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November 7, 2012

JConcepts Indoor National Series Rd5 report

Round 5 of the JConcepts Indoor National Series was held in Ocala, Florida, this past weekend. The series has been very popular at the other stops throughout the tour, but this was the first time the series travelled south to the home state of JConcepts. NewRed Hobbies in Ocala, Florida, was the host, with a strong local program and a nice all around facility with a stocked hobby shop, food services permanently on site, covered outdoor pitting to soak up the Florida weather and a nice sized indoor track.

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November 7, 2012

Elliott Boots joins RDRP team

Revolution Design Racing Products is proud to welcome UK super star Elliott Boots to their world-wide team of drivers. The young Brit just ended a fantastic domestic nitro off-road season and will compete in electric off-road racing during the Winter season using Revolution Design Racing Product’s Ultra Pinions and Ultra Series of Tools and Accessories to help getting the most out of his Kyosho rides.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

November 7, 2012

Kinwald victorious at TrackStar Off-Road Champs

SDRC Raceway in San Diego, California hosted its first annual TrackStar Off-Road Championships where many quick Southern California racers often do battle on a weekly basis. Brian Kinwald made the trip over from Phoenix, Arizona, to compete against some of best SDRC racers with his JConcepts equipped Team Associated vehicles. At the end of the weekend it was the “Dirtinator” who crossed the finish line first, taking both 2wd modified buggy and SCT. Kinwald was challenged all weekend and especially during the main events but experience, patience and solid decisions led to another 2 class sweep for the legendary racer.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net] / Image: RC Insider

November 6, 2012

Tanner Stees dominates Battle on the Beach

The annual Battle on the Beach race at Lake Havasu was held recently and JQ driver Tanner Stees filed this report. “I traveled to Lake Havasu City, AZ for the Battle on the Beach race for the second year in a row. I really like this track. The people that promote it and attend the race are great. The weather was sunny and about 85 all weekend. The track was new and a bit loose but it packed in and had good traction as the weekend went on. I was racing 4 classes: 1/8 scale nitro buggy, truggy, 1/10 2wd mod buggy and Pro2 Short Course. Open practice was Friday and we arrived in time to get about 4 hours of practice to sort things out.

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November 6, 2012

Kaja Novotny double in Czech Republic

The first round of the Lestr Cup Series in the Czech Republic took place last weekend and Team Durango driver Kaja Novotny gave this report. “On Saturday 3rd November the first race of Lestr Cup Series too place. I drove in three categories, 2WD buggy with my DEX210, 4WD buggy with my DEX410v3 and 1/8 E-buggy with my DEX408. Qualification was awesome, taking TQ in all three categories. The 4WD finals were much more difficult (only 2WD was an easy win). In 1/8 E-buggy I won the first and third finals, in the second final I had some problems with my transmitter. 4WD was an amazing race. In the first final I finished just two seconds behind Martin Bayer, and in the second final I was leading but because of my mistake I had to retire, leaving Martin to take the win. The third 4WD final was an easy win for me because Martin had already won the event, so he didn’t drive the last final so I ended up 2nd overall.”

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

November 6, 2012

Due & Numedahl win Spektrum Offroad Champs

Each year Scotty Ernst Productions along with the famous Spektrum radio system brand bond together for an incredible event. 326 entries made up one of the best events to date as Scotty moved through the races as only the he can. The modified classes were once again hotly contested and Team Associated / JConcepts drivers Chad Due and Kody Numedahl were at the top of the field each round during qualifying. With the grippy JConcepts blue compound Bar Codes providing the traction, some of the best drivers in the business battled for 4 rounds of qualifying.

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November 6, 2012

Oliver Scholz wins 2wd at Indoor Dirt Race

Last weekend the Edling Model Club close to Munich hosted its 3rd annual Indoor Dirt Race, which attracted over 160 Drivers from Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Germany. The 2WD Mod class had the most entries with 79 drivers. Absima TeamC Team driver and current 2WD German Champion Oliver Scholz used the brand new TeamC 2WD mid motor Prototype which he received one day before the race. It was used at the EOS race the previous week-end by the Team. Oliver could immediately adapt to the Buggy and was Super fast from the first practice session and leading by 2 sec on three consecutive fast laps on Friday. In Qualifying he then dominated the field by winning 3 out of 4 and setting TQ pace. Oliver finished his perfect race weekend by winning all three finals ahead of Kyosho’s Chrissi Krapp and Durango driver Benni Gröschel. With blistering lap times and overall race Time Oliver could have also won the 4WD event with his 2WD.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

November 5, 2012

Ignacio Candel Laveda joins Reds Racing

Reds Racing have announced Ignacio Candel Laveda from Spain as their new official Team Driver. Ignacio will be running the R5T Team Edition engine for the 2012/2013 season in off-road and last weekend the Spanish driver won the Levante Championship in Spain. Reds Racing expects to achieve great results and look forward to working with Ignacio on the continued development of its products.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]