Samual Chiu, top 1/10 sedan driver from Hong Kong drove his Murnan M3 powered NT1 to TQ and the win at the 2011 Novarossi China Open. In 2nd place was Wang Hei Feng from China driving a Mugen MTX4, also powered by Murnan Modified Motors. The event saw 70 plus drivers participate in this the season opener in China.
Source: Murnan Modified [murnanmodified.com]
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Having announced the dates for the Bittydesign contest late last year, due to some issues they have had to move the race from its original date in May to the 26th to 28th of August. More details on this event can be found on the Bittydesign site here.
Source: Bittydesign [bittydesign.net]
Byron Fuels have announced that Durango factory driver Ryan Lutz has re-signed to the Byron Fuels Team. When asked his opinion of Byron Fuel performance, Ryan stated, “I am very excited to be signing on with Byron Fuels for another year. I love how the fuel is always consistent no matter where I race around the globe. When I open a bottle I know what I’m getting and how it’s going to perform. I look forward to another great year with Byron’s and hope to achieve many race victories for them!”
Source: Byron [byronfuels.com]
AKA is proud to announce the addition of former Pro-Line racer Travis Amezcua to the AKA race team. Travis is always a threat to win at any race he attends and is a past ROAR National Champion in 2WD electric and a worlds finalist in 1:8 Buggy as well. Travis will be running AKA tires on his Mugen 1:8 buggy and his electric buggies, with AKA welcoming his electric experience to help develop their new line of 1:10 tires coming in the Spring of 2011.
Source: AKA [raceaka.com]
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.
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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]
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]
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]
