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September 4, 2012

Simon Moss wins final BRCA 2WD round

The final round of the BRCA 2WD nationals took place at the Kidderminster track and it was Schumacher team driver Simon Moss who took TQ in rounds 1 and 3 by some three seconds over his closed rival. During round 4 of qualifying the weather took a turn for the worst and the track became totally flooded with no chance of a resumption in the racing. This meant that Simon, who had taken the overall TQ would win the meeting as the qualifying results would be carried over into the finals.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com] & oOple [oople.com]

September 1, 2012

Dave Brown wins Northern Regional Series Rd6

Round six of the Northern Regional Series 2012 took place at the Central Scotland Offroaders. Serpent driver Alastair Stevenson won round one of the qualification, with team mate Dave Brown winning rounds two and three for TQ. With their Serpent 811 truggies dialled in for the damp conditions, both drivers left the competition behind and battled it out for the lead of the 22 minute main. Dave took the win with Alastair just two seconds behind.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 31, 2012

2012 JConcepts Indoor Clash

The anticipation is building for the 2012 JConcepts Indoor Clash. With over 450 pre-registered drivers, Flowood RC Park is going to be hit with the most unique event of the year. If you have not get ready, as the Clash will be highlighted by the head-to-head match-up featuring Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield vs. TLR’s Dustin Evans in three different classes of competition including a worlds prelude in the 1/8th buggy nitro division. An event featuring these top 2 drivers is not the only competition in the house, the Clash presents 14 classes with drivers coming in from all around to compete against each other in this 6th annual event. The Clash is a can’t miss event. For more information feel free to visit the event’s site here.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

August 30, 2012

Rainer Pessar wins Baltic Buggy Champs

The Laitse Rallypark was the host of the 2012 Baltic 1/8th buggy championship. As many races in Europe these days the race was affected by the weather, meaning a wet track on Friday, a dry track on Saturday and something in-between on Sunday. The A final saw Ron Mamers and Rainer Ressar pulling away from the rest of the field with Rainer taking the lead after a mistake of Ron. He then never looked back and was able to win the race one lap ahead of Jörg Miikael Tiit and Rob Mamers.

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August 30, 2012

Pro-Line 2012 Challenge – Report

The Pro-Line 2012 Challenge took place at the HNMC track and offered three days of racing with international drivers, a new track layout with option section, a junior race and mechanics race, 138 nitro buggies, 11 nitro truggies and 12 E-buggies. The club had taken this race on short notice so the organization for the event was a bit rushed, the HNMC team did the best they could and put their effort into building the best track yet. The weather for the event did not look good the week of the event but luckily only the Saturday would suffer with heavy showers thunder and lightning with qualifying being scrapped. Practice rounds were TQ’d by Elliot Boots and Tony Truman with Ryan Cavalieri and Joseph Quagraine finding there rhythm round the track. On Sunday drivers were greeted by a damp track that was drying nicely offering perfect conditions. Nitro buggy saw Elliot Booth and Ryan Cavalieri battling for the top position while the truggy class saw Jon Hazlewood in front followed by Callum Niblett and Jon Howells. In E-buggy again Jon Hazlewood took the top spot followed by Craig Drescher and Mike Cradock. In the final Jon was not able to conserve his form with Elliot Booth taking the top podium spot followed by Craig Drescher and Karl Jackson.

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August 29, 2012

Jörn Neumann takes German 4WD & SCT title

Last weekend the German Nationals 4WD and Pro4 Short Course were held in Dortmund. JConcepts team driver Jörn Neumann raced in both classes. The track was clay with astroturf over the jumps and well prepared from the club. On Saturday, three rounds of controlled practice and three rounds of qualifying for every driver. Jörn tried a few different set-ups on his cars and noted that his cars worked great from the beginning. Unfortunately the weather forecast for Sunday was really bad, and it rained a lot, just small breaks without rainshowers. Round 4 of qualifying started with Short Course. After that 7 minute drive Jörn’s Short Course was about 500g heavier. The organizers decided to cancel qualifying round 5 and go straight to the finals. The finals got underway under extremly wet/muddy conditions. Jörn had good runs and was able to win A1 and A2 in both classes. Giving him two more National Championships.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

August 29, 2012

2012 ROAR Electric Off-Road Nationals report

Ryan Maifield, Dustin Evans, Steven Hartson, Chad Due, Kody Numedahl and Brent Thielke put on a great display of driving at the recent 2012 ROAR electric off-road nationals, placing their JConcepts equipped vehicles directly into the A-mains during the first half of the 2-part event. Ryan Maifield, debuting the Finnisher T4.1 body, Mono 12mm hex wheels and JC front axles on his modified truck, finished off a nice debut in 2nd place overall.

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August 28, 2012

Flurer & Melton win Wicked Weekend

From the producers of the Psycho Nitro event, the Wicked Weekend was run in Gainesville Georgia. Sticking with their format of a horse show building, this event was another of the one-time track, using many of the same concepts that has been accustom of the Psycho event. With 257 entries of the first year event, many of the top drivers in the region were in attendance. When it came down to the trophy presentation, it was JConcepts standing on the top step. In Electric, Max Flurer owned everything and anything electric. Taking TQ and the win in the first two A mains of the triple main format. Max used his JConcepts equipped Associated SCT’s to take the top prize in Pro2 and Pro4 using Hi-Flow bodies and 3Ds wrapped Hazard wheels to claim two of the three class wins. In E-1/8, Max again having TQ and winning the main in two rounds with his Finnisher body and Hybrid tires on his RC8.2. In the Nitro class Brandon Melton starting in the 10 spot quickly moved forward and was in contention by the first fuel stop. Brandon having the lead on several occasions as the pit stops played out, with the top 3 all running close the entire race. With the end of the 30 minute main approaching, Melton continued to lead the last 5 or 6 minutes and held on to take the win. Melton’s RC8.2 was fitted with the Finnisher body and Hybrids in Blue compound.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]