December 4, 2013

Månsson doubles at Associated X-Mas Challenge

Månsson doubles at Associated X-Mas Challenge

The Associated X-Mas Challenge took place last weekend in Linköping, Sweden. The event saw 74 entries in the short course modified, 1/16 buggy, modified buggy 2WD and modified buggy 4WD classes. Team Associated’s Niclas Månsson took the pole position in 2WD and 4WD buggy and later went on to win both classes. In 2WD Mikael Johansson came in 2nd and with Andreas Edwinsson (Kyosho) taking 3rd place. The 4WD class had Michael Kronoström (Team Associated) taking the runner-ip spot, Felix Sandberg (Kyosho) completed the podium in 3rd position.

Source: MustitRC [mustit.no]

December 4, 2013

Lee Martin to leave Tamiya TRF

Lee Martin to leave Tamiya TRF

As we hinted at in our Driver Market story last week, UK front runner Lee Martin today announced that Tamiya TRF have chosen not to renew his contract having decided to reduce operations in the off-road market for the foreseeable future. After a four year campaign with the Japanese manufacturer Lee is now looking for a new 1/10th off-road ride for the 2014 season and beyond. The runner-up of the 2WD class at the 2013 IFMAR World Championships should have no problems to find a new chassis sponsor given his CV that includes four IFMAR Worlds finals, four European and four national championships as well as a vast amount of individual national wins. A driver of Lee’s level should have no problem attracting offers but as stated previously we expect him to sign a deal with Yokomo.

December 4, 2013

Reino & Kirkwood win at 2013 Turkey Classic

Reino & Kirkwood win at 2013 Turkey Classic

110 racers entered into competition at Reo Raceway’s 2013 Turkey Classic during the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. Reo Raceway opened in 2006 and has since offered a unique racing surface that differs from the norm of highly packed surfaces found at most tracks in the region. In the 1/8th E-buggy class Serpent USA driver Dan Reino took the second place after qualifying and ended on top of the field after the finals. Elsewhere in 2WD Serpent USA’s Jared Kirkwood made use of the tight and tricky track and took the TQ and win with his rear motor Serpent Spyder buggy.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

December 4, 2013

Rayan Medjoubi to use AKA and Reds

Rayan Medjoubi to use AKA and Reds

JQ Products announce that team member Rayan Medjoubi, who recently extended his contract with the company until 2016, has been picked up by JQ team sponsors AKA and Reds for his tyres and engines. Rayan has already been testing with his new equipment as is very excited for the upcoming racing season.

Source: JQ Products [jqproducts.com]

December 4, 2013

Falcon wins 17.5T at 2013 Minnreg Turkey Shoot

Falcon wins 17.5T at 2013 Minnreg Turkey Shoot

The 2013 Minnreg Turkey Shoot was held by Mike Boylan and company in Florida. It is a three day race featuring oval racing Saturday and Road Racing on Sunday and is one of the few times over the year that Florida road racers go indoors and compete on carpet. In the largest and most competitive Road Racing class, 17.5T Rubber Touring, Roberto Falcon, in his first outing with the Awesomatix car, hung tough through qualifying learning how to tune and setup his car while battling round after round for TQ in the class. When qualifying was finished TJ Bradley was the top qualifier, with Mark Burt 2nd and Roberto Falcon 3rd. All three drivers were separated by less than 1 second. Prior round TQ, Cory Parsons, would end up 4th qualifier after the final rocket round. In the A-final, TJ, Mark and Roberto got out front and started to break away from the back. Roberto got by Mark and started chasing TJ. Half way through the race TJ piped it and the top 4 cars all collided. Roberto was the first out of the pile with Cory in hot pursuit. Roberto held up to one minute of pressure from Cory until he tapped out too allowing Roberto to cruse to the win, followed by Mark and finally Cory taking 3rd.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatixusa.com] / Image: GregRojna.com

December 3, 2013

Teamwork

Teamwork

‘Teamwork’ – it’s a pretty simple word, and one we’ve probably all come across in our working lives in appraisals, performance reviews or job interviews. The idea that if a group of people work towards the same goal in an effective or efficient way, the objectives can be achieved quicker, easier or in a better way.

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December 3, 2013

Kyosho Mini-Z Masters – Announcement

Kyosho Mini-Z Masters – Announcement

Kyosho Germany announce the International Kyosho Mini-Z Masters 2014 to be held on the weekend of the 9th of Februar at Catz Sports in Hamburg/Germany. After hosting the event in Fellbach for several years the new location will bring the race to one of the most beautiful cities in Germany. Catz Sports has already hosted the PN World Cup and is Guinness World Record holder for the largest Mini-Z race track. Open to all Mini-Z racers the race is offering different classes for all types of cars from Kyosho’s range of Mini-Z models. As special guest Kyosho Japan Mini-Z guru Hiroyoshi Ishikawa will offer support to all attending drivers. Registration is already open and you can enter the race at myrcm.ch. More information about the race can be found here.

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