December 8, 2011

Apolaro & Regalado win Florida State Series Rd4

Apolaro & Regalado win Florida State Series Rd4

This past weekend saw the 4th round of the Florida State Series take place in Kissimmee and Kosmic Fuel was in attendance to support the racers. With over 60 racers between the 2 classes the competition was pretty good with racers from Connecticut, Virginia, Maryland and Jersey came to compete with the Florida boys. In the sedan class it was Scotty Gray taking the TQ by 2 tenths with DJ Apolaro in 2nd and Rino Lino 3rd. In the 1/8 scale class it was Paolo Morganti taking the TQ with Capricorn driver Ronnie Regalado in 2nd and Sean Lue 3rd.

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December 7, 2011

Adam Drake wins at 2011 Fall Brawl

Adam Drake wins at 2011 Fall Brawl

The Badlands R/C club hosted the 2011 Fall Brawl last week. The turnout was great with 200 entries and the weather and track conditions were amazing, the track having lots of grip and stayed smooth all weekend. In the Expert 1/8th buggy and truck classes TLR / Novarossi driver Adam Drake was the top qualifier. All nitro A mains were 30 minutes for the Fall Brawl. In the truggy class Adam took the win with his Novarossi powered TLR 8ight T 2.0 followed by his teammate Jason Smith who was also running the same chassis and engine package.  In the buggy class TLR drivers took all three podium spots with Adam Drake winning, Ryan Lopez finishing second and Jason Smith finishing third.

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December 6, 2011

David Crompton joins Team Associated

David Crompton joins Team Associated

CML have announced that 8 Times BRCA National Champion David Crompton has joined Team Associated bringing with him 35 years of racing experience. Not only is David fired up for the 2012 season and excited about racing competitively again but his pit man and proud father ‘Stan The Man’ is back out of retirement and will be riding shot gun all the way. David has also made the switch to Reedy Engines, bringing with him a vast amount of knowledge in the engine department. David is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to engines and for him to make the leap shows just how much confidence he has in the products. David has already been racking up the wins and podium finishes. He’s off to a flying start.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]


December 6, 2011

ROAR 2012 Fuel Off-Road Nats announced

ROAR 2012 Fuel Off-Road Nationals announced

ROAR have announced that after considerable deliberation, LCRC (Lost Creek RC) Raceway in Oakland Mills, PA has been selected as host for the ROAR 2012 Fuel Off-Road Nationals. Scheduled for June 21-24, the facility in rural Pennsylvania is expected to bring some East Coast flavor to the most popular ROAR National event on the calendar. Located in central Pennsylvania on the grounds of Lost Creek Cycles, the LCRC facility has emerged as one of the best tracks in the area, serving as host to a number of larger fuel off-road events, including the ROAR Region 2 Championship. As the most northeast location ever to host a modern fuel off-road nats, 2012 promises to be a big challenge to the world’s best drivers that are mostly located on the West Coast.

Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]


December 6, 2011

King & Pavidis win at 2011 Toys for Tots

King & Pavidis win at 2011 Toys for Tots

The 7th annual Toys for Tots was hosted once again at its original home track, Palm Desert RC Raceway in California. This has been a popular race for a good cause for many years and this year did not disappoint, with 133 entries and over $1200 being raised by the raffle alone. In the Pro class, the day was shaping up into a show down between 2006 World Champion Mark Pavidis, and the current World Champ, Cody King. Pavidis would capture the Truggy TQ, with King getting TQ in the buggy class.

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December 5, 2011

Adrian Bernsten joins Capricorn International team

Adrian Bernsten joins Capricorn International team

Italian company Capricorn have announced that top Norwegian racer Adrian Bernsten will join their International team for 2012. The former Xray driver, who has previously run Capricorn engines, will now use their 1/8th and 1/10th scale chassis’s as well as Capricorn engines, tires and fuel.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]


December 2, 2011

Jonathan Bacro joins Serpent team

Jonathan Bacro joins Serpent team

Serpent have welcomed French driver Jonathan Bacro to their international Team. The former Agama/RB driver is one of the most promising talents around, winning last year’s European B Championships, and Serpent wanted to work together to help him to reach the highest international level. Having already raced the car Jonathan has shown how fast he is with his Cobra/Novarossi combo and mentioned how strong the car is. Jonathan will attend the Padova Dirt Challenge 2011 in Italy in December as well as do the Neo12 early next year.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


December 1, 2011

Chris Pace takes the NC Invitational

Chris Pace takes the NC Invitational

The second year for the NC Invitational was held at Zoo City Raceway in Asheboro, North Carolina. Jamie Tucker, Race Director/Organizer of the whole event, invited people from each manufacturer to represent their company. AE drivers Chris Pace, Max Fluer, and Jamie Grayek were present for Team Associated. The format for the Invitational class was five rounds of qualifying on Saturday and a 45-minute A Main Sunday. Pace and Fluer TQed the first three rounds of qualifying, securing TQ in three classes. Pace and Fluer were not done there – in the Invitational class, Pace ran the only 13-lap run of the event in the fourth round. With a slight bobble on the back section, Pace was quickly marshaled, but the marshal flamed his car, killing his chances for the fourth round. Max took second for round 4 in E-Buggy and TQ 4WD SCT.

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