This past weekend was Rd1 of the RC Pro Series in Ontario, Canada. TLR was in strong attendance with Dave Henry, Taylor and Tommy Giovinazzo there. Dave Henry would have a great weekend taking the TQ and win in Pro nitro buggy, Pro electric buggy and Pro 2wd SCT. The surprise of the weekend was TLR privateer Jay Christiano finishing 2nd in Pro nitro buggy.
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Round 5 of the Tresrey Off-Road Race 4WD Challenge with ‘Charity Auction for Sendai earthquake’ was held last Sunday at the TRS circuit in Matsusaka-city, Japan. 73 racers joined the event, making it the best attended race that the TRS circuit ever had again for an off-road event. In the first qualifying round, it was TRF (Tamiya Racing Factory) driver Satoshi Maezumi who managed to take top time for this round. In round 2, Maezumi broke his car in the warm up run which gave him a DNS while Noriyuki Kawashima (ZX5) managed 12 laps with 5:04.5 in this round who managed to take overall TQ. Hideki Nakajima (B44) took 2nd with a 5:05.2, with Maezumi (TRF502X) taking 3rd with 5:05.3. Unfortunately the finals were cancelled because of heavy rain and so the final result was decided based on everyone’s qualifying result. After the award ceremony, Tresrey held a big lucky draw prize which included a DEX410 2010 spec kit, Speed Passion RS2 kits, ESCs and motors. The Charity Auction for Sendai earthquake was also held with a total of 29 items on offer which included all the famous driver’s body shell from Europe and US (like David Spashett, Dustin Evans, Hupo Hönigl and more) and Ryan Cavalieri’s pit stand. Tresrey are sending the total amount of this charity auction (JPY87,900) with all the entry fee of the race and some other donations to the Japan Red Cross. Special thanks to the drivers and people who gave their items for this charity auction.
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The 2nd round of the Hungarian Offroad Championships was held in Jaszbereny on last weekend. The 1st round could only run 2 qualification heats because of the terrible weather but this time it was superb on Sunday, over 30°C and with 50 entries. Track owner and co-organiser Hajos family did a great job to prepare for this event. The many purposely placed bumps, holes and ruts make this track quite unique and challenging to drive fast. The hot weather together with the difficult track and huge amount of dust put a great pressure on both man and machine. Meanwhile others could enjoy cold drinks and the great foods which were made trackside both days.
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Area 54 RC Raceway had it’s Grand Re-Opening Race last weekend and in attendance were over 100 of the fastest local and regional drivers from the surrounding 6 states, including Ryan Lutz of Team Durango, only hours away from his hometown of Medina, OH. The weather was great for both practice and the race day, with rain just the day before the event giving the track tons of moisture which was blue grooved by the end of practice day. Ryan Lutz took the win in the Nitro Buggy A-Main with some tough competition from 2nd placed David Osbourne and 3rd placed Shane Racer, both Team Losi drivers.
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Adam Drake has won the Agama Spring Challenge with his Novarossi powered TLR 8ight 2.0. The turnout for this event was light with around 80 entries. In qualifying Matt Schreffler would take round one followed by Drake, but in round two and three Drake set the pace and ended up with the overall TQ followed by Schreffler. At the start of the buggy final Schreffler made a mistake on the first lap and fell back in the pack. Drake went on to win the 30 minute encounter by two laps over team mate Matt Schreffler in 2nd with Rick Racer finishing third.
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Fastrax and CML Distribution are supporting the SHRCCC with the inaugural Fastrax 1/10th Off Road GP that takes place on the 19th of June. A throwback to more traditional, fun off-road experience, the Surrey and Hants Radio Control Car Club’s new grass venue track is perfect for a days no hassle off road racing. Fastrax have teamed up to include a set of their Turf Ripper tyres within the event fee, for an incredibly good value for money day for all concerned. If you are frustrated at being unable to keep up with drivers with local knowledge of permanent astro tracks, why not give the Fastrax GP a go.
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TLR’s Matt Chambers and Lars Johnson attended the 2nd Annual Manufacturers Challenge this past weekend with some great results. TLR’s Lars Johnson dominated qualifying and the 45 minute A main in the Pro Nitro Truggy class, while TLR’s Matt Chambers also dominated qualifying and the 45 minute Pro Buggy A main to make it a TLR sweep of the Pro classes. Lars also went on to take the win in both buggy and truggy “Dash for Cash” races held Saturday night. A special mention also goes out to TLR privateer Justin Salerno for dominating the Open Electric class by taking the TQ and win and another TLR privateer Scott Bagwin who had a great weekend winning the Open Buggy A main and taking 2nd in the Open Truggy A main.
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Durango are reporting on the 2011 New South Wales State titles for 1/8th buggy that took place this past weekend at Maitland Off-Road Radio Car Club. Kyle McBride’s Durango DNX408 hit the track for the first practice run on Thursday. Running a slightly different setup from the Neo10 race he’d attended a few weeks prior, thre made a few more tweaks to get Kyle’s Durango dialed.
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