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June 5, 2011

Defending Champion claims TQ double at ROAR Nats

What can best be described as an uneventful evening at the final day of qualifying for the ROAR Offroad Nationals, defending champion Jared Tebo continued his domination to add Truggy to the Buggy TQ honour that he wrapped earlier in the day. With Hot Bodies Ty Tessmann having taken the opening round of Truggy qualifying yesterday, the Canadian went into Q4 with a chance of denying Tebo a repeat of his 2008 performance, when the classes ran as seperate events. The 18-year-old could only manage third as Tebo topped the time sheets for a third time followed by Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri.

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June 4, 2011

Tebo on target for TQ double at Thunder Alley

Defending double champion Jared Tebo looks to be on target to TQ both classes here at the US Off Road Nationals as he opened Day 4 at the top of the times sheets for the third round of Truggy Qualifying. The Kyosho ace, who has topped every qualifier bar the opening Truggy round, which went to Ty Tessmann, took Q3 ahead of the Canadian Hot Bodies driver and Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri.

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June 4, 2011

Exotek XR3’11 Performance chassis

Exotek have released their all new XR3’11 performance ultra narrow LiPo chassis. Made from 2.25mm thick precision cut carbon fiber the new design helps improve steering and rear traction making going into corners deeper and power-out stronger. Its only 88mm wide at the main chassis section to better utilize lower ride heights for more aggressive cornering. The battery location has also been moved in closer to the belt for better balancing of the new high power LiPos. Finally it features the standard North South servo mounting or East West servo mounting.

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June 4, 2011

Marc Rheinard wins Reedy Race of Champions

The Reedy Race of Champions was held last weekend at Nor-Cal hobbies in Union City, CA. Featuring a unique racing format with a grueling 8 rounds of heat races normally consisting of 4 rounds of racing per day., all races began with random starting position and ended with points associated to each driver for their finish position. The overall winner was determined by the lowest tally of the best out of 6 finishes as drivers were able to throw out their worst (highest) 2 scores. This year the weather did not cooperate with the four rounds of heats per day. On day one, the rain delayed a few heats and then washed out round 4 leaving day two for 5 rounds of competition instead of the normal four. Team Thunder Power RC’s newest signing Marc Rheinard, driving a Tamiya TRF417 battled his way to the Championship title, while his Thunder Power RC team mate Victor Wilck kept the pressure on to finish 2nd. Former World Champion Atsushi Hara, driving a Hot Bodies TCX took 3rd.

Source: Thunder Power RC [thunderpowerrc.com]

June 4, 2011

DE Racing Trinidad wheels for SC10 4×4

DE Racing have released their Trinidad wheels for the Team Associated SC10 4×4 and SC10 RS. Manufactured in the U.S.A. from the finest possible materials and utilizing an advanced ribbing design, these wheels offer strength and durability while still remaining lightweight. Intended for the highest levels of competition, they also feature ROAR legal widths and bead diameters in a one piece glueable design. Available in black, silver or white.

Source: DE Racing [deracing.net]

June 4, 2011

Tebo again in Buggy Q2

Defending ROAR Champion Jared Tebo backed up his opening qualifying run with a second TQ run in Buggy to leave him top of the qualification standings at the end of Day 3 of the US Offroad Nationals. Tebo’s Kyosho topped the time sheets for the final run of the day from the Associated of Ryan Maifield and World Champion Cody King.

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June 4, 2011

Tebo TQs first ROAR Buggy qualifier

Defending champion Jared Tebo has got his 2011 campaign off to the best start possible by TQ’ing the first Buggy qualifier here at Thunder Alley. The Kyosho star set the fastest time from Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz and Round 1 Truggy Top Qualifier Ty Tessmann. Tebo said he just went after a clean first run and this approach worked out well for him.

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June 3, 2011

Ben Ellis does double at Memorial Day Shootout

Over the past weekend Indy RC Raceway and Hobbies hosted the second annual “Memorial Day Shootout” and Ben Ellis made this report. The one day event brought over 120 entries from around the tri-state area to compete at the premier Midwest facility located on the south side of Indianapolis, IN. The race format was two rounds of rocket round qualification, with single 7 minute A-mains. Qualifying was as close as one could hope for with myself and Team Associated driver Adam Rayls and Jacob Robins trading the TQ back and fourth in 2wd Mod Buggy, Mod Truck, and 2WD Pro SC.

Continue reading the report here