Greece’s capitol Athens will see the annual ElectroChamps electric off-road meeting. For the third year in a row the FRT Off Road track will hold the country’s biggest electric off-road event, this time on the weekend of the 9th of June. The race will see modified 2WD and short course racing on Saturday and modified 4WD on Sunday. More details can be found on the dedicated event page by clicking here.
The Silverstone Radio Control Model Car Club were hosts to a fabulous six round winter series that has proved extremely popular with the racers, each event being over-subscribed despite being held on a rather untraditional Saturday. A different track layout was used each time and the designs were enjoyable to drive and testing for the drivers, laid out on very high bite astro-turf with some additional slippery surfaces thrown in along with a variety of jumps and ripples. 2WD was the most popular class with a multitude of national A finalists on show and it was CML/Associated/Centro driver Tom Yardy that showed the way – taking the championship with a perfect score using his Centro C4.1. The 4WD class was taken by Chris Bowater (Team Associated B44.2). There was also a full compliment of 2WD Short Course trucks racing at each meeting and it was a strong showing by the Team Associated SC10 FT with the truck taking all the pole positions and all the wins in the hands of Liam Galvin and Simon Chambers. With all the points tallied up Liam Galvin’s Reedy powered SC10FT took a convincing win to complete the Team Associated title white-wash.
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Team Yokomo’s Naoto Matsukura is the top seed for tomorrow’s qualifying at the Proline Cactus Classic after the Japanese driver set the fastest 3-consecutive laps in both 2WD & 4WD buggy practice today at the SRS Raceway track in Scottsdale, Arizona. Fastest in 2WD at the end of the first round of controlled practice with a time of 64.364, the World Championship finalist couldn’t better his pace during his second run but did still manage to top the CP2 times sharing an identical time with Team Associated Ryan Cavalieri who improved from being 6th fastest to ending the day as the 3rd seed. In 4WD Cavalieri had set the pace in CP1 but having changed to softer shock oil Matsukra was able to knock 8/10ths off his previous time to run a 62.278 and go fastest ensuring both his B-Max buggies start the opening qualifier from the No.1 spot.
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Naoto Matsukura and Ryan Cavalieri set the pace in the opening controlled practice at the Proline Cactus Classis at SRS Raceway in Scottsdale, Arizona, with the Japanese ace fastest over 3-consecutive laps in 2WD Buggy while World Champion Cavalieri topped 4WD. America’s longest running race and one of the most prestigious events on the international 1:10 Offroad racing calendar, the 27th running has attracted a massive 490 entries, a 16% increase on last year, meaning a total of 51 heats with today’s opening day made up of 2 controlled practice runs which will determine heats for tomorrow’s first day of qualifying.
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The last round of the Portuguese electric off-road indoor race series took place at the RC Fun Zone track located in Pamela, just minutes outside of Lisbon. Around 40 drivers attended the race, with 26 drivers in Buggy 2WD, 22 in buggy 4WD, 7 in SC 2WD and 7 on SC 4WD. Saturday saw free practice and the first qualifiers which resumed on Sunday followed by the finals. Miguel Matias won the 4WD class followed by Ricardo Monteiro and Nuno Durães. The third place secured Team Durango driver Nuno the overall win of the championship followed by Ricardo Monteiro (Team Durango). A sixth place in the race handed Team Xray driver Nuno Rebelo a third place overall on his first outing with the XB4 buggy.
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The RHR Dirt track in Worksop, England will host the Pro-Line Challenge 2013 on the weekend of the 19th of May. Run in 2WD and 4WD buggy as well as short course the race will see round by round qualifying and bump up finals. Run along BRCA rules and on Pro-Line Holeshot tires for the driven wheels you must be BRCA and/or EFRA member to join the race. Get more information by emailing Derek Brady at mexico1800@hotmail.com.
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After an impressive top 10 finish earlier this year at the Reedy Race of Champions, Travis Amezcua took double wins at the Chi Town Shootout in Joliet, IL. His Viper powered Durango’s took the Top Qualifying spot in 4wd Modified Buggy and the overall wins in 4wd Modified Buggy and 2wd Modified Buggy. But his winning didn’t end there, Viper power also drove Travis to 4wd and 2wd Modified class wins in the Dash for Cash.
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In just its first year, the Top Notch Series (TNS) is going strong. With close to 200 entries for the sixth round at Redlands RC Raceway, racers were greeted by the friendly staff and a flowing and fun layout. Reminiscent of former SoCal tracks, the Redlands RC Raceway track is a bit smaller than others, but has great dirt and makes use of every square inch of the facility, including a 15′ wall ride. In the 2WD Modified class it was Brent Thielke who took the TQ with his Factory Team B4.2, with its Reedy Sonic Mach 2 8.5 and LRP Flow speed control. As the tone went off, teammate Chris Jarosz climbed the ranks and reeled in Thielke. The two raced hard for the win, with Jarosz’ LRP X20 8.5 and Flow-equipped B4.2 coming out on top by just a few tenths of a second. In the Truck Modified class, Thielke jumped out to the lead and was quickly joined by teammate Nick Wautlet, who kept him honest throughout the 5-minute main event. In the end, Thielke led a 1-2-3 podium sweep with his Factory Team T4.2 with his Reedy Sonic Mach 2 7.5 turn motor and LRP Flow speed control.
