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October 3, 2011

Matt Chambers takes Expert Buggy at RC Pro Rd17

TLR’s Matt Chambers was on hand for round #17 of the RC Pro National Series. Dirtworks R/C in Burlington, CO played host to the event that brought in racers from many surrounding states. In the Expert 1/8 Buggy class Matt was in top form taking the TQ in all 4 rounds of qualifying and cruising to a 2 lap victory in the 45 minute A-main ahead of TLR privateer Chris Peralta and Vincent Ringler. In the 1/8 Expert Truggy class, Chris Peralta took home the TQ and win making it a TLR sweep of the Expert Classes.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

October 3, 2011

Mibo Sport Cup – Announcement

Mibo Sport with support from Yokomo, have announced their new winter race series. The series will take place in the Czech Republic, in the popular city of Hrotovice, where previously the ETS and European Indoor Championships have been held. This season Hrotovice is proud to host the EOS as well. The event will take place indoors, in a hall that has enough space for 2 separate tracks, on-road and off-road. The on-road track will be 30x20m in size, and the off-road track will be 30x16m. Race categories will be: Touring Car Open (only LRP CPX tires allowed), 4wd buggy and 2wd buggy (open tires). The series consists of 7 races, from which the best results from 5 races will count towards the overall standing. All races will be held on a single day, always on a Saturday. Free practice will be allowed from 18:00 on the Friday prior to the day of the event. Round 5 will see European Champion and Yokomo team driver Ronald Volker make a special appearance. At the end of the race series, overall winners will be awarded a Yokomo chassis kit. Kits will also be raffled to all participants. Team driver Michal Bok will be on hand at the events to provide any help. Complete details can be found here.

October 2, 2011

Hellquist & Andersson win 2011 Swedish Cup

The Swedish cup consists of 6 races with the best 3 results counting plus the result from the final race. Since it was 60 points for a win in the final race instead of the normal 50 at the previous races it was an open affair for many of the top drivers. After the nitro smoke had cleared from the final race of the season it was Markus Hellquist who stood on top of the podium in the 1/10 200mm class for the Örebro Race finale and with this result was the overall winner of Swedish Cup. Mikael Fransson ended up in second place overall and Per-Ola Hård claimed third place. All drivers competing for the same club Wäxjö MS, and also running the same cars, the Serpent 733. In the 1/8th class Bengt Andersson took overall cup win with Marcus Lindner in second and Niklas Johansson in third place.

View the 1/8th podium here

October 2, 2011

Kyle Branson wins Rd8 takes British 1/8th title

The 8th Round of the Championship was hosted by the Cotswold Club situated within the Cotswold airport complex. The weather forecast was for a wet Saturday and a dry Sunday, but this turned out to be the opposite which had all the drivers frantically adding wet setups to their cars and changing to damp tires. Every driver decided a banker time was required since due to the open nature of the track surroundings and no wind would result in the track taking a long time to dry out, if at all. In first round of qualifying, it was the top 5 who pulled out a good lead. Kyle Branson then broke away with Tim Wood chasing hard. Neil Diver who was on a charge had engine trouble and Andy North / Richard Hicklin made errors which resulted in slower times and no place in the top final at present. Round 2 was similar conditions to round 1 but times were generally slower but Neil Diver did improve to guarantee a final position.

Continue reading the report here

September 29, 2011

Bruno Heremans wins Benelux Offroad Championships

The combined Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg Championship Series concluded last weekend with a surprise win by Bruno Heremans and his X-6 Squared. Coming into the last race at Vlijmen, Netherlands, X Factory’s Stefan Mesker held a one point lead over Elvo after six races in the seven race series, with best five to count. Heremans and X-Teamer Stefan Mesker were the only two drivers in with a chance for the title. The grass track deteriorated slowly through the day, becoming rougher, and many drivers found themselves on their lids unexpectedly. Heremans drove his X-6 Squared carefully but quickly from fourth on the grid to win the first two A mains and with it the overall Championship. Stefan Mesker, 2009 Netherlands Champ and 2010 BeNeLux Champ, came second in the BeNeLux this year, therefore won the Netherlands Championship again.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com] / Image: RC-Offroad.be

September 28, 2011

Lopes wins final Modelcar-Novamodel Challenge Series race

TLR swept the final round of the Modelcar-Novamodel Challenge Series this past weekend. The final round was held at the new track of Vilela (Paredes) in northern Portugal. TLR driver Ricardo Monteiro already locked up the series championship at the last round taking some pressure off him for the final meeting. Ricardo put his TLR 8ight 2.0 EU in the number one starting grid position for the 45min A-main after winning his semi-final. On lap three Ricardo experienced some problems giving the lead to his TLR teammate Joao Lopes, the young tiger, to take the win at the final round of the championship with his TLR 8ight 2.0 EU buggy. TLR driver, Nuno Rebelo, was second and Carlos Cardoso took the third spot for a TLR podium sweep.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

September 28, 2011

Jason Branham dominates RC Pro Series Rd16

Round 16 of the RC Pro Series was held at Gears RC Club in Harlingen, TX. Gears RC knows a thing or two about running an event as it was host to the 2005 ROAR 1.8 Championships. Jason Branham took TQ honors in both Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy and in the mains, Jason showed that he would not be slowed down as he would go on to win both classes as well. Jason used the current ROAR National champion Blockades in M3 on his Agama buggy and the newly designed Revolver 2.0 VTR’s in M3 on his truck. Both mains were 45 minutes and the M3 compound on both vehicles held up great with plenty of tread to spare.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

September 28, 2011

Yannick Aigoin secures 7th French title

TLR’s dominance in Europe continued this past weekend with TLR and Horizon Hobby driver Yannick Aigoin taking his 7th French National Championship. Yannick’s back-to-back 1/8th buggy title comes after Darren Bloomfield won the 2011 BRCA 1/8 Buggy National Championship a few weeks prior and Ricardo Rabitti wining the 2011 Italian National Championships all with the TLR 8ight 2.0 EU. The French National Championship came down to the final round to decide the champion where Yannick secured his impressive 7th title with his nVision powered TLR 8ight 2.0 EU.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]