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July 12, 2013

Ronnefalk ‘Top Qualifier’ at Euros

17-year-old David Ronnefalk is the Top Qualifier of the 33rd running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships, the rising Kyosho star securing the honor in style as he claimed his third TQ run of the French event in the fifth & final round of qualifying. Setting the third fastest time in Q5 behind Team Associated’s Yannick Aigoin, World Champion Robert Batlle ends qualifying 2nd overall with arch rival Renaud Savoya completing the Top 3 despite a disappointing final heat in which he could only manage the 12th fastest time. A great final qualifier to the fifth fastest time by defending Champion Darren Bloomfield ensures the very relieved TLR driver will line up in the Semi Finals, the performance injecting a new lease of confidence in the British driver for tomorrow’s big day.

View our complete event coverage here.

July 12, 2013

Intech Racing ER-12 2WD buggy

Intech Racing announce their forthcoming ER-12 1/10th 2WD electric buggy kit. Looking surprisingly similar to a Team Durango DEX210, the buggy is meant to sport ‘a totally different rear geometry’ and higher specs with carbon fibre shock towers, all-alloy shock absorbers and an aluminium front shock tower mount being all standard with the Intech kit. There is no release date yet but the buggy looks pretty final so the production kits may kit the stores soon.

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July 12, 2013

Savoya tops Q4 in Reims

Xray’s Renaud Savoya became the first home driver to top the time sheets in qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad European Championship in Reims, the 3 time Champion TQ’ing the penultimate round from fellow Frenchman Yannic Aigoin with Germany’s Joern Neumann completing the Top 3. Overnight TQ holder David Ronnefalk, who set the pace in 2 of yesterday’s 3 qualifiers, had a ‘bad round after two crashes left the Kyosho driver to complete Q4 only 13th fastest.

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July 12, 2013

Much More aluminium clutch assembly tool

Much More continue to release helpful tools, this time in the form of this aluminium clutch assembly tool. It is designed to make assembly and disassembly of off-road style nitro clutches a breeze as it helps with the fiddly task of pressing the clutch shoes and springs in place. The tool features a high quality aluminium body and its light weight and compact size makes clutch maintenance easy and comfortable.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]

July 12, 2013

AE Cup EP Offroad Champs Indonesia – Report

The AE Cup Indonesia was held in Graha Raya Tangerang-Indonesia outside Jakarta and attracted over 40 racers who battled in 2WD and 4WD buggy as well as 2WD and 4WD short course truck classes. The event saw two five minute qualification rounds and triple seven minute mains. In 2WD Wuzi Sevta took the TQ and win from Kris Heriyana and Dimas Arianto while Rama Tribudiman TQ’d and won 4WD buggy leaving Dimas Arianto and Jiriel K behind. In 2WD SC Rama Tribudiman TQ’d the class but had to make way for Wuzi Sevta in the finals who scored the win. Third on the podium was Sunny TS. 4WD SC was TQ’d by Jiriel K who ended up fourth in the final as Ewa, Adrian and Haviedz took place 1 to 3.

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July 12, 2013

Hartson, Olson, Thornton & Gildark win at TGS

The 200+ entry Top Gun Shootout took place at the San Diego RC Raceway and in the Expert 1/8th Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Steve Hartson who won the race just in front of Tekno RC’s Barry Baker and Pres Ilog who rounded out the 3rd podium spot with his EB48. In the 1/8th buggy Sportsman class Matt Thornton came back to the podium with his Tekno buggy. Pulling out a first place finish Matt was followed by MIP’s Eustace Moore and Tekno RC’s Jeff Gapp. In the Pro4 class Tekno RC’s Barry Baker had an exciting race placing 3rd behind MIP’s Matt Olson and TLR’s Dustin Evans. In the 4WD SC Sportsman class, the Tekno SCT410 swept the podium with Nick Gildark coming in first, follow by Matt Thornton and Alyssa Dunn.

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July 12, 2013

Renard & Pauwels win at Belgian SCT Cup Rd3

Renard & Pauwels wins at Belgian SCT Cup Rd3

In a great mix of zen attitude, firmness and professionalism, the crew of BPT Merchtem hosted the first Belgian SCT Cup race of the year to be run on astroturf. Track is located in a sport complex and features a challenging layout, with a quite bumpy surface, fast corners as well as big air jumps. The grip fluctuated a lot during the day, starting by being very low due to morning dew and being high once the generous sun dried it out before first qualification heat. The race also saw the attendance of many new faces who mixed things up. In 2WD qualification, Jean-François Renard (TLR 22SCT) and Nicolas Evens (TLR 22SCT) battled for pole position, both showing a significantly faster pace than the rest of the pack. In the end Nicolas got the TQ in front of Jean-François with Filip De Keersmaecker (Durango) taking third place on the grid.

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July 12, 2013

Adam Drake doubles at The Dirt Rio

The inaugural “The Dirt Rio” took place at the AMA-UFRJ facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The facility was founded in 2004 with its focus on airplanes. In 2012, the club built an off-road track with the help of Hobby21’s owner Leandro. The event hosted driver’s from seven different countries and The Dirt crew build a fun layout that made for great racing. The event kicked off with practice Friday night, followed by one round of controlled practice on Saturday morning. Qualification points were used to set-up the finals using driver’s three best runs out of the four rounds of qualifying. TLRacing/Novarossi/Pro-Line driver Adam Drake was the top qualifier in 1/8th nitro buggy and nitro truck. In the truck final Adam was able to take the victory with his 8ight-T 2.0 equipped. The buggy class also saw a clean sweep of Adam as he easily took the win in front of the competition.

Thanks to Adam Drake for sending the report.