The 30th instalment of the famous Pro-Line Cactus Classic will be held from March 7th to 13th at Hobbytown/SRS in Phoenix, Arizona. The event will see the usual mixture of Modified, 13.5T Superstock and 17.5T Stock classes and sign-up starts today, December 1st at rcsignup.com. More information about the event can be found here.
Maritime Raceway held the Off Road Wars World Cup over the weekend on their multi-surface indoor facility. In the 4WD Buggy class Kyosho’s Elliott Boots was the man to beat all weekend. Elliott would grab the TQ and also the overall win from Lee Martin (Yokomo) while Ellis Stafford (TLR) would round out the podium result in third. In the 2WD class Yokomo’s Lee Martin would come out successful after taking the TQ in the qualifiers. The Kyosho duo of Jack Embling and Elliott Boots came in second and third respectively, completing the podium by swapping their qualifying positions.
Round 4 of the Israeli League was held this past Friday at the Ein Vered track near Tel Aviv. After the four rounds of qualifying Yaniv Sivan took the TQ from Omer Assayag and Tal Sales in second and third respectively. Right from the start of the 40 minute main final Yaniv was able to open a small gap on the field while Omer was in a fight with Tal for the runner-up spot. Some five minutes into the race Tal found a way past Omer to take the second spot and he started to close the gap on the leader. Around half way into the race Omer had to stop with technical issues and up front Yaniv Sivan (Kyosho/Reds Racing) was able to control the lead that he would keep until the chequered flag. Tal Sales (Kyosho/Picco) ended the main on the runner-up spot with Ofer Avitan (Kyosho/O.S.) rounding out the podium result in third.
Thanks to Yaniv Sivan for the report.
The inaugural Reedy Outdoor Off-Road Championships was hosted by Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. Replacing the Reedy Truck Race, this new event featured watered track conditions, spiked tires and roost throwing vehicles of all categories. With short days and breaks in the program for watering, the 150 entries enjoyed a smooth race event that allowed for consistent track conditions for all participants. As practice got underway smiles and laughter filled the pits. Racers commented on how fun it was to drive on a watered surface with some fluff and slightly rough track conditions.
The 8th Annual Turkey Shootout was hosted by Norcal Hobbies in San Jose, California. Daniel Brown TQ’d three out of four rounds of qualifying, having a DNF in the final round. Despite the DNF, Daniel positioned himself as TQ in both the 2WD Modified Buggy and Modified Truck classes heading into the mains. In the 2WD main, Daniel got a great start and by the second lap he was able to break away from the field and dominate the main, maintaining a sizeable gap throughout. In Modified Stadium Truck Daniel got a good start as well but this time he was followed closely by local fast guy Peter Stein. At the half way point Daniel was able to break away from Stein and cruise to his second victory of the weekend.
View the Modified Truck podium here
The Russian UN Championship was held at the Crocus Expo Exhibition Centre in Moscow. Considered to be one of the largest events in the country the race attracted over 120 drivers and in the 4WD class it was Roman Larkin who would take the TQ and with it the pole position for the A-main. Roman then went on to win A1 and A2 for an early overall victory over Dmitriy Malyshko in second and Stanislav Glebov in third.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
SmacTrac of St. Charles, Missouri was host to the inaugural running of the Archway Classic. A world-class facility, backed by its very fast group of local racers, meant this event would have some fierce competition and with over 150 entries from all around the Midwest, a win at this race would cement a driver as a true threat at any track around the country. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Matt Gosch, coming from the 3 spot on the grid, would go on to take the A-Main victory after close battles with Jonathan Burkhalter and Chris Baumgartner. In 4WD Modified Buggy Matt struggled to come to grips, setting him up for a 5th place starting position for the single 5 minute A. Aggressive driving early in the race let Matt find his way to 2nd place behind Josh Wheeler, who made an uncharacteristic mistake late in the race to allow Matt by for another A-main win, and a clean sweep of the Archway Classic. Elsewhere in the JConcepts 2WD Spec Tire class, Ben Ellis would take the TQ and win.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
This past weekend the MRTO Challenge was held with around 150 drivers from Switzerland, Austria and Germany in attendance. The purpose-built track offered a lot of grip and the different jumps present made for an entertaining time. Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer was on a mission, TQing all three classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and 2WD Truck. On Sunday Patrick would continue to be on top of the field, taking the win in the 2WD class from Schumacher driver Micha Widmeier and Kyosho’s Luca Rau. In the 4WD class Patrick lead a Team Associated trifecta with Markus Metsch and Nico Schmid sidelining Patrick on the podium in second and third respectively. Finally in the 2WD Truck class Mr. Hofer would come out successful from Jan Dissler and Jakob Pirolt.
View the 4WD and Truck podium here
