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June 11, 2012

Ryan Maifield dominates 2012 AMS

Now in its third year, the Alabama Manufacturers Shootout has grown in popularity each year and this year was no different. With the reigning 1:8 World Champion and ROAR 1:8 National Champions all in attendance, the competition was as high as it’s ever been. With a sweep of the 2011 event, Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield was the favorite going in to the event and even with the elevated competition still looked to dominate. With his LRP-powered and JConcepts-equipped Factory Team RC8.2 buggy and Factory Team RC8T truggy, Maifield picked up where he left off in 2011 and set the fastest times in qualifying to secure the top qualifying positions in both Expert Buggy and Expert Truggy for the 2012 event.

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June 11, 2012

Kyle McBride triple at Queensland State Champs

The Queensland State Championships took place last weekend at Chargers RC near Brisbane and Kyosho/Venom driver Kyle McBride has this report. “It has been about 5 years since I have driven an electric car, and going back to where I originally came from was exciting. I was looking forward to trying all the new cars I had never driven from the Kyosho electric range. Venom supplied me with all my electronics for the meeting, including their new range of ‘Red’ race motors. My first big race the 2012 1/10th QLD Titles running 2WD Mod, 4WD Mod and Short course. The track down at Chargers RC was very well put together, the boys at the club did an excellent job in putting on a great event and providing everyone with a smooth and grippy surface to run on.

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June 8, 2012

Video – Q&A with Burak Kilik

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We got sent this video showcasing young German talent Burak Kilic, filmed trackside in Osnabrueck during the rain affected 2nd round of the Weser-ems Cup. Apart from showing the up and coming 8 year old it also highlights his family’s involvement and how racing is a great family activity. Check out the video above with a guest appearance from fellow Mugen driver, and star of last year’s European Championships, Marcel Guske

June 7, 2012

2012 Nordic championships – Announcements

The 2012 Nordic championships for electric offroad will this year be held in Northern Finland from the 18th to 19th August, next to city of Oulu. The race is run as a 2 day event, 2wd on Saturday and 4wd on Sunday and is also round 3 of the Finnish national series which means some exceptions to rules compared to EFRA. The race format consists of 2 rounds of controlled practice, 4 rounds of qualifying (2/4 counts by points) and 3x A mains and 2x lower mains both days. Full event details can be found here.

June 7, 2012

2012 Inzeller Race of Champions – Announcement

The organisers of the 2012 IRoC, Inzeller Race of Champions, were in touch to tell us about this year’s event which is run from the 23rd to the 24th of June in Inzell, Germany. The 6th running of the event it is open to 1/0th electric offroad and more specifically 2wd & 4wd buggy and 2wd and 4wd SC classes. With a drivers party on Friday night and a qualifying heat run under floodlights, the event has already attracted entries from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with last year’s winner Hupo Honigl along with Martin Kreil already signed in. Find out more information here.

June 6, 2012

Adam Drake triple at JBRL Rd3

Last Saturday saw the 3rd round of the JBRL Nitro Series at Hemet Competition Raceway in Hemet, California. It’s been a while since the JBRL Series visited the track formally known as “The Dirt”. The layout was very technical and got bumpy late in the day. All three mains went really smooth for TLR / Novarossi / Pro-Line driver Adam Drake. Adam was able to settle into a comfortable pace and win all three mains.

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June 5, 2012

Dustin Evans wins Top Gun Challenge

The Top Gun Challenge in San Diego, CA, brought out many of SoCal’s best drivers including Ryan Cavalieri, Matt Castellano and Brent Thielke. Arizona driver Brian Kinwald and Denver’s own Dustin Evans were also in attendance to challenge a fast group of local drivers at SDRC Raceway. TLR / JConcepts driver Dustin Evans was on point during the late stages of qualifying. During round 2 of qualifying Dustin built some confidence after taking TQ in a round in the 2wd modified class and then taking overall TQ in the modified truck class. During a changing track condition Dustin settled on the trusty JConcepts Bar Codes in blue compound to tame the SDRC track conditions.

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June 4, 2012

Robert Batlle wins RC Show 2012

The First Edition of RC Show 2012 took place last weekend at the Fuencarral Track in Spain. With typical Spanish sunny weather, this Open International event brought the top national drivers in this category as well as those from other countries. RC Show´12 was a three day event, with controlled practice on Friday, qualifying on Saturday and the mains on Sunday. Also on Saturday evening after the qualification rounds, Mike Truhe and Kevin Gahan from TLR put on a great exhibition with the Losi 5T while Spanish pilot Julio Memba also put on a 3D helicopter exhibition for the crowds. Portuguese driver Miguel Matias topped qualifying and was TQ on Saturday but after Sunday’s semi finals it was the Spanish driver and current European champion Robert Batlle who put his Mugen in the top position and would go on to win, followed by TLR´s Mike Truhe with Agama driver Dani Vega completing the podium.

Source: Coches RC [cochesrc.com]