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June 19, 2014

SARDA ORE national championship Rd2 – Report

The 2nd round of the 2014 South-African ORE national championship was held at the Welkom RC Track. A cold front hit South Africa and the tire warmers got turned up but the great indoor track managed to keep the drivers happy and the programme on schedule. The Touring Modified class once again provided some spectacular high-speed racing. The local hero Antonio Caroli took TQ honours but due to some unlucky incidents in the finals he would only end in 6th place overall. At the end it was Hein Kotze who dominated with faultless driving in all 3 finals. Anderton Smith and Deon Gove managed to grab the final two podium spots.

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June 19, 2014

Ludovic Valtier sweeps French EP off-road champs Rd4

A quality field of 120 drivers competed in round 4 of the French Electric Off-Road Nationals on the grass track of Montigny-le-bretonneux near Paris. This natural grass track was very bumpy and the setup is very important to go fast. In qualifying, Ludovic Valtier (Team Associated) took pole position in 4WD with his Reedy-powered B44.2. Ludovic converted his pole into a clinical victory by securing the win in the first two mains. In 2WD it was much of the same. Ludovic and his B5M secured a solid pole position and converted this into a win with victories in the 1st and 3rd legs after fighting hard with his good friends and team mates Julien Formentin and Armand Lantheaume.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

June 18, 2014

Jeremy Potter wins E-Buggy at NW Buggy champs

This past weekend Tri-Cities RC held the Northwest Buggy Championships in Pasco, Washington. In the 1/8 Electric Buggy class, Tekin team mates Jeremy Potter and Nick Buechler would fight hard in the 3 rounds of qualifying to start 2nd, Potter, and 3rd, Buechler, on the grid for the triple A-Mains. In A1 Potter and Nick would engage in a 3-way battle for the lead, halfway thru the main Potter would pull away from the rest for the A1 win, with Buechler locking down 2nd. In A2, once again Potter and Buechler would jump out front early on where Potter would never look back. Buechler would have a couple rough laps to finish out in 8th. In A3 with Potter on the sidelines already wrapping up the overall, Buechler would jump to the lead by the 2nd corner, but a mechanical issue would end his run where he would have to settle for a 6th overall. Team Associated’s Chris Nealeigh would take the win in A3 and 2nd overall with Brian Munn rounding out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

June 18, 2014

Luopajärvi & Ström win at Finnish off-road champs Rd1

The first round of the Finnish 1/10 offroad championship series was held in Vaasa, at the Worlds 2011 track. In the 2WD class it was Jussi Luopajärvi who beat young talent Joona Haatanen for the win while multiple Finnish champion Petri Ström came in 3rd to complete the all-Associated podium.

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June 18, 2014

JBRL Electric Series Rd5 – Report

The 5th round of this year’s JBRL Electric Series was run at the Controlled Chaos Raceway in Palmdale, CA. While Rudy Rico scored a double win in the 1/8th E-Buggy and Pro4 SC class, Jimmy Barnett was successful in the 4WD Modified Buggy category. David Jenson came in 2nd while Shawn Blackwell Sr. completed the podium in 3rd. The 2WD Modified Buggy class the win went to Jake Mayo who left Jimmy Barnett and Chad Nelson behind. Jake then also scored the win in 2WD Modified Truck in front of Matt Gilbert and Wayne Wyrick while the victory in Pro2 Short Course went to Eddie Armijo. Chad Nelson and Carlos Arredondo completed the podium.

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June 18, 2014

HPI Challenge & Bash Party – Announcement

The Notts & Derby Off-Road club will host the HPI Challenge & Bash Party on Saturday, 2nd of August. Meant to be a fun and laid-back “run what you brung” meeting for HPI vehicle owners, the race will see Baja, Buggy, Truggy, 2WD Truck, Monster Truck and WR8 racing. The rules are simply and all needed information can be found in HPI’s event flyer that you can download here (PDF file).

June 18, 2014

Scheuenpflug wins at South German regionals Rd2

The 2nd round of the South German 1/8th off-road regionals, as part of the qualification towards the nationals later this Summer, was run at the MSC Osterhofen in Bavaria. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class SWorkz’ Stefan Scheuenplug took the win in the final while Serpent’s young Micha Widmeier grabbed the runner-up spot. Kyosho driver Tobias Weinmann completed the podium in 3rd position.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 17, 2014

Rudy Rico wins at JBRL Electric Series Rd5

The 5th round of the 2014 JBRL Electric Series took place at Controlled Chaos Raceway in Palmdale on June 14th. As usual, attendance was good and the level of competition was very high. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class Tekno’s Rudy Rico started from 2nd into the final and managed to grab the win in front of Ryan Dunford (TLR) and Scott Wolf (Mugen). In the Pro4 Short Course class Rudy put his Tekno truck on top of the time sheets after qualifying and he would also bring home the win in the final in front of the TLR duo of Ryan Dunford (TLR) and David Jenson (TLR).

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