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November 14, 2011

Borja Hernandez joins Alpha Engines

Alpha Engines have announced that top Spanish off road driver Borja Hernandez has joined their team. The former World Finalist and 2 time European Championship podium finisher will move to Alpha for the 2012 season to play a big role inside Alpha official driver’s team. Borja had the following the say about the deal:

I decided to join Alpha because the top quality, innovation and reliability of the products, able to give me all the confidence to win the races I will attend. It’s a proud to me to be an official driver of Alpha Engines and take part in racing and development of the products.

Source: Alpha [alpha-rc.com]

November 13, 2011

Matsukura continues buggy dominance in Japan

The JMRCA Japanese electric buggy nationals took place this weekend at the newly renovated Yatabe Arena, host to next weekend’s ATS race. With the race being on home soil for Yokomo, it was their factory driver and two time World 1/12th Champion who begun his title defense by taking the top qualifying spot in both 2wd and 4wd with the B-Max2 and B-Max4 respectively. In the 2wd class it was Kohta Akimoto (Kyosho) and Satoshi Maezumi (Tamiya) that completed the top 3, while in 4wd class it was Shin Adachi (Kyosho) and Keisuke Enomoto (Yokomo). In the 2wd finals, Naoto was unchallenged as he wrapped up his 4th consecutive title in this class winning all 3 legs ahead of Akimoto in 2nd and Maezumi in 3rd. It was the same result in 4wd as Naoto dominated all three legs to take victory in front of Adachi in 2nd and Enomoto in 3rd, giving Naoto his 5th consecutive 4wd National title.

View the final results here

November 11, 2011

JR Mitch wins Nitro Clash warmup

Last weekend’s Nitro clash warm up was held in Coral Spring, FL and was a successful test day for all Nitro Racers attending the Clash. In the Pro Buggy A main, JR Mitch driving the Associated RC8.2 took the TQ spot. Mitch was able to checks out early in the race and was able to extend his lead to half a lap over 2nd in the first 10 min of the race. Just when everyone thought the race was over 2nd placed Renato Jr Tradardi slowly caught up to Mitch. When it was time for pit stops, it was all up to the pit men to make the difference.

Continue reading the report here

November 10, 2011

Ryan Lee wins Kyosho Buggy championships

JQ Products continues to do well in Korea with another victory for THE Car in the hand of Ryan Lee at the recent Kyosho Buggy championship at Jungwang offroad circuit. Ryan gave this report. “The track was wet due to rain until 11am, but many drivers helped to clean out water after the rain stopped, so the race could start at noon with a shortened schedule. My car performed a lot better than at the Korean nationals. The new smooth gearing is even better than overdrive with stock gearing, and lighter diff oil set up of 3-5-2 felt very good on entire track. My car was super strong at the very tough Jungwang track. I could finish the 40 minute main final with faster average laptime under bad surface condition compared to Nationals. Another JQ Products driver made the A-main. DJ Park also achieved a good result, having struggled at the beginning but he could manage to move up the order one by one, finally finishing in the runner up spot. Hyungwook Jang driving a Serpent completed the podium.”

Source: JQ Products [jq-products.com]

November 9, 2011

Stiles & Losi win BRCA Micro Nationals Rd2

Round 2 of the BRCA micro off road nationals took place in Telford last weekend. This venue was agreed at a relatively late stage in the series organisation process because another venue had to withdraw their application to host the meeting. The host club presented the drivers with a slightly unusual track, made up of mostly flat polished wood sections with minimal carpet and only a couple of jumps. Opinions were mixed, but in fact almost everyone admitted to enjoying the challenge of racing on an unfamiliar track style, and the racing was close and clean all day.

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November 9, 2011

Root double at Thanksgiving Throwdown Rd1

TLR and Losi’s Frank Root, Cody Turner and Trevor Adamo were on hand at the opening round of the Thanksgiving Throwdown Series Saturday at West Coast R/C Raceway (WCRC). The track had fantastic traction, and a really fun and technical layout and the entry count was very strong at just over 150 and a great day of racing was had by all.

Continue reading the report here

November 9, 2011

Jason Branham takes RC Pro titles

This past weekend Agama/Pro-Line racer Jason Branham attended the RC Pro International Finals in Porter, TX,just outside of Houston, at Mike’s Hobbies and Gulf Coast Raceway and wrote this report. Gulf Coast Raceway is probably one of the finest race facilities you will find in the country and as host of the 2010 IFMAR Sedan World Championships, GCR was very excited to host their first major off-road race. The crew did a fantastic job with the layout which made for some very fast and close racing. I came into the Finals tied in points with Ryan Lutz in Pro Buggy and Mike Battaile in Pro Arena Truck so I knew right off the bat that if was going to take the titles then I was going to have to finish ahead of these guys as well as the rest of the field to do so.

Continue reading the report here

November 8, 2011

Jason Jakubczyk dominates 2011 MORL Series

Kyosho America/Team Orion Factory Driver Jason Jakubczyk has swept the 2011 Midwest Off-Road Racing League Series! The MORL Series has been ongoing for over 20 years throughout Michigan and Indiana. This is also the largest 1/10 off-road racing series in the Mid-West that consistently brings in the top drivers from both states. This years series consisted of 6 different tracks, 1 race each month, with points earned at each event. Then each driver would be allowed 2 throwouts with their 4 best rounds counting for the overall Championship. Jason went on to lock up all 3 of the Modified Championships he participated in after the first 4 races of the series!

Source: Kyosho America [kyoshoamerica.com]