Following the recent announcement that 3 time European Champion Renaud Savoya had left Durango and the subsequent departures from the team by Elliot Boots and Taylor James we sat down with Team Durango’s Jason Dearden to hear the company’s side of the story.
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The Florida Short Course King Series is one of the better known series for the Short Course Truck racer. This series was started 2 years ago by a racer name Chad Cason who was able to bring new tracks/club into the series to make Short Course racing more interesting. By adding money on top of the grand prize makes this an event racers would not want to miss. The first round of the SCK series kicked off at New Red Hobbies in Ocala and there was a total of 86 entries for the first round of the Short Course King Series.
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Last weekend was the final round of the Belgian electric Touring car championships held at the lovely track of MRCL next to the airport of Bierset. On Saturday’s practice day it was beautiful weather, 30 degrees and more and everybody was trying hard to find the best setup. But on Sunday it was raining cats and dogs and it was not looking good for the rest of the day. The EFRA guys were still fast on the slippery track with all the water. Thomas Stockman wanted to win a race this year and this was his last chance. Thomas was going fast and took the pole in front of Nick Joosens and surprising Jonathan Prouvosq as third. Rico Claeys took fourth in front of Manuel Henriet.
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Silverstone buggy club hosted the annual BRCA F2’s Juniors and veterans race. With the top level F1 grade drivers unable to race it was a chance for the up and coming drivers to shine, although it was good to see several F1 drivers showing up at the race to help others. In the Under 13 class Jack Neal scored a double win in 2WD and 4WD with his Schumacher Cougar SV and CAT. In Under 16 Ashley Caunt took the 2WD title and Connor Cocker the 4WD. Tony Truman scored a 2WD and 4WD double in the F2 class, and the over 40 veterans class was won by Andy Carter in 2WD and Alec Springer in 4WD.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
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Back in July we had our cameras follow Associated factory driver Ryan Cavalieri in the build up to the 2011 IFMAR EP Offroad World Championships in Finland to see how a 4-time World Champion prepares for the race of his life. Check out the video above to see the results.
Xray have announced that 3x European champion Renaud Savoya has joined their team. Having just confirmed his split with Durango earlier this week, the French driver has already been testing his new ride in an effort to get up to speed with 808. Reno will play an important role at the R&D team to help with the further development of the 808 platform as well help to provide the technical support at the major events. Reno had this to say:
I’m very excited and motivated to join the Xray family! They always show huge motivation and ambition for racing, fuelled up by passion and devotion. As we were having different opinions and objectives with my previous sponsor, we decided to break our partnership in a friendly atmosphere. I’m really looking forward to bring Xray the best results and it will be a pleasure to meet all Xray customers, present and future! See you soon on the racetracks.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
This past Labor Day weekend, Jimmy Babcock’s JBRL Nitro Series headed to ARC Raceway in Temecula, CA for Rd6. With little over 150 entries, it was sure to be a competitive day. In 1/8 Electric Buggy, Dylan Rodriguez of Mugen Seiki/ Proline Racing/Tekin set the TQ going into the 10min main event. Lining up 2nd was Shane Lyon with his Mugen/Proline Racing ride and 3rd was Aaron Huerta of Mugen Seiki/Proline Racing/Handle IT Hobbies. The main event was a tight race between Dylan and Aaron. Aaron taking the lead at one point for a few laps but a mistake with a few minutes to go would put Dylan back to the lead to never look back, winning by a 4 second margin. Shane rounded up the last podium spot.
Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]
The sad news reached us yesterday evening that IFMAR founder and Hon. Life President Ted Longshaw has passed away, he was 85 years old. An RC enthusiast for as long as the sport existed, he took part in the first organised race in the UK back in 1971. It was 8 years later in 1979 following a World Championship in Switzerland that he proposed the idea of founding a World governing body to establish uniform rules across the different blocs and so the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR) was born. Ted was appointed President and the first IFMAR World Championships was held for 1/8th on road two years later in Indianapolis in 1981. Having grown the sport over the next decade and a half, Ted stepped down from the day to day running of the federation and was appointed to the position of Honorary Life President. He continued to attend events and could be seen trackside as recently as last November’s Buggy World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand. A real trail blazer for our sport, Red RC would like to pass on our condolences to his family, friends and those close to him within the RC community.
