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May 24, 2011

Seyong Oh & Sangjun Nam win Capricorn NC Rd1

The 1st round of the 2011 Capricorn Nitro Challenge Open, which had been postponed due by bad weather, finally took place last weekend in South Korea. In the 1/10th class it was Hyunho Ahn that took the pole position with his Capricorn LAB-C01, but in the final it was Seyong Oh that took the win ahead of Hyunho Ahn and Sangho Lee, to give the LAB C01 the complete podium. In the 1/18th scale class, it was Shepherd driver Jinwoo Park that was top qualifier but problems in the final meant he was not able to threaten for the win. The race was won by Capricorn LAB-C801 drier Sangjun Nam that took the win from the Serpent pairing of Youngjun Kim and Seyong Oh in 2nd and 3rd.

View the 1/8th podium here

May 24, 2011

Sander Borghoff wins Rd2 of Dutch 1/10th Nats

Last weekend saw the 2nd round of the Dutch 1/10th scale nationals held in the northern part of the Netherlands, in Groningen. A long journey for most of the visitors, it always proves to be a worthy trip to the technical but bumpy track of the REAL’80. Saturday’s training saw a sunny and dry day with lots of drivers adapting the setups to the bumpy ride. After a nice day of training, a barbeque was organized to enjoy the weather even more.

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May 24, 2011

Klausner & Singer wins Austrian Nationals Rd1

Last weekend saw the first of six rounds of the Austrian National championship run at the MRC Frühwirth Sollenau track, which has been off the National calendar for some years because of a very strange rule, which was canceled at the last AGM of the Austrian federation. With total 69 entries we saw good competition in both classes.

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May 24, 2011

Hungarian Offroad Championships Rd2 report

The 2nd round of the Hungarian Offroad Championships was held in Jaszbereny on last weekend. The 1st round could only run 2 qualification heats because of the terrible weather but this time it was superb on Sunday, over 30°C and with 50 entries. Track owner and co-organiser Hajos family did a great job to prepare for this event. The many purposely placed bumps, holes and ruts make this track quite unique and challenging to drive fast. The hot weather together with the difficult track and huge amount of dust put a great pressure on both man and machine. Meanwhile others could enjoy cold drinks and the great foods which were made trackside both days.

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May 23, 2011

Ryan Lutz wins Area 54 Grand Re-Opening race

Area 54 RC Raceway had it’s Grand Re-Opening Race last weekend and in attendance were over 100 of the fastest local and regional drivers from the surrounding 6 states, including Ryan Lutz of Team Durango, only hours away from his hometown of Medina, OH. The weather was great for both practice and the race day, with rain just the day before the event giving the track tons of moisture which was blue grooved by the end of practice day. Ryan Lutz took the win in the Nitro Buggy A-Main with some tough competition from 2nd placed David Osbourne and 3rd placed Shane Racer, both Team Losi drivers.

Source: Area 54 [area54rc.com]

May 23, 2011

Adam Drake wins Agama Spring Challenge

Adam Drake has won the Agama Spring Challenge with his Novarossi powered TLR 8ight 2.0. The turnout for this event was light with around 80 entries. In qualifying Matt Schreffler would take round one followed by Drake, but in round two and three Drake set the pace and ended up with the overall TQ followed by Schreffler. At the start of the buggy final Schreffler made a mistake on the first lap and fell back in the pack. Drake went on to win the 30 minute encounter by two laps over team mate Matt Schreffler in 2nd with Rick Racer finishing third.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

May 23, 2011

Chambers & Johnson win 2nd Annual Manufacturers Challenge

TLR’s Matt Chambers and Lars Johnson attended the 2nd Annual Manufacturers Challenge this past weekend with some great results. TLR’s Lars Johnson dominated qualifying and the 45 minute A main in the Pro Nitro Truggy class, while TLR’s Matt Chambers also dominated qualifying and the 45 minute Pro Buggy A main to make it a TLR sweep of the Pro classes. Lars also went on to take the win in both buggy and truggy “Dash for Cash” races held Saturday night. A special mention also goes out to TLR privateer Justin Salerno for dominating the Open Electric class by taking the TQ and win and another TLR privateer Scott Bagwin who had a great weekend winning the Open Buggy A main and taking 2nd in the Open Truggy A main.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

May 23, 2011

Apolaro & Desoto Jr win Kosmic GP

This past weekend was the first running of the Kosmic GP in Chaplin, CT, USA. As it was run on the same track that will host this year’s US Nationals, there were many top drivers in attendance. In the sedan class it was Kosmic fuel main man and Capricorn team driver DJ Apolaro that took the top spot in qualifying and would go on to win the race by 3 laps ahead of Richie Torres in 2nd and Jamie Corrado in 3rd. In the 1/8th scale class it was Serpent driver Paolo Morganti that took the TQ spot but he hit troubles and could only finish in 4th. It was Capricorn racer Joaquin Desoto Jr that would win by two laps ahead of team mate Jari Taskila in 2nd and Joe Wright in 3rd, 4 laps further back.

View the 1/8th podium here