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November 19, 2013

2013 Spektrum Challenge – Report

The 2013 Spektrum Challenge was held this past weekend at Trackside Hobbies & Raceway in Milwaukee, WI, the home track to World Famous race announcer Scotty Ernst. The race attracted a lot of local talent to mix up with World-class drivers such as Ryan Cavalieri, Dustin Evans or Dakotah Phend making for an amazing 361 entries race. The race started on Wednesday with open practice, Friday and Saturday had two rounds of qualifying with Sunday being the final’s day. In 2WD Modified Buggy Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri went onto take the overall TQ for this class. Cavalieri then went on to win A-mains 1 and 2 to take home his first Championship of the weekend. TLR’s Dustin Evans started 2nd on the grid for the main events. Evans would finish 2nd overall by recording a 3rd place finish in A-main 2 and taking the win in A-main 3. Dustin’s TLR team mate Dakotah Phend started 3rd on the grid and would round out the podium in 3rd place overall by finishing 2nd in A-Main 1 and 2.

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November 18, 2013

Darren Bloomfield leaves Horizon/TLR

Horizon Hobby UK have made the shock announcement that 2012 EFRA 1/8th Offroad European Champion Darren Bloomfield has left the team. Although a reason was not given we should expect a statement from Darren in the coming days or weeks about a future deal. HH released the following statement:

It is with great disappointment and sadness that Horizon / TLR announce the departure of pro-racer Darren Bloomfield after a long 16 year association with the brand that dates back to the early 1990s when he was a young child. His on-track speed and prowess has always been a characteristic trademark for all to see but we wish to acknowledge and thank Darren for his unerring commitment to us as his sponsors throughout the years. Darren has been a great asset to the team and an ambassador for TLR / Horizon and we wish him all the very best for the future, both personally and professionally.

Source: Horizon Hobby UK [horizonhobby.co.uk]

November 18, 2013

Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Cup Rd 2 – Report

The 2nd round of the Xray Challenge Moravia and Slovakia Cup was held in the Hudy Racing Arena last weekend. The race attracted more than 110 drivers in the various on-road and off-road categories. The off-road classes were divided into 2WD and 4WD categories while on-road saw touring car modified, 17.5 stock, 21.5 stock, WGT, and formula classes. The race started on Friday afternoon with free practice which continued until midnight. On Saturday 3 qualifying rounds and 3 finals for all drivers were run. 2WD buggy had Martin Bayer taking the win in front of Juraj Hudy and Dusan Bayer making it a 1-2-3 for the recently released XB4 2WD buggy.

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November 18, 2013

Olly Jefferies wins at BRCA 1/12 series

The second round of the BRCA 1/12 national series took place at Stocksbridge. The Modified class was run on Sunday and Team Associated’s Olly Jeffries was seeking for reparation after a only coming in 5th in Saturday’s 10.5T Stock race after taking TQ in the class. In Modified Olly set a blistering pace which the others struggled to match, David Spashett came close to toppling Olly off the top of the time sheets but by the end of qualifying Jefferies headed the field. In the final Olly put the disappointment of the previous day behind him and led from start to finish to take round two of the BRCA 1/12 modified class, the Stocksbridge track was a very challenging layout and this time is was Olly’s pursuers that made errors as he cruised to what looked like a very comfortable win ahead of the Reedy powered Yokomo of Mark Stiles, David Spashett completed the podium in third.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

November 18, 2013

2013 Nordic Championships – Report

The Nordic Championships for 1/12 Modified and 1/10 Touring Car classes were held at the permanent indoor track of Swedish Xray distributors Minicars, in Enköping, Sweden. The track was rebuild for the weekend with a fast and fluent layout. Practice for the 50 drivers from four countries started on Friday. Qualifying saw Xray’s Alexander Hagberg taking all rounds in both the 1/12th and touring car class but he was hardly pressured by Viljami Kutvonen from Finland with Niklas Johansson sitting in 3rd place in the TC class, also matching Viljami’s pace.

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November 18, 2013

JJ Wang sweeps N-SMP opening race

The N-SMP track opening race took place in Shanghai, China on a newly built astroturf track. The 4WD class was TQ’d by Lin Le Hua (Xray), who came in third at the recent FEMCA 1/10th off-road championships. In 2WD buggy and the Short Course class Team C’s JJ Wang put his cars on pole-position for the finals. In the first 4WD A-main Lin took the win but JJ stoke back in A2 and A3 taking the overall win in the 4WD class. Local talent 3D (Xray) came in second while Team C Hangzhou driver Xiao Bei completed the podium of the highly competitive class. In the 2WD buggy and SC class, JJ won both finals to claim a triple victory for him and Team C Racing.

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November 17, 2013

Paul Pinkney wins EWS Round 2

Round two of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. With the whole series fully booked months ago, a few drivers were lucky to get places following some last-minute withdrawals. Qualifying got underway and in the Muchmore-sponsored Modified class, UK National Champion Chris Grainger was determined to show his performance at Round One of the championship was just a blip on his radar, as he went quickest in the first round of qualifying. Alan Bickerstaff made his trip from Ireland worthwhile to sit second, with multi-time EWS winner James Hart third. In the second qualifying round, current EWS Pro-Stock Champion Paul Pinkney proved he can cut it in the Modified class too as he topped the timesheets, with Chris second and nitro specialist Kyle Branson. Paul was again fastest in round 3, this time from Phil Chambers with Kyle again third. Kyle then topped the final qualifying round from Stefan Chodzynski, one of the drivers to secure a last minute entry to the event, leaving Paul on pole, with Chris second on the grid and Kyle Branson third.

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November 17, 2013

Korgae Scales wins 1/12th Mod at WCICS Rd3

With the first 2 rounds completed in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, it was time for the first race in British Columbia. Round 3 of the non-profit Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series was held on Remembrance Day weekend amid the beautiful mountains of Penticton, B.C. The Penticton Radio Control Club hosted a great event, with 7 classes and championship points all on the line. In the Team Novak sponsored 1/12th Modified class it was the 2012 WCICS champion, Speed Merchant sponsored, Korgae Scales that took TQ & win with his prototype Rev 8, also boasting the fastest lap of the entire weekend, in any class. Followed by one of the closest battles of the entire weekend for 2nd between WCICS President Josh Carter from Alberta driving his Xray, and British Columbia pan car legend, ROAR National winner, Craig Roberts with his CRC. In a classic foam tire battle, 3rd place qualifier Craig’s car was faster earlier in the race and on a tight, technical track he cleanly passed Josh to take second. Then midway through the race Craig’s car started to fall off, and Josh’s settled in and the chase was on. With just 2 laps to go Josh returned the favor with a clean pass to cross the line just a few tenths ahead taking second place.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]