Red RC » R Off Road

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.

View the final results here

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.

Continue reading the report here

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]

June 2, 2012

David Bustos wins Spanish 4WD championship

The one and only round of the Spanish 4WD electric buggy nationals was hosted by the Club Automodelismo de Parla some 20 minutes from the centre of Madrid. The two day event started with practice on Saturday and ended with the finals on Sunday. Compared to recent years where the 4WD class struggled to attract the same amount of drivers as 2WD, this year saw a record attendance for the class. In practice one driver stood out from the rest, local hero David Bustos. Sunday was all about sunny skies and high temperatures. Bustos (Tamiya TRF502/Hobbywing) dominated the race at his home track taking three out of five qualifiers and the first two A-finals. Second place went to last year’s 4WD champion Enrique Fuciños (Schumacher CAT SX3/Speed Passion) with Zacarias Villalba (Ansmann X4/Viper R/C) taking the third place on the podium.

Many thanks to Zacarias Villalba for sending the report.

June 1, 2012

Gabriel Galeano wins Opening Big Air Race 2012

Team Mugen Racing and Pro-Line Driver Gabriel “Gabe” Galeano headed north to RCNYC, Bronx, NYC for the Opening Big Air Race 2012. The crew did an excellent job with the fresh layout for the event. Gabe was running the Tazer M3 tire during the race in his Mugen MBX6 M-Spec Eco and Mugen MBX6T M-Spec Eco, and the Sniper SC M4 in his Mugen SC-Pro 4. Gabriel did a good qualifying job, going 2nd in E-Buggy, 2nd in 4wd SCT MOD and 3rd in E-Truggy. For the A-mains Gabriel took all three of the first place trophies, finishing 1st in E-Buggy, 1st in E-Truggy and 1st in 4wd SCT Mod.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

June 1, 2012

Paul Wynn wins 2012 Sunshine State Classic

Paul Wynn has won the 2012 Sunshine State Classic at the Shiverville Raceway that has quickly become a second home to the Florida racers. The track crew did an amazing job preparing the surface which provided the racers with great traction throughout the day. JConcepts/Team Associated driver Paul Wynn took full advantage of the track conditions and set the TQ pace in both 2WD SCT mod and 2WD mod buggy classes with his JConcepts equipped SC10FT and B4.1 Worlds kits. Unfortunately tropical storm Beryl made an early appearance at the end of qualifying and washed out the mains, giving Paul the top podium spots in both classes.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

June 1, 2012

Frank Azzopardi wins Malta/Sicily champs

The Malta/Sicily championships took place at the Arena dell Etna track, with Nong Nor team driver Frank Azzopardi dominating the event by taking TQ and the first place in the A final on the loose and dusty track. The Hong Nor Sabre X3 driver won some three laps ahead of Lawrence Mangion in second and Dillon Cassar in third position.

Source: Hong Nor [hongnor-racing.com]