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February 6, 2014

Brian Henn take Rd1 of the RC Pro Series

Round 1 of the RC Pro Series kicked off at Ultimate RC in Alvin, Texas. Mother Nature would make an appearance with an Ice storm blowing in cancelling Friday practice. Saturday practice was “wet” causing cars to pick up weight, however come qualifying time the track would dry up enough to race on. Due to the practice the program was cut short to 2 qualifiers which allowed Tekin powered Brian “Smiley” Henn to TQ 4wd SC and take 2nd in Pro 1/8 E Buggy. Back on schedule had mains running on Sunday. The track was nice and dry but a little rough due to the weather. First up was 1/8 Pro E-buggy where Henn would take A1 battling it out with Jake Dillinger. A2 was much of the same the two battling for the lead however Dillinger would take A2. Due to the reduced schedule only two A’s were ran with the tie breaker coming down to average times, giving Henn the win. In Pro 4 SC it was the “Smiley Henn” show with Brian taking both A1 and A2 in dominating fashion.

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February 6, 2014

2014 Snowbird Nationals – Report

The 2014 edition of the Snowbird Nationals were held in Orlando, FL at the Park Inn Resort. The “Birds” is the largest RC race in the world with well over 600 total entries and many countries represented this year. The Snowbirds is a unique race due to the 24 hours a day racing schedule, 12 hours of road and 12 hours of oval makes for a very unique experience that can only be witnessed here. In the Blue ribbon Modified TC class it was Paul Lemieux who would get things figured out for the second day of qualifying to set TQ, then again TQ the final round of qualifying. Paul would then take a convincing tone to tone victory in the final, Marc Fischer would finish second with Kevin Hebert in third.

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February 6, 2014

Patrick Hofer wins in Stäfa

The International Indoor Offroad Race in Stäfa, Switzerland took place last weekend. In the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer dominated the proceeding by taking a double TQ. In the finals he again checked out and took the win in both of the buggy classes early. In 4WD Markus Metsch came in 2nd while Micha Widmaier completed the podium in 3rd. In the 2WD class Micha Widmaier and Fabian Luca Widmer lined up 2nd and 3rd behind Patrick.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

February 5, 2014

Gran Prix Russia 2014 – Announcement

The organisers of the Gran Prix Russia announce of the third running of their annual international indoor off-road event. The race will be held in Moscow from the 11th to the 13th of April on a carpet covered track measuring 30×18 meters. So far the event attracted 200 entries, there are still places available so if you are interested you can enter. The race will feature top racers from Russia, Asia and Europe to battle it out in 8 electric classes covering OffRoad 1:18, OffRoad 1:10, OffRoad 1:8. For more information feel free to swing over to the official website by clicking here.

February 5, 2014

Drake doubles at TLR Winter Series Rd1

Round 1 of the Team Losi Racing Winter Series took place this past weekend at Revelation Raceway. TLR driver Adam Drake TQ’ed both rounds of qualifying in 1/8th expert buggy and truck. Drake checked out in the 25 minute buggy final and won by two laps. In the 20 minute truck final Drake powered away from the competition again to take the win.

Thanks to Adam Drake for sending the report.

February 4, 2014

110% RC Racing clinic report

110% RC Racing clinic

The inaugural 110% RC Racing clinic is in the books and it was a huge success. Ty and Gord Tessmann sent us the following report. ‘There were 9 teams (one team couldn’t make it at the last minute) consisting of a driver and a mechanic. The ages of the participants ranged from 9 to 47 yrs old, and as it turned out we had a lot of father and son duos participating. The participants were very receptive to what we had to say and we were impressed by their willingness to learn. Over the four days there were a lot of questions and the occasional debate. We did see noticeable improvement in the participants driving from the first time on the track to the last time, they worked very hard. The youngest driver, Peyton at 9 yrs old, reminded me of Ty when he was that age, very smooth and consistent on the track and very quiet, it was awesome to see a huge improvement in him.

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February 4, 2014

JP Richards wins 2WD at WRL Rd4

This past weekend was the 4th round of the Winter Racing League held at The Loft R/C Raceway located in Columbus, Ohio. This event brought in 160+ entries with some of the top talent in the region. In 2WD TLR’s JP Richards TQ’ed by four seconds over the rest of the field with his 22 2.0 buggy. In the main JP started 1st on the grid and led tone to tone unchallenged. In 4WD JP was able to qualify in second position challenging the leader but was unable to unseat him finishing 2nd in the end.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

February 4, 2014

Max Mört wins 4WD at SC Winter Cup Rd3

The SC Winter Cup is the most competitive SC race series in Finland, fought out in a total of 6 races all over Finland. The classes run are 2WD and 4WD SC. Last weekend the series travelled to Helsinki where one of Europe’s biggest RC centres is located. 3700 square meters of racing space host four permanent tracks. PKSRCA is also the biggest club in Finland with over 300 members. The race schedule sees two rounds of practice and three rounds of qualifying of which two count while the finals are run in a 2-out-of-4 format. This has let the racing class to grow rapidly as it offers plenty of track time. The 4WD class had a very exciting qualification to offer with Max Mört and Max Söderlund both having first and second place finishes and in the end Max Mört took the TQ by just 0.5 seconds. The grid was completed with Tom Thusberg and Lauri Ruotsalainen for the 4 first spots.

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