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March 2, 2012

Lemieux & Burch win 2012 Florida Winternats

The 2012 Winternats was once again held at The Fort in Fort Myers, Florida. This year was the 36th annual running of the unofficial start of the nitro season. The Fort is one of the most demanding tracks in the world due to its high bite and very fast pace. In the 1/10 scale 200mm class Ralph Burch had the strongest NT1 through qualifying, with Paul and Mike close behind. Ralph and DJ Apolaro exchanged TQ position with each round, besting each others efforts through the two days of qualifying. In the final round, Ralph completed the only 34 lap run in sedan to secure TQ with his Max Power’ed Xray NT1, in front of D.J. Apolaro and Paul Lemieux.

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February 29, 2012

Marc Fisher wins FF class at 2012 TITC

Serpent are reporting on a dream debut for their new 411-FF version in the front wheel drive electric 1/10 class at the TITC in Bangkok last weekend. Marc Fischer TQ’d the event and went on to take victory in the finals to claim the title from Atsushi Hara in 2nd and Jilles Groskamp in 3rd. Meen from Thailand and Fai Hon from Hong Kong also both qualified for the main final with the 411-FF, but due to crashes ended in 8th and 9th respectively.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 29, 2012

Chambers & Mazarra win at 2012 Motorama

TLR drivers Matt Chambers and Phillip Atondo made the trek to the 4th annual Motorama race in Harrisburg, PA. Meeting Matt and Phillip at the event were east-coast TLR teammates Anthony Mazarra, James Schlick, J. Armwood, and Toddie Anderson. At the end of qualifying Phillip sat as TQ in 2wd modified, Matt would be TQ in Modified Truck, and Anthony Mazarra TQ in 4wd Short Course. TLR driver Anthony Mazarra took home the win in the Expert Electric Truggy class and Matt Chambers took home the win in the Modified Truck class. Special mention also goes out to Losi privateer Steve Geist who took home the win in 4wd SC with his box-stock Losi SCTE.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

February 29, 2012

Christopher Krapp joins Revolution Design

Revolution Design Racing Products have announced the addition of Christopher “Chrissi” Krapp to their team. The 19 years old German, who is an IFMAR World Championship and multiple EFRA Euros A finalist, will not only use the RDRP tools and accessories to work on his cars during his 2012 race campaign but also help to develop new on-road related option parts, tools and accessories. This is what Christopher has to say about the deal:

I really look forward to work with the guys over at RDRP to help develop and test new on-road option parts, tools and accessories and I am proud to be part of the growing team of dedicated racers.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

February 28, 2012

DNC 2012 Pro Buggy final video

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Having shown you the Pro Truggy A-main yesterday, today it is the turn of the Pro Buggy final. Ty Tessmann would once again take the win, but first would have to fend off Ryan Cavalieri and then a fast charging Ryan Maifield before pulling out almost a lap lead on 2nd place to take the victory. Check out the video above of the entire Pro Buggy final, shot late at night at the Fear Farm Raceway in Arizona.

February 28, 2012

Jorn Neumann doubles @ ‘Off Road Wars’

Jörn Neumann sealed up a nearly perfect weekend of racing at Maritime Raceway’s second annual ‘Off Road Wars’ event. The event drew some of the very best drivers in the UK – and a few European drivers made the trip over including Team Durango’s rising star, Jörn Neumann. The track was constructed in the week prior, over the top of the usual carpet on-road track – with plenty of challenging jumps and sections for the drivers to negotiate. In 2WD, Jörn was running the standard DEX210 with the addition of the new geared differential – running 650cst shock oil on the high grip surface. Running in the middle of the top 10 in the first two rounds of qualifying was a slow start for the Team Durango driver but in round three he put in the fastest time of the day for the TQ and first on the grid. The finals got off to a bad start when Jörn made an unforced error in leg one – but came back to win the second and third legs for the victory.

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February 27, 2012

DNC 2012 Pro Truggy final video

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Ty Tessmann won The Dirt Nitro Challenge Pro Truggy final in dominant style, but the action on the track was still intense. Check out the video above of the entire Pro Truggy final, shot under the lights at the Fear Farm Raceway in Arizona.

February 27, 2012

Tessmann does double at Dirt Nitro Challenge

Ty Tessmann pulled off the double at the Dirt Nitro Challenge in Phoenix, Arizona, late on Sunday night when he cruised to victory ahead of his Hot Bodies team-mate Jessie Robbers, as the only two drivers to mount any sort of challenge on the Canadian both ran into problems. Driving his prototype D8, such was the pace of the 19-year-old that he was on target to lap the entire field before his father & pitman Gord called him in for an extra splash of fuel in the final minutes of the race so as to keep out of the closely fought battle for second and third.

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