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May 7, 2014

Eric Albano wins 2WD Open Buggy at Triple C

Delta RC Raceway hosted their first annual Cali Cup Challenge in Antioch, California. Having rained the weekend before, the original date for the race, the track crew worked hard to get the outdoor track prepped and ready to go. Delta RC hosted a great event under challenging circumstances, with a smooth program and just under 100 entries. Eric Albano was in attendance competing in the 2WD open buggy class with his Reedy-powered, Team Associated B5M. Albano took the TQ honors after five rounds of qualifying, taking best three out of five going into the triple A mains. A1 and A2 saw Albano taking the win by almost a lap on the field.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

May 7, 2014

2014 Super Cup Championship Series Rd4 – Report

The final round of JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series Spring Session continued its record pace with 191 entries Saturday at FZRC in Sarasota FL. The weather gods were set to see some of the best action to date as the sunny south Florida weather was set perfectly in the 80’s with a light breeze. Marty Chilton and the FZRC crew groomed and manicured the red clay surface to give racers the most technical layout challenge to date. As racers began to pack the track early Friday morning, all quickly focused on their fast lines and marks for consistent lap times.

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May 7, 2014

Schumacher BTCC Rd2 – Report

The awesome track up at Halifax was the venue for the second round of the Schumacher BTCC. Many drivers turned up on Saturday to be greeted by lovely dry conditions, the track was looking fantastic and the drivers set up their race kit on the now covered pitting areas to get themselves ready for the weekend ahead. Great improvements have been done to the facility, now making this venue one of the best around from many comments heard during the event by several racers. There were several quick drivers on Saturday, and the day stayed dry throughout so lots of good running was had by many people.

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May 6, 2014

Bloomfield & Cragg win at BRCA off-road national

This past weekend the BRCA 10th off-road national series visited Southport in the NW of England. As racers descended on the venue they were greeted by an, as usual, excellently prepared track, now sporting some new features in the middle portion of the track to go along with the infamous Southport “back section”, that would give the racers a challenging and fresh layout to race on. The national format see’s just 2 rounds of 3 minute practice runs before drivers in to 4 rounds of qualifying and then finals, with just the A main having 3 legs to battle it out, 2WD on the Saturday and 4WD on the Sunday.

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May 6, 2014

1. MRC Wiener Neustadt Big Opening Race – Report

1. MRC Wiener Neustadt Big Opening Race - Report

The 1. MRC Wiener Neustadt club hosted their Big Opening Race with around 50 entries in 3 different electric on-road classes. The weekend started with practice on Friday under perfect weather conditions. In Touring Car Modified Marc Rheinard was the fastest driver followed by Martin Schuster and Dominic Vogl. On Saturday the weather changed to the worst with rain all day leaving the club no choice but to cancel the qualifying in favour of four rounds run on Sunday. Christoper Krapp then took TQ in TC Modified while Marcus Galler lead the 17.5T Stock class. Andreas Teubl secured himself the pole position in the F1 class. In the Touring Car Modified finals Christopher Krapp (Kyosho) made maximum use of his pole position, ending the race in front of Marc Rheinard (Tamiya) and Martin Schuster (VBC).

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May 6, 2014

Markus Mobers joins Revolution Design

Revolution Design Racing Products announce the addition of multiple 1/12th scale Champion and RC legend Markus Mobers to their team. The newly crowned 1/12 Stock European Champion add to an already impressive team of the like of Christopher Krapp, Kaja Novotny and Elliott Boots. This is what Markus has to say about the deal:

Since the start of RDRP, I am a big fan of the project and want to help to extend the on-road product line with my experience. RDRP is simply art.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

May 6, 2014

Xray Challenge Grand Final – Report

The Xray Challenge Grand Final was held last weekend at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia. Racers from around Europe joined the race, which saw some 60 entries in the 5 different classes of 1/10 nitro, 1/8 nitro, 1/10 Touring Car Modified, 1/10 Touring Car Stock and 1/10 World GT. The racing weekend started on Friday with open practice for all drivers with the good weather allowed for running on the big outdoor track.

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May 5, 2014

Dakotah Phend dominates ROAR 1/8th electric nats

The 2014 ROAR 1/8th Electric Offroad Nationals took place in Houston, Texas last weekend. Team Losi Racing’s Dakotah Phend made a clean sweep in qualifying by taking TQ in all three classes – Buggy, Truggy and the supporting Pro4 4WD short course class. In 1/8th E-Buggy Jared Tebo and Drew Moller rounded out the top 3 while in E-Truggy Jared Tebo and Cody King filled the top 3 spots. In Pro4 Ryan Lutz and Adam Drake put their trucks in 2nd and 3rd position respectively.

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