August 18, 2009

Maifield dominates Futaba/OS Engines Nitro Challenge

Maifield dominates Futaba/OS Engines Nitro Challenge

Hosted by the St. Louis Dirt Burners, the Futaba/OS Engines Nitro Challenge is one of the largest non-sanctioned events in the Midwest. With over 270 entries competing in seven classes the event offered a skill level for every driver. Team Associated sent recently crowned Truggy National champion, Ryan Maifield and his Reedy Powered Team Associated RC8B & RC8T to compete against some of the fastest drivers in the US including drivers like Josh Wheeler and Taylor James.

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August 17, 2009

5 Days of Practice complete in Switzerland, Pietsch on top

5 Days of Practice complete in Switzerland, Pietsch on top

So five days of practice have been completed here in Switzerland at the 16th running of the IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championships and its Robert Pietsch who sits at the top of the time sheets despite failing to improve his time in the final practice. The factory Mugen driver completed 29 laps in 10:07.493 in the morning practice and after making a mistake early in the evening session decided to use the run to practice his pit stops.

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August 15, 2009

Marc Rheinard takes European 4wd buggy title

Marc Rheinard takes European 4wd buggy title

Current Touring car World Champion Marc Rheinard has taken his first major off road title today after winning the 4wd class in Bilbao, Spain. Making the final in the 2wd class earlier in the week, the German faired better with the Tamiya TRF511X by taking the TQ spot after winning the final 3 qualifiers to start ahead of Neil Cragg in 2nd, with Tamiya team mate Viktor Wilck starting 3rd. In the finals Marc would easily win leg 1 ahead of Wilck, who would be later DQ’d for a technical infringement and so it would be Hupo Honigl taking 2nd and Neil Cragg 3rd. Leg 2 went the way of Associated racer Cragg, who finished 4 seconds clear of team mate Lee Martin in 2nd, with Marc Rheinard in 3rd, leaving both he and Cragg on equal points going into the final leg. The 3rd leg saw Rheinard win in the fastest time of the 3 legs, ahead of Wilck in 2nd and Cragg 3rd, giving Marc the overall title, ahead of Cragg in 2nd, with Hupo Honigl backing up his 2wd title earlier in the week with 3rd overall.

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August 15, 2009

Carpet Racers: A Crash Course – The Movie

Carpet Racers: A Crash Course - The Movie

Hitting the big screen, the feature length documentary ‘Carpet Racers:  A Crash Course’ explores a year long journey into the subculture of grown men and women that make a living, or try to, racing radio control cars… professionally.  The movie documents the ultimate victories and crushing defeats of five of the top carpet racers in the world in their quest to be the best they can be. Life in the small lane… it ain’t easy.

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Source: Carpet Racers [carpetracers.com]

August 13, 2009

South African Electric Nats Rd4

South African Electric Nats Rd4

The 4th round of the South African Electric National Championships were held this past weekend at the brand new Welkom RC Club facility. This facility located about 2.5 hours south of Johannesburg was the dream of Antonio Caroli, Antonio the SA distributor for ATS Tires, Team Wave and Castle Creations has always wanted to have a first class venue available to not only the drivers in South Africa but also the world. He has worked tirelessly on the facility to ensure that every detail was taken care of and the track was prepared for the grand opening event.

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August 13, 2009

Pro Tips with Jilles Groskamp – Part 3

Following on from the first two parts of our new series of videos that offers in-depth tips from pro drivers, comes the 3rd of a 5 part series with Tamiya Racing Factory team driver and new European Champion Jilles Groskamp. In this episode Jilles guides us through the first steps of assembling a complete Tamiya TRF416WE chassis from scratch, showing all the tips and tricks along the way, with final assembly and tweaking of the chassis still to come in the final 2 videos.

August 13, 2009

Brandon Melton wins Pro buggy class at the Carolina Nats

Brandon Melton wins Pro buggy class at the Carolina Nats

Over the weekend of August 7-9 JConcepts drivers Brandon Melton, Chris Pace, Barry Pettit, and Greg Smith attended the Carolina Nationals at Charlotte Motorsports Park, previously The Farm 2 and JConcepts sent us the following report. The track still remains as the same configuration from the Worlds track, however it’s ran in reverse with many changes to jumps and new additions. The new direction and facelift was a refreshing treat and many drivers commented on the track being very fun but challenging to drive. The stories of the week were the heat (near 100 degree temps all weekend) and a local charity on site called Hometown Heroes. A local Texas Roadhouse restaurant came on site and was grilling burgers, ribs, and steaks, and all sales from food went to the local charity that provides for local terminally ill kids.

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August 12, 2009

Hupo Honigl wins 2wd European title

Hupo Honigl wins 2wd European title

Austrian driver Hupo Honigl has added another European title to his CV after winning the 2wd event today in Bilbao, Spain. Having qualified 2nd behind multiple British Champion Ellis Stafford, the pairing had an intense battle in the 2nd leg after a mistake in the leg 1 by the X-Factory driver gifted Honigl the round win. With the overall on the line, the race to the flag in leg 2 went down to the wire, but Hupo could hold on and take his 2nd leg win and take the European title, with Stafford eventually ending up in 2nd, while Lee Martin took the final podium spot after a win in the 3rd leg.

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