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January 17, 2011

Griffiths & Kerswell win BRCA 1/12th Nats Rd4

Round 4 of this season’s BRCA 1/12th scale nationals saw the annual trip south to Plymouth, a venue that remains a favourite on the calendar for many of the drivers. When entering the venue the drivers were greeted with an extra 2 meters of carpet width, ensuring that this is one of the largest venues visited during the series. The track had been laid to produce a fast flowing circuit which provided some excellent racing throughout the entire field.

Continue reading the report here

January 17, 2011

Adam Drake victorious at Airtronics Winter Nationals

Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA hosted the first large Nitro race of the year this past weekend. The Airtronics Winter Nationals is an annual event the kicks off the nitro racing season and this year’s event had 199 entries with drivers from CA, NV, AZ, FL and even a few international drivers including JQ from Finland. The 30 min A final in the 1/8th expert buggy class saw TLR / Novarossi driver Adam Drake win by nearly two laps after starting from pole. Barry Baker and Andrew Smolnik rounded out the top three. Adam Drake also TQ’ed and won the 1/8th expert truck class followed by Curtis Door in second and Ronda Drake in third. TLR’s Scott Adkins won the 1/8th electric buggy class.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

January 17, 2011

Cavalieri takes Mod truck at CRCRC

The Winter Midwest Electric Championships is one of the most longest running and popular races in the country for electric 1:10 offroad racing. Hosted by the CRCRC club, the event changed venues to the newly opened Ohio RC Factory just south of Columbus, OH in Jeffersonville. Now in its 24th year running the event is as popular as ever. Team Associated drivers Ryan Cavalieri and Ryan Maifield battled it out for the top qualifying position in the Truck Modified class with their Factory Team T4.1 trucks. In the end it was Cavalieri edging out Maifield for the top qualifying honors. With the grid set, the two drivers battled it out in A1 and A2 with each gaining a victory and setting the stage for a winner take all showdown in A3. Cavalieri jumped out to a quick lead in the final main event and an untimely bobble by Maifield gave Cavalier all the cushion he needed to pilot his T4.1 to the winner’s circle.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

January 15, 2011

Yannick Aigoin spotted testing new nVision engines

Having signed for stealthy company nVision a few weeks ago and only this week joined at the new brand by Losi team mate Martin Bayer, the former European Champion has been spotted recently testing the new engines. Said to be available soon at least we can confirm that the company will enter the market with engines. More information as we get it.

Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]

January 14, 2011

Ryan Lopez joins TLR

Team Losi Racing have announced that they have signed former Xray driver Ryan Lopez to race their 8ight buggy for 2011. Ryan had this to say:

I am very excited about my new opportunity with TLR. Team losi is well known for having some of the best and fastest cars on the market and I am looking forward to representing there company for a long time to come. I want to say thanks to Ralph Burch and Mr Hudy for all the great support I have gotten the past five years with Xray. They have helped me get where I am today and I appreciate everything they have done for me. I also would like thank Byron’s fuels and Vp-pro-usa for the support the past few years. Both are great companies with even better people.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

January 14, 2011

Jarosz & Skidmore win at RC Pro Southern Indoor Nats

Speedster Hobbies, just outside of Austin, TX, hosted the RC Pro Southern Indoor Nationals this past weekend. Team Associated/Reedy/LRP drivers Chris Jarosz and Kyle Skidmore made the trek to Austin from Southern California and Oklahoma. Four rounds of qualifying were run on Sunday along with Triple A Mains for the Modified 4WD and Truck classes. Jarosz, running a B44.1 powered by LRP electronics and Reedy batteries, would go on to TQ the first three rounds of qualifying by a considerable margin and elect to sit out the fourth round to prepare his buggy for the Triple A Mains. Chris would then go on to easily win the first two A mains and lock up the 4WD Modified title. Skidmore put on a clinic in the Modified Truck class, setting the fastest time in all four qualifiers. Kyle’s Factory Team T4.1 was hooked up on the high-bite clay track, and his LRP motors and Reedy batteries put the power down smoothly. Kyle won the first two A Mains and gave Team Associated/Reedy/LRP the second title of the weekend.

View the truck podium here

January 13, 2011

Jerome Sartel joins NEMO Racing & Agama

NEMO Racing and Agama have announced that former French Champion and World & European finalist Jerome Sartel, has joined NEMO Racing as both an Agama driver and an employee. Agama is assembling a team of fast and experienced drivers globally and adding Jerome is a huge asset. Jon Hazlewood of NEMO Racing had this to say:

Jerome has long been a friend on the R/C racing scene, and one the guys I respect most, both on and off the track. Jerome had indicated to us that he was interested in employment within the R/C industry, and after several conversations we felt he would be an ideal candidate for our company. Jerome will be handling sales and customer relations in the French and Belgian markets for us, and naturally will be a high profile addition to the driver/development line up for Agama Racing. After some extensive testing at his home track, Jerome was very happy with the A8 EVO and this was the deciding factor in him coming on board. We have some other awesome products that are on the way and Jerome will have direct input on the development of these. I can’t wait to see what we can achieve together.

Source: NEMO Racing [nemoracing.com]

January 12, 2011

Jonathan Sohl wins Stock SC at JConcepts WIS

Last weekend’s JConcepts Winter Indoor Shootout at Long Island Raceway in New York saw TQ Racing driver Jonathan Sohl used his SX10 SC to take the Top Qualifying spot in the Stock SC class and qualify a very close 2nd place in the 13.5 2wd Buggy class with the SX102w. He also qualified in the A Main of the SC Modified class. He followed up his qualifying performances by winning both the Stock SC A Main and the 13.5 2wd Buggy A Main and not to be out done he then turned around and finished 3rd in SC Modified using the same 17.5 motor he ran to win the stock class.

Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]