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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August 12, 2011

Hard & Fransson win Swedish Championships 2011

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The racing club in Vaxjo hosted the 2011 Swedish 1/8 scale and 200mm nitro on-road championships. After practice on Thursday Friday it was time for qualifying on Saturday with Markus Hellquist taking TQ in the 200mm class with his Serpent 733 followed by Mikael Fransson, Per-Ola Hard and Tomas Andersson, all of them driving Serpent’s 733. In 1/8 scale Mikael Fransson (Serpent 966) took the TQ honours, followed by Niklas Johansson (Mugen),  Patrick Sahlin (Mugen) and Marcus Lindner (Serpent 966).

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August 12, 2011

Paul Lemieux wins 2011 US ROAR on-road nationals

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Xray got in touch to tell us about their recent success at the 2011 US ROAR on-road nationals. Xray team driver Paul Lemieux was able to take TQ in the Modified class after four rounds of qualifying outperforming RC-Car legend Rick Hohwart and team mate Kevin Hebert. In the finals Paul made a clean sweep by winning both the first and second A main securing him the title and Xray the 33rd US national championship. Second place went to Rick Hohwart with EJ Evans completing the podium in third place.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 12, 2011

Adam Drake sweeps Leisure Hours Raceway Summer Sizzler

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TLR factory driver has won both the 1/8 scale nitro buggy and truggy class at the recent Leisure Hours Raceway Summer Sizzler in Joliet, IL. In the buggy class he won ahead of TLR drivers Chuck Berg and Daniel Yachnin, all of them driving the TLR 8ight 2.0. With the truggies it was again Adam who left the competition in the dirt with Chuck Berg taking second and Jimbo Kvidera in third position.

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August 12, 2011

2011 ROAR Electric Nationals – Thursday Practice

2011 ROAR Nats Track Layout

Nor-Cal Hobbies is located in Union City, Ca. (Just minutes south-east of San Francisco) and is your host of the of the 2011 ROAR Electric Nats. The facility boasts and indoor carpet track, outdoor asphalt track, not one but two off-road tracks and a well-stocked hobby shop. The larger of the two off-road tracks is where the event is being run and the indoor carpet track has been covered to allow for ample pitting out of the sun. In store for today are 2 rounds of controlled practice. The heats are 6-minutes in length and drivers will be seeded for qualifying on Friday by their fastest 3-consecutive laps during their runs.

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August 11, 2011

Lars Hoppe wins Northern German regionals

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The 4th round of the Northern German 1/8 scale on-road regionals took place a the tricky track of the MSC Polizei Braunschweig. On Saturday the traction was not very high at first but after the organiser had sprayed some sugar water the track conditions became better. In the afternoon the first round of qualifying was held with Andreas Giesa (Serpent) taking the provisional TQ just a few tenth in front Hoppe (Sheperd). Unfortunately on Sunday the weather was unsettled and light rain showers affected the rest of the qualifying. Hoppe could win his semi-final and claimed the pole-position in front of Andreas Giesa and Timo Schröder (Shepherd).

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