April 8, 2014

Marcel Paul wins at Northern Germany regionals Rd1

Marcel Paul wins at Northern Germany regionals Rd1

The first round of the Northern Germany nitro off-road regionals, a qualifying round for the German nationals, took place at the prestigious Bistensee track. While the remainder of Germany had wonderful Spring weather the race suffered from rain showers that soaked the multi-surface track making for very challenging conditions. Close to the end of the second qualifying round rain started to fall again making for a real tyre gamble. Nevertheless most of the front runners opted to run in round 3 and 4 despite very muddy track conditions in order to place as high as possible on the timing sheets. At the end the TQ went to Marcel Paul (Kyosho) who quite easily adapted to the slippery track conditions.

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April 8, 2014

Park & Lee dominate Korean Sweep Challenge

Park & Lee dominate Korean Sweep Challenge

A total of 40 drivers competed at the Sweep Challenge Korea at the PTS track in Gyeonggido in cold and windy conditions. In the 13.5T Stock class JinHyun Park (T.O.P.) came in 1st, followed by Sungtae Kim (Awesomatix) and Googil Jung (Awesomatix) respectively. Elswhere in the Modified class T.O.P. Racing factory driver Ryan Lee took the TQ and overall win. JungHyun Ahn and Yonghoon Park (both Awesomatix) rounded out the podium.

Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]


April 8, 2014

Hartson doubles at April Fools Classic

Hartson doubles at April Fools Classic

The 26th annual Pro-Line April Fools Classic was held at the Intermountain RC Raceway in Magna, Utah last weekend running most of the important 1/10 and 1/8 scale electric off-road classes. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class TQ Steven Hartson brought home the win for Team Associated, leaving TLR’s Dustin Evans and Rob Gillespie (Team Associated) behind. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class the race saw the same three gentlemen on the top 3 positions. Steven again put himself on top, but this time Rob came in second while Dustin completed the podium. The 2WD Stock Buggy class had Carl Hyndman first took the TQ position and then he also went on to win the class ahead of Chris Boise and Ron Reid while the latter also took the Hot Lap award.

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April 8, 2014

Akio Sobue takes win at 2014 Speed King Tour Rd3

Akio Sobue takes win at 2014 Speed King Tour Rd3

The third round of 2014 Speed King Tour took place at the RC Stadium Sodegaura track last weekend. Unfortunately the finals of all classes had to be cancelled due to hailing. This meant the qualifying results would be used to determine the winner and in the main class of Modified Touring Car it was the championship leader Akio Sobue who brought home the TQ and therefore the round win. Local driver Kyoichi Mastumoto took second place while second round winner Yugo Nagashima finished third. The win in round 3 means Akio is able to extend his lead in the championship while Yugo needs to score more points to catch up. The win in the Stock class went to Eiji Seto who sat on top of the timesheets after qualifying. Yahiro and Ooshima scored a 2nd and 3rd place respectively. The next round of the 2014 Speed King Tour will take place at the Twin Ring Hongu in the Aichi prefecture on the 22nd of June.

Source: Speed King Tour [speedkingtour.blog.jp]


April 8, 2014

Hiro Seiko EX-1 KIY colour panels

Hiro Seiko EX-1 KIY colour panels

Following the introduction of light weight screw sets for the KO Propo EX-1 KIY, Hiro Seiko now also have several main unit frames available that help with further customisation of KO Propo’s top-of-the-foodchain radio. Available in two different designs and a total of four colours including red, blue, green and white the panels give the transmitter a new look and it is understood that the parts can be additionally personalised by having your name printed on them.

Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]


April 8, 2014

Dylan Gerard wins Nitro Buggy at MSCS Rd2

Dylan Gerard wins Nitro Buggy at MSCS Rd2

Round 2 of the Michigan State Championship Series was held over the weekend at Dirt Burner Hobbies and Raceway with 172 entries. TLR’s Dylan Gerard TQ’d the Nitro Buggy class and lead the main wire to wire with Shane Racer (Kyosho) finishing in the 2nd spot, 3 laps down, and TLR driver Mike Marshall finishing 3rd.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]


April 8, 2014

TLR in control of things at JBRL Nitro Series Rd1

TLR in control of things at JBRL Nitro Series Rd1

While TLR’s Adam Drake and Kyosho’s Cody King where the dominant drivers in the Nitro Truggy and Nitro Buggy class at the recent JBRL Nitro Series Rd1, it was Jose Castelan (TLR) who took the win in the Sportsman Truck class. Jose also wrapped up the win in the Sportsman Buggy class while Robert Wickham (TLR) came in 1st in the “old dude” 40+ Buggy class.

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April 8, 2014

Tyler Brown wraps up Team Losi Winter series title

Tyler Brown wraps up Team Losi Winter series title

Revelation Raceway held the fourth round of the Team Losi Winter series. Coming into the final round of the four race series, TLR’s Tyler Brown was in control of the overall standings and wrapped up the last race with a solid 2nd place finish with his Novarossi powered TLR 3.0 buggy.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]