May 23, 2011

E.C Kim is double Korean National Champion

E.C Kim is double Korean National Champion

The 2011 Korean KMRCA electric offroad National Championships were held last weekend for 2wd and 4wd, with this one off race deciding the title winner. In the 2wd class it was E.C Kim, driving a Yokomo that took the win from pole position ahead of Hwang Seonyeong in 2nd and Yoo Hyeonggyu in 3rd. It was a repeat performance by Kim in the 4wd class, this time taking the victory from his Yokomo/Much More team mate Si Changsu, who was top qualifier, while Kim Donggwan was 3rd.

View the 4wd podium here

May 22, 2011

Lee Martin takes 4wd Worlds Warmup victory

Lee Martin takes 4wd Worlds Warmup victory

It was the turn of the 4wd class to hit the track today in Vaasa Finland, for the Electric offroad World Championship warmup race. In what was an extremely windy day, qualifying would see 4 different TQs across the 4 rounds of heats, with Ryan Maifield taking Q1, Neil Cragg Q2, Lee Martin Q3 and Jared Tebo Q4. When the points were taking from the two fastest runs it was the two British drivers Lee Martin and Neil Cragg tied on points, with Lee taking the TQ spot by virtue of a faster time. Jared Tebo would start in 3rd with Ryan Cavalieri in 4th and Hupo Honigl completing the top 5. In the 3 leg A-mains it was first blood to Associated driver Neil Cragg, with Tamiya factory driver Lee Martin taking 2nd and Durango driver Joern Neumann in 3rd. Leg 2 would see Martin take the win ahead of Associated driver Ryan Cavalieri in 2nd and Kyosho main man Jared Tebo in 3rd. The final deciding leg saw Lee Martin take the win once again to wrap up the overall with Ryan Cavalieri taking 2nd and Neil Cragg 3rd. The two Associated drivers would end tied on points so Cragg took 2nd due to his leg 1 win. A lot of the factory teams are now staying on at the track for a few more days to do more testing.

View the final standings here

May 22, 2011

Video – Worlds Warmup 2wd A-mains

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Embedded above and below, FinRC have produced these videos showing the action from all 3 legs of yesterday’s 2wd A-mains at the Electric offroad Worlds Warmup in Vaasa, Finland. Enjoy.

View A-main Leg 2 and 3 here

May 22, 2011

Thunder Alley nearing completion for ROAR Nats

Thunder Alley nearing completion for ROAR Nats

Rob Jackson over at Thunder Alley RC Raceway dropped us a mail to let us know that the track layout for the ROAR Off road 8th scale fuel nationals is almost complete. The event which starts on the 31st of May and runs through to the 5th of June is one of this year’s most anticipated events and Thunder Alley are building a track to match. They presented a very challenging layout during the warmup race back in April and the new track will be equally tricky with lots of elevation changes as well as plenty of step ups and drop downs. You can follow Red RC’s coverage of this race on our events page from day 1.

May 21, 2011

Darren Bloomfield wins 2wd at Worlds Warmup

Darren Bloomfield wins 2wd at Worlds Warmup

The 1/10th electric offroad Worlds warmup takes place this weekend in Vaasa, Finland ahead of the main event which will be held in late July. After some days of practice on this challenging hard packed clay track, the 2wd class qualifying and finals took place today, with 4wd being run tomorrow. Qualifying saw Kyosho driver Jared Tebo take the pole position ahead of Losi driver Darren Bloomfield, with the pair tied on points, Jared taking it due to a faster time. Associated driver Ryan Maifield lined up 3rd with Mike Truhe and Ryan Cavalieri completing the top 5. In the finals it was former World Champion Cavalieri that took the victory in leg 1 ahead of Bloomfield, with Swedish Kyosho driver David Ronnefalk in 3rd. Leg 2 saw Bloomfield go one better and take the win ahead of TQ Jared Tebo, while Cavalieri came home in 3rd, setting up a final leg showdown between 3 drivers. Leg 3 saw Darren come through to win the decider in front of Tamiya man Lee Martin, with Jared Tebo taking 3rd, the result giving the TLR22 buggy the win with Bloomfield, with Ryan Cavalieri with his B4.1 in 2nd and Jared Tebo with the Kyosho chassis taking the final podium spot in 3rd.

View the final standings here

May 18, 2011

Rossetti wins 4wd National Rd3 in France

Rossetti wins 4wd National Rd3 in France

Round 3 of the French electric off road National championships were held last weekend at the Gargenville track, 50km from Paris. In the 4wd class it was Antoine Rossetti who took the win with his Yokomo B-Max4 Factory Team, having finally gotten over his bad luck seen at previous events. Current French champion Cyril Baldini driving a Durango was 2nd and Armand Latnheaume in 3rd.

Source: ART [asia-racing-team.com]

May 18, 2011

Adam Drake does double at JBRL Rd2

Adam Drake does double at JBRL Rd2

Saturday was the second stop on Southern California’s JBRL series sponsored by Team Losi Racing. Many of the top driver’s attended in preparation for next months ROAR 1/8th fuel Nationals.  Some of the nearly 200 entries included Adam Drake, Cody King, Mike Truhe, Dustin Evans, Matt Schreffler, Drew Moller, Travis Amezcua, Brent Thielke, Steven Hartson, Clint Wachter, Colby Poh, Dani Choi, Chad Bradley, Andy Smolnik and Jessie Robinson. In qualifying it was Team Losi Racing / Novarossi driver Adam Drake who set the pace in both of the expert 1/8th classes. The temperatures in sunny CA started to drop by the time the mains rolled around and the track started getting rough.

Continue reading the report here

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