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December 6, 2011

Steven Hartson triple at ROAR Region 12

ROAR Region 12 has always been a hot bed for some of the best racers in the world. For 2011, the prestigious Region 12 event was held at the world famous West Coast R/C Raceway in La Mirada, CA. JConcepts / Team Associated driver Steven Hartson quickly rose to the top of the field in the 2wd, 4wd and SCT modified classes taking the early and late TQ runs. Josh Numan also continued a strong pace during qualifying taking several 2nd round finishes and took 2 TQs during qualifying, placing himself 2nd on the grid.

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December 6, 2011

King & Pavidis win at 2011 Toys for Tots

The 7th annual Toys for Tots was hosted once again at its original home track, Palm Desert RC Raceway in California. This has been a popular race for a good cause for many years and this year did not disappoint, with 133 entries and over $1200 being raised by the raffle alone. In the Pro class, the day was shaping up into a show down between 2006 World Champion Mark Pavidis, and the current World Champ, Cody King. Pavidis would capture the Truggy TQ, with King getting TQ in the buggy class.

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December 5, 2011

Keven Hébert triple win in Cleveland

The 32nd running of the US Indoor Championships was held recently in Cleveland, Ohio and Keven Hébert gave this report. As the longest-running and most prestigious event in on-road racing, this is THE race to attend for on-road racers. Every year the race features a challenging layout and this year was no different. Set up in the hotel ballroom, the smooth high-traction layout was conducive to great racing. The schedule called for three rounds of practice on Thursday, followed by three rounds of qualifying on Friday, and three more on Saturday. All main events were scheduled for Sunday.

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December 5, 2011

Capricorn Lab C02 now available

More news from Capricorn with the announcement that their Lab C02 1/10th scale 200mm chassis kit is now available. We have written about the car in the past, but up until now it was only available as an upgrade kit for the C01 car. The Italian company also released photos of the completed car, which you more of below.

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December 5, 2011

Miguel Matias dominates Rd3 in Portugal

Last weekend saw the Portuguese Off-Road series travel to Póvoa da Galega for the 3rd round of the Championship. A massive entry of 86 cars and 66 drivers gave a great atmosphere to this big event. Again Miguel Matias dominated both 4wd and 2wd buggy classes with his Durangos both performing really well all weekend, transforming his TQ performances into 1st in both classes. Team Durango showed really well also with Nuno Roque following Miguel performance and achieving both of the 2nd places in 2wd and 4wd.

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December 5, 2011

Adrian Bernsten joins Capricorn International team

Italian company Capricorn have announced that top Norwegian racer Adrian Bernsten will join their International team for 2012. The former Xray driver, who has previously run Capricorn engines, will now use their 1/8th and 1/10th scale chassis’s as well as Capricorn engines, tires and fuel.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

December 4, 2011

Team C EP Offroad buggy tires

Team C Racing have introduced their new line of buggy tires for 1/10th off road. For 2wd and 4wd there are two new rear tires, the TG411 SS and TG412 Code, both coming pre glued in soft compound to a yellow spoked rim, with racing insert. The SS is also available for the front of your 4wd, also pre glued with yellow insert, while for the front of your 2wd there is the Rail, a ribbed design, pre glued to a yellow disk wheel. Both front tires also come in soft compound.

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December 4, 2011

CRC 1S 4200mAh 65C Shorty pack

CRC have released their new battery for 1S racing, the 1S 4200mAh 65C Shorty. This new pack is built for the new CRC Gen-Xi and gives plenty of runtime and power for spec racing in 17.5 and 13.5 turn. Also, great for 4 minute oval racing, the small sizes allows multiple battery positions. Dimensions are 69x47x18.5mm it is ROAR legal and no effected by ROAR’s new short battery rule.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]