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September 29, 2013

Wesley van Helmond wins Dutch 2WD championship

After winning five out of the seven meetings for this year’s Dutch electric buggy championship TLR’s Wesley van Helmond took the overall title in the 2WD class. Second place overall went to Arjan van der Graaf (Yokomo) in front of Tom van Drunen (Team Durango). Wesley also was successful in the combined Dutch/Belgium BNK championship while his little brother Dominique, who replaces Tom in the podium photo as he was on holiday, came in fourth overall.

Thanks to Joey van Helmond for sending the report.

September 29, 2013

Cavalieri TQs penultimate qualifier

Having said he was ‘very close’ when he posted the second fastest time on Q3, defending World Champion Ryan Cavalieri finally hit the top in the penultimate round of qualifying taking it by a mere 0.062 from Joern Neumann. Q3 pace setter Ty Tessman completed the Top 3 ahead of Lee Martin’s Tamiya and the Associated’s of Steven Hartson and Neil Cragg. The result means that the final qualifier will see the Top 2 finishers at the 2011 World Championship will battle it out for the honour of becoming Top Qualifier for the 15th IFMAR 4WD Electric Buggy World Championships.

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September 29, 2013

Tessman takes Q3

Ty Tessmann

After a rocky start to 4WD qualifying, failing to make the Top 10 in the opening two rounds, Ty Tessman bounced back to TQ Q3 ahead of Team Associated’s Ryan pairing of Cavalieri and Maifield, the latter throwing away a TQ run the final lap of his run. For Q1 & 2 pace setter Joern Neumann a bad landing at the quad after the main straight resulted in a bent chassis for the Durango driver who would only be able for 11th for the round. The biggest news of the third qualifier however is that newly crowned 2WD World Champion Jared Tebo will not make the A-Main. Having finished all three rounds well down the order even if the Kyosho driver was to TQ today’s remaining two rounds he would not make the Top 10.

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September 28, 2013

Neumann TQs opening 4WD qualifier

Joern Neumann TQ’d the opening 4WD qualifier at the Electric Offroad World Championships in California, the Team Durango driver recovering from an early roll to snatch it by 3/10ths from Naoto Matsukura and Ryan Maifield with defending champion Ryan Cavalieri completing the Top 4. It was a strong start to qualifying for Durango with Neumann being joined in the Top 6 by team-mates Ryan Lutz and Travis Amezcua.

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September 28, 2013

Martin fastest in final practice

Drivers had one last practice opportunity this morning ahead of today’s first day of qualifying at the 4WD Electric Buggy World Championships, Lee Martin setting the fastest 5-minute run in the second & final controlled round of practice. Completing 11 laps of the Silver Dollar RC Raceway track in 5:06.594, the Tamiya driver topped the time sheets by 7/10ths of a second from Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield with A-Main Hobbies team driver Tyler Vik just a further 2/10ths off in third.

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September 28, 2013

Exclusive Red RC “Global” graphic tee by P1 Brand

California-based lifestyle company, P1 Brand, has teamed up with Red RC, the internet’s leading source of RC car news, videos and event coverage, to design and produce an exclusive line of wearables. The scope of the project, which was several months in development, included subtle revisions of the existing Red RC graphic identity as well as new uniforms for Red RC staff and new graphic tee shirts. Debuting trackside at the 2013 IFMAR World Championships, the Red RC “Global” graphic tee, celebrates the international community of the well-established RedRC.net website. The graphic features a unique Red RC script framed by a laurel wreath and a stylized globe centered on the front side. The circular motif is crowned by seven stars, one for each year of Red RC’s existence and continues onto the back of the shirt, which highlights the recognizable ‘R’ lettermark.

Continue reading the announcement here

September 28, 2013

Shamazaki Shinya joins KM Racing

KM Racing announce the addition of Shamazaki Shinya to their talented team of factory drivers. The multiple all Japan Expert class A-main finalist will compete in both the 1/10th and 1/8th class and starts his campaign at the upcoming 1/8 World Championship on home soil using KM’s K8 prototype car.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

September 28, 2013

Neumann top seed for 4WD Qualifying

Joern Neumann is the top seed for qualifying at the 4WD Electric Buggy World Championship in Chico, the Durango driver posting the fastest two consecutive lap times in the first controlled practice with team-mate Ryan Lutz making it a 1-2 for the DEX410. Such was Neumann’s new found pace the German was a full second faster than Ty Tessman who set the third fastest time. For reigning champion Ryan Cavalieri it was a disastrous controlled practice as he completed just two laps before breaking a front arm on his Associated. This left the American 24th fastest. Although he put in some surprisingly fast Top 10 lap times in free practice with his Xray, the surprise of CP1 was A-Main Hobbies team driver Tyler Vik who ended up 4th quickest ahead of Lee Martin, Ryan Maifield and three time touring car World champion Marc Rheinard.

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