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May 30, 2014

Brand, Davis & Moon win at Southern Off-road Series

Loganville RC Raceway was the host for the 2nd round of the Southern Off-road Series. Practice started Friday afternoon and with regular track maintenance the traction was coming up nicely. On Saturday morning the gates opened at 7am and 3 rounds of qualifying kicked off at 10:30am. Qualifying was based on the single fastest run out of three. All of the A Mains were seated with top 10 cars and 2 bumps from the B Main. In the Pro eBuggy A-main, Shay Brand led the race tone to tone taking the win with his Mugen MBX-7 Eco.

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May 30, 2014

Niclas Mansson doubles at Swedish Cup Rd1

The 1st round of the Swedish Cup was run with 74 entries in the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes. Team Associated’s Niclas Mansson was able to TQ all four qualifying rounds in the 2WD class that was run on Saturday. For the finals Niclas was able to conserve his performance to take A1 and A2 for the overall win. In Sunday’s 4WD race Niclas again came out successful despite starting from 3rd position on the grid.

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May 30, 2014

Jesper Rasmussen wins at DRCMU championship Rd1

Young Scandinavian Team Associated team driver Jesper Rasmussen took TQ and the victory at the first round of the Danish DRCMU championship held in Viborg, Denmark. The conditions were difficult as the track was bumpy and very damp in the morning. However, during qualifying the track dried up and got faster allowing Jesper to win all three qualifying rounds, handing him the TQ for the A-mains. In the break between qualifying and mains it started to rain and the track turned from high grip to low grip and it was again Jesper who excelled in the conditions by winning the first two rounds of the A-main to take the overall win in the 2WD class.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

May 29, 2014

IFMAR 1/8th Buggy Worlds in Italy – Hotel list

IFMAR 1/8th Buggy Worlds in Italy - Hotel list

The organisers of the 2014 IFMAR 1/8 Nitro Buggy World Championships have been in touch to issue an extended hotel list for the event that will take place from the 18th to 27th of September in Giardini Naxos, in the province of Messina. Beside the existing list on the organisers website there are more rooms available, which along with prices you can find below. There is also an official agency for the bookings but we understand that you can also book directly with the hotels.

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May 29, 2014

2014 JConcepts 1/8th Spring Nationals – Report

The racers from the Mid-West surrounding area made their way to Omaha Nebraska’s famous Hobbyplex for the 2014 JConcepts 1/8th Spring Nationals. This annual event in its 5th year has turned into the must attend racing event for the Nitro crowd. With a record number of entries at 186, this year by far surpassed the previous year record, and the track along with the program did not disappoint. As many may know, an equipment failure left Alex Sturgeon with several stitches and a broken arm during the track build. The core group of locals including the owner of the shop and his son jumped in with the guidance of a medicated Alex to make sure the event went off without a hitch. When racers arrived on Friday for practice, a fresh layout with painted infield sections awaited the drivers, and with that, the track opened and most were unaware that there was anything different.

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May 29, 2014

JR Mitch doubles at Hangin’ Judge Open Wheel Classic

JR Mitch doubles at Hangin' Judge Open Wheel Classic

GSpeed Raceway hosted the 2nd annual Hangin’ Judge Open Wheel Classic on a tight and twitchy indoor clay track. TLR’s JR Mitch was able to TQ the 2WD Mod and 4WD Mod class for the triple A-mains. In 2WD JR was able to win the 1st and 2nd A-main to take the overall win early. The opening 4WD main had JR falling to the back of the field after a lap one mistake but he was able to come back in A2 and A3 to take the 2nd class win of the day.

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May 29, 2014

Kyle Rhodes takes CT State Championship

The CT State Championships was held at Wolcott Hobby and Raceway in Wolcott, Connecticut with around 100 entries. Up for grabs was the State championships for 1/8th nitro buggy, truggy, electric 8th scale buggy and 4WD SC. Leading up to the event the area experienced a few days of rain which left the track a little soft, but the Wolcott Hobby crew did a great job of prepping the track and making sure there was no standing water. Come heat 2 of nitro buggy qualifying and light rain started to fall again that quickly disappeared leaving perfect grip conditions for heat 3. Kyosho’s Kyle Rhods jumped out front early, limited his mistakes and was able to set TQ for the round. Round 2 and with an unchanged buggy but new tyres Kyle made a few mistakes early in his heat on which left him in third for a few laps but he again jumped back out front and was setting a new TQ by 6 seconds ahead of his round 1 time, but he had to pull off at the 3 minute mark, but the TQ from round 1 was fast enough to give him the overall TQ.

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May 28, 2014

2014 ROAR Region 4 Championships – Report

Region 4 racers converged at Space Coast R/C Raceway in Cocoa, FL, for a weekend-long event to determine the coveted ROAR regional title. Racers came in from all points of Florida to compete and also gain access to a facility that is also going to host the ROAR 1/10th Off-Road Electric Nationals later in the year. A very warm Florida weekend made things rather stuffy inside and out, but as always the track is full of traction which racers seem to love time and time again. A bumpy surface combined with the high-traction had racers on-edge all weekend trying to find that ultimate combination of fast and stable.

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