August 16, 2011

Martin Sørlie does double at Norwegian Nats

Martin Sørlie does double at Norwegian Nats

Last weekend saw the Norwegian Championships in 2wd and 4wd buggy held in IMSK-RC’s fabulous track in Torbustaden, Levanger. 2wd was held on Saturday, with sunny weather and perfect conditions for the 32 drivers in attendance. The track consists of high grip astro turf, with both fast sweeping sections and more tight technical turns, and making an error free run would not be easy. In the qualifiers, Andreas Daving showed great pace with his AE B4, and managed a brilliant TQ-time, 2nd qualifier was local hero Roy Gjemble running impressively fast with a rear motored TLR 22, and 3rd was Martin Sørlie running the usually more astro friendly mid-motored TLR 22.

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August 15, 2011

Ari Heinonen dominates Rd2 in Finland

Ari Heinonen dominates Rd2 in Finland

JQ Products got in touch to tell us that team driver Ari Heinonen has TQed and won the second round of the 4 round Finnish National Championship series, ahead of Mugen drivers Simo Ahoniemi and Jarno Siltanen, who have come on strong this year. With this win Ari kept his hopes of winning his 4th Finnish National title alive. The last 2 races will be held in 2 weeks, during the same week end. This win also marked the first victory for THE Engine, which has shipped last week to distributors worldwide.

Source: JQ [jq-products.com]

August 15, 2011

Evans, Tebo, Maifield and Phend win at Nationals

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Finals day at the 2011 ROAR Nationals at Norcal Hobbies in California saw Top qualifier, Jared Tebo, made a very uncharacteristic mistake on the first lap of A1 in 4wd Modified Buggy. The Ryans made their way by with 4wd worlds TQ Ryan Maifield taking point. The teammates would tangle through the rhythm section, Cavalieri comes out ahead and they allow the Kyosho of Tebo to rejoin the battle for the lead. Maifield would retire early with electronics issues. Working his way up from the 6th position, Team Associated’s Steven Hartson capitalized on a crash by Tebo to pull into the 2nd position right behind leader, Cavalieri. Cavalieri would hold on to win, Hartson 2nd and top qualifier, Tebo 3rd.

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August 15, 2011

Simpson wins MMUKGP in Scotland, Hunt takes title

Simpson wins MMUKGP in Scotland, Hunt takes title

The Scottish round of the 2011 Much-More UK GP took place last weekend under superb sunny weather conditions for the whole weekend. John Simpson (Xray) who did not make the English round of the GP, took the Pro-Stock title for the Stonehaven round whilst team mate, Gareth Hunt took the title of ‘Much-More UK GP Champion’ by improving on 4th place at the Carlisle round with some consistent driving and a 2nd place at the Stonehaven round. In the overall championship, Gareth was followed by Neal Radwell (AE TC6) taking 2nd place and Chris Mitchell (HB TCX) in 3rd.

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August 14, 2011

Tebo, Evans, Lutz & Cavalieri secure Nationals top spots

Brian Kinwald

The legend, Brian Kinwald topped his 4th overall finish from Q3 with a TQ in round 4. Brian said he switched to a blue compound JConcepts tire this morning that made his Factory Team SC-10 handle much better. Clearly it was magic because Dirt will now sit 2nd on the grid for the mains just behind teammate Ryan Maifield. Kyosho’s youngster, Andy Dibrino drove his truck to a 2nd place finish putting him securely in the main. Travis Amezcua rounded out the top three for the fourth and final round of qualifying.

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August 14, 2011

Maifield clinches 2wd SC TQ at ROAR nats

Ryan Maifield SC10 TQ

Ryan Maifield clinches TQ in 2wd Short Course Modified with his 3rd consecutive qualifying round win.  When I spoke with Ryan after his run he said no changes have been made to his truck. In fact, he is running the same setup from the Cactus Classic. His Factory Team SC-10 will be starting first on the grid for the triple A-mains and in perfect position to defend his title. The Anza Slash of Travis Amezcua had it’s best finish, second for the round, giving him a 2 and 3 for his top finishes. Third place for the round goes to TLR’s Dustin Evans. Dustin said he is “throwing the book” at his XXX-SCT to try and make it easier to drive in Q4.

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August 13, 2011

2011 ROAR Electric Off-Road Nats – Round 2 update

Ryan Maifield

Dustin Evans found himself leading early in 2wd Short Course Modified Q2. Jared Tebo and Ryan Maifield made an early move to take over the top spots. Tebo looked to be in a commanding lead when Maifield had to make a quick pit stop to fix a body issue. Maifield came back out with some speedy laps and closed the gap to Jared. With two laps to go, Maifield passed up Jared to take the win and TQ for Q2. Ryan said his setup on his SC-10 is super easy to drive and doesn’t plan on making any big changes. I asked him about the track conditions and he thought it was a bit dustier and had slightly less traction. Ryan is off to a great start defending his National Title from last year.

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