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May 26, 2014

110% Racing Clinic – Announcement

Gord and Ty Tessmann will hold another of their popular 110% Racing Clinic camps from the 8th to 10th of July at the Circuit RC International in St. Etienne, Quebec before the Quebec Classic Race. The workshop is a great way to learn from the successful team and benefit from their years of knowledge in building and racing championship winning cars. TLR’s Adam Drake will make a special appearance and you can find more information and the sign-up by clicking here.

May 26, 2014

Andrea Di Cecco wins at Triveneto regional champs

The Regional Championship of Triveneto AMSCI was held at the beautiful but slippery track of Eraclea near Venice. JQ Products driver Andrea Di Cecco (JQ/Reds/AKA) took TQ from Roberto Vidotto (Mugen/Reds/AKA) and Davide Ongaro (Mugen/Novarossi/Procircuit). In the Main, after an unfortunate start, the loss of several positions and precious seconds, Andrea began to make constant fast laps without any mistakes and he eventually took over the lead without losing it till the end of the race. Roberto Vidotto (Mugen/Reds/AKA) came in 2nd while Federico DeMarco (Mugen/Reds/AKA) completed the top 3 result.

Source: JQ Products [jq-products.com]

May 26, 2014

Kyle McBride doubles at ACT State Championships

The Australian ACT State Championships was hosted in Canberra, attracting all of Australia’s best drivers from across the country with around 150 entries for the weekend. The track is always known for having an amazing groove and technical/fun layout. Kyosho’s Kyle McBride started off the weekend well managing to pick up the overall TQ both the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy class. He started off pole position for the main finals and managed to create a gap at the start and pull away in both finals. He ended the finals with a lap up on 2nd place in both classes and the rest of the field and took the state championship for both classes this year.

Click here to view the Truggy podium

May 26, 2014

Robert Batlle wins Spanish nitro off-road nationals Rd2

The 2nd round of the Spanish nitro off-road nationals took place last weekend at the Santa Oliva track. Despite coming late to the starting grid of the final due to a supposed receiver battery connector issue, Mugen’s Robert Batlle took his Novarossi-powered buggy to a convincing win. Bryan Baldo (Mugen/Novarossi) with a flame out and Andres Marcelino (RB/RB) lined up behind. Carlos Pineda (Mugen/Ultimate) and Jaume Figuls (Mugen/Alpha) completed the top 5 result.

Source: InfoRC [inforc.net] | Image: Robert Batlle

May 24, 2014

Hartson & Motter take wins at JBRL Rd4

The 4th round of the 2014 JBRL Electric series, hosted by OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, CA would see 265 entries with some of the areas fast guys plus several drivers coming in from out of state. Steven Hartson took the win in the 2WD Modified Buggy with Kevin Motter in 2nd and Jake Thayer in 3rd. Steven also swept the Modified Truck class while Kevin Motter came out successful in 2WD Modified Short Course. Jake Thayer then went on to win the Super Stock Buggy class. Round 5 of the series will be hosted by Controlled Chaos Raceway located in Palmdale, CA on June 14th.

Click here to view the other podiums

May 23, 2014

Pedro Miguel Sousa wins at Portuguese buggy regional

The 2nd round of the Northern Portuguese 1/8th off-road regionals took place in Avanca near Averio. In the final Pedro Miguel Sousa looked to be in control of things until he ran into engine trouble meaning he would have to fight for the top position again. At the end a strong performance brought him the win in front of Hugo Cunha and Nuno Filipe Ferreira. Gabriel Magalhaes and Francisco Ferreria completed the top 5 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 22, 2014

BuggyLand Race – Announcement

On the weekend of the 29th of June the CARTT club in Madrid, Spain, will hold the BuggyLand Race for 1/8th nitro buggies. The event will see the attendance of local hotshots with international drivers already made their entry too. Sign-up for the event is available here and you can get a first impression of the track by checking out this video.

May 22, 2014

Nielsen & Jenson take wins at JBRL Rd4

This past weekend was JBRL round 4 at OCRC in Huntington Beach, CA wit a great turnout once again for the JBRL with 265 entries for the one day event. Doug “Casper” Nielsen was able to take a convincing win in Electric 8th scale. Casper drove his Tekin-powered TLR buggy to the victory. He would start the main in P2 loosing out on the TQ by only .8sec over TLR teammate David Jenson. At the tone David Jenson would lead the field for the start of the 10 minute A-main with Casper following close behind and the two would break away from the pack after a few laps. After a couple of minutes into the race David would make a mistake and Casper would be able to capitalise passed David and never look back. TLR/Tekin teammate Ryan Dunford would put in a great run to finish 3rd and take the JBRL points lead with the effort after 4 rounds. In Pro-4 Casper would finish a strong 3rd to put him on the podium with TLR teammates David Jenson first and Ryan Dunford 2nd to ensure a TLR podium sweep with the SCTE 2.0.

Click here to view the Pro4 podium