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October 14, 2009

Statement from World Champion Martin Achter

Having done the double at last week’s poorly attended IFMAR World Championships in South Africa, Team Durango/CS team driver Martin Achter got in touch with us with a short statement following his arrival back in Germany.

I’m back again at home from the Worlds in South Africa. It was a really well organised event and the track was awesome! I really have to thank my sponsors Team Durango, CS-Electronics and Hoeco. And to say something about the safety of this Worlds, I think no one felt ever unsafe, on and off the track. I enjoyed the time very much in SA, very friendly and helpful people at the track. I will never forget this event!

October 12, 2009

Martin Achter is Double World Champion

Following the 2wd World Championship that took place earlier in the week in South Africa, the 4wd Championship got underway later in the week and again had a poor turnout, only attracting 20 drivers. Winner of the 2wd title, Martin Achter, driving the Durango DEX410, took the TQ spot with 3 wins in qualifying to line up easily ahead of Gerrit Houws and Brandon Joynt. In the first A-main, Martin simply checked out, while carnage behind helped him extend his lead to take a comfortable win in front of another Durango racer Jaco van Eerden in 2nd and Brandon Joynt 3rd with a Kyosho. Leg 2 saw more of the same from Martin and he took the win to secure his 2nd World title in a week, while Brandon Joynt took 2nd ahead of Hot Bodies racer Craig Loughton in 3rd. With the title already won Achter decided to sit out the 3rd leg and this allowed Gerrit Gouws to take the win despite big pressure from Craig Loughton who took 2nd, while Guilherme De Sousa, driving an Associated took 3rd. The overall positions saw Martin Achter crowned World Champion with Gerrit Gouws in 2nd and Craig Laughton in 3rd overall.

Click here for the final results

October 9, 2009

Reece Sawyer joins UK Xray team

Xray have announced that British driver Reece Sawyer has joined their team.

RC Disco & the UK Xray / Hudy team would like to welcome the young rising star Reece Sawyer to the team. Reece at 19 has showed great maturity & pace in his racing this year which has rewarded him in the BRCA National series as he has made multiple national main finals & TQ’d qualifying rounds which is no mean feat. Recent winner of the French GP Noeux les Mines & Worlds 08 Qualifier being just a few of his results. Reece & his pitman Tony, his father, have agreed & announced that with immediate effect he will be using the Xray 808 Buggy & Hudy tools, with his other sponsors RC Disco, KO Propo, Proline, Byron, Savox, SMD & MK Racing gives him great equipment to keep him at the top of his game.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 8, 2009

Proline Dirt Arena Winter Series Rd1

The Proline Dirt Arena kicked off it’s new Winter Series in style last weekend with some top name drivers and some very competitive racing. Smiley faces all round as all that turned up liked the recent changes to the facility after opening about 7 months ago. In 2wd, Team Associated driver Tony Truman took pole in the A final with three 1’s in qualifying. Richard Barton would take TQ in the second round and he would line up 2nd on the grid with Simon Willetts in 3rd. Simon took the 1st leg of the 3 legged A final but it would be TQ man Tony Truman who would take legs 2 and 3 to secure a well deserved victory. 4WD would see a almost perfect domination from Jon Dell running his Associated B44 taking all 4 rounds of qualifying to put himself on pole. In leg 1 of the A final he would have a wheel fall of and Rob Rasey would come through to take the win. Legs 2 and 3 Jon Kept it together as well as his car, to take comfortable win and transfer his TQ to a win.

Click here to see the 4wd podium

October 8, 2009

BRCA Micro Nationals Rd1 Report

After the 6 month summer break, normal micro racing service resumed at Leighton Buzzard for Round 1 of the BRCA Micro Nationals. 68 drivers descended upon the quiet Brooklands School venue to see whether 2008 Champions Mark Stiles and Horizon Hobby’s John Timberlake would be able to retain their 4WD and 2WD crowns respectively.

Click here to continue reading the report

October 7, 2009

Martin Achter crowned 2wd World Champion

Having qualified on pole position, securing the position with another leg win in qualifying today, Martin Achter of Germany is the new 2wd World Champion. In an event only attended by 17 drivers it was actually Craig Laughton that won the first leg of the final but Achter, driving an Associated B4, responded by going out and winning both second and third legs with very cool driving. Craig ended up as runner up with Albert Claassons taking 3rd, with the top 3 unchanged from how they qualified. The 4wd class gets underway tomorrow with practice, where Martin will begin as favourite once more, driving the new Durango DEX410.

Source: TRAP [trap.co.za]

October 5, 2009

Ryan Cavalieri wins Pro-Line Gas Champs

This past weekend was the 1st Annual Pro-Line Gas Championships held at Thunder Alley in Beaumont, CA. The race format consisted of 2 10-minute qualifiers on Saturday and 1 10-minute qualifier on Sunday, then each driver’s 2 best points would seed them into the Semis. A 15-minute Semi would be ran to fill the A-Main. In the Pro 1/8 buggy class, Ryan Cavalieri won his Semi by 11 seconds as well as the fastest time and would start first on the grid. Team Orion teammate Cody King won his Semi by 9 seconds and would start 2nd for the 30-minute A-Main. At the start of the main, Cavalieri go off to a clean start. King was involved in a first lap crash and would be shuffled back to 6th position. Cavalieri would leave from start to finish, with Cody recovering to take 2nd place, with Travis Amezcua taking 3rd spot.

Click here for a few videos from the event by Upgrade RC

October 4, 2009

Offroad Meeting Arena – Announcement

Run from the 19th to the 22nd of November, the Offroad Meeting Arena will take place again this year in Italy, at the Arena of Cowboys Guest Ranch of Voghera, near Pavia. The annual indoor race, which was won last year by Hupo Honigl, once again has attracted some of Europe’s best off road racers, who are taking part in the buggy, truggy and brushless classes. Running alongside the ultra competitive racing format that sees the champions crowned on Sunday, the organisers have created a ‘Race of Champions’ race that is made up of the best 16 drivers in buggy, in F1 and F2 class, as well as the best 16 truggy drivers. On Saturday night they will go together in a race that sees the last placed racer eliminated every 5 minutes until the 4th placed driver is eliminated and the podium positions are taken. This, together with all the other racing and activities planned, will make this an event to remember and Red RC will be there to cover all the action Live from the track throughout the weekend.

For more information on the Offroad Meeting, and how to enter, visit the official event site here.