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November 19, 2009

Utah State Electric Off Road Champs

The Utah State Electric Off Road Championships were held at Intermountain R/C Raceway located in Magna Utah last weekend. The race entries included drivers from California, Wyoming, Idaho, and Colorado and had nearly 200 entries, which made for some fierce competition. Pro Line racers Eric Willardson topped qualifying and won the Mod Buggy class, with Rob Gillespie doing the same in the 4wd Mod class and also finishing second in the Mod buggy class. Both drivers posted the fastest laps along with the fastest overall time for the weekend.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

November 19, 2009

Offroaders go to the Rodeo Italian style

Normally a Rodeo Ring is where a cowboy puts on an exhibition of his skills at rounding up cattle but this weekend the ‘Arena of Cowboys’ will play host to a very different form of taming the wild as some of Europe’s best r/c drivers exhibit their skills at controlling 1:8 Offroad cars. Situated on the outskirts of Voghera, which is around one hours drive south of Milan, the organisers of the Arena Offroad Meeting have created a fantastic US style dirt track and after the opening practice drivers are full of praise for the large indoor track.

View our full event coverage here.

November 19, 2009

Novarossi sign Rick V

Novarossi have announced the signing of Dutch driver Rick Vrielijnck. Having previously run Reds Racing engines, the Mugen factory driver and World Championship finalist has signed an agreement to use Novarossi products when racing in the 1:8 On-road and 1:10 touring classes. With the quality and performance of the Italian made engine combined with the constant race winning performance that makes Rick so well known, this will be undoubtedly be a succesfull 2010 season for both parties.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]

November 19, 2009

Pro Tips with Michael Salven – Part 5

Following on from part one, two, three and four of this five part how-to video series, this 5th and final episode from Serpent chief designer and former World and European Champion Michael Salven focuses on completing the setup steps and tweaking of the chassis, getting it ready for racing.

November 18, 2009

Nacho López wins 2009 Triangular trophy

Nacho López has won the first running of the 2009 Triangular trophy, which is run in Valencia, Zaragoza, Madrid. Nacho, who is born in Valencia, won two of the three races held in this year with his Mugen with second place going to Vicente Eres with his Motonica P81 and Joaquín Signes in third place with a Kyosho M3. The final race on the great facilities of the ARCA club in Madrid saw great organization, with all competitors being well taken car of throughout the event.

Source: JPT Racing [jbtrcracing.com]

November 17, 2009

Pro Tips with Michael Salven – Part 4

Following on from part one, two and three of this five part how-to video series, this 4th episode from Serpent chief designer and former World and European Champion Michael Salven focuses on the first setup steps, including setting the droop, ride height and camber. The remaining video in this series will focus on the completing the setup steps and finally tweaking the chassis, getting it ready for racing.

November 17, 2009

Indovino & Orlowski win Polish Indoor Buggy nats Rd2

Last weekend saw the 2nd round of the Polish Indoor offroad series, run once again in Warsaw. 120 drivers were in attendance met to the test of strength. In the 2wd class it was eight-year old Michal Orlowski with his Tamiya that took the win from 2nd placed Piotr Blazucki, while the 3rd spot went to Bartek Maciejewski. In the 4wd class it was Dennis Fadtke that took the TQ spot and would win the first final, but it would be Morris Indovino that would take the overall win, with Fadtke taking 2nd spot and Artur Kramza.

The full results can be found here.

November 17, 2009

Cavalieri does JBRL Nitro Series Double

The Jimmy Babcock Racing League has become the premiere racing series in Southern California consisting of eight rounds of action at famous facilities like Thunder Alley in Beaumont, Revelation Raceway in Montclair and concluding at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus. The opening event at Thunder Alley saw record crowds with over 350 entries for the one day event and entrants from as far as Canada in attendance. A foreshadowing of the series played out at this event with a battle between Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri and Cody King. Throughout the series, Cavalieri and King battled for supremacy and the ever critical bonus TQ point. With seven round complete, the stage was set for a winner take all scenario at the 8th round. Heading in to the final round, Cavalieri had already sewn up the 1/8th Pro Truggy title but was tied with King for the 1/8th Pro Buggy title. With King securing the TQ position and bonus point, the pressure was on Cavalieri to win the “A” main event. A quick start from King made Cavalieri push hard to keep up, but as the race wore on Cavalieri ascended to the lead position and never looked back taking the victory at the final round and the overall 1/8th Pro Buggy title.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]