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March 21, 2014

SARDA 2014 on-road nationals – Report

A round of the 2014 South-African ORE national championships was held in Pretoria last weekend. Rain cut the two day practise to a day, some foreign racers struggled to get the set-up right and the local drivers showed the way around a long fast and technical track. The touring modified class once again provided for some spectacular high-speed racing. The 2013 champion Jason Hillcoat continued his great pace and took the TQ and win in the A-final. There was a great battle for 2nd to 5th place in the 3 finals with Anderton Smith taking 2nd place and Deon Gove managing 3rd.

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March 21, 2014

Martin Lissau joins Shepherd for 2014

Shepherd Micro Racing announce the re-signing of the former 1/5th Scale World Champion and 2008 1/10th World Championship finalist Martin Lissau. After a break from 1/10th scale racing he will attend the national championship in Denmark, selected ENS events as well as the the European Championship in Valencia using Shepherd’s Velox V10 Pro chassis. Martin has the following to say about the deal:

I’m very happy to be back in the great Shepherd Team and looking forward to an interesting and funny year. The development of the V10 to the Pro version was such a big step forward that I’m really optimistic for the upcoming races. I would like to thank Patrick and the whole Shepherd Crew for this great opportunity.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

March 20, 2014

Drake, Glancy & Hollis win at Ice Breaker

Drake, Glancy & Hollos win at Ice Breaker

This past weekend was the Ice Breaker at Indy RC World, a venue that features an indoor off-road track. The layout for the Ice Breaker was very technical and had lots of jumps. Qualifying was dominated by TLR’s Adam Drake. He TQ’ed all three round of qualifying in both Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck. The track grooved up throughout the weekend and was high bite for the mains on Sunday. In the 45 minute Truck final, Drake slowly pulled away and won the final. Second place went to Josh Glancy making it a TLR/Novarossi/Pro-Line 1,2. In the 45 minute Buggy final most of the guys switch to a harder compound tire and the race was on between Drake and Glancy. Both drivers were pitting at 11:30. They exchanged the lead throughout the race and finished only 1-2 seconds apart. In the end, Josh Glancy took the win followed by Adam Drake and Taylor Peterson finished third a lap down to the leaders. TLR’s Cody Hollis took the win in Electric 1/8th Buggy as well.

Thanks to Adam Drake for sending the report.

March 20, 2014

Mikael Johansson joins ORCA

Mikael Johansson joins Orca

Team ORCA announced the signing of European Junior Champion Mikael Johansson to their team. Mikael is a 1/10 2WD and 4WD European Off-Road Junior Champion as well multiple Swedish cup winner and has finished on the podium at various Nordic Championships. Mikael will race all important off-road classes with the ORCA electronics and has this to say about the deal:

I am very happy to be a part of team ORCA and their development of great products. I really feel trust in my ORCA electronics and I know that this can help me to get the results that I want. Thank you for this opportunity and special thanks to Joey of ORCA and Henrik Gustafsson of Minicars Hobby Distribution AB, the new Swedish ORCA distributor.

Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]

March 20, 2014

Olly Jefferies teams up with GForce

6-times BRCA and current BRCA 1/12th Modified champion Olly Jefferies teams up with Japanese company GForce. The Xray driver will use GForce’s line of electronic accessories such as chargers and tyre warmers in his 2014 campaign.

Source: GForce [gforce-hobby.jp]

March 19, 2014

1st Annual South Florida Winter Champs – Report

Coral Springs RC Track hosted the first annual South Florida Winter Championship and they did not disappoint. Friday morning racers were greeted with a fresh new layout and amazing weather. Without a cloud in the forecast racers began to arrive early Friday morning for early practice and to get there cars dialed in for the weekend. Saturdays race program would bring 3 qualifiers, rocket round style and some fierce competition with over 190 entries. By mid morning the track was well grooved and racers qualifying times continued to improve. Sunday the dust was settled and the mains were set.

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March 19, 2014

Brand & Moon win at Tennessee State Championship

ROCCK Raceway located in Knoxville, TN hosted the Tennessee State Championship bringing in over 150 entries from Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky and other surrounding states. JConcept’s Shay Brand was able to TQ in Pro eBuggy with his Mugen MBX7-Eco. In Pro Buggy Shay was able to finish up qualifying 2nd overall, behind Cole Ogden, running his MBX7. Mark Moon was able to TQ in the Open 2WD Short Course class and later took his TQ spot to victory. In Pro eBuggy Shay Brand converted his TQ position into a win while finishing 2nd in Pro Buggy.

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March 19, 2014

Matias & Coelho win at Portuguese off-road nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the Portuguese 1/10th electric off-road nationals took place at the GodinTT race track with 18 entries in 2WD and 27 in the 4WD class. The track proofed to be very challenging with its high grip astroturf surface and loads of bumps. In the 2WD class Miguel Matias pretty much dominated the competition and he took quite an easy win as he did in round 1. Nuno Roque and Arnaldo Guedes completed the top 3 result.

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