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July 9, 2013

33rd 1:8 Offroad Euros underway in Reims

The 33rd running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships got underway this morning in France with Day 1 of the event, which will come to a conclusion on Saturday, set to be a rather uneventful affair with just 3 rounds of untimed practice making up today’s schedule. Having had the Warm-up race cancelled just as the Semi-finals got underway due to rain, the hot sunny weather that has greeted drivers on their arrival to the famous Champagne producing city has created a totally different set of track conditions with tyre choice set to be the key factor to the outcome of the race.

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July 9, 2013

Patrick Hofer wins Hohenems Summerchamps 2013

The Hohenems Off-Road Summerchamps in Austria were held the the EFAC Hohenems’ blue groove clay track and saw the attendance of 80 drivers from Switzerland, Austria and Germany. The race was well organised by the local club and offered perfect track conditions. In the early low-grip stages Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer put his Team Associated cars on top of the field in the 2WD and 4WD class and he also stayed there in the ‘blue groove’ finals winning both categories in style.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

July 9, 2013

BRCA 1/8th Truggy & Electric Rd4 – Report

The BRCA Truggy and Electric 1/8th national series descended on a new dirt track for the series which was the NRC track near Bromsgrove, Birmingham. The track looked in tip top condition when the pilots arrived. Due the temperature at 7 o’clock they even had the sprinklers on. The lay out comprised of some nice well thought technical sections. Normal situation started at 9 o’clock with the Electric buggies starting of the meeting for the first of their three qualifying runs. It was evident from the first runs that it would not be a walk in the park. The weather was going to be a challenge for all drivers and cars as well as the track. The track started off quite loose but the wider Truggy tyres helped to push the lose dirt to sides which made the racing line starting to blue groove.

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July 8, 2013

oOple Off-Road Open Series Rd3 – Report

This weekend was the third and final round of the inaugural oOple Off-Road Open Series. Having already visited Stotfold and RHR, Sunny Southport was the host of the final round. The 4WD championship was already decided with Tom Cockerill taking wins in the opening 2 rounds, but 2WD was a three-way battle between Schumachers Greg Williams, Tom Cockerill and RHR boss James Heliwell. As usual, Saturday morning would see open practice, allowing everyone all the track time they could wish for to get their cars dialled in to the high grip Southport track. The track was excellently prepared by the Southport crew, and the layout was fast and challenging, which would make for some good racing come the finals.

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July 5, 2013

Jarosz wins 2WD Mod at Nor-Star electric champs

Chris Jarosz wins 2WD Mod at the Nor-Star electric champs

Delta RC in Antioch, CA played host to the 1st Annual Nor-Star electric champs. Northern California’s best 1/10 electric drivers braved the triple-digit temperatures to see who would stand on the top step of the podium. Chris Jarosz was on hand to represent Team Associated, LRP, and Reedy. The racing, taking place on a sugar-prepped track, consisted of three rounds of qualifying along with a single seven-minute main event on Saturday. Jarosz set the time to beat early on in the 2WD Modified class, with his AKA-treaded Factory Team B4.2 topping the sheets after the first round of qualifying. This time held up throughout the scorching day in this most popular class on the weekend. As the sun was setting, the tone for the 2WD Modified main sounded with Jarosz taking a lights to checker victory over the 10-buggy field.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

July 5, 2013

2013 FEMCA Championships – Announcement

2013 FEMCA Championships - Announcement

The Car Modelling Association of China have contacted us to invite everyone to the 2013 FEMCA Championships for 1/8th buggy and 1/10th ISTC which takes place in Beijing from the 18th to the 28th of August. The organisers are putting in a huge effort to make this an amazing race with a new purpose built facility for offroad located in the Fengtai Sports Center, which hosted many major sports events including the softball during the Olympics, as well as the already existing tarmac onroad track which previously hosted the Beijing International RC Invitational. Together with Masami Hirosaka, Trevor Reid and Charlie Siribodhi from FEMCA they will ensure that this a well run event. China is still an emerging market for RC and believe it or not this will be one of the first major Championships to be held on the mainland. Entries are open right now, and there are already some major names confirmed, and Red RC will be in attendance to cover the event. For more details you can visit the official event website here or view the stage 1 & 2 reports here.

July 3, 2013

Orlowski & Novotny win at Mibosport Offroad Meeting

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The Yokomo-supported Mibosport Offroad Meeting 2013 was run at the Mibosport astro turf track in Trebic last weekend. The follow-up race of the very successful Winter race series was run from Friday to Sunday and saw two rounds of controlled practice followed by five qualifiers on Saturday. Sunday was used for a final practice and the main finals. Star of the race was young Vojta Flek, brother of famous Radek Flek. His third place in 4WD buggy qualification just behind Michal Orlowski and Kaja Novotny was a testament to his speed.

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July 2, 2013

Jörn Neumann wins 2wd at NRW Offroad Cup Rd7

Last weekend saw Team Durango’s Jörn Neumann attend the NRW Offroad Cup for the second time. Since its creation in 2009, the NORC has become one of the most popular German electric offroad series on the club racing level and occasionally also attracts drivers from Luxembourg and the Netherlands. As other races in the region proved not to be as attractive in the past few years, the clubs involved decided to hold the West German regional meetings together with the NORC in 2013. As a result, Team Durango’s Jörn Neumann joined the NORC crowd again for an intense weekend of racing at the MC Dortmund’s clay track. Dominated by Short Course racing in the last few years, the NORC has recently experienced a surge in the buggy groups. Being the only driver to manage 15 laps, Jörn’s win in 2WD was never at risk, but the battle for runner up was interesting to watch, and a tight affair between the two Yokomo B-Max2 MR drivers Yannic Prümper and Jens Becker.

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