Last weekend saw the Polish 1:10 Electric Buggy championship organized by Polish Model Car Federation take place in Warsaw. The biggest off-road event in the season in Poland attracted more than 40 drivers in both 2WD and 4WD classes. The 2 days event was organized in a comfortable format for the drivers and mechanics with half a day 2WD and half a day 4WD which allowed many drivers to race in both classes.
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With racers all home from FEMCA in Pattaya things settled back in to the Southern Super League round 4 this weekend in Johor Bahru Malaysia. Once again David Aw and Sunny Wong delivered a new layout for the racers. Many spent Saturday settling in to the new track and finding the fast lines and places to pass. The track designers had made this a challenge with plenty of tight sections that really challenged the buggies and drivers. With 120 drivers entered, qualifying would be 3 rounds of 7 minutes with the best run to count. Finals would revert to standard IFMAR Christmas tree with everyone progressing through a semi to the main.
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The 2WD modified & stock Off-Road German Championships took place last weekend. In 2WD modified Absima TeamC team driver Oliver Scholz showed excellent performance throughout the entire race weekend with his TeamC TC02C 2WD buggy. After 5 rounds of qualifying Oliver set the TQ pace and would start the A Finals from the number 1 spot. With a perfect start to finish run in A Final leg 1 Oliver also could wrap up the title in Leg 2. In Leg 2 he lost his position on the first lap but impressively closed the gap to the race leader Joern Neumann whom he passed half way through the race and went on to extend the lead to win by 5 seconds ahead of Joern and wrap up the overall title.
Source: TeamC [teamcracing.net]
Last week the 3rd round of the Spanish 1/8th scale Nationals was held at the ATV Racing Club in Valladolid. 91 drivers attended the race with nice sunny weather during the whole weekend except Friday, when a few rain drops appeared, but not enough anyway to disturb the race. During Saturday’s qualifications Robert Batlle was the fastest, followed by Andrés Marcelino and Daniel Bernabé. Batlle had a trouble in his A-Semifinal and had to fight to keep 4th place, finally getting start position 5 for the final. In the main final Dani Vega took the lead for the first laps with a close fight behind for the second place between Ignacio Candel and Andrés Marcelino. Batlle had to wait 29 laps to get the first position and held on to it until the end of the Race. Daniel Vega crashed against a rolled car in the double jump ruining his race. This left Ignacio Candel in 2nd and Ramón Nuño in 3rd. With this victory Robert Batlle secures the 2012 Championship.
Each year, racers in Southern California flock to OCRC Raceway for the annual Surf City Classic. A combination of Pro drivers, out of town racers, OCRC loyalists and a great rookie class make the Surf City a great location for all racers. A fresh track layout and state of the art overhead misting system, and announcing by Nick “the suit” Black sets this track apart. A revamped and updated hobby shop managed by the one and only Jake “Jackie” Thayer, you couldn’t ask for a better staffed event. Straight out of the gates the JConcepts team came out swinging taking several TQ’s. The Bar Codes in gold compound provided the grip on the challenging track for most including TLR/JConcepts and AE/JConcepts drivers Dustin Evans and Steven Hartson who looked unbeatable in their respective classes. Drivers scrambled as track conditions changed throughout the weekend but the round 1 quick drivers remained up front and took the overall TQ positions, Dustin Evans (2wd modified), Steven Hartson (4wd modified and 1/8th E-buggy), Kody Numedahl (2wd SCT), Kevin Motter (2wd and truck stock) and Brent Thielke (modified truck – Finnisher T4.1 body).
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Jörn Neumann attended the 2nd and final round of the 1/8 Buggy German Nationals last weekend. The race was held at the MAC Brombachsee Club located in Pleinfeld, Germany. It was another great turnout with just over 100 drivers. The track this time around was a mixture of astroturf, a stone part and plastic mats. It rained most of the day Thursday before the event and the track was very slippery for the first practice run. It got better each round and the lap times dropped. After a few minor set up changes, Jörn was ready to hit the track. On Saturday there were 4 rounds of qualifying and he was able to qualify 2nd overall and was able to set the fastest time in Q3.
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The 7th Petit RC Race will take place at the Mustit Raceway in Moss/Norway from the 11th to 13th of January. After successful events in France and the UK, both run on carpet tracks, the Petit RC crew will create something completely new as the 2013 race will be held on an US-style indoor clay track. Find all information about the seventh running here.
The 9th Sidewinder Nitro Explosion took place at the ARC Raceway in Temecula, California. Taking the top grid position in the expert nitro truck, expert nitro buggy, and expert electric buggy class was TLR driver Adam Drake. He was able to TQ eight out of nine rounds of qualifying. Only Ryan Maifield was able to to grab one round in nitro buggy class over Drake. The 45 minutes truck final was a battle between Drake, Cavalieri, and Maifield. Cavalieri lead most of the race, but Drake took over the lead with four minutes to go. Shortly after Cavalieri had problems and Drake cruised to victory with Josh Wheeler in second and Carson Wernimont in third position.
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