December 16, 2008

Caribbean Winter Cup report

We received a report from the Caribbean Winter Cup that took place at the Barceloneta RC Speedway in Puerto Rico, last weekend. Mugen driver Mike Swauger and Paolo Montanti from Serpent made their way to Puerto Rico for this race and proceeded to take the top qualifying spots, with Paolo TQ in the Sedan class and Mike TQ in 1/8th scale. Both drivers also established a new track records in their respective classes. In the 1/10th A main, Paolo took the win followed by Kyosho team mates Jose Colón and Pedro Alvarado. Prior to the beginning of the Outlaw and 1/8th mains it started to rain, so the races were stopped and the results were taking from the final starting order. This gave the TQ-win in 1/8th scale to Mike Swauger, in front of Paolo Monganti in 2nd and local Mugen driver Andy Báez in 3rd. In the outlaw class, Edgar Tirado who took the win, followed by Javier Malavé and Carlos Fuentes.

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December 15, 2008

Due & Brown take Mod titles in Wisconsin

Hosted by S&N’s Trackside Hobbies in Milwaukee, WI, the Wisconsin Off-Road Championships brought racers together from across the Midwest. With 27 heats of intense racing, the small 80 x 40, super high-bite track surface meant very tight racing and lots of excitement throughout the weekend. Qualifying proved to be extremely close with most positions separated by just tenths of a second and saw Chad Due take his Factory Team B4, T4 and B44 to the TQ position in the 2WD Mod, Truck Mod and 4WD Mod classes, with Washington’s own Scott Brown following closely behind in all three classes. In the single leg Truck Mod final, Chad Due was able to use his TQ honors to pull away slightly from Scott early, but with a small bobble on one of the first few laps, allowed Scott to take his Factory Team T4 to the front and run mistake free the rest of the way to victory, leaving Chad trailing closely behind, taking 2nd overall. The 2WD Mod class saw Chad Due drive his Factory Team B4 flawlessly, taking victories in the first 2 legs, securing the Championship, with Scott Brown able to cruise to victory in A3 to take 2nd overall. The 4WD Mod class saw a dominant drive from Chad Due, with Scott Brown and local star “Nick the Quick” Achterkirch completing the podium positions.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]


December 15, 2008

Maifield & Martin do Clash double

This weekend in Florida saw the JConcepts Clash 2008 take place and it was Lee Martin and Ryan Maifield who took two wins each. Maifield dominated the 1/8th nitro buggy half hour final, winning the race by three laps ahead of Paul Bradby in second place, while Ryan also won the 8th electric class, but only by 1 lap. Lee took wins in 1/10th scale electric off road 2wd and 4wd modified classes, while local driver JR Mitch won the Truggy A-final, with Lee Martin in second place.

View the full report on oOple here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]


December 14, 2008

Yuichi Kanai takes FS Cup win

The main finals of the FS Cup in China, took place today and in the buggy A-main it was Yuichi Kanai driving the Kyosho MP9 that took the win from Ishima driver Raphael Robert in 2nd and SH driver Chen Wu Zhong in 3rd. Top qualifier Joseph Quagraine was less fortunate in the race, suffering a breakage after only 20 laps. In the truggy race, Team Nanda driver Roy Wu won the race from Team Energy driver Deng Yu Zhen in 2nd, with his team mate Luo Shao Qi in 3rd.

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December 12, 2008

Mike Blackstock wins US Indoor Champs

Long established as one of the premiere 1/12th scale races, ‘Cleveland’ as it’s known in the racing community, saw Mike Blackstock take the newly crowned World Champion Associated 12R5 to pole position and the overall win in the Modified 1/12th Class. Mike, a long time 1/12th and ‘t-bar car’ racer, used the stock ‘link’ setup to master the fast and flowing Indoor Champs layout. Mike will now take a bit of a hiatus from the racing circuit and is on full time baby watch. Look for him to be back at it for the Snowbird Nationals in late January.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]


December 12, 2008

Ryan Maifield dominates Fawl Brawl

Last weekend some of the fastest racers from the East Coast gathered in Myrtle Beach, SC for the 7th annual Fawl Brawl at The Badlands R/C Supercross. The track started out very slick for qualifying on Saturday, but by the final mains on Sunday the groove came in and it was the Badlands that we have come to expect. In buggy qualifying, local Losi driver and track favorite Travis Dupree showed that he would not back down easily on his home turf. Travis TQ’ed 3 out of 4 rounds using qualifying points, but during the last round of qualifying Ryan Maifield hit his tire set perfectly and went on to best Travis’s fastest run by 2 seconds as the temps dropped and the track slowed down. Brandon Melton took second for the round and Chris Pace took fourth. The last round success of the team gave great confidence going into the main as all 3 drivers were comfortably in the main with Ryan 2nd, Brandon 4th, and Chris 6th.

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December 10, 2008

Vienna Off road Winterchamps

We were contacted by the organisers of the 2009 Vienna Off road Winterchamps set to take place from the 13th to 15th of February in the Austrian captial. Hosted by RC-CarpetFun, it will be run indoors on carpet at the Arena Nova Halle 4 (Fun) and is open to buggy 2wd, buggy 4wd, Truck (Monster) and 1/18 Open and LiPo’s are allowed in all classes.

For more information visit the event site here.


December 10, 2008

Cavalieri & Denney Victorious at SIGP

Hosted by Competition Hobbies in Tucson, AZ the 6th Annual Southwest Indoor Championship gathered racers from across the Southwest for a fun weekend of racing at arguably the best indoor offroad facility in the World. Qualifying saw Team Orion driver Ryan Cavalieri take his Factory Team B4 & B44 to the TQ position in all 4 rounds of both classes giving him the clean sweep of qualifying in both the 2wd Modified and 4wd Modified classes. Picking up where he left off in qualifying, Cavalieri drove away from the field in the 4wd class to win A1 and A2 convincingly and thus sitting out A3 where Associated Team Manager Brent Thielke was able to edge out fellow teammate Frank Root for the victory. In the 2wd class Cavalieri looked to be on the same hard charge, however a few tangles with lappers allowed Root to close and eventually take the lead and victory of A2. In A3, Cavalieri checked out from the field to claim the overall title, adding to his earlier 4wd title. In the 2wd 10.5 class, Team Associated driver Tanner Denney took the lead from TQ Danny Stojakovic and never looked back to take the overall victory.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]


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