October 11, 2012

2012 Southern Nationals – report

The 2012 Southern Nationals took place in a cavernous temperature-controlled facility in Monroe,  Louisianaperfectly suited to a major RC race. The event draw around 300 participants including pros like Ryan Lutz and Josh Wheeler. Jason Branham was strong all weekend in Pro buggy and truggy. He narrowly missed the Pro truggy win after a pitched battle with eventual winner Josh Wheeler. Branham would get the job done later in Pro buggy. With cool consistency he outlasted the field and took the crown. He was joined on the podium by Jake Dellinger, who added to his recent string of impressive finishes with 5th place run.

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October 10, 2012

Video – Pro Pit Tip with Steven Hartson

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While at the recent Fall Indoor Nationals at RC Excitement in Fitchburg MA, we teamed up with Jason Ruona of JConcepts to talk to the pro drivers at the event to get some insight into their indoor clay setup. First up is Team Associated/Reedy/JConcepts factory driver Steven Hartson and we will follow up later in the week with TLR driver Dustin Evans.

October 10, 2012

Volker, Hebert & Haynes win big at IIC

For the 8th year in succession, the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada was the site of the International Indoor Championships. The event, put on and announced by the one and only Scotty Ernst, attracted some of the top on-road drivers from around the world and featured over 350 entries in total. After 2 days of controlled practice, on track action heated up on Thursday with 2 of the 4 rounds of qualifying, the single fastest round determining grid positions. Right out of the box, Protoform team drivers Ronald Volker and Keven Hebert established themselves as the drivers to beat in the event’s 2 marquee classes, Touring Car Modified and 1/12th scale modified. Friday’s 2 final rounds of qualifying saw Protoform drivers TQ in 7 different classes of racing. Josh Cyrul and Mike Dumas, two fixtures in the American on-road scene the past decade, paced World GT racing the Protoform Sophia GT race body.

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October 9, 2012

Team C successful at NSR opening race

The NSR opening race took place at a new off-road track near the Shenzhen Gymnasium in China. More than 40 drivers attended in the 1/8 nitro and electric buggy classes that saw Team C driver Tommy taking TQ. In the 45 minutes final the win went to Tommy’s team mate Wai who drove an Angus-power T8.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

October 9, 2012

Tamás Hegdüs wins Hungarian 1/8 championship

Last weekend the final round of the Hungarian On-Road Championship was held near the famous Hungaro Ring. In the 1/10 Tuning class the championship was already decided in the previous rounds. Just like the years before Gergely Csekő took the title in a really close battle with Simon Ciudan (Shepherd). Gergely skipped the last race which left Simon without a real opponent. He won the race although Balázs Bihari was quite close in the 30 minutes final and finished only one lap behind the fast Shepherd driver. Gábor László completed the podium. With this first place Simon equaled Gergely on the point table, but Gergely won the title because he had one more on his side. Overall third place also ended with a tie with Shepherd driver Laszló Kis-Orbán taking third overall.

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October 9, 2012

Sven Stoffels wins RC Le Mans series final race

The sevenths and final race of the 2012 RC Le Mans series took place in Belgium at the track of the Model Race Genk. 25 racers from three nations competed in the final race of the season under a clear blue sky and in low temperatures. Sven Stoffels from Germany tool TQ after three qualifying heats, followed by Frank Büsener and Rene Fischer. The three also kept their positions after the finals. Winner of the B-final was Alexander Steinkau with Hermens Mathijs taking the C-final. The 2013 season opener of the RC Le Mans series that is run with Pro10 cars will take place at the EVCM track in Velp, the Netherlands.

Thanks to Frank Büsener for the report.

October 9, 2012

Adrian Berntsen joins Xray

European Junior and multiple national champion Adrian Berntsen joins Team Xray. Adrian was a strong force within the team in the past and now returns back home to race both nitro and electric touring classes with the NT1 and T4. Adrian will attend the 2012 ETS series, DHI Cup, LRP Masters and European Champs and has the following to say about the deal:

After my most successful years with Xray when I reached best achievements and won major titles I was looking for a new challenge and changed the team. I have been back to Xray realising that the team support, team work and the development of the Xray is just unbeatable. I am happy to be back to the team, I can not wait to hit the track with the new T4 and I am looking forward some strong results again.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 9, 2012

Kyosho Fall Classic 2012 – Announcement

Kyosho America have announced the Kyosho Fall Classic 2012 on the 3rd of November 2012 at the prestigious Revelation Raceway in Ontario, California. Come by and check out Kyosho’s latest products and also test run the newest XXL Scorpion Buggy and a full line of Mini-Z products. If you need a tip or suggestion from the pros, Kyosho will have current 1/8th Off Road World Champion Cody King and former National Champion Derek Furutani on hand to help you out. For more information visit the event site here.

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