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July 29, 2013

Baird & Rennick win at Irish off-road nats Rd2

Round two of the Irish 1/8th off-road nationals was held on a new track to the Irish calendar in Southern Ireland, Cork. The qualifying consisted of four seven minute heats and in the nitro buggy class Bradley Baird (JQ/nVision) TQ’d all four rounds and locked up qualifying. In the electric class JQ Products’ driver Andrew Rennick put in three consistent runs which put him third in the electric main. In the 45 minute nitro main, Bradley got off to a clean start and within the first 15 minutes he managed to pull a one lap lead over second place. As the final went on the tricky Cork surface began to rut up and become like a motocross track which made great racing and caught out the unprepared. Bradley kept it together to the end and claimed round two victory followed by Gary Baird (Kyosho/Bullett) and Alan Scroggie (Agama/Bullett). In the electric final it was a three battle for the lead with great racing right to the buzzer which saw Andrew Rennick take his JQ E car to the top step of the podium.

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July 27, 2013

Martin Bayer wins 2013 4wd Euros

The 1/10th EFRA European Electric Offroad Championships took place in Spain last week and Martin Bayer wrote this report. ‘Immediately following a successful week of 1/8 off-road racing, I traveled with my teammate Reno Savoya to Spain for the European Electric Off-road Championships. The race program started with the 2WD class. We were using a 2WD prototype buggy based on the XB4 1/10 4WD offroad buggy. The car felt very good, but the track proved difficult with many low traction areas. I worked diligently during my free time to continuously improve my set up. After qualifying was completed, I was sitting in 8th position. I was quite pleased with this result considering it was my first race using this prototype on clay.

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July 26, 2013

Maifield wins big at Summer Indoor Nationals

For the 4th consecutive year, the summer racing scene turns to Chico, California, for one of the largest indoor races in California. The JConcepts Indoor National Series arrived for its 3rd stop on the one of a kind U.S. based National Series. Defending INS champion Steven Hartson was in attendance along with 2013 National points leader Ryan Maifield. The Team Associated duo was set to do battle against the likes of Kyosho’s Cody Turner and TLR’s Phillip Atondo. As a twist, Maifield entered an additional class bringing 4 vehicles to the event to shake things down for an upcoming busy summer schedule.

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July 26, 2013

Hara, Kanai & Vejrak confirmed for FEMCA Champs

2013 FEMCA Championships - Announcement

The organisers of this year’s FEMCA Championships for 1/8th buggy and 1/10th ISTC in Beijing, China, which take place from the to the 18th to the 28th of August, have been in contact to tell us that they have confirmed entries from 3 World Champions. Firstly former World 1/8th Offroad World Champions Atsushi Hara along with Yuichi Kanai will be in attendance, while current 1/10th scale World Champion Meen Vejrak will also attend. The offroad event will be held on a new permanent facility and Red RC will be attending the offroad portion of the event to cover it live. Entries are still open and you can find out more information here.

July 25, 2013

Wheeler & Lutz score at Futaba Nitro Challenge

The Futaba Nitro Challenge was run at the Dirt Burners track in St Louis in most of the important 1/8th classes and saw Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz being the fastest in Pro Buggy qualifying. The double A mains saw Xray’s Josh Wheeler taking A1 with Carson Wernimont, Mark Pavidids, and Ryan Lutz taking the following position. Wheeler had another great run in the deciding second A main and wrapped up the overall championship. In the Pro Arena Truck class, more commonly known as Truggy, top qualifier was the always fast Ryan Lutz. AKA teammate Josh Wheeler was able to take the win in A1 but Lutz came back to take the win in A2 which gave him the championship for Arena Truck. Electric 1/8 Buggy saw Lutz being TQ, followed by Wernimont and upcoming driver Dylan Gerard starting 4th on the grid. Bad luck would plague Wernimont and Gerard, causing them to retire early but Lutz would prevail and go on to take the win in the 10-minute main.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]

July 25, 2013

Cavalieri & Gahan win at 2013 HRH Off-Road Shootout

The 16th annual Hot Rod Hobbies Off-Road Shootout saw Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri taking the winning honours in the Modified 2WD Short Course class. Starting from the second position on the grid, Ryan made quick work by getting around Team Associated team mate and TQ Ryan Maifield in both A1 and A2, clinching the overall win and sitting out A3. TLR’s Dustin Evans came in second while Cavalieri’s Associated team mate Ryan Maifield completed the podium. In Super Stock Buggy TLR team manager, Kevin Gahan was looking good all week, taking the TQ of the class. Gahan would go on to win the first two of three mains, and watch the final main as the overall was already his.

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July 24, 2013

Belgian touring car nationals Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the FBA championship took place in Rucphen at the club Mac De Baanbrekers. The weather was awesome and the heat could give the drivers some issues at this fast track. In the Efra class it was Olivier Bultynck who took TQ in front of Nick Joosens and Thomas Stockman. Olivier started well in the first final and Nick tried his best to follow and put some pressure on him but Ollie was a little bit faster and could make a gap on Nick. Thomas followed the two but struggled with his car and later on also scored a DNF as the had to retire in lap 18. Meanwhile Rico Claeys who started 8th on the grid was in third place. Ollie took the win and Nick came in second with Rico taking the third spot.

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July 24, 2013

Astro Winter Masters Series – Announcement

The Astro Winter Masters Series last year attracted over 100 drivers to each round and this year the organisers are looking to take things up a level with the tracks planned to be bigger and better, whilst still catering for the novice and providing sufficient challenge for the elite to try and beat the rest. Last year CML/AE cleaned up in the 2WD, 4WD & SC Truck classes so the gauntlet has been thrown down to see which manufacture/driver pairings will be crowned Astro Winter Master Series Champions 2013/14. More information and all dates can be found here (PDF link) or by emailing the organisers at srcmcc@outlook.com.