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September 5, 2008

Ryan Lutz dominates RC X-Games

Kyosho team driver Ryan Lutz TQ’ed and won both Pro Buggy with his MP9, and Pro Truggy with his ST-RR at the recent X-Games race. In the buggy class, Lutz got the holeshot and never relinquished the lead, even during pit stops. Lutz’s average lap times were 2.6 seconds a lap faster than eventual second place finisher Thielke, with Kendall Welch taking 3rd. Lutz didn’t get away from the motocross-style starting gate as cleanly in the Truggy final, coming out of the dust in fourth place. But, it wasn’t long before he settled into a blistering pace that would average more than 4.3 seconds faster per lap than second place Michael Paige, also running an ST-RR. Brandon Rohde and Kendall Welch finished third and fourth respectively, giving Kyosho a sweep of the podium plus. The RC X-Games also featured a “Last man standing” event, which was reduced to a demolition derby at its end, a big air contest, and a two-hour, three-man endurance. Kendall Welch scored top honors with his 777WC, showcasing the durability of the Inferno, while Lutz, Rohde, and Welch also teamed up for the endurance, taking top honors in yet another event.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

September 4, 2008

Tim Bremicker claims German title

Tim Bremicker takes German National title

The 2nd leg of the German 1/8th scale buggy championships was held last weekend at the Rhein main circuit in Bischofsheim under really warm and dry conditions. The track started very dirty but as the event progressed and the 118 entrants got out on the track the grip picked up and the track started to get faster. The race was won by Kyosho MP9 racer Tim Bremicker in front of another Kyosho racer Dario Vita, running the MP777, while Patrick Feschtschenko with the LRP S8-BX ended up in 3rd. This results combined with the leg 1 result gave Bremicker the title ahead of his team mate and leg 1 winner Daniel Reckward in 2nd and Feschtschenko 3rd, all racers using the new Tourex tire from Reckward Tuning. The German Junior title was won by Kyosho racer Denis Macek ahead of Xray driver Markus Eirenschmalz in 2nd with reigning National Champion Philipp Guschl in 3rd.

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September 3, 2008

Cavalieri wins Surf City Classic

Last weekend saw the 1st Annual Surf City Classic hosted at Southern California’s newest indoor off-road track, OC R/C located in Huntington Beach, CA. The race brought in many of the top electric drivers from around the area including Team Orion Factory drivers Ryan Cavalieri, Frank Root, Josh Numan, and Cody King who were all in attendance to show their support. The one day race format consisted of three 5-minute qualifiers, taking the drivers single fastest run and each class would run a 7-minute A-Main to decide the champion. In qualifying it was all Cavalieri, who went on to TQ all three rounds of Truck Modified and 4wd Modified. Ryan picked up right where he left off in qualifying and went on to win both the Truck and 4wd Modified classes.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

September 2, 2008

Robin Nelson wins Blue/Grey Classic

Top drivers from around North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia showed up for the Blue/Grey Classic last Sunday, hosted by Nitro Valley Speedway in Cherryville, NC, which is located about 30 miles from The Farm 2, host of the 2008 Worlds. The event attracted over 100 drivers including Robin Nelson, Ryan Lopez, Travis Phillips, Chris Pace and Brandon Melton as well as local favorites such as Robby Saxton, Jeremy Talent and Justin Atkins. Ryan Lopez TQ’d the Pro Buggy class, but in the final he flamed out after battling Robin Nelson during the first half of the A-Main. This allowed Robin Nelson to go on and take the win in the A-Main with his Werks B7ProC powered Hyper 9, giving Hobao their first big win on the East Coast with the new buggy.

Source: Werks Racing [werksracing.com]

August 27, 2008

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd5

We received a report from the 5th round of the Danish Off-Road Championship, which was held recently in Gjøl very close to Aalborg. The track was brand new and the club just finished their work on the track a few day before the race. In Stock class it was Martin Kristensen in the fast lane and Jesper Rasmussen in second place with Eli Lundgaard in third position, the compact and technical track suited Martin and he was able to continue his pace into the finals and won two out of three ahead of Jesper Rasmussen and Sebastian Sørensen.

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August 27, 2008

Stotfold Nationals report by oOple

Our friends over at oOple have a report from the final round of the 2008 BRCA 10th off road National Series which drew to a close at the all astro Stotfold track. The 2WD championship was already decided in favour of Ellis Stafford’s X-Factory X6, the 4WD title however had come down to the last meeting with only three possible winners, Lee Martin, Ellis Stafford and Chris Doughty. In 2wd Ellis Stafford qualified second behind Neil Cragg but it was Ellis that took the win to go with his 2WD championship title. Lee Martin in the 4WD class had won the series by round three of qualifying, with neither of his title challengers able to TQ the meeting for the extra point it meant they couldn’t catch him. Lining up second behind Darren Bloomfield, Lee took the first two legs of the A final to seal another National win.

Read the full report here, including lots of great photos and interviews.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

August 27, 2008

Vitaly Romanov wins at Russian Nats

Another brief report from the Russian National Championships that were held in Moscow at the RC2 off road track recently, this time from the buggy class. The 45 minute A-main was won by pole man Vitaly Romanov, driving the Associated RC8, almost half a lap in front of 2nd placed Kyosho racer Nikita Pomogaev, while 3rd spot went to Mikhail Diachenko, also with the RC8.

August 26, 2008

Jörn Neumann wins German 2WD Nats

Only two weeks after winning the 4WD Nationals at the Trier track in Germany Team Associated/Team Durango driver Jörn Neumann also secured himself the 2WD title. The championship was held at the challenging track of the MSC Karlsfeld located in the South German Munich area. The meeting that was held over two days suffered a bit from Saturdays rainy weather which caused some delay and affected the qualifying session since the clay track got very muddy which lead to questionable conditions during the last rounds on the first day. But come Sunday all of the 64 racers in both the stock and modified class were rewarded by beautiful sunny weather. Racing started with the remaining of the qualifying rounds and early start of the finals on Sunday noon. In 2WD (13.5T) Stock CS Electronic/Associated driver Christian Stanglmeier took TQ in front of “Old Dude” Eberhard Beck (Associated) and young Sebastian Findeisen (Associated). In 2WD Modified LRP/Associated driver Benni Gröschel secured himself the number one spot some nine seconds in front of Jörn Neumann (Associated) and “Fast Boy” Robert Hart (Associated).

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