Last weekend, A Main Hobbies would host its 2014 Fall Brawl at their indoor facility, Outback Raceway. The event would be host to over 270 entries making for close racing in all classes. Qualifying would consist of four IFMAR format rounds, taking your best two of the four. Qualifying would be a challenge on the high grip and fast layout, with slick clay tyres would be the choice throughout.
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The Winter season of the ART Racing Team Cup kicked off in Münsingen, Switzerland on a high-grip indoor track. Maurice Lüscher took the TQ in the 1/12th class after the qualifiers and he also brought home the win in the triple A-finals to end the day in 1st place. Manfred Ebener came in 2nd while Michael Schäfer completed the top 3 result.
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The South Valley Invert off-road race was held this past weekend, presented by Cottage Grove RC Raceway in Central Oregon. For those who haven’t been to Cottage Grove Raceway, it is one of the hidden gems in the world of RC tracks. The facility is top notch with easy to see bright yellow piping, smooth medium-high grip surface and known to have some very wicked track layouts. The Invert format is also unique because of the reverse starting order on how you finish in A1. 3 rounds of qualifying determined the starting order of A1, but where you finish in A1 will determine where you start for A2 – but in reverse order. For example, if you finished 1st in A1, you will be starting 10th for A2. After A2 is ran, the combined A1 and A2 finishing results will make the starting order for A3. This interesting format added a bit of spice to the recipe making the racing more fun and challenging for everyone.
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The French Cup for 1/10th electric off-road buggies was held last weekend by the Montbrison club with around 100 drivers in attendance. Qualifying both in the 2WD and 4WD category was dominated by the Xray trio of Mathieu Briere, Valentin Peuziat and Lorenzo Crolla as Mathieu took the TQ in both classes with Valentin coming in 2nd in 2WD and 3rd in 4WD while Lorenzo put his car on the 3 spot in 2WD and on the 2 spot in 4WD. In the 2WD A-main Mathieu secured himself the overall win early by taking A1 and A2 in style while Lorenzo grabbed the runner-up spot by winning the final A-main. Valentin had some troubles in the finals and had to make way for Julian Ferrandis in 3rd.
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The 2nd round of the Team Durango Touring Car Winter Series was held at the Hinkley Model Car Club this past weekend. With local competition from regular club attendees fierce, the attending national “A” finalists had a battle ahead of them, as everybody was keen to show early pace on the flowing carpet track. At the end Ben Cosgrove was able to secure first overall in the Modified class ahead of Zak Finlay and Harley Eldridge. Chris Ashton and Jamie McDonagh rounded out the top 5.
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The 3rd round of the Herts Nitro Model Club’s Winter Series, held this past weekend, started off wet but the weather broke early enough on Saturday night giving the club a chance to dry the track out. 54 starters made the trip and in 1/8th Nitro Buggy and E-buggy it was Simon Reeves who took the TQ after the qualifiers. In the Nitro Buggy final Simon then had to retire some 15 minutes in to the race making way for Oliver Currie who fought down Kevin Brundsen for the win. Tony Truman rounded out the podium in 3rd place.
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Following the release of some photos on Facebook by the Frenchman himself, Team HB have finally confirmed that 3-time European Champion Reno Savoya will be joining their off-road racing team. A multiple Worlds Main Finalist, 3-time European Champion, multiple French National Champion and regular feature on podiums at major races around the world. The 27-year old racing star, nicknamed ‘The Shark, will bring an abundance of racing experience, knowledge and racing prowess to the team, thanks to his many years of being a professional racer.
Im delighted to join Team HB! For the last several years, HB products have had much success. This is a great opportunity for me to join such a successful company and team. The latest Team HB achievements are incredible, and Im really motivated to bring more success to Team HB in Europe in the next 4 years! I will of course race the D812, D8T Tessmann Edition and the D413. The first race is really soon, as I am racing my HB D812 this weekend for the first time in Pierrefeu for the Grand Prix, I cant wait!
Reno, together with new signing David Ronnefalk, current World Champion Ty Tessmann and the entire HB factory and R&D team will help continue to develop and improve HB racing cars for more race wins and championships, not just for themselves but for all HB racers. We are very excited to see what Reno can accomplish with the HB D413, D8T Tessmann Edition and World Champion D812 in 2015 and beyond.
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The Muchmore Volante Cup was held at the TRC race track in Hong Kong with around 80 drivers in attendance. In the Touring Car Modified class Stick King (Awesomatix) took the TQ but in the A-main it was Hay (Xray) who came out successful in front of Simon Yeung (Schumacher) and Rocky Wong (Yokomo). Stick King fall back to 4th place while Nuno (Xray) rounded out the top 5 result.
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