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September 20, 2010

Neil Cragg wins GP Noeux Les Mines

The GP Noeux Les Mines was held last weekend at the CARCA track in the north of France and it attracted a big foreign contingent particularly from the UK. The race catered for 1/8th buggy, truggy and electric buggy, with the both buggy classes running triple mains, which made for some interesting racing. In the gas buggy class it was Associated team driver Neil Cragg that emerged victorious in front of the French pairing of Jerome Sartel and Yannick Aigoin. In the truggy class the win went to Renaud Savoya, with Yannick Aigoin only 5 seconds behind in 2nd, with Jerome Sartel completing the podium. Finally in the electric buggy class it was Jerome Sartel that took the win from Sebastian Wartelle and Mickael Bouvier.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

September 18, 2010

Dustin Layne wins the Stock class at IIC

TOP Racing team driver Dustin Layne won the Stock class at the IIC in Las Vegas. Dustin was on a TQ run in the last round of qualifying until he experienced radio problems with only 30 seconds to go. He ended up qualifying 2nd but made the best of it in the main and pulled off the win. In the Super Stock class EJ Evans finished 4th behind Hara, Haynes, and Tessman. TOP Racing also wanted to congratulate privateer Jerry Perez for winning the Amateur 17.5 class. Jerry piloted his Photon to the win from 6th on the grid in what was a though battle, but Jerry drove clean and consistent to emerge victorious. Inaugurated last year, the amateur class is for the pure privateer drivers and they are not allowed to have manufacturer stickers on their car, nor are they allowed to wear manufacturers apparel.

Source: TOP [topracingusa.com]

September 15, 2010

Atsushi Hara wins big in Vegas

HB/HPI racing team driver Atsushi Hara won both the Modified Rubber Tire Sedan and the Super Stock 17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan classes at the 2010 IIC in Las Vegas last week. In the modified class Hara won from triple World Champion Marc Rheinard in 2nd and current European Champion Ronald Volker in 3rd. HB Team drivers Ty Tessman also did well, finishing 3rd in Super Stock 17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan with 2006 World Champion Andy Moore finishing 10th in the A-Main Event of the Super Stock 17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan and Modified Class.

View the results and more images here

September 15, 2010

CRC report on the IIC in Vegas

Team CRC are reporting that their cars, tires and LiPo cells performed very well taking 4 out of 5 Top Qualifying positions at the 2010 International Indoor Champs held at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ‘Brians’ Bodine and Wynn took pole in 3 classes, with Bodine taking pole in both limited speedo classes and Wynn taking the Expert WGT TQ. New Mexico CRC driver, Max Kuenning, won all 4 rounds of qualifying in 1:12th Super Stock taking TQ and finishing second. The only division CRC missed the top spot was the 1:12th Modified class where 2-time defending champ Hupo Hönigl narrowly missed the top spot by 0.3 seconds. Hupo was on a TQ pace with 1 lap to go in the 4th round, however, he played it a little too safe and a slow last lap cost him the pole position. The pan car podiums at the 2010 IIC were filled with red, CRC cars and the Maxxcell LiPo pack. In 1:12th scale, CRC Pro Cut tires were found on more than half of the podium finishers.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

September 13, 2010

Peter Harder wins Rd3 of Hansa Cup

The Hansa Cup is made up of three 1/8 offroad buggy and truggy races during the season and earlier in the year Furulund in Sweden and Schietmeister in Germany hosted the first two rounds. Last weekend the SOS club, south of Copenhagen, hosted the final round. Drivers from Sweden, Germany and Denmark arrived Friday to a wet SOS track but the club put a lot of effort into draining and making sure the rain could not prevent a great race. TQ in buggy went to the young and very talented Kyosho driver Martin S. Hnansen, but unfortunately Martin had to retire from the semi final with a broken servo. Pole for the final went to Peter Harder who also made the fastest laptime of the weekend, doing a 37.000 second lap. For the final the track had some very bumpy sections and a clean 45 minutes run would not be a easy job. The grip was very high and the right tire choice and shock setup for a bumpy track, but without traction roll, was key. The final had 5 Danes, 4 Swedes and 1 German. Peter with his Novarossi powered Xray took the lead and would hold on to this throughout the final, but not far behind was Swedish Xray driver Simon Boklund and Mugen driver Mikael Palsson. In the end Peter took the victory, while the overall 2010 Hansa Cup title went to the Swede, Mikael Palsson.

View the final race standings here

September 13, 2010

Agrafiotis wins buggy at Cyprus International

Following Saturday’s truggy event at the Cyprus International, the buggies had their turn on track on Sunday with around 50 drivers taking part at the MaxxTraxx track in the Larnaca region of the island. The heat was exhausting and the sun never let up. After 4 qualifying rounds it was Costas Agrafiotis that had pole position drving a Mugen, while truggy winner Zurfluh from Switzerland with a Losi made a big effort in the last round to grab second place with Azulay from Israel in third, just 2 seconds away, also with a Mugen. The start of the A-main saw the Swiss driver managed to get past to second place and after the first 3 pit stops passed first place as Agrafiotis didn’t have long run times and was refuelling earlier. Agrafiotis managed to regain the lead later and pulled a gap of about 6 seconds. Some 10 minutes before the end Zurfluh first hit some traffic and then his motor came loose. He managed to repair it but lost any chance of victory or even a podium placing. Agrafiotis took the win ahead of Azulay in 2nd and Iaponas in 3rd.

Source: Radio Control [radiocontrol.gr]

September 12, 2010

Zurfluh wins truggy at Cyprus International

Great event, sunny weather, international competition and big success for the MaxTraxx International event, which runs this weekend in Cyprus. DJ music, friendly but hard competition, cool driving and lots of action on Saturday in the truggy event. Swiss driver Zurfluh took home the big cup while a 13 year old from Israel, Asayag, took second spot. Third place was a local fight with class TQ Taliadoros faster but with made some mistakes, Lemesianos was also fast but had bad luck and so with steady driving the experienced Kofteros finally took the last podium spot.

Source: Radio Control [radiocontrol.gr]

September 9, 2010

EFRA 1/10 GP Italy – Reminder

The guys at the Black Tarmac track in Mesero, Milan in Italy were in contact again to remind everyone about the EFRA GP that they will be hosting from the 17th to the 19th of September. Open for 1/10th scale 200mm chassis, it will of course be run to EFRA rules and use the familiar EFRA GP format. Entry for the event is open until September the 16th and you can sign up at the official event site here.

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