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December 3, 2013

International Indoor Race series Rd2 – Report

The second round of the International Indoor Race series took place at the demanding Model Indoor Oss carpet track in the Netherlands. The track was made up from carpet combined with plastic floor and thick astro turf sections making for a good challenge for the drivers from Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. In qualifying current 2WD European Champion Jörn Neumann was in control of things setting the fastest times and taking TQ in both the 4WD and 2WD class. In 4WD Jörn was able to conserve his form for the finals and therefore it was more of a race for second and third place as the Team Durango driver simply was too fast for the others. At the end Arie Vos was able to grab the runner-up spot in front of David Pauwels who secured himself the last remaining podium spot.

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December 2, 2013

Patrick Hofer wins at MRTO Challenge

The MRTO Challenge took place last weekend in Armiswil, Switzerland. The event saw 120 entries in the SC 4×4, SC 2WD, modified Buggy 2WD and modified buggy 4WD classes. Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer took TQ in the 2WD and 4WD buggy and later went on to win both categories. In 2WD Markus Metsch (Kyosho) finished 2nd in front of Luca Rau (Kyosho) while in 4WD Milan Steiner (Team Durango) and Max Stölzl (Kyosho) filled the remaining podium spots.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

December 2, 2013

Cham Dassayanake wins 2WD at SIORC Rd2

The second round of this Winter’s SIORC series at the ERMC club in Geneva, Switzerland took place this past weekend. In the 2WD class Cham Dassayanake (Yokomo) took the win from “old dude” Jean-Marc Betticher (Team C) and Adrien Bertin (Kyosho) who had one of his very few electric off-road outings.

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November 28, 2013

Bruno Coelho wins Madeira Cup Rd1

The first Madeira Cup was held at the Madeira Island Off Road track. With most of the participants being on-road racers Xray’s Bruno Coelho, who was invited to assist with car and engine set-up, had loads of work to do. After Saturday’s practice rounds the track was pretty beat-up but the conditions where the same for everyone and it was no surprise that Bruno Coelho took TQ after the qualifiers as he was the most experienced buggy racers on the track. Right from the start of the 45 minute final Bruno took off and never looked back taking the race win one lap ahead of Joao Figueiredo with Vitor Sousa completing the podium in 3rd position.

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November 28, 2013

Reedy Race control tyre announced

Reedy Race control tyre announcement

The organisers of the Reedy Race have announced that Pro-Line and JConcepts will continue to be the official tyre and insert suppliers for the 20th running of the Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions that will take place from the 22nd to 26th of January at OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California. The following will be the only combinations allowed at the event:

2WD Buggy
Front – JC Gold Barcode (#3017-05) & PL Closed Cell Inserts (#6185-03)
Rear – JC Silver Barcode (#3016-06) & PL V2 Closed Cell Inserts (#6185-04)

4WD Buggy
Front – PL MC Ion (#8223-17) & PL Closed Cell Inserts (#6185-02)
Rear – PL MC Ion (#8222-17) & PL V2 Closed Cell Inserts (#6185-04)

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November 27, 2013

Hupo Hönigl and Team Durango confirm split

Team Durango have announced that the company and long-term factory driver Hupo Hönigl have agreed not to continue their working collaboration in 2014. Hupo has been an integral part of the team since 2009, with consistent success at the highest level of RC competition and has contributed his expertise in many ways, including the development of Team Durango racing cars. Both parties felt that as they look forward into the future, it is time for a change, and have planned the split to be at the end of 2013. Team Durango wanted to thank Hupo for all his great work, and wishes him the very best for his future endeavours.

Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]

November 27, 2013

John Agus wins Jakarta regional buggy champs Rd6

The 6th and final round of the Jakarta regional buggy championship was held last Sunday at the Boya Racing Track in Tajur, West Java. A total of 40 racers attended the event which featured three rounds of 10 minute qualifying with the 2 best rounds to count and 4 groups of finals with 5 drivers bumping up. Jason Nugroh (Xray) coming from 4th place on the grid got a good start and lead the first 15 minutes of the race when he suffered a flame-out after flipping the car. This handed John Angus (Kyosho) room to breathe and to the win while Jason was able to move his way up again ending in second place. Adrian Wicaksono (Kyosho) completed the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 27, 2013

Atsushi Hara victorious at JQ Asia Tour Event

Atsushi Hara victorious at JQ Asia Tour

The JQ Asia Tour Event, part of the Ratchaburi Offroad Championship, took place last weekend at the Ratchaburi track in Thailand. Two-time World Champion Atsushi Hara, who was driving a JQ Products buggy at this race, took TQ just in front of Joseph Quagraine. In the 45 minute final Hara opened a 2-lap gap on JQ taking a comfortable win in front of his teammate. Agama driver Witsarut R. completed the podium a lap further back.

Source: JQ Products [jqproducts.com]