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November 19, 2013

Jake Dellinger wins RC Pro Series E-buggy title

Jake Dellinger has won the 1/8th E-buggy class at the RC Pro Series national championship finale. With a less-than-expected fifth place qualifying effort, Dellinger knew he had to win the triple A-Main final to have a shot at the national championship. In A1, Team Associated team mate David Joor got the win, with Dellinger working his way in to third. For A2, Dellinger stayed consistent and found his way to the front for the win, setting the stage for a showdown with Joor in A3 for the title. An early mistake by Joor sent him to the back of the field while Dellinger worked his way in to second. Shadowing the leader, Dellinger was biding his time – and the leader crashed. This gave Dellinger the gap he needed to cruise to the win and overall national championship. Joor’s consistent finishes netted him second overall.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

November 19, 2013

Travis Amezcua renews with Team Durango

Team Durango announce that IFMAR World Championship A finalist Travis Amezcua has signed for another 12 month with the UK-based company. The highly experienced Pro racer will continue to use Team Durango’s line of 1/10th off-road buggies and trucks during his busy 2014 campaign.

Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]

November 19, 2013

2013 Spektrum Challenge – Report

The 2013 Spektrum Challenge was held this past weekend at Trackside Hobbies & Raceway in Milwaukee, WI, the home track to World Famous race announcer Scotty Ernst. The race attracted a lot of local talent to mix up with World-class drivers such as Ryan Cavalieri, Dustin Evans or Dakotah Phend making for an amazing 361 entries race. The race started on Wednesday with open practice, Friday and Saturday had two rounds of qualifying with Sunday being the final’s day. In 2WD Modified Buggy Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri went onto take the overall TQ for this class. Cavalieri then went on to win A-mains 1 and 2 to take home his first Championship of the weekend. TLR’s Dustin Evans started 2nd on the grid for the main events. Evans would finish 2nd overall by recording a 3rd place finish in A-main 2 and taking the win in A-main 3. Dustin’s TLR team mate Dakotah Phend started 3rd on the grid and would round out the podium in 3rd place overall by finishing 2nd in A-Main 1 and 2.

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November 19, 2013

OFNA X3 Sabre RTR 1/8 nitro buggy

OFNA introduce the X3 Sabre RTR 1/8 nitro off-road buggy. The vehicle is based on the full-blown X3 Sabre 2.0 competition buggy and shares many of its design features such as the suspension geometry, 16mm aluminium big bore shock absorbers, the 3-diff drivetrain and the 1-piece radio tray for easy maintenance. The RTR version comes with red anodised aluminium parts such as the shock towers and wheel hex adapters, front and rear 2.3mm anti-roll bars, front universal and rear dog bone driveshafts, fibre glass brake discs and forged steel diff bevel and pinion gears that come straight from the pro version. Included in the kit are also a .28 recoil starter engine, servos, a 2.4GHz radio system and a pre-finished cab forward body shell along pre-glued racing tyres on yellow disc rims.

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November 18, 2013

Darren Bloomfield leaves Horizon/TLR

Horizon Hobby UK have made the shock announcement that 2012 EFRA 1/8th Offroad European Champion Darren Bloomfield has left the team. Although a reason was not given we should expect a statement from Darren in the coming days or weeks about a future deal. HH released the following statement:

It is with great disappointment and sadness that Horizon / TLR announce the departure of pro-racer Darren Bloomfield after a long 16 year association with the brand that dates back to the early 1990s when he was a young child. His on-track speed and prowess has always been a characteristic trademark for all to see but we wish to acknowledge and thank Darren for his unerring commitment to us as his sponsors throughout the years. Darren has been a great asset to the team and an ambassador for TLR / Horizon and we wish him all the very best for the future, both personally and professionally.

Source: Horizon Hobby UK [horizonhobby.co.uk]

November 18, 2013

Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Cup Rd 2 – Report

The 2nd round of the Xray Challenge Moravia and Slovakia Cup was held in the Hudy Racing Arena last weekend. The race attracted more than 110 drivers in the various on-road and off-road categories. The off-road classes were divided into 2WD and 4WD categories while on-road saw touring car modified, 17.5 stock, 21.5 stock, WGT, and formula classes. The race started on Friday afternoon with free practice which continued until midnight. On Saturday 3 qualifying rounds and 3 finals for all drivers were run. 2WD buggy had Martin Bayer taking the win in front of Juraj Hudy and Dusan Bayer making it a 1-2-3 for the recently released XB4 2WD buggy.

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November 18, 2013

VP Pro Mad Runner 1/8 grass tyre

VP Pro introduce the VP-810 Mad Runner 1/8 off-road buggy tyre for grass and astro turf tracks. Utilising a short, symmetrical pin tread pattern it is ideal for medium to high-bite tracks with the tyre coming in different compounds and including a suitable closed cell insert.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]

November 18, 2013

JJ Wang sweeps N-SMP opening race

The N-SMP track opening race took place in Shanghai, China on a newly built astroturf track. The 4WD class was TQ’d by Lin Le Hua (Xray), who came in third at the recent FEMCA 1/10th off-road championships. In 2WD buggy and the Short Course class Team C’s JJ Wang put his cars on pole-position for the finals. In the first 4WD A-main Lin took the win but JJ stoke back in A2 and A3 taking the overall win in the 4WD class. Local talent 3D (Xray) came in second while Team C Hangzhou driver Xiao Bei completed the podium of the highly competitive class. In the 2WD buggy and SC class, JJ won both finals to claim a triple victory for him and Team C Racing.

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