JConcepts completed a near sweep of every class and a full sweep of the modified classes at round 6 of the SuperCup series held recently in Florida. Jason Ruona finished the year with an impressive 3 class wins with 3 very different vehicles. He was responsible for JConcepts’ results in 2wd mod, 4wd mod, and J82 Outlaw taking a combined 9 TQ’s and 8 wins along the way. RCSignUp.com and Jab Graphix front man Bobby Phillips took time out of his busy schedule to lay it down in Truck Mod, using a key TQ to take the series win. Local up and coming driver Zach Mote took 2wd Stock in spectacular fashion only missing out on one possible point when considering the best 3 of 4 round format. And finally Tim Kowal got out to a good start at the beginning of the season in J82 Stock and carried that momentum through to the end of the year. The mix of Double Dee and Goose Bump rear tires used in his campaign were so effective that he didn’t even have to run the penultimate round to take the series victory.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.com]
The organisers of the Largest RC race in the World, the Snowbird Nationals have been in touch to announce that the 2009 Speed Week schedule is posted on the event website. Along with the schedule, racers can also read about all the great news so far leading up to the annual event, which is being held Jan 27th-Feb 1st 2009 in Orlando, Florida. Vintage Trans Ams, SK Cars, the Thunder 600, the initial Sponsor lineup, FastLaps practice machine, and more, already announced.
Visit the event website here.
French website Petit RC were in contact to let us know about the 3rd edition of their annual indoor electric buggy event. Set to take place outside of France for the first time, the race will be held at the Maritime Raceway facility in Gillingham, Kent in England. They expect racers from all around Europe and have already confirmed entries from Ellis Stafford, Lee Martin, Tony Truman, Danny Mc Gee, Tom Cockerill, Simon Moss and more.
Full information can be found on the event site here.
The third & final round of the Garmin/Sqeez backed Irish Touring Car Series took place in Fermoy, Co.Cork over the weekend where Alan Bickerstaff took victory to become the 2008 Champion at the controls of his Associated TC5. With Rounds 1 & 2 of the RCCAOI sanctioned series run outdoor on tarmac, the title deciding leg moved indoor to carpet where once again it was Bickerstaff who set the pace in qualifying maintaining his 100% TQ record. The Round 1 winner secured pole ahead of the Xray of Graham Kenny and Round 2 winner Stephen Hill who was driving a Hot Bodies. Needing victory in Leg 1 of the final to secure the inaugural ITC Series title Bickerstaff did just that winning from Kenny and Hill. In Leg 2 the newly crowned champion again broke clear of the pack but a mistake dropped him down the order leaving Kenny to lead. However with two laps to go Bickerstaff was all over the rear of the leader’s car and the pressure forced Kenny to make an error allowing the new champion to take his fifth leg win from the six that made up the 2008 Series. The final podium in Fermoy was how it also ended up in the final championship standings with Kenny claiming Vice Champion honours and Hill taking third, their efforts each rewarded with a Garmin Sat Nav and a Dublin Crystal trophy. With 41 drivers registering points in the ITC Series 2008 has been a very successful season for 1:10 EP Touring Car racing in Ireland and 2009 looks set to be even stronger.
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