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September 17, 2013

Boots & Sartel win at Noeux Les Mines GP

The Noeux Les Mines GP took place in France last weekend and it was Jerome Sartel who took the TQ honours in the 1/8th E-buggy class with Elliott Boots and Arthur Airaud in second and third respectively. In the finals Elliott made a clean sweep by winning the first and second leg handing him the class win early with one heat to go. The second place went to Jerome Sartel with Emeric Pierre completing the electric buggy podium. In the nitro buggy class Elliott Boots took the TQ honours from Jon Hazlewood and Ben Williams but come the 45 minute final Elliott suffered a flame out costing him many positions. In the end it was Jerome Sartel who took the win with Elliott fighting back to second position. Jean-Patrick Sartel finished third to complete the podium.

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September 16, 2013

Ben Sterling wins 2WD Modified at Wodonga Cup 2013

The 2013 Wodonga Cup took place in Wodonga, Victoria and it was Kyosho’s Ben Sterling who TQ’d two out of three qualifiers to take overall TQ for the finals. After scoring a win in the first final and having a nightmare run in leg number two Ben had to win in the decisive final in order to take the overall win for the day. On the tone Ben started off well but coming a little sideways and onto the grass later on allowed Glen to take the lead that only last for a couple of laps until he came wide onto the main straight allowing Ben to take the lead again. He then held Glen off again for 3 laps until Ben made a mistake after the triple and Glen made a move up in the inside. With 2 laps to go Glen got crossed up coming off the back sweeper and Ben made the move. The last lap Glen pressured Ben hard, at this point the Kyosho driver was just driving really defensively. Glen tried to make a move on the inside of Ben off the little double in the middle of the track but hit the curb and flipped. This gave Ben some breathing room and he just finished off the lap conservatively to take the overall win.

Source: Ben Serling [bensterlingrc.com]

September 12, 2013

OCRC to host Reedy Int’ Offroad Race of Champions

OCRC to host Reedy International Offroad Race of Champions

Following the recent announcement that West Coast RC Raceway was to close, the Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions had to find a new home. After talking to suitable venues in the SoCal area the race organisers have chosen OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach as the venue for the 2014 event.

Reedy is pleased to announce that OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, CA will be the new home for its 20th running. OCRC will be the 11th facility to host the 27-year-old event. With the same organization staff, event sponsors, Scotty Ernst on the mic, and OCRC owner Robert Black all on board, racers are assured a world-class event.

View the complete announcement here.

September 12, 2013

Miguel Matias joins Vampire Racing

Multiple Portuguese National Champion, former European Champion and multiple European and World Championship podium finisher Miguel Matias recently joined the Vampire Racing factory team through to 2014 to run the company’s 1/10th and 1/8th brushless motor and speed controllers along the Vampire Racing line of high performance LiPo battery packs. Miguel already used the components during the 1/10th Buggy Euros and the recent Neo Race with great success.

Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]

September 11, 2013

Karstens wins Mod Truck at Hobby Haven Shootout

The annual Hobby Haven Offroad Shootout has been around for over a decade and has become one of the largest off-road races in the Midwest. This year the organisers capped the entries at 250 and the race filled up on rcsignup.com 4 weeks before the event date. After qualifying a huge thunderstorm rolled through the area Saturday night and when the drivers showed up at the track Sunday morning many were very sceptical that their cars would even touch the track. After some serious work from a few of the locals, the track was starting to come around. With the delay from the wet track all the racers took a vote and decided to skip the triple A-mains and go with single mains to speed up the day. JConcepts Chad Karstens (Team Associated) was in third place the first couple of laps in the Modified Truck A main with Fellow JConcepts drivers Cole Tollard and Rod Rippee (both Team Associated) were first and second but Cole got a little sideways going into a rhythm section. Chad was able to squeeze the throttle and move to the outside passing both Cole and Rod at the same time. He then built a 2 to 3 second lead and was able to hold that gap for the rest of the race taking the win. Cole finished second and Rod came in third.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

September 11, 2013

Cody King doubles at 2013 Byron Heartland Challenge

The 2013 Byron Heartland Challenge took place at the Hobbytown Hobbyplex raceway in Omaha, Nebraska. In the Nitro Buggy class Kyosho’s Cody King took TQ and he had to battle hard with Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz for the win. Struggling with engine setup a flame out of Ryan gave Cody room to breathe and the needed time to correct the carburettor setting and to take the win. With Ryan in second the Buggy podium was completed by Chad Parks (Team Associated). In the Nitro Truggy class it was again Cody who took the TQ and winning honours. Ryan Lutz (Team Durango) came in second and Zach Phillips (Kyosho) rounded out the podium.

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September 11, 2013

Magnus Björndal wins Swedish North Cup

Magnus Björndal wins Swedish North Cup

The final round of the Swedish North Cup took place this past weekend in Robertsfors. 39 racers attended at last year’s Swedish Championship track and it soon became apparent that many drivers could fight for the top position. At the end Magnus Björndal was able to take the winning honours one lap ahead of Richard Malmlöf and Richard Bagger who was another lap down. The overall title went to Magnus in front of Björn Engman and Richard Bagger. The best junior, Viktor Westerlund came in 8th in the last round securing him a top 10 finish overall.

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September 10, 2013

Belgian SCT Cup Rd5 in Kampenhout – Report

For the fifth round of the Belgian SCT Cup the drivers travelled to the iconic Kampenhout track that was as challenging as always with its elevation changes, off camber turns and different track surfaces. As usual, the Heremans’s ensured a smooth organisation and the day went flawless. The first qualifier was run on a wet track but once the sun came out the surface started to dry. Nicolas Evens (TLR 22SCT) TQ’ed the first two runs while Jean-François Renard (TLR 22SCT) took the last one. Behind the two Edouard-Benoît Michez, Philippe Hautecoeur and Cédric Vandeginste, all running Associated SC10’s, battled for the remaining top 5 spots.

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