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June 21, 2011

Aaron Lane wins Pro 4 @ JBRL Rd4

TLR and Aaron Lane took home a solid win at the recent fourth round of the 2011 Jimmy Babcock Racing League in Racer’s Haven Bakersfield/CA. Aaron Lane (Losi Ten-SCTE) rocketed to TQ, with Doug Nielsen (Losi Ten-SCTE) in 2nd and Ryan Dunford (Losi Ten-SCTE) in 3rd. Throughout the race, the 3 Ten-SCTEs had a very close battle. Ryan had a few bobbles and dropped back, but made a hard charge to pass Casper for 2nd, and even got close to Lane for the lead. Lane responded with quick laps to take the win. Dunford finished 2nd and Nielsen in 3rd made this an all-Losi podium.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

June 15, 2011

Jörn & Hupo win European Short Course Masters

The innaugral “European Short Course Masters” took place last weekend at the MC Welden track near Munich, Germany. A total of four classes were on the cards with “Pro2” 2WD SC and “Pro4” 4WD SC being the main classes along with 2WD “RTR” SC and 1/8th 4WD SC also featuring. The track is a mix of surfaces with the majority of the track being split between dirt or astroturf. Saturday’s qualifying was dominated by Team Durango’s Hupo Hönigl followed by Martin Achter (Team Durango DESC410R), Jörn Neumann DESC410R (Team Durango DESC410R), Robert Hart (Team Associated SC10 4×4) and US superstar Ryan Maifield (Team Associated SC10 4×4). Come the finals Hupo, Martin and Jörn swapped places with the better end for Jörn winning the first ever European Short Course Masters ahead of team mate Hupo and Martin. Austria’s Gerd Pfeiffer claimed fourth place from Robert Hart who finished 5th at the end. The 2WD class was dominated by Hubert Hönigl followed by Jörn Neumann and Ryan Mayfield (all Team Associated SC10).

Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com] & savys.de [savys.de]

May 29, 2011

1st Annual Mid Summer Shootout – Announcement

Coyote Hobbies got in contact to tell us about the 1st annual mid summer shootout that will run at their facility on the 30th of July. The event is run indoors and is open to a wide range of classes for SC, truck and buggy in both 2wd and 4wd as well as 1/8th electric buggy. Full event information and entry forms can be found here.

May 26, 2011

European Short Course Masters – Announcement

Thunder Tiger Europe got in touch to tell us about the European Short Course Masters 2011, that takes place at MC Welden, close to Munich Germany, from the 9th to the 12th of June. The race is open to all racers across 4 classes, 2wd hobby class (only SC10 RTRs), 2wd modified class, 4wd modified class and a 1/8th 4wd Modified and Nitro class. Team Associated will be sending over US superstar Ryan Maifield and they will likely send another named driver also. Entry is now open and you can find out the full details of this event by going here.

May 25, 2011

Kyle Johnson takes 4wd at Silver State SC race

Fresh off his Silverstate Nitro Challenge win with his Losi 4wd TEN-SCTE Team Losi Racing driver Kyle Johnson TQ’d and won the Silver State Short Court race at 702 raceway in Las Vegas. The event was a two day race with qualifying Saturday and mains on Sunday. Kyle showed speeds that no one could match in qualifying allowing him to start up front on Sunday for the main. Kyle took his blistering speed right into the main on Sunday to take the overall win.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

May 24, 2011

Southeast Short Course Nats report

Racers came in from all across Florida to compete at the first Annual Southeast Short Course Nats held at Bashers R/C in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Mike Applegate was on-fire with the race direction and once again controlled an action packed event. Each main is announced with enthusiasm and with a packed house of racers and spectators the main events were always exciting.

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May 18, 2011

Richard Lowe wins UK SC Nationals Rd2

Round 2 of the UK Short Course National Series 2011 took place at Eden Park Raceway over the weekend and the Associated SC10 was on fine form as usual. Interest continues to grow with the UK Short Course National Championships supported by CML Distribution, Team Associated, Pro-Line and others. Eden Park Raceway was the host for Round 2 after Richard Lowe won the first round of the 2WD Championship at Silverstone. Again it was Richard Lowe and Tony Truman were the pick of the field as they once again demonstrated the SC10’s dominance in the 2wd class.

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May 17, 2011

Venom Team wins St Ives 6-hour SC Enduro

Last Saturday, Venom Team drivers Darryn Johnson and Michael Harlow, together with their teammates Antony Geerno and Tom Clifford, assembled for the inaugural running of the St. Ives 6-hour Short Course Enduro. This punishing 6-hour race was run at the St. Ives track in Sydney, Australia. With some of the best drivers of short course trucks in the state of NSW entering the event, the competition was hot to say the least. 8 teams entered, with all of the leading 2wd short course truck brands being used at the event.

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