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July 11, 2012

Labor Day Shootout – Announcement

A Main Hobbies is proud to announce the annual Labor Day Shootout, a staple of the Northern California racing scene, will be held August 30 through September 2 as the inaugural major racing event held at the brand new Silver Dollar RC Raceway! Located on the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, CA, Silver Dollar RC Raceway was built in 2012 as the ideal location for large RC racing events and was selected to host the 2013 IFMAR Electric Off-Road World Championships. The Labor Day Shootout is the first opportunity for racers from outside of the local area to see the new facility firsthand and compete on the fresh NorCal soil. Classes for 1/8-scale nitro vehicles, as well as electric short course trucks, will be offered at this grand opening event. More information can be found here.

July 11, 2012

JConcepts Summer Tour race 2 report

The JConcepts Summer Tour had its second stop this past weekend. The race was hosted by eXtreme Hobby Zone in Winter Haven, FL. The small outdoor track made for some tight racing and the Black Grooved center meant you had to stay in the line or risk ending up sideways. There was plenty of shade for the pits but an extremely bright sunny day kept the 83 entries nice and toasty. Two rounds of qualifying kicked off just before 10am and with a smoothly run program the final main finished just before 5pm.

Read the full report here.

July 7, 2012

Jakubczyk wins Factory Tracks Midwest Series Rd3

Last weekend was the third round of the Factory Tracks Midwest Series at Pheasant Run Raceway. This fine, privately ran facility is located on the owner’s family farm in rural Michigan. The track conditions are a bit of a departure from most modern tracks, featuring a loosely packed surface with large jumps and bumps, which produce a lot of flying soil and excitement. In the always competitive 2wd open buggy class, Kyosho’s Jason Jakubczyk secured the pole position after three rounds of points style qualifying. In the main, the TQ man was able to get out to a good lead as the rest of the field fell into disarray. Jakubczyk was driving quickly but casually for most the race, until Mike Wells came through the field and began to turn up the heat. It came down to the final lap, and Wells was making some desperate moves to catch up to the leader. Jason managed to hang on for the victory, Wells would finish second, and FTMS organizer Al Horne would finish third. We’re now halfway through the series, and the points are adding up. The next event is August 4th at Dales RC in Genesse, MI.

Source: RC Races [rcraces.com]

July 5, 2012

Steven Hartson wins 2012 JBRL Rd5

Team Associated’s Steven Hartson has swept the competition at the fifth round of the 2012 JBRL at the Controlled Chaos Raceway in Palmdale, CA. The race format saw two rounds of qualifying with rocket round and a single main event all run on Saturday. Steven attended the 2WD Mod Buggy and Mod Truck class and was able to comfortably grab TQ in both classes. In the buggy A-main he pulled a lead of about five seconds over Mike Truhe who qualified third, for about the first two minutes of the race. Mike made a couple of mistakes which allowed runner-up Cody Turner by for second. Turner tried to make a charge the last minute, but the gap was too far apart. Steven ended up winning by about five seconds over Turner. Hayato Matsuzaki rounded out the podium. In Mod Truck Steven got out to a good lead and put in good consistent laps. By the end of the race, he was almost a lap up on second placed Matt Castellano and Mike Truhe in third position.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

July 5, 2012

Kay Koops joins Team Serpent

Former 1/6th large-scale off-road European Champion Kay Koops has joined Serpent to run the company’s Cobra 1/8th buggy. Kay will run the Dutch Buggy-Cup and he also plans to attend the Neo race and 2013 European Championships.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 4, 2012

Mirko Bianchi takes UISP Italian title

Hosted by the Monsummano Terme track in Italy, the UISP Italian Championships have been won for the 4th consecutive year by Mirko Bianchi (Mugen/White TBR 2.0/Diavel fuel/Strike bodies) followed by Simone Fanti (Associated) in 2nd and Daniele Chicca (JQ) in 3rd. In the F2 category Simone Presta Asciutto also of Team Bianchi took the title followed by Fiorenza Giovanni and Michelucci Christian in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Bianchi [bybianchi.com]

July 2, 2012

Daniel Law wins Malaysia National League Rd3

The 3rd round of the Malaysia National League (MNL) was held recently at the RCC Glenmarie Track in Shah Alam, Malaysia. The track operators at RCC did a great job by providing a very challenging and technical new layout on race day and there were over one hundred racers from all over Malaysia, Singapore and Australia in attendance. Winner of round 2, Team Losi Racing driver Daniel Law and his Team Losi Racing 8ight 2.0 buggy did it again by dominating and winning the one hour grand final with a gap of 2 laps.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

July 2, 2012

Lloyd Storey wins Rd3 in Spain

The weekend before last top UK Schumacher Team driver Lloyd Storey traveled over to Bilbao in Spain to compete in round 3 of the 2wd Spanish nationals. The track was the same layout as used at the 2009 Euros, but this time running in the opposite direction and was high grip and bumpy with some difficult jump sections to test the drivers. The format was 8 rounds of controlled practice on Saturday and 5 rounds of qualifying, followed by 3 legged A finals on Sunday. The weather forecast leading up to the event was warm and dry, and didn’t disappoint.

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