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May 14, 2013

Martin Bayer wins Czech Championship Rd1

Last weekend saw the first round of the Czech 1/8th offroad Nationals in Horní Jelení. Forecast for the weekend was to be really bad, with rain all weekend long. Saturday saw the track being flooded for nitro practice as well as the full electric program. On Sunday the weather got better, only cloudy and little bit of sunshine at the end of the day. Qualification saw Martin Bayer take 3 wins out of 4 runs. A muddy track was making cleaning the cars before each run take a lot of time. Xray ace Bayer would win his semi to take the pole position for the main. He would be unchallenged in the main and took the win in front of Lukáš Zeman and Jiří Mára.

View the final results here

May 13, 2013

Double win for King at JBRL Rd2

Paul King reports from last weekend’s JBRL Nitro round 2 held at Palm Desert RC Raceway. ‘It was a hot hard fought win in the Buggy class, and a little easier cruise in the Truggy class for Cody. These were good wins for Cody as he maintains the points lead in both classes and retains the #1 number plates. Temps exceeding 100f made the effort just a little more difficult unless you pitted in a motor home with AC. Lots of water and wet towels were the order of the day.

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May 13, 2013

Yannick Aigoin double at French 1/10th Nationals Rd3

The 3rd round of the French electric offroad nationals took place last weekend in the town of Orange in the south of France, close to Marseille. Qualifying would see Associated driver Yannick Aigoin take the top spot in both 2wd and 4wd and in the final would convert his form into convincing wins in both classes. In 2wd he would beat out Xray driver Renaud Savoya who took 2nd with X-Factory driver Alexis Dufau in 3rd. In 4wd it would be Savoya again in 2nd, this time beating out Xray/Orion team mate Lorenzo Crolla in 3rd.

Thanks to Yannick Aigoin for the report.

May 13, 2013

Hobbywing signs Patrick Hofer

Hobbywing have announced the signing of Swiss Team Associated driver Patrick Hofer as another addition to their team of international drivers. The multiple Swiss champion has been a front runner in the Swiss, German and European racing scene for years and brings a large amount of experience to the team. He will be using Hobbywing’s latest V3.1 in all his 1/10 scale off-road rides and the 150A Xerun ESC in his 1/8 scale electric buggy.

Source: Hype [hype-rc.de]

May 13, 2013

Yuichi Kanai returns to RB engines

Having just recently left Team Orion, RB Products have announced that former World Champion and Kyosho buggy designer Yuichi Kanai has re-joined their factory team. RB had this to say about the return of their World Championship winning driver:

Everyone at RB is delighted with Yuichi’s choice – having one of the true pioneers in RC ‘come home’ is truly something special, we’re proud that Yuichi chose RB after extensively testing all the engines in the market, he went for RB – the power behind his most successful years. In the last couple of weeks Yuichi tested both the BX & the BXR engines, saying ‘he loved them!’ and that it was both a personal choice to return to RB but also the engine that came out on top in his personal tests.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]

May 12, 2013

David Ronnefalk wins Swedish Cup Rd1

The opening round of the Swedish Cup took place this weekend at the Skövde motorstadium in central southern Sweden. After a long winter it was the first major gas offroad race in Sweden this season but despite running electric all winter it was young superstar David Ronnefalk who take the TQ spot ahead of his Kyosho team mate Christoffer Svensson in 2nd, the pair swapping round wins during qualifying. Andreas Edvinsson and Mikael Johansson would complete the top 4. Following the semis there was no major upsets and the Ronnefalk would again start from the front for the 45 minute final. The race would be a 3 way battle between the Kyosho trio of Ronnefalk, Svensson and Johansson, finishing in that order with less than a lap separating the podium finishers. With round 1 in the books attention now moves the Euros warmup which takes place next week in France.

Image: David Ronnefalk

May 10, 2013

Vanderbeek triple at Hobbyplex Summer Series Rd1

Vanderbeek family triple at Hobbyplex SS Rd1

Round 1 of the HobbyPlex Summer Series had a great showing, 142 racers showed up for a great day of 1/10th Off-Road Racing. The Track is fairly large for 1/10th scale, and the Drivers Stand puts you 15 feet in the air. Pro 2 was all Alex Vanderbeek, all day. Alex set TQ in the first round by 10 seconds, and was a few tenths faster the second qualifier to start him first on the grid. As the tone went off, he settled into a comfortable pace, and lapped through 3rd on the 20+ second per lap track. At the finish he had the win nearly lapping 2nd place on the last lap.

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May 9, 2013

Mark & Derek Sousa win 4th Annual Spring Showdown

This past weekend at HRC Raceway in Flamborough, Ontario, Canada, the outdoor season opener got underway with the 4th Annual Spring Showdown race that resulted in nearly 150 entries. Some of the best drivers and manufacturers all around Canada were there to compete for the title at the end of the weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class the best in the country consisted with only a few missing. Qualifying had got underway with a rocket round format for three rounds. Throughout the qualifying things looked tight, but in the end Mugen Seiki/Alpha powered Derek Sousa would come out on top having held on the top qualifier honors all three rounds with Mugen Seiki/Alpha powered Justin DaSilva second and Mugen Seiki/Alpha powered Mark Sousa in third.

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