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March 1, 2010

Bloomfield & Galvin win CML Winter Series Rd5

CML are reporting on the 5th round of their Winter Series at the Frankley Model Car Club that was well attended with some extra quick laps from those looking to make it home for the cup final. In the Buggy Final it was Darren Bloomfield who emerged victorious, ahead of Matthew Lewis in 2nd and Graham Alsop in 3rd. Darren has been very impressive during previous rounds and has won 3 out of the 4 races he attended. The Truggy Final was won by Liam Galvin with Tom Jordan in 2nd and James Bulivant in 3rd place. This line up reflects the total series rankings so far and it’s looking good for Liam with only one race left.

Click here for the truggy podium

March 1, 2010

Rally Finland Nitrocross Championship – Announcement

One of the year’s RC racing highlights will take place in Jyväskylä, Finland from the 29-31 of July, with nitro buggies acting as the support event for the Neste Oil Rally Finland, a round of the World Rally Championship and one the most prestigious events in the calendar. The nitro buggy event will be called the Rally Finland Nitrocross Championship and will be held in the Service Park area, which is the heart of Rally Finland. The Nitrocross Champ is decided by two separate races and the Champ will get fame and fortune and of course champagne in the WRC podium!

March 1, 2010

Amezcua gives Tekno RC the victory at Nitro Challenge

Tekno RC were eager to tell us that their chassis conversions have put a driver on the top step of the podium in the Electric 1/8th class at the Nitro Challenge 2 years running. This year, Travis Amezcua was running a Tekno equipped Mugen MBX6. Starting 4th on the grid while going through the 12-pack, Travis was hit early and had to battle from the back of the pack. He passed all others including former Hot Bodies team mate Jessie Robbers in the 10 minute main event to become the Nitro Challenge Electric 1/8th Champ. Bobby Tillman (Tekno/Mugen) and Tyler Vik (Tekno/Kyosho) placed 4th and 5th respectively.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

February 26, 2010

Barry Baker does double at Motorama

Just as they did last year, the O’Donnell Team came into Motorama in Harrisburg, PA with something to prove. This time it was with three new cars, the Z01-B SG, Z01-T SG and the Z01-E. On-road legend and team driver Barry Baker was also out to prove that he could run with some of the best off-road drivers in the country.

Read the rest of the report here

February 25, 2010

Carlos Durães confirmed at Xray

We just reported on him winning the season opener in Portugal, but now Xray have confirmed that young Portugese driver Carlos Durães has joined their team. The Portuguese Cup champion and Junior National Champion had the following to say about his new deal:

I’m glad and honoured that I can be part of such a team like Xray, team that is composed with great drivers, persons and of course Juraj and Martin Hudy themselves near the team in the races. Xray is one of the best or the best R/C model products available today, with great performance, design, reliability and of course the Xray known quality. Since the first day of testing the XB808 2010 version, I felt quicker, better and confident, the car is amazing and I’m really happy with it. It jumps like none other and it flies within the track.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 25, 2010

Tebo clean sweep at Winter Indoor Nationals

St. Charles, Missouri was the location for the first annual Winter Indoor Nationals and Jason Ruona from JConcepts sent us this report. It was cold outside but warm inside the SmacTrac facility as practice started Friday with drivers coming from all over to test the new track layout. It was apparent in practice that the track layout was a challenge, especially the split lane in the center of the track. The separation of the split lane provided many drivers the opportunity to showcase their best driving tricks and stunts as the narrow lane sometimes provided the ultimate test of control in a narrow space. By weekends end everyone looked comfortable and everyone just remembered, when in doubt steer a little to the left.

Continue reading the report here

February 24, 2010

Carlos Durães wins season opener at Trofa

The first official 1/8 Off-Road race of the year in Portugal took place last weekend at the Trofa track. Seen as a warm up to the Nationals it was Ricardo Monteiro that took the TQ spot as he won all 3 qualifiers with his RB powered Losi 8ight. The opening 7 minutes of the main final saw a nice battle between Monteiro and Xray driver Carlos Durães with new Losi signing Miguel Matias in third, after starting in 11th due to some electrical troubles during the warm lap. Monteiro had issues during his first refueling which dropped him back and allowed Durães up the 1st where he stayed until the end. Miguel Matias also benefitted from Monteiro’s problems and moved up to 2nd where he finished, ahead of Nuno Casal Ribeiro, a good result for this local Crono driver.

Source: Modelcar [modelcar.pt]

February 24, 2010

ROAR form official 4wd SCT class

ROAR combine 1/8th & Sedan Gas Nationals

The ROAR Executive Committee and Section Chairs, working with various Affiliate Partners, just announced the formation of the Official ROAR 1:10 scale 4 wheel drive short course truck racing class. Their teams set the following guidelines as they leveraged their 4wd SCT Specs and SCT Body Specs to introduce the 4×4 SCT Class. The ROAR Rule book, the online version, will be updated in the next day or two and you can find those changes in colored font. The printed version will not reflect this addition.

Our Guiding Principals for Short Course Truck Racing Classes were:
1 – Keeping these Classes (SCT 2wd and 4wd) true to scale appearance
2 – Keep these trucks from going too fast so to provide competitive racing at reasonable speeds
3 – Keep the cost of entry AND cost to continue operating as low as possible
4 – Keep the class fun in nature

Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]