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July 1, 2011

TLR Super Cup @ Eden Park Raceway

Last weekend saw the famous Eden Park Raceway club host the inaugural TLR Super Cup race meeting. Set to run over the weekend with 2WD, SCT and 4WD Buggy classes, the Super Cup format added a subtle twist to the normal race format with all classes running simultaneously over the two days with controlled practice and three rounds of qualifying on the Saturday and two round of qualifying a 3-leg finals for everyone on the Sunday. After a rather wet and slippery start on the Saturday the second race day saw rising temperatures and the usual suspects continued on good form with Ellis Stafford and Danny McGee battling for the overall TQ position in 2WD and 4WD whilst Chris Brooke looked to have sewn up the SCT qualifying after his performance on the Saturday ahead of Nathan Ralls and team mate Andy Carter.

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June 29, 2011

Brushless King of Europe

World Champion Cody King traveled to France and Germany over the last two weeks, and picked up a couple electric 1/8 scale titles in the process. In France, Cody attended the Kyosho Masters event in Sucy-en-Brie just outside of Paris. After a rough qualifying and trouble in A1, Cody won A2 to force a final battle in A3. Linus Thern was leading, but with just a few minutes to go, Cody would take the lead and cruise to victory with his Team Orion powered MP9e. In Germany, the turn out was impressive, with near 40 entries for the electric 1/8 buggy class. Qualifying was better for Cody, taking the TQ honors. The electric format here was a semi and a main, so everything came down to the last run of the day. With Sweden’s David Ronnefalk in hot pursuit, Cody would grab the lead and set a blistering pace to take the win. This would give Cody two electric titles in two weeks on European soil.

June 29, 2011

International RC Car Championship report

The first annual IRCC (International RC Car Championship) took place at the meeting room of Chubu international airport (Centrair) with the race held on a specially made carpet track. A lot of top level Japanese drivers were there including current 1/12th electric world champion Naoto Mastukura, the ‘Legend’ Masami Hirosaka and many national champions. Masami announced his retirement in 2009 but he drove a Yokomo GT500 car and 1/10th touring as a guest driver. Although the organizer wanted the event to attract more international drivers, there was only one American driver present, mainly because of the earthquake in March and the current economic condition that makes the Japanese Yen very expensive. The famous Scotty Ernst, who is well known race announcer and director, entered as a competitor in the FWD class and he finished in 3rd position in the final. He also announced all A-finals except FWD class in which he drove the car. Seven categories of races were held, the biggest one is 1/12th scale which attracted 33 drivers. Naoto Matsukura won the race after a hard battle with Hideo Kitazawa. Masami won the 17.5T touring class, beating 2010 Japanese National champion Daisuke Yoshioka. This year’s IRCC was successful and the organizer promised to having the same event next summer on the same place. Foreign drivers (Asia, USA, Europe and more) are always welcomed.

View an image of the track here

June 28, 2011

Ryan Maifield does double at AMS

Ryan Maifield has won both the nitro buggy and truggy class the recent Alabama Manufacturer Shootout, a race that packed over 400 entries into a quick three-day format with three rounds of qualifying and 45-minute main events. The newly crowned ROAR truggy national champion and ROAR buggy vice national champion swept both classes with his Associated RC8 FT and RC8T FT CE controlled by an Airtronics M11x transmitter and powered by LRP engines.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

June 23, 2011

DBoots GP – Announcement

Hinckley Remote Control Car Club (HRCCC) in conjunction with DBoots and Durango are pleased to announce the first ever DBoots GP to be held at Hinckley’s new outdoor grass track over the August Bank Holiday weekend 28th to 29th August 2011. The meeting is for 2WD and 4Wd buggies and both classes will race on the same day. There will be four rounds of five minute controlled practice followed by a re-sort and then two rounds of qualifying on the Sunday. Monday will see three rounds of Qualifying and three finals for all drivers. Trophies will be presented for the top 3 in all finals and TQ in each class. Control tyres are the DBoots Multibyte #DB1001RA for rear axle in both classes. Front tyres are #DB10012A and #DB10014A with the ability to run 2WD tyres on 4WD and vice versa with the number of sets open in all classes. The entry fee is £20 and drivers get a free set of controlled tyres front and rear included in the price. Find more information and entry Forms on the HRCCC website in the forum section.

Source: HRCCC [hinckleyrccc.co.uk]

June 23, 2011

Toni Rheinard wins 2nd North Cyprus Champions League Challenge

Last weekend the 2nd North Cyprus Champions League Challenge took place in the beautiful university facility near Lefkosa. Nearly 40 driver attended at the race and enjoyed the event which was perfectly hosted by Umut Turkay and the whole Team NCRC Group. All drivers participated in the Modified division and the race went smooth with lots of fun. The track was big and really technical. The carpet they used was the same as the well known ETS carpet which was also one of the reasons the competition was really good as traction was quite high. Thanks to everyone who made this race possible and I am already looking forward for my next visit in North Cyprus.

View the final results here

June 22, 2011

Adam Drake wins RC Force Challenge

The 2011 RC Force Challenge took place the weekend of June 18-19 2022 and was hosted by Ansan Jungwong Circuit. The facility had containers for racers to pit in, car cleaning station, snack bar, and two tracks. One for 1/10th racing and a larger track for 1/8th nitro racing. When the racing was finished there were lots of free giveaways to racers and spectators which included everything from air-filters to engines and signed wheels and a signed body from Adam Drake. Everyone played rock, paper, and scissors to determine the winners of the prizes. It was TLR / Novarossi driver Adam Drake who dominated qualifying with his 8ight 2.0 buggy. Adam used TLR’s 8ight 2.0 buggy, Novarossi’s BTTS engine and 9901 pipe, Spektrum DX3R Pro transmitter and Losi Digit tires with Losi’s closed cell foam. The final was 60 minutes and Adam’s buggy and engine worked flawless for the entire race and he was able to take home the victory.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

June 16, 2011

2011 Vintage Offroad Nationals

Our friend Erich Reichert got in touch to tell us about the the 2011 Vintage Offroad Nationals that will be held once again at RCHR in Waterbury, CT USA from September 15 to 18th. RCHR’s throwback name and indoor clay track make it the perfect place for racing 1994 and earlier production cars and this year’s race will have classes for 2WD, 4WD, Stadium Truck, Classic, Novice Classic, and two classes for Heavy Metal. HM1 will be for the pure, no holds barred monsters like the Clod Buster while HM2 will offer smaller monsters like the Blackfoot and King Cab a shot to run with the big boys. HM1 and HM2 will run together Grand-Am style and is one of the most exciting classes to be part of. Click here for more information on the venue.