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December 13, 2011

Cody King wins Toys 4 Tots at Revelation

Just one week after the Palm Desert Raceway Toys 4 Tots race, a second Southern California Toys 4 Tots race was held at Revelation Raceway. Cody King was once again in attendance after winning the first leg in Palm Desert, but this time had to face Adam Drake on his home track. The expert buggy race, as expected would be a match race between Drake and King. In the pair’s previous meeting here, King captured the TQ honors, but this time it would be Drake first on the grid, with a very impressive second round qualifier on a dry slippery track.

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December 13, 2011

Thomas Mayr signs for SWorkz

Current Austrian National Champion, young Thomas Mayr has signed to race for SWorkz. Following his first test with the S350 BK1 buggy, the former Mugen driver was very happy with his choice and looking forward to racing for the SWorkz International Team. His goals for 2012 is to defend his Austrian title, and do his best at the EC Warmup as well as the EC which will be held at Fehring in Austria which will be a home event for him.

Source: S-Workz [sworkz.com]

December 12, 2011

Kyle McBride confirmed at Kyosho

News out of Australia is Kyle McBride, the wonder from down under, and one of the stars of the last 1/8th offroad Worlds in Pattaya has signed a two year deal with Japanese firm Kyosho. This year’s FEMCA champion has raced for Durango since the end of last year but started running the Inferno, with some success, when his contract ended a few months ago. Kyle and his father were competing last weekend in Japan at the Kyosho Masters and took a trip to the Kyosho headquarters to ink the deal. Relishing his new contract, Kyle said “I’m very excited to be on TKI, it’s a dream come true. Look out 2012!”

Image: Yasuo Takizawa

December 7, 2011

Adam Drake wins at 2011 Fall Brawl

The Badlands R/C club hosted the 2011 Fall Brawl last week. The turnout was great with 200 entries and the weather and track conditions were amazing, the track having lots of grip and stayed smooth all weekend. In the Expert 1/8th buggy and truck classes TLR / Novarossi driver Adam Drake was the top qualifier. All nitro A mains were 30 minutes for the Fall Brawl. In the truggy class Adam took the win with his Novarossi powered TLR 8ight T 2.0 followed by his teammate Jason Smith who was also running the same chassis and engine package. In the buggy class TLR drivers took all three podium spots with Adam Drake winning, Ryan Lopez finishing second and Jason Smith finishing third.

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December 7, 2011

Evans & Cavalieri on top at Spektrum Champs

The 2011 Spektrum Off-Road Championships were held December 1-4 at Trackside Hobbies & Raceway in Milwaukee, WI. World Famous Race Director and THR owner Scotty Ernst would have a huge turnout at this years event reaching an amazing 407 total race entries. For Sunday’s main events, Modified Truck, 4wd Modified Buggy and 2wd Modified Buggy would all have 5-minute triple A-mains to decide the winners while in the 2wd Modified Short Course, 4×4 Modified Short Course and all Stock Classes they would run 1 single 7-minute A-Main.

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December 6, 2011

Cavalieri & Numedahl win at Spektrum Challenge

With 407 entries, the Spektrum Off Road Challenge has grown in popularity like wildfire over the past two years. With Scotty Ernst at the helm and a great Trackside facility, it’s no wonder people flock to the event. Teams and racers came from all over the country to compete. Team Associated sent 2011 World Champion Ryan Cavalieri, Team Manager Brent Thielke, Kody Numedahl, Chad Due, and Reedy’s Sean Cochran for support. As qualifying started it was clear that Chad Due was comfortable on his home track and would compete for the top steps of the podium. Taking top qualifying honors in 2WD Modified in round 1, Due set the pace that challenged the field. In typical Cavalieri form, the World Champion put his head down and set TQ in the next three rounds with his B4.1 to start on pole with Team Associated teammates Due starting second and Numedahl fourth.

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December 6, 2011

David Crompton joins Team Associated

CML have announced that 8 Times BRCA National Champion David Crompton has joined Team Associated bringing with him 35 years of racing experience. Not only is David fired up for the 2012 season and excited about racing competitively again but his pit man and proud father ‘Stan The Man’ is back out of retirement and will be riding shot gun all the way. David has also made the switch to Reedy Engines, bringing with him a vast amount of knowledge in the engine department. David is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to engines and for him to make the leap shows just how much confidence he has in the products. David has already been racking up the wins and podium finishes. He’s off to a flying start.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

December 6, 2011

ROAR 2012 Fuel Off-Road Nats announced

ROAR have announced that after considerable deliberation, LCRC (Lost Creek RC) Raceway in Oakland Mills, PA has been selected as host for the ROAR 2012 Fuel Off-Road Nationals. Scheduled for June 21-24, the facility in rural Pennsylvania is expected to bring some East Coast flavor to the most popular ROAR National event on the calendar. Located in central Pennsylvania on the grounds of Lost Creek Cycles, the LCRC facility has emerged as one of the best tracks in the area, serving as host to a number of larger fuel off-road events, including the ROAR Region 2 Championship. As the most northeast location ever to host a modern fuel off-road nats, 2012 promises to be a big challenge to the world’s best drivers that are mostly located on the West Coast.

Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]