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July 16, 2013

Wilcox & Bernal win at JConcepts Summer Indoor Nats

The past round of the 2013 JConcepts Summer Indoor Nats series was held at the Outback Raceway in Chico, CA. Home of A Main Hobbies the Outback Raceway is one of the premier indoor racing facilities in Northern California. With over 250 entries it would be a hard fought battle to not only get into the A main but win one. Factory drivers from Associated, Team Losi, Kyosho, Tekno RC, and many more were in attendance. Local hero Shon Wilcox would TQ the 40+ Stock ST Truck class in front of Tekin team mate Randy “Buttercup” Lathrop. Wilcox would continue his good fortune and win the 40+ Stock Buggy title, team mate Craig Patterson would join him on the podium in 3rd. BMiller racing’s Nathan Bernal took the TQ in the Stock ST Class and he also took the overall win over Ryan Sagisi.

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July 16, 2013

Door wins Pro4 at JConcepts’s Summer Indoor Nats

Curtis Door wins Pro4 at JConcepts's Summer Indoor Nationals

The JConcepts’s Summer Indoor Nationals took place at the Outback Raceway in Chico, CA this past weekend. There was a huge turnout for all classes including the Pro4 Short Course. Tekno RC Driver Curtis Door was the top qualifier in this class and pulled out a win after having a hard battle for the lead swapping positions with MIP’s Matt Olson four times throughout the race.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

July 15, 2013

Potter, Buechler & Preugschat win at Region 11 champs

The 2013 ROAR region 11 1/10 off-road championship took place in Spokane, WA. The 2WD Mod Buggy saw Nick Buechler (Associated), TQ-ing the class and securing the overall win after A2 while the 2WD Mod Truck class had Jeremy Potter (TLR) wrapping up the win chased by Tekin team mate Buechler. The 4WD Mod Buggy class was dominated again by Nick Buechler and his AE B44.2. Nick would walk away from the field in every qualifier and main to take home the victory. Privateer Ross Carter would take a well deserved 2nd overall. The 4WD SC class belonged to TLR driver Shane Preugschat. Starting on pole, Shane quickly left the rest of the field to fight for 2nd in both A1 and A2.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

July 13, 2013

Ronnefalk gets his revenge

Having come so close to winning his first European title last year in Austria, today in France Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk got his revenge, the Swede winning a thrilling final at the Reims track ahead of Xray’s Renaud Savoya despite the former 3-time champion being willed on by the huge home crowd who brought great atmosphere to the 33rd running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships. The podium at the Reims track was completed by Savoya’s team-mate Martin Bayer, the Czech ace clearly delighted with the result.

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July 13, 2013

Ronnefalk on pole in Reims

Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk will start the Main final which will decode the 33rd 1:8 Offroad European Champion from pole position after the Top Qualifier won his semi final in the fastest time with the other Semi Final winner Joern Neumann starting second on the grid for this evening’s 45-minute encounter at Reims in France. A great drive by reigning champion Darren Bloomfield, who had a difficult qualifying, will see the TLR driver try and defend his title from 3rd on the 12 car grid.

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July 12, 2013

Ronnefalk ‘Top Qualifier’ at Euros

17-year-old David Ronnefalk is the Top Qualifier of the 33rd running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships, the rising Kyosho star securing the honor in style as he claimed his third TQ run of the French event in the fifth & final round of qualifying. Setting the third fastest time in Q5 behind Team Associated’s Yannick Aigoin, World Champion Robert Batlle ends qualifying 2nd overall with arch rival Renaud Savoya completing the Top 3 despite a disappointing final heat in which he could only manage the 12th fastest time. A great final qualifier to the fifth fastest time by defending Champion Darren Bloomfield ensures the very relieved TLR driver will line up in the Semi Finals, the performance injecting a new lease of confidence in the British driver for tomorrow’s big day.

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July 12, 2013

Savoya tops Q4 in Reims

Xray’s Renaud Savoya became the first home driver to top the time sheets in qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad European Championship in Reims, the 3 time Champion TQ’ing the penultimate round from fellow Frenchman Yannic Aigoin with Germany’s Joern Neumann completing the Top 3. Overnight TQ holder David Ronnefalk, who set the pace in 2 of yesterday’s 3 qualifiers, had a ‘bad round after two crashes left the Kyosho driver to complete Q4 only 13th fastest.

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July 12, 2013

AE Cup EP Offroad Champs Indonesia – Report

The AE Cup Indonesia was held in Graha Raya Tangerang-Indonesia outside Jakarta and attracted over 40 racers who battled in 2WD and 4WD buggy as well as 2WD and 4WD short course truck classes. The event saw two five minute qualification rounds and triple seven minute mains. In 2WD Wuzi Sevta took the TQ and win from Kris Heriyana and Dimas Arianto while Rama Tribudiman TQ’d and won 4WD buggy leaving Dimas Arianto and Jiriel K behind. In 2WD SC Rama Tribudiman TQ’d the class but had to make way for Wuzi Sevta in the finals who scored the win. Third on the podium was Sunny TS. 4WD SC was TQ’d by Jiriel K who ended up fourth in the final as Ewa, Adrian and Haviedz took place 1 to 3.

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