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January 30, 2009

JR Mitch moves to Reedy Engines

Debuting at the recent CRCRC Winter Midwest Championship, Team Associated factory driver JR Mitch will utilize the Reedy 121 VR engine in his RC8 and RC8T for 2009. JR races out of Florida and is one of the fastest drivers in his region and as a former ROAR National finalist, IFMAR World’s semi-finalist and Florida State Off road Series champion, JR brings great results and promotional value to the Reedy engine line. When asked about the switch, JR had this to say.

I’ve worked together with OS promoting and running their products for just over the last year. It’s a difficult move but I’m looking forward to my new venture with Reedy. Thank you to John Stokes and Scott Cramer for their support; I greatly appreciate all that you have done. With Reedy I look forward to working Richard Saxton, Ryan Maifield and the whole team in 2009.

Source: Reedy [rc10.com]

January 29, 2009

Alex Laffranchi joins Max Power

Italian engine company Max Power have announced that former World & European Champion Alex Laffranchi has joined their team. The company is now preparing an improved support package in the off road market for this season and with Alex in the team will be a great boost. Max Power have also announced that it is going to release new features for the off road motors in combination with the Diamond Hard Coated shaft treatment available for square and long stroke motors.

Source: Max [rcmaxpower.com]

January 29, 2009

Scotty Gray takes ROAR Region 4 win

Last weekend the ROAR Region 4 Super Regional On-Road Championship took place at the Homestead RC Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Friday saw a lot of racers already at the track looking to find the best setup for qualifying. In Saturday’s qualifying Shepherd driver Scotty Gray put in an impressive performance in the last round of qualifying to secure the TQ position for the A-main, 4 seconds clear of 2nd placed driver Danny Horta, while Paolo Morganti took 3rd. From the start of the 45min final it was obvious that it was going to be between Scotty and Paolo, the pair dicing back and forth. At around the half way point Paolo had to retire with mechanical problems, so Scotty could relax and cruise home to the victory, 9 laps over the 2nd placed Sean Lue with Rafael Angulo taking the 3rd spot.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 28, 2009

Tebo does Nitro Double at CRCRC

We reported on his success in the electric classes at the CRCRC facility in Columbus, OH last weekend, but Jared Tebo dominated both the 1/8 nitro buggy and truggy classes as well. In fact, his performance was so strong that Tebo won seven of the eight qualifiers to secure TQ in both classes, just missing a perfect sweep of all eight rounds by less than 1.6 seconds in one of the truggy rounds. Tebo continued his domination during the finals, pulling away to a comfortable lead and an eventual win in the 1/8 buggy class. Establishing a comfortable lead in the 1/8 truggy class wasn’t as easy, as Tebo traded the lead a few times in the first half of the event. But, after the halfway point, Tebo took the lead with his ST-RR for the final time and held it to the end.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

January 28, 2009

Báez & Mendez win Puerto Rico Nats Rd1

The first race of the Puerto Rico Championship was held in Barceloneta this past weekend under perfect weather conditions. The sedan class saw the win go to Mugen Driver Andy Báez who also took the TQ, followed by Serpent driver Juan Rodríguez and Kyosho Team Driver Pedro Alvarado. The race was 40 minutes long and was exciting from the very beginning, with Andy and Juan constantly changing positions. Unfortunately later in to the race Andy lost his second gear, however quick work from his pit crew got the problem fixed and they managed to keep him in the lead. Later on in the race Juan hit problems giving Andy a comfortable lead and allowed him to take the win.

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January 28, 2009

Drake & Truhe clean sweep at Airtronics Winternats

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This past weekend saw the Airtronics Winter Nationals take place at Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA with a lot of pro drivers in attendance. The expert buggy class saw a clear win for Losi racer Adam Drake ahead of Jeremy Kortz, racing the Hobao in 2nd, while Mike Truhe took 3rd spot less than 3 seconds further back. In expert truggy, it was the Losi 8ight T 2.0 show up front with Mike Truhe (video above) taking the win by almost a lap from team mate and top qualifier Adam Drake, while Travis Amezcua, racing the prototype Hot Bodies buggy took 3rd.

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January 13, 2009

Florida State Series Rd2 report

The JConcepts FSORS rolled into its second round at the East Coast RC Club after a massive first race with over 190 entries. The weather was in the 70s during the day and cooled off at night, but there wasn’t a cloud in the sky so the track saw plenty of sun. The Daytona crew provided a difficult layout with an abrasive surface which quickly grooved as cars hit the track. Saturday’s qualifying first round had former World Champion Billy Easton taking the top spot with a decent but beatable run. As the day progressed the track got faster and faster and by the second round the track was primed for a new TQ. Local young gun JP Tirronen posted the quick time until the last heat where JConcepts new signing JR Mitch threw down. JR used Cross Hairs to put a in a blistering 13 lap run taking the over all TQ. JR completed the sweep of qualifying by TQ’ing both rounds of 1/8th truck on the new Half-Ups Cross Hairs.

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January 13, 2009

Morganti takes FORGASS Rd5 win

The 5th round of the FORGASS Florida State series took place last weekend at the tricky Fort Myers track. In qualifying Serpent racer DJ Apolaro showed everyone the fast way around the track bumping his teammate Paolo Morganti from the top spot in the last round with a very fast 25 lap qualifier. The start of the A Final did not go well for the top qualifier, his engine flaming out as the cars were staging for the start meaning he had to start from the pit lane almost a full lap down. Paolo immediately took the lead and began to pull away from most of the field. Meanwhile DJ was on a mission and by the second round of fuel stops had worked himself into 2nd position where he stayed until 2 minutes remaining when he crashed heavily in the chicane, ending his race. This left Paolo unchallenged to the end, coming home ahead of Shepherd racer Scotty Gray in 2nd, while DJ managed to still take 3rd spot, such was his advantage at the time of the crash.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]