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March 24, 2011

Kyosho enter Adachi for EOS pilot event

Kyosho are the latest manufacturer to put their support behind the new ‘Euro Offroad Series’ concept by entering Japanese ace Shin Adachi for the April 1-3 pilot event in Tomelilla, Sweden. The seven time Japanese National off road champion joins a host of top international drivers for the three day indoor clay surface event that will see official factory representation from Team Associated, Losi, Tamiya, Durango and Kyosho. Responsible for the development of Kyosho’s electric competition cars, Adachi will join a strong local Kyosho squad. Teenagers Mikael Johansson and David Ronnefalk both hold European Junior Off Road titles and are the reigning Swedish national EP champions – Johansson the title holder in 2WD and 15-year-old Ronnefalk the champion in 4WD. Both up & coming talents will be hoping to put their knowledge of the Tomelilla track to good use and make their mark in one weeks time.

Read the full release here

March 24, 2011

Josh Wheeler signs for VP-Pro USA

VP-Pro USA have added top factory driver Josh Wheeler to their team. Wheeler is a former IFMAR Worlds A-main Finalist and consistent A-main contender at every major race in the USA. He will be using VP-Pro Flexx Compound Tires & Wheels on his Xray 808 buggy and truggy for 2011-2012 and his first race for VP-Pro Racing will be the Silverstate Nitro Challenge in Las Vegas next month.

Source: VP Pro USA [vp-pro-usa.com]

March 23, 2011

Mikael Johansson wins both classes at VBC Cup

The Swedish Kyosho drivers continue to dominate the Swedish offroad racing. Last weekend Team Kyosho Sweden driver Mikael Johansson TQ and won the final race of VBC Cup. With this win Mikael also took overall victory in both the 2WD and 4WD class. In 4wd it was Associated driver Niclas Månsson that took 2nd ahead of Kyosho driver Fredrik Peters in 3rd place, while in 2wd it was Associated racer Robert Gustafsson who took 2nd ahead of Niclas Månsson in 3rd.

Source: Team Kyosho Sweden

March 23, 2011

Chris Doughty gets some Ammo for 2011

RC Disco are thrilled to announce that former European electric offroad Champion Chris Doughty has signed to run Ammo Fuel in 2011. Chris will be using the Ammo 30% Nitro Race Fuel throughout the 2011 race season in his Durango DNX408 buggy and joins a growing list of drivers in the UK using this fuel including Simon Willets and Kevin Brunsden. We also hear that Ammo is expanding out of the UK and that we can expect some European signings in the next few weeks.

Source: RC Disco [rcdisco.com]

March 22, 2011

Video – 2011 Cactus Classic finals day action

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Having reported on last week’s Cactus Classic in Arizona at Scottsdale RC Speedway, we have finally got some more action videos online, this time from finals day. Above is leg 2 of the 2wd modified A-main, while below we have the 4wd modified A-main leg 2, the 2wd Short Course modified A-main leg 2 and another bonus video showing some racers trying to pass the time.

View the other videos here

March 22, 2011

Kyle McBride claims Australian National title

Kyle McBride took his Team Durango DNX408 to National Championship glory this weekend, at the National Titles in Australia. In qualifying, Kyle set the pace in round one and was the only car on 18 lap pace during the round. A hiccup in round two saw a slightly disapointing second in round after hitting traffic. After the disappointment, Kyle was determined to win and after rounds three and four had already secured TQ and didn’t have to run the last qualifier – but of course, he did. Kyle set about the final qualifier driving faster than ever and missed out on lapping second place by only 7 seconds. It wasn’t the way any racer wants to win a big title but due to rain the finals had to be called off and so the results were called on qualifying with Kyle taking the National Title for Durango/OS/AKA/Byron at just 15 years old.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

March 22, 2011

Maifield takes 3 at 2011 Cactus Classic

With qualifying for this year’s Cactus Classic completed on Saturday, Sunday saw the all important mains day with race favorite Ryan Maifield looking to convert his 4 TQ spots into victory. At the end of Saturday’s qualifying, all of the racers in the Pro-4 class were called to the announcer’s booth for a meeting. I was slightly confused why, then I asked Ryan Maifield what was going on? He said a lot of the guys were worried about “nuking” their motors in the scheduled 10-minute main. Their compromise was to run double 5-minute mains. In A1, top qualifier, Ryan Maifield held his lead for the first three laps then let Mike Truhe and Hupo Honigl slip by. The Durango duo of Jorn and Hupo did some swapping of positions with Maifield while Truhe ran away with the win.

Continue reading the report here

March 20, 2011

Maifield dominates Cactus qualifying

The scorching Arizona sun went a bit easier on us today as qualifying wrapped up. Mid-day cloud cover and a slight breeze made it much cooler, but the track still had an amazing amount of grip. The re-sort from day 1 qualifying gave us some much-anticipated battles today with Ryan Maifield using his home advantage to TQ 4 of the 5 Modified classes.

Continue reading the report here