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May 27, 2011

RC Hill-Climbing World Games – Announcement

The organisers of the RC Hill-Climbing World Games in Faistenau/Austria on June 11th got in touch to tell us about this fun event. Every kind of RC-car can compete, it doesn’t matter which scale or whether its electric or nitro, you just have to try to get to the top of the hill. Each run will be judged by the highest height as well as action & style, which will be voted for by 3 judges. Deadline for entry will be on Wednesday June 8th 2011 and you can find out more information here.

May 27, 2011

Bro & Linder win Nordic Championships

This year’s Nordic Championship was held at the nice Spydeberg Raceway in Norway with drivers from Norway, Sweden and Denmark taking part, however regrettably no Finnish drivers this year. There was a total of 17 drivers in the 1:8 class and 34 drivers in the 200mm class and the event was very well organized, with excellent food and beverages all weekend. Practice Friday and qualifying Saturday were run in dry and sunny conditions and local young hotshot and rising European star Adrian Berntsen (N) showed who was the boss and TQ’ed both 1:8 TR and 200mm.

Continue reading the report here

May 23, 2011

Video – Worlds Warmup 4wd A-mains

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FinRC have just put their videos from the 4wd A-mains at the Electric offroad Worlds Warmup in Vaasa, Finland online, which we have embedded above and below. Enjoy.

View A-main Leg 2 and 3 here

May 22, 2011

Lee Martin takes 4wd Worlds Warmup victory

It was the turn of the 4wd class to hit the track today in Vaasa Finland, for the Electric offroad World Championship warmup race. In what was an extremely windy day, qualifying would see 4 different TQs across the 4 rounds of heats, with Ryan Maifield taking Q1, Neil Cragg Q2, Lee Martin Q3 and Jared Tebo Q4. When the points were taking from the two fastest runs it was the two British drivers Lee Martin and Neil Cragg tied on points, with Lee taking the TQ spot by virtue of a faster time. Jared Tebo would start in 3rd with Ryan Cavalieri in 4th and Hupo Honigl completing the top 5. In the 3 leg A-mains it was first blood to Associated driver Neil Cragg, with Tamiya factory driver Lee Martin taking 2nd and Durango driver Joern Neumann in 3rd. Leg 2 would see Martin take the win ahead of Associated driver Ryan Cavalieri in 2nd and Kyosho main man Jared Tebo in 3rd. The final deciding leg saw Lee Martin take the win once again to wrap up the overall with Ryan Cavalieri taking 2nd and Neil Cragg 3rd. The two Associated drivers would end tied on points so Cragg took 2nd due to his leg 1 win. A lot of the factory teams are now staying on at the track for a few more days to do more testing.

View the final standings here

May 22, 2011

Video – Worlds Warmup 2wd A-mains

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Embedded above and below, FinRC have produced these videos showing the action from all 3 legs of yesterday’s 2wd A-mains at the Electric offroad Worlds Warmup in Vaasa, Finland. Enjoy.

View A-main Leg 2 and 3 here

May 21, 2011

Darren Bloomfield wins 2wd at Worlds Warmup

The 1/10th electric offroad Worlds warmup takes place this weekend in Vaasa, Finland ahead of the main event which will be held in late July. After some days of practice on this challenging hard packed clay track, the 2wd class qualifying and finals took place today, with 4wd being run tomorrow. Qualifying saw Kyosho driver Jared Tebo take the pole position ahead of Losi driver Darren Bloomfield, with the pair tied on points, Jared taking it due to a faster time. Associated driver Ryan Maifield lined up 3rd with Mike Truhe and Ryan Cavalieri completing the top 5. In the finals it was former World Champion Cavalieri that took the victory in leg 1 ahead of Bloomfield, with Swedish Kyosho driver David Ronnefalk in 3rd. Leg 2 saw Bloomfield go one better and take the win ahead of TQ Jared Tebo, while Cavalieri came home in 3rd, setting up a final leg showdown between 3 drivers. Leg 3 saw Darren come through to win the decider in front of Tamiya man Lee Martin, with Jared Tebo taking 3rd, the result giving the TLR22 buggy the win with Bloomfield, with Ryan Cavalieri with his B4.1 in 2nd and Jared Tebo with the Kyosho chassis taking the final podium spot in 3rd.

View the final standings here

May 16, 2011

Swiss EFRA GP – Announcement

The organisers of this year’s Swiss EFRA GP got in touch to tell us about the event, which will be used a warmup race for next year’s European B Championships which is hosted at the same track. Run from the 8th to the 10th of July in Oberburen, Switzerland, the event is open to 1/8th scale buggy and will be run according to EFRA rules. Drivers will get practice on Friday followed by 4 rounds of qualifying on Saturday, with finals on Sunday. More information can be found at the official event site here.

May 13, 2011

Futaba OS Jakarta Open 2011 – Announcement

The 2011 edition of the Futaba OS Jakarta Open will be held from the 18th to 19th of June in Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia. Run on the Jakarta International Twin Circuit, the race is open to 1/10 Nitro touring 200mm and 1/8 Gas Onroad. The qualifying rounds will be held on Saturday the 18th with finals on Sunday the 19th. The event open for racers from all countries, with last year’s event seeing Steven Jovanovic from Australia win the 1/10 class and Leigh Dytor also from Australia win the 1/8 class. You can find more information on the official event site here.