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February 12, 2014

Waters & Cragg win at Schumacher Masters Rd5

This past weekend saw a great entry of 13 heats of drivers enter the Schumacher Masters round five of this hugely competitive championship. During qualifying there were several fast drivers, however after all of the qualifying was over it was Neil Cragg who would set off from pole position in both classes. The finals saw some brilliant close racing action in both classes, all the way through the field and some superb overtaking. In the 2WD class Schumacher’s Nathan Waters came in 1st, followed by Craig Collinson (Team Durango) and Neil Cragg (Team Associated).

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February 12, 2014

Xray Factory Tour at EOS Rd3

Participants of the 3rd round of the 2013/14 Euro Offroad Series, that will take place at the Hudy Racing Arena, are invited to take a unique tour through the Xray manufacturing facility. The guided tour takes place on the 6th and 7th of March. If you are interested, simply add yourself to the event on Facebook. Due time limits the entries for this tour are limited and the deadline to sign-up is February 28th.

February 11, 2014

Shortcourse Showdown Nationwide Tour Rd1 – Report

The 2014 Shortcourse Showdown Nationwide Tour kicked off in Tacoma, Washington last weekend, hosted by Tacoma RC Raceway, owned by long time racer Scott Brown. Saturday started early with open practice at 7am. After a quick drivers meeting, Scotty Ernst got things going with the first qualifier on the track at 10am. The 2014 season has a few added classes including 2WD and 4WDBuggy, along with Stadium Truck. After 3 rounds of qualifying Micheal Schoetler TQ’ed in Mod 2WD and 4WD Buggy, Chris Gould lead in 4WD SCT and Dave Duncan was on top in stock 2WD Buggy and Short Course Buggy.

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February 11, 2014

Miguel Matias doubles at Portuguese off-road nats Rd1

Miguel Matias doubles at Portuguese off-nats Rd1

Last weekend the first ever Portuguese 1/10 4WD and 2WD off-road nationals took place at the ACRP indoor track. The meeting saw 19 entries in 2WD and 27 in the 4WD class. The carpet track had a fast and flowing layout, with a few tight corners, well designed jumps and plenty of entertainment. In 2WD Buggy Miguel Matias totally dominated qualifying, TQ’ing the first 3 rounds. The 2WD finals then were quite eventful and Miguel Matias faced a good challenge from Ricardo Monteiro in the first final, but in the end he won by 2 seconds over Ricardo. In the second leg Matias took the lead again and checked out, handing him an unchallenged win and the overall victory.

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February 11, 2014

Tobias Hepp re-signs with Xray

Xray announce that Tobias Hepp has renewed his contract with the Slovakian manufacturer and that the young German will be part of the Xray factory racing team in 2014. Tobias is an 1/8 on-road nitro specialist and has achieved some astonishing results with the RX8 and will continue to race the car in 2014. This is what Tobias has to say about the deal:

I am very proud to continue to be part of the Xray factory racing team. The RX8 has been working extremely well and the development of the RX8 makes great progress. So my motivation has never been stronger for the upcoming season. Lastly I would like to thank to the whole team for the great team work and support and I am really excited for the 2014 season.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 11, 2014

Drew Moller signs with Mugen Seiki

Mugen Seiki Racing confirm the signing of Drew Moller through the 2014 racing season. “DrewMo” had an awesome 2013 season with top finishes at the ROAR Nationals, and many other races in America. Now he will join the Mugen USA factory team. Moller will be racing the World Champion MBX7 Buggy, MBX6TR Truggy, and MBX7E ECO E-Buggy at all major events.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenracing.com]

February 10, 2014

Dustin Evans wins at Rumble in the Rockies

The 2014 Rumble in the Rockies were held this past weekend at MHOR Raceway in Denver, Colorado, the home track to TLR/Team Orion super star driver Dustin Evans. This year’s event would bring in a total of 210 entries making for a great weekend of racing. In 2WD Modified Buggy Evans was on fire during the first day of qualifying and would TQ the opening three rounds of 2WD Modified Buggy to guarantee him the overall TQ. Evans would have a great battle with Team Associated’s Kody Numedahl who qualified 2nd overall in all three A-Main Events. Evans would come out on top and take the overall win by winning the first and third A-Main.

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February 10, 2014

Hayato Ishioka wins F1 at Snowbird Nationals

Every year, the Snowbird Nationals provides a record number of entries as well as incredibly tough competition. The 2014 version of the Snowbirds again attracted drivers all over the World including China, Japan, UK, Germany, Canada and France. In the F1 class CRC’s new WTF-1 car dominated, taking a strong 1-2 finish with Hayato Ishioka and Brian Wynn qualified and finished 1st and 2nd respectively.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]