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November 8, 2011

Tanner Denney wins at KBRL Rd2

Round 2 of the KBRL Series kicked off at the Fear Farm located in Phoenix, Arizona. A record 200 entries showed up to compete in the fast-growing series. The traction level provided was extremely hooked up with a watered surface making it relatively loose when it was dry. Tire choice as well as driver changes were necessary to compete all day long at the Fear Farm. During the opening moments of the main event, mistakes by the leaders sent cars in all directions. Tanner Denney emerged with the lead and stretched it with his Reedy/LRP equipped B4.1 to a 10-second margin. Associated teammate Brian Kinwald remained in the second position and looked to hunt down Denney. During the closing laps, Tanner got caught up in traffic, allowing the margin between him and Kinwald to be cut in half. Tanner would not be denied and finished off the remaining laps in style, cruising to a sizable victory on the popular series. Brian Kinwald finished second and Chris Wheeler third.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

November 7, 2011

EFRA 2011 Season Review

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RC Racing TV have put together a nice montage of clips from this year’s EFRA European Championships, which they showed last weekend to those present at the EFRA AGM in Brussels.

Source: RC Racing TV [rcracing.tv]

November 7, 2011

Chen YuYuan wins TRCCA Rd4

Last weekend the 4th round of the TRCCA was held in YiLan in Eastern Taiwan and over 70 drivers participated in this event. After 3 rounds of qualifying it was HongNor team driver Chen YuYuan driving his X3-Sabre that took the TQ spot. In the 30 minute A-Main, Chen continued carried forward his pace to lead from start to finish, taking the win with another HongNor team driver Dai YuanYi in 3rd place.

Source: HongNor [hongnor-racing.com]

November 6, 2011

EFRA releases 2012 race calendar

Following this weekend’s EFRA AGM in Brussels, the European governing body have finalised the dates for next year’s European Championships. There will be no European Championships for EP touring car this year due to the Worlds being in the EFRA bloc, but there will be a Stock Euros in September in Spain. Other noteworthy items from the meeting include the reduction in weight for the 1/8th on road class which falls to 2400 grams while from 2013 the nitro content will be set to a maximum of 16% and the qualifying heats go back to 5 minutes with no refuelling allowed.

March 9-11 – 1/12th scale Euros – Oberaich, Austria
April 23-28 – 1/10th on road ‘B’ Euros – Monaco, Monaco
May 21-26 – 1/8th on road ‘B’ Euros – Thionville, France
June 5-9 – 1/8th off road ‘B’ Euros – Oberbüren, Switzerland
July 9-14 – 1/8th & 1/10th on road 40+ Euros – Lyon, France
July 9-14 – 1/10th EP off road Euros – Fehring, Austria
July 21-28 – 1/10th & 1/12th on road Worlds – Heemstede, Netherlands
August 1-5 – 1/8th on road ‘A’ Euros – VillaReal, Portugal
August 6-11 – 1/8th off road ‘A’ Euros – Fehring, Austria
August 13-18 – 1/10th on road ‘A’ Euros – Cassino, Italy
September 7-9 – 1/10th EP TC Stock Euros – Alcobenas, Spain
September 14-16 – 1/8th off road 40+ Euros – Camse, France

View the full calendar here (PDF).

November 5, 2011

2014 1/8th offroad Worlds to Messina

With the 2012 IFMAR World Championships for 1/8th offroad in Argentina still over a year away, the venue for the 2014 running of the event has already been decided with Messina in Italy getting the vote. The decision was made at this weekend’s EFRA AGM which takes place in Brussels with Messina, located on the island of Sicily, getting the approval by a margin of 3 votes over runner up Germany. Messina previously held the IFMAR 1/8th onroad World Championships in 2005 the scene of Lamberto Collari’s 7th World title.

October 26, 2011

Numan, Thielke & Denney take JC Indoor titles

Announced early 2011, the JConcepts Indoor National Championship Series consisted of four rounds at various indoor track locations across the nation. The series started out in St. Louis, Missouri, at SmacTrac, then moved out West to OC/RC in Huntington Beach, California, and then up the coast to Outback Raceway in Chico, California, before rounding out at RC Excitement in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Gaining points at each round, drivers competed to become the first Indoor National Series Champion.

Continue reading the report here

October 26, 2011

Barry Pettit wins JConcepts Southern Nationals

For the 2nd year in a row the JConcepts Southern Nationals was a sell-out. 325 total entries turned out to West Monroe, Louisiana for a battle in the Mid South. A completely fresh track built inside the IKE Hamilton Expo Center amazed racers upon arrival. Friday started with an open practice session and drivers packed the drivers stand in hopes of finding that perfect setup and magical tire combination for Saturdays qualifying.

Continue reading the report here

October 26, 2011

Sidewinder Nitro Explosion wins for Maifield & Cavalieri

New ventures bring new challenges and Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield and Ryan Cavalieri rose to the occasion. With the Sidewinder Nitro Explosion moving to ARC Raceway in Temecula, CA, many racers were seeing the facility for the first time. Taking the top two grid positions in the Expert Gas Buggy, Ryan Maifield starting on pole for the 35-minute gas final with team mate Ryan Cavalieri on the second spot. From the start, The Ryans checked out from a star-studded field. Battling till the end, Ryan Maifield and his LRP powered, JConcepts equipped RC8.2 out-dueled teammate Ryan Cavalieri’s Pro-Line-equipped RC8.2. However, not to be left out of the winner’s circle, Ryan Cavalieri made good on his Top Qualifying position in the Expert Electric Buggy class by taking home the win with his soon-to-be-released LRP iX8 speed control and eBuggy converted RC8.2. Honorable mention also goes to Cavalieri for a second place finish in Expert Gas Truggy with the ROAR National Champion Maifield finishing a respectable fourth.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]