January 18, 2011

Martin & Bradby win 2011 Petit RC race

Martin & Bradby win 2011 Petit RC race

The annual Petit RC race took place at Ardent Raceway in the UK last weekend and attracted many big names from Europe and beyond, together with the large British contingent. In the 2wd class on Saturday it was Tamiya driver, and reigning European Champion, Lee Martin that took the pole position ahead of the Team Durango pairing of Joern Neumann and Hupo Honigl. In the race itself Lee took the win in Leg 1, while Neumann would come out on top in Leg 2 setting up a showdown for Leg 3. Lee would take the win ahead of Paul Bradby to take the overall win ahead of Neumann in 2nd and Brady claiming 3rd overall. In the 4wd class on Sunday it was all Paul Bradby, the Associated driver taking the top spot in qualifying from Hupo Honigl in 2nd and Viktor Wilck in 3rd. In the finals it would again go down to the 3rd leg with Bradby winning leg 1 and Honigl leg 2. The 3rd and final leg would see Bradby win by a clear margin, to take the overall, ahead of Marc Rheinard who would take 3rd overall, the pair separated on the podium by Honigl in 2nd.

View the 4wd podium here


January 18, 2011

Samual Chiu wins Novarossi China Open

Samual Chiu wins Novarossi China Open

Samual Chiu, top 1/10 sedan driver from Hong Kong drove his Murnan M3 powered NT1 to TQ and the win at the 2011 Novarossi China Open. In 2nd place was Wang Hei Feng from China driving a Mugen MTX4, also powered by Murnan Modified Motors.  The event saw 70 plus drivers participate in this the season opener in China.

Source: Murnan Modified [murnanmodified.com]


January 18, 2011

Bittydesign Contest 2011 – Update

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Having announced the dates for the Bittydesign contest late last year, due to some issues they have had to move the race from its original date in May to the 26th to 28th of August. More details on this event can be found on the Bittydesign site here.

Source: Bittydesign [bittydesign.net]


January 17, 2011

Griffiths & Kerswell win BRCA 1/12th Nats Rd4

Griffiths & Kerswell win BRCA 1/12th Nats Rd4

Round 4 of this season’s BRCA 1/12th scale nationals saw the annual trip south to Plymouth, a venue that remains a favourite on the calendar for many of the drivers. When entering the venue the drivers were greeted with an extra 2 meters of carpet width, ensuring that this is one of the largest venues visited during the series. The track had been laid to produce a fast flowing circuit which provided some excellent racing throughout the entire field.

Continue reading the report here


January 17, 2011

Adam Drake victorious at Airtronics Winter Nationals

Adam Drake victorious at Airtronics Winter Nationals

Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA hosted the first large Nitro race of the year this past weekend. The Airtronics Winter Nationals is an annual event the kicks off the nitro racing season and this year’s event had 199 entries with drivers from CA, NV, AZ, FL and even a few international drivers including JQ from Finland. The 30 min A final in the 1/8th expert buggy class saw TLR / Novarossi driver Adam Drake win by nearly two laps after starting from pole. Barry Baker and Andrew Smolnik rounded out the top three. Adam Drake also TQ’ed and won the 1/8th expert truck class followed by Curtis Door in second and Ronda Drake in third. TLR’s Scott Adkins won the 1/8th electric buggy class.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]


January 17, 2011

Cavalieri takes Mod truck at CRCRC

Cavalieri takes Mod truck at CRCRC

The Winter Midwest Electric Championships is one of the most longest running and popular races in the country for electric 1:10 offroad racing.  Hosted by the CRCRC club, the event changed venues to the newly opened Ohio RC Factory just south of Columbus, OH in Jeffersonville. Now in its 24th year running the event is as popular as ever. Team Associated drivers Ryan Cavalieri and Ryan Maifield battled it out for the top qualifying position in the Truck Modified class with their Factory Team T4.1 trucks. In the end it was Cavalieri edging out Maifield for the top qualifying honors. With the grid set, the two drivers battled it out in A1 and A2 with each gaining a victory and setting the stage for a winner take all showdown in A3.  Cavalieri jumped out to a quick lead in the final main event and an untimely bobble by Maifield gave Cavalier all the cushion he needed to pilot his T4.1 to the winner’s circle.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]


January 14, 2011

Jarosz & Skidmore win at RC Pro Southern Indoor Nats

Jarosz & Skidmore win at RC Pro Southern Indoor Nats

Speedster Hobbies, just outside of Austin, TX, hosted the RC Pro Southern Indoor Nationals this past weekend. Team Associated/Reedy/LRP drivers Chris Jarosz and Kyle Skidmore made the trek to Austin from Southern California and Oklahoma. Four rounds of qualifying were run on Sunday along with Triple A Mains for the Modified 4WD and Truck classes.  Jarosz, running a B44.1 powered by LRP electronics and Reedy batteries, would go on to TQ the first three rounds of qualifying by a considerable margin and elect to sit out the fourth round to prepare his buggy for the Triple A Mains. Chris would then go on to easily win the first two A mains and lock up the 4WD Modified title. Skidmore put on a clinic in the Modified Truck class, setting the fastest time in all four qualifiers.  Kyle’s Factory Team T4.1 was hooked up on the high-bite clay track, and his LRP motors and Reedy batteries put the power down smoothly. Kyle won the first two A Mains and gave Team Associated/Reedy/LRP the second title of the weekend.

View the truck podium here


January 12, 2011

Jonathan Sohl wins Stock SC at JConcepts WIS

Last weekend’s JConcepts Winter Indoor Shootout at Long Island Raceway in New York saw TQ Racing driver Jonathan Sohl used his SX10 SC to take the Top Qualifying spot in the Stock SC class and qualify a very close 2nd place in the 13.5 2wd Buggy class with the SX102w. He also qualified in the A Main of the SC Modified class. He followed up his qualifying performances by winning both the Stock SC A Main and the 13.5 2wd Buggy A Main and not to be out done he then turned around and finished 3rd in SC Modified using the same 17.5 motor he ran to win the stock class.

Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]


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