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March 16, 2009

Lowe & Sleigh win Batley Supercup

oOple are reporting that last weekend saw the return of the Annual ‘Batley Supercup’ held at the indoor Batley venue. Racing got underway around 9am after an early start to practice. Richard Lowe dominated 4WD and Truck classes – winning all qualifiers and both finals. Richard couldn’t seem to get it together in 2WD however and after an early challenge by Steve Lawson, it was Mid West driver Phil Sleigh who dominated the last three rounds of qualifying – going on to win the final in style.

View the full report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

March 16, 2009

ROAR 1/10 Scale Short Course Truck (SCT) class

ROAR add 1/10 Scale Short Course Truck (SCT) class

ROAR, the official USA and Canadian sanctioning body for R/C Car and Truck Competition, announced the formation of 1/10 Scale Electric Short Course Truck (SCT) construction specifications to its Racing Membership and Manufacturer Affiliate Partners. The 1/10 SCT Specifications, will be the 2009 SCT Provisional Class guidelines for Chassis, Wheel, Tire, Body Designers to construct vehicles, components, and accessories to compete in ROAR sanctioned events. ROAR will add Short Course Truck as a Demonstration Class at the 2009 ROAR Electric Off-Road National Championship, hosted by Hobbyplex Raceway in Omaha, Nebraska on June 25-28, 2009.

Provisional Rules, Body construction template, and Technical Inspection guide can be found here.

March 16, 2009

Lin Lehua & Ye Xiaqing win FeiTeng Rd2

The 2nd round of the FeiTeng series took place in China last weekend and attracted 60 drivers from all over the country. Following qualifying it was one man who topped the time sheets in both the buggy and truggy class, HongNor driver Lin Lehua. In the truggy final Lin was able to carry forward his pace from qualifying and take the win ahead of Hu Weiping in 2nd and Rex in 3rd. In the buggy things didnt go as well for the pole man and he finished down in 6th, with another HongNor driver Ye Xiaqing taking the win from his team mates Cheng Yikuan and Zhang Hongyi.

Source: RC Fans [rcfans.com]

March 14, 2009

Yokomo sign World Champion Hayato Matsuzaki

Yokomo have announced the signing of current IFMAR 2wd buggy World Champion Hayato Matsuzaki. The former Hot Bodies racer joins IFMAR 1/12th scale World Champion and current double JMRCA National buggy Champion Naoto Matsukura as well as former European Champion Joern Neumann to create the company’s dream junior team. Fourteen time World Champion Masami Hirosaka, who has announced his retirement from competition, will oversee operations for Yokomo and has put together the current team in preparation for this years World Championships that take place in South Africa. The first race for the team is this weekend’s Cactus Classic in the USA.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

March 11, 2009

Adam Drake wins Silver State warmup

Last weekend was the final test at the Boulder City track to get ready for the Silver State Nitro Challenge the first week of April. Drivers from Losi, AE, Tamiya, Mugen, Kyosho, and O’Donnell were in attendance to do some final testing. The conditions were very dusty and bumpy and at the end of qualifying it was Losi / GRP’s Adam Drake on top of both the 1/8th buggy and 1/8th truck class. The conditions in the mains were even rougher and the weather was getting cold, but Adam Drake was able to come out on top again in both 1/8th buggy and 1/8th truck, in the latter Adam won the final by more then 1 lap.

March 5, 2009

Ryan Cavalieri takes Reedy ROC title

Last weekend saw the return of the Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions, held at the world famous Yatabe Arena in Japan. Team Orion Factory Driver Ryan Cavalieri made the trip along with AE teammates Ryan Maifield and Brent Thielke, as well as other front running international competitors. The race format for the Invitational Class consisted of 5 rounds of heads up racing using 1 throw-out, with the 2wd modified class being run on Saturday, followed by 4wd on Sunday. After the first day for 2wd, Cavalieri was in the lead with a total of 5 points. Ryan won 3 rounds and finished second in the other. Cavalieri then went on to win 4 rounds of 4wd the next day to give him 4 points for the day. After the points were added up, it was Cavalieri who came out on top with only 9 points. 1/12th scale World Champion Naoto Matsukura for Yokomo took 2nd, with fellow Japanese racer, Kyosho/Orion driver Shin Adachi taking the 3rd position overall.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

March 4, 2009

Tom Cockerill joins Vampire Racing

German company Vampire Racing are pleased to announced Tom Cockerill has joined their factory team. Tom will be the first international team driver representing Vampire Racing and will use the Vampire Racing range of LiPo’s this season as he competes in all BRCA national off road races as well as the 2009 European Championship that takes place in Spain. His preferred choice is the 5200mAh 30C pack but he also believes that the higher discharge rate (35C) of the lighter 4000mAh packs could also prove advantageous in certain conditions.

Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]

March 4, 2009

The Drake takes Rd1 of Losi Winter series

Adam Drake was in contact to let us know about the first round of the Team Losi Winter Series that attracted 147 entrants at Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA last weekend. After qualifying it was Losi/GRP racer Adam Drake that took the pole position for the 20 minute pro truggy final, which he went on to win by just less than a lap from Jim Pierce in 2nd, with Kyle Johnson taking 3rd. All drivers were using the Losi 8ight T 2.0.