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December 6, 2011

Cavalieri & Numedahl win at Spektrum Challenge

With 407 entries, the Spektrum Off Road Challenge has grown in popularity like wildfire over the past two years. With Scotty Ernst at the helm and a great Trackside facility, it’s no wonder people flock to the event. Teams and racers came from all over the country to compete. Team Associated sent 2011 World Champion Ryan Cavalieri, Team Manager Brent Thielke, Kody Numedahl, Chad Due, and Reedy’s Sean Cochran for support. As qualifying started it was clear that Chad Due was comfortable on his home track and would compete for the top steps of the podium. Taking top qualifying honors in 2WD Modified in round 1, Due set the pace that challenged the field. In typical Cavalieri form, the World Champion put his head down and set TQ in the next three rounds with his B4.1 to start on pole with Team Associated teammates Due starting second and Numedahl fourth.

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December 6, 2011

David Crompton joins Team Associated

CML have announced that 8 Times BRCA National Champion David Crompton has joined Team Associated bringing with him 35 years of racing experience. Not only is David fired up for the 2012 season and excited about racing competitively again but his pit man and proud father ‘Stan The Man’ is back out of retirement and will be riding shot gun all the way. David has also made the switch to Reedy Engines, bringing with him a vast amount of knowledge in the engine department. David is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to engines and for him to make the leap shows just how much confidence he has in the products. David has already been racking up the wins and podium finishes. He’s off to a flying start.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

December 6, 2011

ROAR 2012 Fuel Off-Road Nats announced

ROAR have announced that after considerable deliberation, LCRC (Lost Creek RC) Raceway in Oakland Mills, PA has been selected as host for the ROAR 2012 Fuel Off-Road Nationals. Scheduled for June 21-24, the facility in rural Pennsylvania is expected to bring some East Coast flavor to the most popular ROAR National event on the calendar. Located in central Pennsylvania on the grounds of Lost Creek Cycles, the LCRC facility has emerged as one of the best tracks in the area, serving as host to a number of larger fuel off-road events, including the ROAR Region 2 Championship. As the most northeast location ever to host a modern fuel off-road nats, 2012 promises to be a big challenge to the world’s best drivers that are mostly located on the West Coast.

Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]

December 6, 2011

Steven Hartson triple at ROAR Region 12

ROAR Region 12 has always been a hot bed for some of the best racers in the world. For 2011, the prestigious Region 12 event was held at the world famous West Coast R/C Raceway in La Mirada, CA. JConcepts / Team Associated driver Steven Hartson quickly rose to the top of the field in the 2wd, 4wd and SCT modified classes taking the early and late TQ runs. Josh Numan also continued a strong pace during qualifying taking several 2nd round finishes and took 2 TQs during qualifying, placing himself 2nd on the grid.

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December 6, 2011

King & Pavidis win at 2011 Toys for Tots

The 7th annual Toys for Tots was hosted once again at its original home track, Palm Desert RC Raceway in California. This has been a popular race for a good cause for many years and this year did not disappoint, with 133 entries and over $1200 being raised by the raffle alone. In the Pro class, the day was shaping up into a show down between 2006 World Champion Mark Pavidis, and the current World Champ, Cody King. Pavidis would capture the Truggy TQ, with King getting TQ in the buggy class.

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December 5, 2011

Keven Hébert triple win in Cleveland

The 32nd running of the US Indoor Championships was held recently in Cleveland, Ohio and Keven Hébert gave this report. As the longest-running and most prestigious event in on-road racing, this is THE race to attend for on-road racers. Every year the race features a challenging layout and this year was no different. Set up in the hotel ballroom, the smooth high-traction layout was conducive to great racing. The schedule called for three rounds of practice on Thursday, followed by three rounds of qualifying on Friday, and three more on Saturday. All main events were scheduled for Sunday.

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December 5, 2011

Miguel Matias dominates Rd3 in Portugal

Last weekend saw the Portuguese Off-Road series travel to Póvoa da Galega for the 3rd round of the Championship. A massive entry of 86 cars and 66 drivers gave a great atmosphere to this big event. Again Miguel Matias dominated both 4wd and 2wd buggy classes with his Durangos both performing really well all weekend, transforming his TQ performances into 1st in both classes. Team Durango showed really well also with Nuno Roque following Miguel performance and achieving both of the 2nd places in 2wd and 4wd.

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December 3, 2011

Calandra Racing rocks Cleveland again

The Annual U.S. Indoor Championships in Cleveland has now completed it’s 32nd year of competition. Known as the original hotel race, the Champ’s midwest location has always drawn the racers from the surrounding area, the midwest, mid-Atlantic and northeast, places strong with indoor road racing in the fall and winter. While the race has seen it’s ups and down in turnout, the champs has always had strong competition and a club-like feel. For the 2011 version, CRC had another successful weekend, again capturing the TQ spot in 4 out of the 5 pan car classes. In addition CRC cars and tires took 4 out of the five victories, a strong performance.

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