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January 25, 2014

2WD complete at RROC, Maifield leads

With half the racing that makes up the 20th running of the Reedy Race of Champions complete it is Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield who leads at OCRC Raceway in California. One of the world’s fastest & most spectacular drivers, Maifield tops the points table after the six rounds of 2WD action by 2 points from defending champion Ryan Cavalieri. The World famous race’s previous two winners Dustin Evans and Joern Neumann sit 3rd & 4th respectively as racing now switches to the first round of 4WD action.

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January 25, 2014

Important win for Maifield in Round 5

Ryan Maifield secured an important win this morning at the Reedy Race of Champions to pull clear at the top of the points standings as his chief rival Ryan Cavalieri had his worst result of the event. With the Team Associated duo lining up side by side on the front row of the grid for the most anticipated of the 2WD encounters, it was the pole position starting Maifield who got the best start to lead away. With Cavalieri right on his rear wing, the race looked to be a rather straight forward 1-2 points haul for the American pairing however on lap 9 a mistake by Maifield spiced things up. Turning too early for the corner after the Double Double the No.1 Reedy powered Centro B4.2 hooked the piping rolling over back out into the line of Cavalieri. With the two cars briefly stuck together, separating after doing a number of pirouettes, this allowed the field to catch back up. While Maifield got away first, Cavalieri had a number of cars on his tail. Making it down the straight in second a roll over after the step down was enough to allow Dustin Evans, Brian Strange and Kody Numedahl to slip through. Only able to find a way back passed Numedahl a clearly frustrated Cavalieri would only finish 4th.

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January 25, 2014

Cavalieri & Maifield tied at Reedy Race

At the end of the first day of racing at the Reedy Race of Champions it is Ryan Cavalieri and Ryan Maifield who lead the way, the Team Associated stars tied on points at the top of the points standings with 1/3 of the scheduled races that make up the 20th running of world famous event completed. Bringing Day 2 of the event to a close, round 4 of the 6 rounds of 2WD action saw Cavalieri claim a relatively easy third victory while Maifield starting from 10th on the grid and Yokomo’s Lee Martin, who posted the fastest race time of the day, notched up their second wins. Behind the two Ryan’s it is the only European to have ever won the Reedy Race title Joern Neumann who completes the Top 3 overnight in California.

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January 25, 2014

Davagian wins Mod Truck at Mid-Atlantic Champs

The 2014 Mid-Atlantic Championships took place in Gaithersburg, MD. The 1-day event attracted 100 entries in total. In the Modified Truck class Peter Davagian first TQ’d and then won the race in front of Deon Gray and Justin Lopes. The Modified 2WD class had James Schlick TQing and taking the win from Gabriel Galeano and Zack Sinclair.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 24, 2014

Cavalieri gets first win in Round 2

Defending Reedy Race Champion Ryan Cavalieri claimed his first win of this year’s 20th running of the event when he saw off a late challenge from the ever spectacular Ryan Maifield in a race that saw the duo produce the first 16 lap runs for 2WD around the OCRC Raceway. In the other two encounters of the round former 2WD World Champion Neil Cragg took a tone to tone win in Heat 1 over Rick Hohwart while in Heat 2 current 4WD World Champion Steven Hartson came through from 4th to win by almost 7-seconds from Cody King. For Round 1′s most convincing winner Dustin Evans it was a tough second race for the TLR driver. Starting Heat 1 from 8th on the grid, the former champion was making his way to the front and looking good for at least a Top 3 finish but a coming together with Germany’s Oliver Scholz on lap 4 dropped him back to last from where he was only able to recover to 4th.

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January 24, 2014

Evans takes most convincing win of opening RROC encounter

Former champion Dustin Evans took the most convincing win of the opening round of races at the 20th running of the Reedy Race of Champions in which all three races were won by the TQ starting drivers. Winner of the world famous race in 2011 on a tie break with current champion Ryan Cavalieri, the Team Losi Racing driver put in a faultless race winning by 5.6 seconds from another former champion Joern Neumann. What was more significant about the Colorado driver’s win was that he did it in the fastest race time something that could again prove vital come Sunday evening. With a time some 5-seconds slower than that of Evans, Ryan Maifield took Heat 1 over Neil Cragg. Heat 3 went to Marc Rheinard in a three way battle of World Champions, the touring car ace holding off Cody King and Cavalieri who came through from the back twice.

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January 24, 2014

Tekno RC signs Curtis Door

Tekno RC announce that Curtis Door has signed on for the 2014 season. Along with an incredible driving talent, Curtis brings a wealth of setup knowledge and dedication to the RC industry. Curtis will be running the full line of Tekno RC nitro and electric vehicles in the upcoming season. He’s been tearing it up lately in the Northern California region against some well known pro competition, taking down a couple TQ’s and wins at recent events.

Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]

January 24, 2014

Miguel Matias joins Xray

Xray announce that European Champion and multi-time Portuguese National Champion Miguel Matias has joined the their factory team. Miguel is a professional off-road car racer with many years of experiences and a stunning list of achievements and victories. Miguel joins the factory team and will work closely with the R&D team on the further development of the Xray electric and nitro off-road car platforms. He will attend a variety of national and international race in 2014 including the 1/8th Euros and Worlds, the 1/10th Euros, the Neo Race as well as a the Portuguese nationals. This is what Miguel has to say about the deal:

I am very excited to join the Xray team. Over the years I have admired the constant growth of the Xray company which is in my opinion a result of their very dedicated and professional work. Having tested both XB4 and the new XB8 I was surprised by both reliability and performance. Since the 2014 is the year of Worlds I wanted to have an absolute confidence in the car and to have a strong team backup and as such it was an easy choice to join the forces with the Xray. I am looking forward to work with the R&D team and I would like to thank to Xray for this opportunity. I will do all my best in 2014 in both 1/10 & 1/8 off-road and hope to see you all during the season.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com] 