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May 7, 2014

Eric Albano wins 2WD Open Buggy at Triple C

Delta RC Raceway hosted their first annual Cali Cup Challenge in Antioch, California. Having rained the weekend before, the original date for the race, the track crew worked hard to get the outdoor track prepped and ready to go. Delta RC hosted a great event under challenging circumstances, with a smooth program and just under 100 entries. Eric Albano was in attendance competing in the 2WD open buggy class with his Reedy-powered, Team Associated B5M. Albano took the TQ honors after five rounds of qualifying, taking best three out of five going into the triple A mains. A1 and A2 saw Albano taking the win by almost a lap on the field.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

May 7, 2014

Mike Truhe TQ’s and wins at South American Champs

Mike Truhe TQ's and wins at South American Champs

The South American Championship took place in Paulina, Brazil on a track built by The Dirt’s Joey Christensen. Serpent’s Mike Truhe took the TQ in both the nitro Buggy and nitro Truggy class. He then went on to win both of his semi finals to take the pole positions for the mains that he also won by a comfortable margin to take snatch both titles.

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May 7, 2014

2014 Super Cup Championship Series Rd4 – Report

The final round of JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series Spring Session continued its record pace with 191 entries Saturday at FZRC in Sarasota FL. The weather gods were set to see some of the best action to date as the sunny south Florida weather was set perfectly in the 80’s with a light breeze. Marty Chilton and the FZRC crew groomed and manicured the red clay surface to give racers the most technical layout challenge to date. As racers began to pack the track early Friday morning, all quickly focused on their fast lines and marks for consistent lap times.

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May 6, 2014

Bloomfield & Cragg win at BRCA off-road national

This past weekend the BRCA 10th off-road national series visited Southport in the NW of England. As racers descended on the venue they were greeted by an, as usual, excellently prepared track, now sporting some new features in the middle portion of the track to go along with the infamous Southport “back section”, that would give the racers a challenging and fresh layout to race on. The national format see’s just 2 rounds of 3 minute practice runs before drivers in to 4 rounds of qualifying and then finals, with just the A main having 3 legs to battle it out, 2WD on the Saturday and 4WD on the Sunday.

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May 5, 2014

Dakotah Phend dominates ROAR 1/8th electric nats

The 2014 ROAR 1/8th Electric Offroad Nationals took place in Houston, Texas last weekend. Team Losi Racing’s Dakotah Phend made a clean sweep in qualifying by taking TQ in all three classes – Buggy, Truggy and the supporting Pro4 4WD short course class. In 1/8th E-Buggy Jared Tebo and Drew Moller rounded out the top 3 while in E-Truggy Jared Tebo and Cody King filled the top 3 spots. In Pro4 Ryan Lutz and Adam Drake put their trucks in 2nd and 3rd position respectively.

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May 3, 2014

2014 Arena Outdoor – Announcement

2014 Arena Outdoor - Announcement

After a break of a few years the famous Italian Arena race is back, this time going back to its roots, moving back outdoors. From the 29th to the 31st of August Arena Outdoor will be run at one of the best outdoor buggy tracks in Italy, the DirtRaceRC track of Diego Fuser. The race will be open to Nitro buggy, Nitro truggy and Brushless buggy categories with all the info about the race format, timetable and categories to be posted online very soon. Despite moving from the unique “country style” venue, the organisers are sure you will be impressed by the new location because they have a lot of surprises to make you feel home at Arena 2014. For more information you can visit www.arenarace.it to keep up to date with the latest developments.

May 2, 2014

Munday, Peeler & Selvaggi win Keilor Truck Stampede

A Truck-only race was held at the Melbourne-based Keilor track. The Keilor Truck Stampede saw 2WD and 4WD Short Course racing along Stadium Trucks with Ray Munday wrapping up the win in 2WD SCT while Ashley Peeler took the 4WD SCT class. Stadium Truck was won by Andrew Selvaggi.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

May 2, 2014

Bridgewater & Hudson win at NCT Rd1

Every year the Northwest Championship Tour holds some of the best outdoor offroad races in the Northwest. This year the season was kicked off by heading up to Wenatchee, WA for the first stop of the tour. RCCCS hosted the annual Spring Shootout. The RCCCS track is known to be demanding on the equipment and suspension, with big air and large ruts. Track conditions deteriorated heavily during the weekend, making the track even harder for all the 1:10 buggies and trucks.

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