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October 31, 2010

Keven Hébert wins Halloween Classic

The Halloween Classic has become one of the premier touring car races of the year and signals the beginning of the indoor racing season. With factory drivers such as Paul Lemieux, Keven Hébert, Josh Cyrul, Drew Ellis, and Mike Blackstock competing for the victory in Open Touring Car, the fight was bound to be intense. Keven Hébert showed excellent speed in practice with his Reedy/LRP-powered TC6 and he and Paul Lemieux appeared to be the favorites going into qualifying. The schedule called for four rounds of qualifying with the single best run to count and main events would also follow this single-race format to determine each winner and the Champion. When qualifying was completed, Keven managed to secure the second position on the grid behind Lemieux. The A-Main event saw Lemieux and Hébert set off ahead of the rest of the field into a personal battle between the two. A bobble by Hébert allowed Lemieux to stretch out a small lead but Keven was able to reduce the gap and put pressure on the leader. Finally, at the three-minute mark, a mistake by Paul gave Keven Hébert the lead which he would maintain until the checkered flag.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

October 31, 2010

Ryan Maker dominates 2010 NSW State Titles

This weekend saw some of Australia’s top drivers descended on one of the county’s premier electric tracks to battle out the 2010 NSW State Titles. Reviews of the newly upgraded facility were glowing and the racing was fierce across all classes. The modified class drew a number of world class drivers including multiple national champion Simon Nicholson, current national champ Ari Bakla, and Victorian state champion Ryan Maker. In qualifying it was all Maker, piloting his Hot Bodies TCX to pole position ahead of the Corally of Simon Nicholson and the Xray T3’11 of Timothy Lee. Despite the efforts of the chasing pack, the finals went all the pole sitter’s way with Ryan taking his TCX to the win in the first two finals, electing to sit out the last amain which went to Xray’s Ari Bakla. The final positions were Ryan Maker in 1st, Simon Nicholson 2nd, and Timothy Lee 3rd.

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October 30, 2010

Schools Open for Associated Juniors

The UK Team Associated on road team are pleased to announce the formation of a new driver development programme, the Associated Junior Academy will consist of four new drivers who work closely along side Olly Jefferies, Alan Bickerstaff, Steve Lander and Chris Slater. The team enjoyed a great deal of junior success this year helping Zak Smith to a top three place in the pro stock class of the BRCA national series. The driver programme will get underway at round one of next years BRCA touring car nationals but drivers are hoped to be announced and working with the team by early 2011. Drivers will be selected on their ability to work as a team and their potential to develop within a structured programme, part of the project will be to run a celebrity car at selected BRCA touring car national meetings, already named for the celebrity car is multiple champion Craig Drescher and CML managing director Jason Varley.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

October 30, 2010

Ryan Maifield extends deal with Associated, Reedy & LRP

Just a week ahead of the 1/8th scale buggy World Championships, Team Associated have announced that Ryan Maifield has extended his contract which sees him continue with Associated, Reedy and LRP products. Over the years, Maifield has won countless titles, including multiple ROAR National Championships in a wide variety of categories, including 1:8 Gas Buggy, 1:8 Electric Buggy, 1:8 Gas Truggy, 2WD Electric Truck, 2WD Short Course and 4WD Electric Buggy. When asked about his re-signing, Maifield had this to say:

Team Associated has been behind me since the beginning of my racing career, and during the highs and lows they have always been supportive and constructive. I have many friends at Associated that are 100% committed to me and the products they produce, so it was a no-brainer when it came to sign a new contract to stay with the company that has been there through it all. I want to thank everyone at Team Associated and all the Team Associated customers for their support. I’ll see you at the track soon with my Reedy- and LRP-powered Associated vehicles.

Team Manager, Brent Thielke, and long-time friend of Ryan, had this to say about the re-signing: “All of us here at Team Associated are excited to continue our relationship with Ryan. We look forward to supporting him as he continues to grow as a racer and ambassador for the sport we all have an unwavering passion for.”

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

October 29, 2010

Christopher Krapp joins Team Muchmore

Muchmore Racing have announced that front running German electric touring car driver Christopher Krapp has joined Team Muchmore for 2010 and 2011. The Kyosho driver placed 4th at this year’s World Championships and has many other good results to his name including winning the German Outdoor Nationals in 2009 and multiple European Championship A-main appearances. Christopher had the following the say about his new deal:

I am very proud to be a member of the Team Muchmore. The products are amazing and I am looking forward to a great future with Muchmore racing.

Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr]

October 28, 2010

Ali Bullail joins UR factory team

Kuwaiti Ultimate Racing distributor Pro-Hobbies is pleased to announce that Ali Bullail has joined the UR factory team. Ali is the current Kuwaiti 1/8 Nitro Buggy national champion and will be racing with the Kuwait Team at the WC 2010 in Pattaya, Thailand. Ali is the latest addition to the UR team, now made up of some important drivers like Robert Batlle, Yannick Aigoin, Reno Savoya, Darren Bloomfield, Adrian Castro, Martin Bayer, Fabio Boero and Elliot Boots, among others.

Source: Ultimate Racing [ultimateracing.es]

October 28, 2010

Brian Kinwald wins 2wd at Southwest Invitational GP

X-Factory are reporting that Brian Kinwald TQ’d and won the modified buggy class at the recent Southwest Invitational GP held this past weekend at Competition Hobbies in Tucson, Ariz. Qualifying was by fastest single run and Kinwald took TQ by the smallest of margins in the last qualifier. Then Brian took the Championship with his X-6 Squared in a closely fought single-A main. The challenging lay-out was typical for the S.I.G.P. and this year featured a cross-over jump that went over the main straight! Traction is always high at C.H. and the S.I.G.P. was no exception. Good lay-outs with high traction and great drivers always makes for an exciting race. Kinwald also TQ’d pro 2WD short course in his SCX-60. Again there was a very close main, this time with Kinwald leading on the last lap before a small mistake sent him to second.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

October 28, 2010

Chad Bradley with JBRL 4wd SC series

The 2010 JBRL Electric Series came to a close October 10, 2010 with an overall win for Novak products in the the Unlimited 4WD Short Course Class. Novak Team Driver Chad Bradley took first place at the final event, which took place at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. The full event occurred all across Southern California, from indoor to outdoor tracks of all shapes and sizes. With over 200 entries in the event that spanned over eight months, Bradley came out on top with his Havoc Pro Short Course ESC and Ballistic 4.5 Motor. Jammin team mate Kevin Smith took 2nd with DJ Sandate in 3rd with his Novak powered OFNA.

Source: Novak [teamnovak.com] / Image: Aaron Waldron