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January 20, 2011

Travis Dupree wins Colonel’s Winter Classic

This past weekend was the Colonel’s Winter Classic at SCORE in Savannah, GA. The race was a one day event with 90 entries. The weather was cold and wet leading up to the race, so the track was bumpy and slick. Travis Dupree was driving his Nitrotec/Nitrotane powered, Team Losi Racing 8ight 2.0 and was able to TQ 2 of the 3 rounds of qualifying, which gave him the overall TQ in the 1/8th Pro Buggy class. In the main, Travis jumped out to an early lead and was on a 2 stop fuel strategy in the 30 minute main event which allowed him to make one less stop than everyone else. This helped him increase his lead even more and leading every lap he took the win ahead of privateer Losi driver Jason Smith in 2nd.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

January 19, 2011

Ty Tessmann takes Rd2 of WCICS

This past weekend Ty Tessmann was at the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series Race #2 in Lethbridge, Alberta. In qualifying the first round went to Xray racer Wayne Mah, but in the 2nd round Ty upped the stakes to qualify 6 seconds faster, and setting the tone for the weekend. After the 3rd qualifier, Ty’s TQ from the 2nd round still stood. In the 4th and final qualifier Ty’s dogbone twisted off, opening the door for Associated’s Peter Toszer to take the TQ from Ty by 1 second. This set the stage for what would be an exciting main. Peter Toszer, Ty and Wayne Mah pulled away from the field, but Ty was able to come away with the win putting the HotBodies TCX with PROTOform’s MazdaSpeed 6 body in the top podium position, Wayne would take 2nd with Peter finishing 3rd after an unfortunate marshaling incident.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 17, 2011

Griffiths & Kerswell win BRCA 1/12th Nats Rd4

Round 4 of this season’s BRCA 1/12th scale nationals saw the annual trip south to Plymouth, a venue that remains a favourite on the calendar for many of the drivers. When entering the venue the drivers were greeted with an extra 2 meters of carpet width, ensuring that this is one of the largest venues visited during the series. The track had been laid to produce a fast flowing circuit which provided some excellent racing throughout the entire field.

Continue reading the report here

January 11, 2011

JR Mitch takes FSORS Rd3 double

The 3rd round of the FSORS series took place last weekend at Waverly in Florida and it was the first race of the New Year and so everyone had their new cars and accessories on full display. JR Mitch wouldn’t be left out and was rocking some new JConcepts products for 2011. For buggy he chose the new Hybrids in the SS Green compound and for the truggy class he was testing the new exclusive Subcultures in SS green compound. With the mains set, JR was ready to step up his game to the highest level. He got main day started off with a dominating performance in the Pro Truggy Class. His JConcepts equipped RC8TCE was the class of the field as he went on to win the 30min A-final wire-to-wire. Next up was the super competitive Pro Buggy Class were JR would put together one of his most impressive drives of the weekend. Starting 3rd on the grid he wasted no time making his move to the front with his JConcepts equipped RC8B. Within the first 3 turns JR made his way past Gene Hickerson and then Billy Easton for the lead. Once in the lead he went on to lead every lap of the 30min A-final and finishing 1 lap over 2nd place Billy and Gene finishing 3rd. Paul Wynn also TQ’d and won the 1/8th E-buggy class with his JConcepts equipped RC8B. He also used the new Hybrids in SS Green compound.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 11, 2011

Jörn Neumann wins Rd4 in Longfield

The 4th Round of the Longfield six days were held on this past weekend. The track present for this round featured a tight technical layout and it was Jörn Neumann with his Durango DEX210 who was the man to beat. Qualifying saw the former European Champion top qualifying from the Associated pairing of Wouter Wynen and Marcel Guske. In the finals, Jörn could win the first 2 to secure the victory early from Wouter Wynen with Stephan Pieper in 3rd.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

January 11, 2011

Ryan Cavalieri wins again at TLR Supercross

Last weekend Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri started out the year with a double victory at the TLR Supercross Series at West Coast R/C Raceway & Hobby Garage in La Mirada, CA. The second round of the series is now in the books and again Cavalieri and his Factory Team B4.1 came out on top of the 2wd Modified class, opting not to compete in the 4wd class. With last week’s runner up Mike Truhe out of town, Dustin Evans came looking to challenge Cavalieri for the victory. But a track record qualifying effort from Cavalieri ensured he started first on the ‘supercross’ grid and with a good jump off the line Cavalieri lead from start to finish. Up next for Cavalieri, he travels to Jeffersonville, OH where he will join team mates Ryan Maifield, Steven Hartson, Brent Thielke, Chad Due and others at the historic 24th Annual CRCRC Winter Midwest Championship Electric Championships.

Source: Associated [rc10.com] / Photo: Steve Cox

January 8, 2011

Juan Rodriguez joins RCAmerica/ Xray USA

RCAmerica/Xray USA have announced the signing of Juan C. Rodriguez. The current two-time Puerto Rico National Champion joins Team XRAY USA for the 2011 season. After having dominated the 2010 season, Juan will be competing this year running an Xray NT1 WE powered by Murnan Modified RB M3 v2. Juan had this to say:

First of all, I would like to thank Mugen USA and Mike Swauger for the support they have provided me for the past few years. I have no doubt that the quality and performance of all Hudy/Xray products will help me further develop my skills as a racer. I am really looking forward this new venture with RCAmerica and Xray USA for this upcoming season.

Source: RC America [rcamerica.com]

January 6, 2011

Marc Rheinard extends deal with Tamiya

Electric Touring Car World Champion Marc Rheinard is to stay with Tamiya with the announcement that the German ace has extended his contract with the world famous model company for a further two years. Having started out in the sport racing a Tamiya at the age of six, the now 24-year-old has been an official member of the Tamiya Racing Factory squad since winning the first of his three World ITSC titles in 2004. Having successfully defended his Touring Car World title on home soil last year, 2011 will see Rheinard focus on the 1:10 Electric Off Road World Championships with the former European Champion aiming for success with the Japanese company’s TRF201 in 2 wheel drive and new TRF502X in four wheel drive. Commenting on his new Tamiya contract Rheinard said:

My first ever rc race was with a Tamiya car and it is a great pleasure to be able to continue to represent this great company around the world for an eight season. We have enjoyed great success together and I am sure we can add to our list of achievements over the next two years. I think my heart has an imprint of the two Tamiya Stars on it now. Last year we achieved our goal by successfully defending the Touring Car World Championships and this year our focus is on getting a good result at the 1:10 Off Road Worlds in Finland, a challenge I am really looking forward to.