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September 2, 2013

Pettit wins E-Buggy & Truggy at Wicked Weekend

The second annual Wicked Weekend took place in Gainesville, Georgia at the Chicopee Agriculture Center. The very nice venue is starting to draw all of the regional talent to the guaranteed no rain out race. A total of 387 entries made their way to central Georgia for a weekend of racing. The format for the event was Friday practice, Saturday Qualifiers, and the Mains on Sunday. After a long day of Qualifying was over, the mains began on Sunday morning. Triple A mains were run in the E-Buggy class. TQ went to JConcepts Driver Barry Pettit with his new Mugen MBX-7 who went on to win in front of Max Fluer and John Michael McGinty. The Nitro Truggy A Main had Barry Pettit in the P1 on the grid. At the tone Pettit hooked up and ran at the front of the field for the first 10 minutes. As fuel stops played out, Barry continued to lead the field all of the way to the finish and wrap up his second class victory of the weekend.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

September 2, 2013

Ben Panic wins Malaysian Southern Super League 2013

Ben Panic has won the fifth round of the Malaysian Southern Super League and he also took the overall win of the championship. BH Gan (Hong Nor) and Lai Kok Heng (Agama) completed the podium. Didier Perrin took TQ for the final round and secured himself the runner-up spot in the championship.

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September 2, 2013

Faversham Triple Crown – Announcement

Faversham Off Road Car Club announce the dates for their upcoming Winter series; the Triple Crown in association with TLR and Horizon Hobby UK. Held at the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Faversham Kent, the Triple Crown gives racers the chance to test their mettle against some of the South East’s finest RC Racers in 4WD and 2WD 1/10 electric Off Road and 2WD Off Road Trucks. With the same venue as before, the club will again be laying challenging, multi dimensional and multi surface tracks that make the most of the large gym hall and the promise of a 30metre long straight. Pitting is in a separate hall with live timing being relayed and power is available although pitting tables and chairs need to be provided by the racers. On-line booking in for the races that will take place between the 13th of October and 9th of March is available here.

September 2, 2013

Matsukura & Sugiura win at JMRCA off-road nats

The 2013 JMRCA electric off-road championship took place at the World renown Yatabe Arena and it was Yokomo driver and 2012 double national Buggy champion Naoto Matsukura who took the win in the 4WD class using the recently announced B-Max4 III buggy. Kyosho’s Yusuke Sugiura took the runner-up sport followed by Keisuke Enomoto (Yokomo).

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September 2, 2013

BRCA Truggy & Electric Buggy champs Rd6 – report

The sixth and final round of the BRCA Truggy and Electric 1/8th Buggy Championship again was run at a new venue for the championship. Notts and Derby Off Road club was the location, the track has over the years had a major face-lift from a predominantly 1/5th scale track and does now have some good jump sections moulded into the Astro surface. As the drivers assembled, all eyes were on the top drivers as both of the championships had to be decided on the final day. E8 Buggy started the meeting off and straight away it was evident who was fighting for the championship. Craig Drescher drew the first blood being one of three drivers to complete their run in 9 laps. The second qualifying run saw Stuart Mahon in 4th joining David Crompton and Simon Willetts in the 9 lap club. The final round saw Simon Willetts upsetting the apple cart winning the final qualifying run with an impressive run of 9/322.33. This resulted with the overall TQ position going to Craig Drescher as it as the best two rounds to count.

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September 2, 2013

Off Road Wars Winter Championship – Announcement

Maritime Raceway announce the return of their popular Off Road Wars Winter Championship for 2013/14. Horizon UK/TLR confirm their continuing sponsorship and support of the series which will be hosted once again at Maritime’s permanent indoor off-road facility at the Historic Chatham Dockyards and will once more offer some closely contested racing on a challenging, multi-surface track whilst providing power and pitting facilities of over 100 drivers and offering hot and cold food and drink on-site for the racers. Separate 2WD and 4WD championships will be run concurrently and spaces will be limited so be sure to get your entries in soon and register your interest in what is surely going to be another exciting and successful winter indoor championship. Click here to book into the series (a profile on central booking is required).

September 2, 2013

Michal Orlowski doubles at Open Polish buggy champs

Following Saturday’s TC Championship the Open Polish 1/10th electric Buggy Championship was held at the Polish Automobile Club race track in Warsaw, Poland. Following beautiful weather on Saturday overnight rain completely flooded the clay track forcing the organisers to cancel the morning’s practice session but the race ultimately started around lunch break time. This left enough time for a round of controlled practice and three qualifying heats. The final race result was then taken from the qualifying standings.

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September 2, 2013

Gravity RC old school lead weight

Available now from Gravity RC are chrome and black colour 1/4oz lead weight pieces. They come ready to use with pre-applied double sided tape and are ideal for a quick and easy weight balance adjustment of on-road and off-road chassis. Included per package are 12 weights of chrome or black colour with a total mass of 84g.

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