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October 24, 2013

Lorenzo Crolla joins Xray off-road team

Xray announce the addition of the young and talented French driver Lorenzo Crolla to their off-road team. Lorenzo will attend all French championship races, French Cup, European Championship and he will try to get his ticket for the World’s in Italy. Lorenzo has been as a private driver already and will now receive the full factory support for his 1/8th and 1/10th campaigns. Lorenzo has this to say about the deal:

I am very pleased to be a part of the official Xray team. I have been very satisfied with the XB4 and after my first success at Euros my motivation has been even greater. After some extensive testing of the new prototype of the Xray’s 1/8 off-road car I was amazed with both the performance and handling and had no doubts at all to join the team for 2014. My motivation and excitement are at maximum and I am looking forward the next season.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 24, 2013

Paparegas wins Greek Nitrofest

The annual Nitrofest took place in Thesaloniki in the North of Greece. On Saturday the race was on between Paparegas and Quagraine with the latter winning two out of the three qualifying rounds. On Sunday Paparegas shifted into second gear and won all qualifiers taking TQ for the finals. In the final Paparegas and Quagraine battled until Xray driver Paparegas made his move leaving the remainder of the field in the dust. At the end Papanikolaou was able to put some pressure on Paparegas but the latter was able to stay in the lead.

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October 24, 2013

Greek EP Buggy nationals – Report

The last round of the Greek electric off-road nationals was held at the Action Race astroturf facilities just outside Athens. Both 2WD and 4WD modified buggy classes were open for different title contenders, in 2WD Team Kyosho had two cars in the A-Main starting from TQ and third position on the grid. Pole man John Papanikolaou took two convincing wins in A1 and A2 securing the win. Argiris Papagiannakopoulos who was leading the 2WD championship and had to settle for 4th but that was enough to win the 2WD national championship. In 4WD again anything could happen with two racers aiming for the win and title. Again John Papanikolaou had the speed to TQ but settled for second on the grid with Argiris starting 6th in the A-Main final. Papanikolaou took his Kyosho Lazer FS2 SP to the second place on the podium that actually gave him his first national EP off-road title, while Papagiannakopoulos finished 5th after some troublesome final heats, but secured his second place on the championship title.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]

October 23, 2013

JBRL Electric Series Rd 8 – Report

The 8th and final Round of the JBRL Electric Series finished off at Jimmy’s home track – Hot Rod Hobbies. In 2WD Modified Buggy Team Associated’s Cody Numedahl came in first, followed by Kyosho’s Cody King and Kevin Motter (Team Associated). Cody also wrapped up the overall 2013 JBRL series championship.

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October 22, 2013

Phillip Atondo wins at Octoberfest

Central Valley R/C Raceway hosted the Octoberfest this weekend. TLR’s Phillip Atondo TQ’d the 1/8 Nitro Buggy class and was the only one to go the extra lap in qualifying. Race went deep into the night and track changed a lot with the moisture coming up and under the lights. At the start of the 30 minute buggy main Atondo made early mistakes as he dropped back to about 5th witch allowed Tyler Vik and Austin Blair to get out front. Vik and Blair were battling which allowed Atondo to reel them in. Atondo got by Blair and was setting his sights on Vik who was running a smooth race. Just after the halfway mark Atondo caught Vik and they would swap positions with a great battle and Atondo being patient to get around Vik. In the last 5 minutes of the race Vik crashed in the big rhythm section witch allowed Atondo to get by and pull away for the win.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

October 22, 2013

TD North East Indoor Champs – Announcement

The Team Durango North East Indoor Champs will take place at the Maximus R/C Raceway in York, Maine on November2nd and 3rd. The race is held in 1/8th Open Buggy, 1/10th Open Buggy and several 2WD and 4WD SC classes and will see the attendance of World-class drivers such as Travis Amezcua, Matt Olson and Carson Wenimont along some of the best local drivers in Northern New England. More information can be found here.

October 21, 2013

ROAR Region 8 Championship – Report

This year, the Region 8 Championship race was held at Fastlane Raceway in Blue Springs, MO, near Kansas City. This years event ended up being around 150 entries and included several of the Midwest’s finest drivers. The track surface consisted of hard packed top soil and had medium grip. The layout was pretty cool and included an option step up in the centre where you could go double-double or single-triple. The race format this year was a little different from years past and included four six minute qualifiers with single eight minute main events. Qualifying was random order. There were four rounds and a total of 20 heats. After four rounds of qualifying, 2WD qualifying was very close. Taylor Larsen, Cody Hollis, Nick Gibson and Mitchel Gardner all TQ’ed a round, which left it up to the finishing orders of their other rounds to determine the overall TQ.

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October 21, 2013

Daniel Vega wins Spanish 1/8 E-buggy champs

The 4th round of the Spanish 1/8th electric off-road nationals took place at the El Estrecho track. After qualifying Agama’s Daniel Vega took TQ, one second ahead of Alberto Garcia (Serpent) with Zacarias Villalba (Team C) completing the top 3. The main final had a great battle between Daniel and Albert to offer with the better end for the Agama pilot who also secured the overall championship due to the better tie-breaker result. With Daniel in 1st place Alberto Garcia came in second, Sergio Martínez (Serpent) completes the top 3. Zacarias Villalba ends his 2013 campaign in 4th place, Tony Alcalá (Serpent) finishing the championship in 5th place.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]