June 7, 2013

Daniel Sarmiento wins at Philippine Off-Road nats

Daniel Sarmiento wins at Philippine Off-Road nats

The final round of the Philippine Off-Road Nationals took place in Metro Manila and the race also marked the end of this year’s Summer season in the region. Track conditions were maintained throughout the day to give everyone an equal shot at earning the coveted TQ spot. Some veterans encountered early problems with their Truggies which hurt their qualifying time in order to proceed to the final. With the Christmas tree format in place, racers not in the top 10 had to bump up to secure the last two available slots in order to join the magic 12 car final.

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June 5, 2013

Kyosho Masters 2013 – Announcement

Kyosho Masters 2013 – Announcement

Kyosho France announce the 15th running of the Kyosho Masters. The race will take place at Sucy en Brie in France from the 14th to the 16th of June this year. It will be your typical Masters with top racing, lots of fun and giveaways. For more information you can contact the organisers at kyoshomasters@kyoshoeurope.com

June 4, 2013

Willetts & Embling win BRCA E8 & Truggy Nats Rd3

Willetts & Embling win BRCA E8 & Truggy Nats Rd3

Last weekend 64 drivers descended on the sunny Dirt track in the Midlands and Coventry Model Car club. Upon arriving at the track it was immediately visible that the club members had been hard at work to present the track in the best possible shape after 3/4 days of rain and a full calendar of racing on the track the previous weekend for charity. As the car park started to fill it was nice to see a nice mix of top national drivers and club racers. The E8 buggy started the meeting off. The qualifying was to be 3 rounds with the best 2 to count with the first round having a 4 min warm up bolted on. At the end of the first qualifying run Elliott Boots set the pace with him being the only person to complete 9 laps. At the end of the second qualifying run Simon Willetts had joined Elliott in the 9 lap club. This was then extended to Jack Embling joining them at the end of qualifying 3.

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June 4, 2013

Martin Bayer doubles at Astra Nitro Cross

Martin Bayer doubles at Astra Nitro Cross

The Astra Nitro Cross 2013 was held last weekend at Auto Bayer arena in Slavkov u Brna and Martin Bayer gives a short rundown on how the meeting went. The event is the largest in the Czech Republic with many drivers from Europe attending the annual event. The track again was pretty challenging with banked turns, technical corners and difficult jumps. Rain on Friday meant the race started a little later than planned and practice was limited to rounds with a following qualification round. The first practice round was run on a wet track but that later on dried up. Xray’s Martin Bayer was able to TQ both openings rounds of the nitro buggy and electric buggy class. On Saturday four more rounds of qualification were run and again both classed been dominated by Martin. Five minutes before the third run a heavy rain interrupted the racing making it necessary to cancel the round.

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June 4, 2013

Martin Soerlie wins at Norwegian Cup Series Rd3

Martin Soerlie wins at Norwegian Cup Series Rd3

The third round of the Norwegian Cup off-road series took place on the Innherred RC’s track in Levanger, Norway. The full astroturf track had a very similar layout to earlier years, only one turn has been altered just a bit, so all drivers needed little time getting familiar with the rhythm. After the qualification rounds Joakim Nicolaisen (Associated) took TQ in the 2WD class followed by 2011 Norwegian Champion, Martin Soerlie (TLR) who wasted a very good TQ run on the last corner in the last heat and had to settle for second, meanwhile local hero Roy Gjemble lined up in third position.

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June 3, 2013

Numendahl double at JBRL Rd3

Numendahl double at JBRL Rd3

In this tenth year of running, the Jimmy Babcock Racing League continues to draw huge crowds for the one-day events. With over 260 entries invading the Pegasus Hobbies facility, there was sure to be enough action for everyone. With the first race going off at 8:30am and the last race finishing after 11:30pm, there was non-stop action around the outdoor, clay track. Team Associated descended upon the event to both support the series regulars and to compete for race wins. In the most popular class, 2WD Modified, Team Associated/Reedy/LRP’s Kody Numedahl and his JConcepts equipped B4.2 Factory Team were the star of the show. Setting the early TQ and walking away from the field in the main, Kody led a 10-car field to victory.

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June 3, 2013

Dakotah Phend wins Pro-Line King of Kings

Dakotah Phend wins Pro-Line King of Kings

Team Losi Racing driver Dakotah Phend attended the Pro-Line King of Kings Race at Stateline in Fremont, Indiana over the weekend. There was a late start due to rain but everyone ended up getting in two qualifiers on Saturday and a qualifier and the mains on Sunday. Dakotah TQ’d and won Nitro Buggy with his Team Losi Racing 8ight 3.0, Nitro Truggy with his Team Losi Racing 8ight-T 2.0 and E-Truggy.  Team Losi Racing swept the podium in all three classes with Team Losi Racing driver Dylan Gerard 2nd in Nitro Buggy (1st in E-Buggy) and Team Losi Racing driver Mike Sontag 2nd in E-Truggy and 3rd in Nitro Truggy.

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May 31, 2013

Team Associated Top Gun Shootout – Announcement

Team Associated Top Gun Shootout - Announcement

Team Associated have announced the 2nd Annual Team Associated Top Gun Shootout hosted by SD/RC Raceway in San Diego, California. The two-day event takes place July 6-7th 2013 with qualifying on Saturday and triple A-main events on Sunday. With a large 128′ x 74′ footprint, SD/RC is one of the largest indoor tracks in the nation and is suitable for both 1:10 and 1:8 racing. Scheduled to attend for Team Associated is 4x World Champion Ryan Cavalieri, 2012 Off-Road Shootout Champion Steven Hartson, Team Manager Brent Thielke, Jason Ruona of JConcepts, and many others from across the West coast. For more information and event details, contact Scott Bergen at info@sdrcraceway.com, or visit SDRC Raceway on Facebook.

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