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September 14, 2011

Bruno Heremans wins Rd6 of Benelux Championship

The penultimate round of the BeNeLux Championships was run last weekend at Liege, Belgium. X Factory’s Bruno ‘Elvo’ Heremans and Stefan Mesker dominated the event with their X-6 Squareds. Mesker TQ’d the Liege event with Heremans took second on the grid and the pair dominated the three A mains with Elvo taking the first two and Stefan the third to finish 1st and 2nd respectively with Wesley Van Helmond in 3rd. After six of seven rounds, with five to count, Stefan Mesker leads the Championship one point ahead of Heremans. Elvo was forced to miss the first race due to a skiing injury, so the pressure is on him to do well in the final race. Nobody else is within 5 points of Mesker, so Stefan can only lose the Championship if Elvo TQs and wins and Stefan finishes 4th or below.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

September 13, 2011

2011 JConcepts Southern Nationals – Announcement

The organisers of this year’s JConcepts Southern Nationals & R/C Expo in West Monroe, LA that takes place on October 21-23 got in touch to tell use about their event. Last year they had 260 entries and this year they will have over 325 paid entries, more have entered but entry is capped. The event will take place in a 5000 seat arena with a 300’x190′ dirt floor that they will build a 100’x200′ track in the center with a 15′ tall drivers stand. Adam Drake said last year that stand was the 2nd largest that he’s ever seen after the one at the World’s in Las Vegas. The facilty is air conditioned along with an exhaust system so that the race environment is second to none. Ryan Lutz, Barry Pettit, Jason Rouna & Jason Branham are some of the marquee names that are confirmed to race at this years event and they are waiting on more confirmations for more nationally recognized drivers. You can view more information and place your entry for the event here.

September 13, 2011

Jared Tebo double at ROAR 1/8 EP Offroad Nats

The 2011 ROAR 1/8 Electric Off-Road Nationals were held September 9-11 at The Hobby Plex in Omaha, Nebraska. Team Orion would show up to this years Nationals with their Super Star 1/8 Team. Ryan Cavalieri just coming off his double World Championship Wins in Finland just 1 month ago. Jared Tebo just taking 2 National Championships at the 1/10 ROAR Nationals a few weeks ago. Mike Truhe, defending ROAR 1/8E National Champion. And Cody King, current 1/8 Nitro World Champion.

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September 10, 2011

Jack Neal wins BRCA U13’s

Silverstone buggy club hosted the annual BRCA F2’s Juniors and veterans race. With the top level F1 grade drivers unable to race it was a chance for the up and coming drivers to shine, although it was good to see several F1 drivers showing up at the race to help others. In the Under 13 class Jack Neal scored a double win in 2WD and 4WD with his Schumacher Cougar SV and CAT. In Under 16 Ashley Caunt took the 2WD title and Connor Cocker the 4WD. Tony Truman scored a 2WD and 4WD double in the F2 class, and the over 40 veterans class was won by Andy Carter in 2WD and Alec Springer in 4WD.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

September 10, 2011

Ryan Cavalieri – A day in the life

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Back in July we had our cameras follow Associated factory driver Ryan Cavalieri in the build up to the 2011 IFMAR EP Offroad World Championships in Finland to see how a 4-time World Champion prepares for the race of his life. Check out the video above to see the results.

September 9, 2011

Renaud Savoya joins Xray

Xray have announced that 3x European champion Renaud Savoya has joined their team. Having just confirmed his split with Durango earlier this week, the French driver has already been testing his new ride in an effort to get up to speed with 808. Reno will play an important role at the R&D team to help with the further development of the 808 platform as well help to provide the technical support at the major events. Reno had this to say:

I’m very excited and motivated to join the Xray family! They always show huge motivation and ambition for racing, fuelled up by passion and devotion. As we were having different opinions and objectives with my previous sponsor, we decided to break our partnership in a friendly atmosphere. I’m really looking forward to bring Xray the best results and it will be a pleasure to meet all Xray customers, present and future! See you soon on the racetracks.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 9, 2011

Dylan Rodriguez wins EP Buggy class at JBRL Rd6

This past Labor Day weekend, Jimmy Babcock’s JBRL Nitro Series headed to ARC Raceway in Temecula, CA for Rd6. With little over 150 entries, it was sure to be a competitive day. In 1/8 Electric Buggy, Dylan Rodriguez of Mugen Seiki/ Proline Racing/Tekin set the TQ going into the 10min main event. Lining up 2nd was Shane Lyon with his Mugen/Proline Racing ride and 3rd was Aaron Huerta of Mugen Seiki/Proline Racing/Handle IT Hobbies. The main event was a tight race between Dylan and Aaron. Aaron taking the lead at one point for a few laps but a mistake with a few minutes to go would put Dylan back to the lead to never look back, winning by a 4 second margin. Shane rounded up the last podium spot.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

September 8, 2011

MiboSport Arena Opening race – Announcement

MiboSport in the Czech Republic, headed up by international TC driver Michal Bok have been in contact to tell us about the opening race at the new MiboSport Arena in Trebic. A friendly end of season race, it will take place from the 24th to the 25th of September on their sweet new purpose built astroturf track. The race will be open to 2wd and 4wd buggy as well as 2wd and 4wd Short Course. On Saturday evening there will a party with BBQ and some tradition Czech drinks which is free for all entrants. A great way to finish off the outdoor season, you can find more information here and make you entry here.