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December 8, 2009

Ryan Maifield TQs and wins 2009 Fall Brawl

The annual Fall Brawl at the Badlands Supercross R/C Track in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina was held over last weekend. Although Mother Nature decided Saturday wasn’t particularly a good race day with a torrential rain storm, the Badlands crew had the track ready for qualifying and racing early Sunday morning. With the challenge of getting 200 racers through 2 rounds of qualifying and the mains, the fast paced day still provided some of the best 1/8th off-road racing on the East coast. When the dust settled it was JConcepts driver Ryan Maifield taking the top spot in both of the 1/8th buggy and 1/8th truck pro classes. In Pro Buggy Ryan drove his Associated RC8B on Double Dee tires to the win while Barry Pettit took second with his Mugen Seiki MBX-6 using the new JConcepts Subcultures.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

December 8, 2009

Adam Drake wins Truggy at Toys for Tots

Thunder Alley hosted their 5th annual Toys for Tots event over the weekend, attracting nearly 200 racers. In the 1/8th buggy class it was Hobao racer Jeremy Kortz that edged out Losi/Novarossi team driver Adam Drake by less then two seconds to take the win, with Tamiya’s Ryan Lutz taking 3rd. In the 1/8th truck class Adam Drake took the win for Losi in front of Dylan Rodriguez driving a Mugen, with Ryan Lutz again in third for Tamiya.

December 7, 2009

Phillip Atondo wins Delta RC IWS Rd1

Some brief news on the first round of the Delta RC Indoor Winter Series which just kicked off in NorCal on a tight and very technical track with great traction. With one of the toughest obstacles trying to keep warm, it was Phillip Atondo who TQ’d both buggy and truggy and was the only person to go the extra lap in buggy qualifying. Running 30 minute mains, Atondo finished first in both classes with his Novarossi powered 8ight 2.0s.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

November 30, 2009

King of the Desert Championships

The First Annual King of the Desert Championships was held at Phoenix AZ’s newest nitro facility, ET Motopark recently. Losi driver Chris Wheeler TQ’d the Expert Buggy and Truggy classes and would go on to take the win in the Expert Buggy A-Main. Fellow Losi racer Trevor Clement finished in first place in the Expert Truggy A-Main, while Twelve-year old Autie Bender took the win in the Intermediate Buggy A-Main in his first race with his new 8IGHT 2.0 Buggy.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

November 25, 2009

Niko Cheng wins Malaysian National Cup

Last weekend the 6th and final round of the Malaysia National Cup 2009 was held at the NRC racetrack near Singapore. For this final event drivers from Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia were invited to celebrate the last race of the season. After three rounds of qualifying Motonica driver Jesse Wu from Singapore claimed the TQ followed by the Shepherd drivers Luk Chee Hung from Hong Kong and Niko Cheng from Malaysia. These three drivers were the only ones to complete a 22 lap qualifier. At the start of the 45 min final Niko Cheng showed good pace and took over the lead followed by Jesse Wu and Luk Chee Hung. For the first 20 minutes the order remained the same until a small driving error of Cheng allowed Wu and Hung to pass him. Soon Hung had to retire due to some problems and the battle for the lead was between Wu and Cheng. But also Wu suffered some technical problems and for the last 15 minutes Niko Cheng cruised to the victory. By winning the grand final of the Malaysian National Cup he also secured himself the championship title.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 25, 2009

Neo Race 2010 – Announcement

Neo Buggy have announced the return of the Neo race in 2010. Dubbed the Neo 2010, this will be the 5th running of the Neo race, the first being in Belgium in 2005 before moving to the Harper Adams venue in 2006 for the rest of the events, all of which have been organized with the DXR team. This years event will see some changes to the timetable, 7 minute heats and 6 rounds of qualifying rather than five. The event will be run over four days, from the 2nd to 5th April 2010 and comprises of one day of practice, two days of qualifying with a ‘dash for cash’ race Sunday night and finals on Monday. This years race will only run one class, 1/8 Buggy, and they hope to get entries from some of the finest 1/8 offroad drivers to attend, with entry opening on the 1st of December 2009.

For more information visit the official event site here.

November 25, 2009

Recio takes Argentinean Nationals with Rd3 win

Last weekend was the third and last round of the Argentinean Touring car nationals, which took place in Buenos Aires. Pole position for the race went to Sirio/SAC Proyect/Xray driver Sebastián Recio and he also would go on to win the race followed by Juan Pablo Golobic in 2nd with Juan Ignacio Matticoli in 3rd. With his win in this race Sebastián Recio took the title followed by Juan Pablo Golobic and Hernán Lebenban.

Thanks to Roxana Palazzo for the report.

November 24, 2009

Swauger and Fukuda win in Shanghai

The 2nd annual TRS Asia Nitro Open Cup was held in Shanghai, China. Drivers from 10 countries/region including China, USA, Japan, Holland, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brunei and Korea competed at this winter event. After 5 rounds of qualifying, Mike Swauger from the USA was TQ in the 1/8 on road class, and Keisuke Fukuda from Japan was TQ in the touring class. Sunday’s “A” Main Final in the 1/8 on road class saw Swauger lead from start to finish winning the Championship, second place went to Jimmy Qian from Shanghai and 11 year old JJ Wang from Shanghai took third. In the 1/10 touring “A” Mains, a close fought battle between Fukuda, Meen Vejrack (Thailand) and Jilles Groskamp provided the crowd with some exciting racing. At the checkered flag, it was Fukuda who took the Championship with Meen Vejrack in second and Jilles Groskamp in third. Race organizers will be aiming to make next year’s race larger and more competitive.

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