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September 28, 2011

Jason Branham dominates RC Pro Series Rd16

Round 16 of the RC Pro Series was held at Gears RC Club in Harlingen, TX. Gears RC knows a thing or two about running an event as it was host to the 2005 ROAR 1.8 Championships. Jason Branham took TQ honors in both Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy and in the mains, Jason showed that he would not be slowed down as he would go on to win both classes as well. Jason used the current ROAR National champion Blockades in M3 on his Agama buggy and the newly designed Revolver 2.0 VTR’s in M3 on his truck. Both mains were 45 minutes and the M3 compound on both vehicles held up great with plenty of tread to spare.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

September 28, 2011

Yannick Aigoin secures 7th French title

TLR’s dominance in Europe continued this past weekend with TLR and Horizon Hobby driver Yannick Aigoin taking his 7th French National Championship. Yannick’s back-to-back 1/8th buggy title comes after Darren Bloomfield won the 2011 BRCA 1/8 Buggy National Championship a few weeks prior and Ricardo Rabitti wining the 2011 Italian National Championships all with the TLR 8ight 2.0 EU. The French National Championship came down to the final round to decide the champion where Yannick secured his impressive 7th title with his nVision powered TLR 8ight 2.0 EU.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

September 28, 2011

Ty Tessmann dominates 2011 Gas Champs

This past weekend marked the 3rd annual Gas Championships held at Thunder Alley RC Raceway. This year the Gas Champs attracted top drivers from around the world for some intense competition! 172 drivers battled it out in the heads up double A-Main racing format and it was Pro-Line team driver Ty Tessmann who brought home the win in both Expert A-Main events!

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September 28, 2011

DJ Apolaro wins ROAR Sedan Nationals

This past weekend we had the 2011 National Championship Race held at the ControlFreakz track in Chaplin CT and DJ Apolaro sent us this report. All the big players had come out to claim the prize and fight it out for the top spot. I was running both classes, as in the US they combine 1/8 scale and Sedan. What also makes it tough is they only qualify the top 4 into the final, which could mean a lot of driving to try and advance from a Semi or ¼ final.

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September 27, 2011

Riccardo Rabitti takes Italian National title

This past weekend, TLR and Horizon Hobby team driver Riccardo Rabitti wins his 3rd Italian National championship at the final round at Marigliano in Naples. Going into the final round there were five drivers in contention for the coveted Italian title. Riccardo started in the middle of the field for the 45min A-main. The Marigliano track was quite rigorous with many bumps and dusty condition. Riccardo stayed patient and drove an excellent final wining the last round and winning the Italian National Championship with his TLR 8ight 2.0 EU buggy.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

September 27, 2011

Dennenmoser & Käufler win Baden-Württemberg Cup

The ‘Baden-Württemberg Cup’ 2011 was dominated by TLR in both the buggy and truggy classes. Consisting of five rounds with two drop rounds, TLR/Horizon Hobby team driver Ralf Dennenmoser took the overall win in the truggy category whilst TLR/Horizon Hobby team driver Hannes Käufler dominated the buggy class. Ralf Dennenmoser clinched second place with his TLR 8ight 2.0 EU Buggy. Three wins for Hannes were enough to secure him the top spot after only four rounds while Ralf won the remaining two races, so together they won each round of the 2011 Cup series. Ralf was the man to beat in truggy, four wins meant he even had a win as a through-away result. To top things off, TLR drivers Pascal Sass took third overall in buggy and Andreas Ruepp second in truggy.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

September 27, 2011

Thomas Mayr takes Austrian title with Rd3 victory

The third and final leg for the Austrian Nationals in 1:8 Offroad was held last weekend at WMW Fehring track, EC-A track for 2012. The Championship standings after first 2 races meant that only 3 drivers could became Austrian champion, Dominic Bauer, Thomas Mayr and Andreas Scharinger. In Qualifying Dominic Bauer dominated winning 3 from 4 rounds giving the following qualifying result.

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September 26, 2011

Paolo Morganti wins 1/8 ROAR Nationals

Paolo Morganti was in great shape in 1/8 scale class at the ROAR Nationals held in Chaplin USA last weekend. Due to rain, qualifying was run over just 3 rounds and it was Morganti who took the TQ honors with his Serpent 966 ahead of DJ Apolaro, Chris Tosolini and Joaquin deSoto. In the final Morganti kept a very high pace, only giving up the lead a few times when he pitted for fuel. He would eventually take the win by 2 laps from Capricorn team mates Chris Tosolini and Joaquin DeSoto in 2nd and 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]