May 2, 2011

Mike Applegate wins Truck at JConcepts Supercup Rd4

Mike Applegate wins Truck at JConcepts Supercup Rd4

The final round of the Jconcepts Supercup Championship Series took place at Bashers RC Raceway, a beautiful indoor RC palace, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The modified truck class was competitive as ever with TLR Team Driver Mike Applegate getting the TQ. The mod trucks took to the track for the main event with Mike getting the hole shot and leading the first few laps. Applegate made a few mistakes which made for some great racing, but he battled back and took the win, with Dan Borkowicz taking 2nd and Jader Lopez 3rd.

April 30, 2011

Competition Heat signs Adam Drake

Competition Heat signs Adam Drake

Competition Heat, makers of the unique engine warming system have announced the signing of Team Losi Racing / Novarossi driver Adam Drake to their team. Adam had this to say:

I’ve been using the Competition Heater for just over a year now. It makes engine break-in easier, but it also increases your engines performance and life. The products from Competition Heat are amazing and I’m proud to have them as a sponsor for 2011!

Source: Competition Heat [competitionheat.com]

April 29, 2011

Paul Coleman joins TQ Racing

Paul Coleman joins TQ Racing

TQ racing is proud to announce that Paul Coleman has joined their team. Paul, who was instrumental in developing the Hyper 7 race platform for OFNA in the past, has worked with such great drivers as Josh Wheeler and Former World Champion Greg Degani to help them compete on the highest levels. With TQ Racing having just released their new 1/8 Evo series of nitro and electric buggies and with a Truggy design in the works to be released later this year, Paul will be attending events around the country exposing TQ product to new and exciting markets. At these events Paul will be sharing his years of nitro knowledge in driving and preparation seminars for fellow racers.

Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]

April 28, 2011

Henry & Kvidera take Canadian Indoor Champs

Henry & Kvidera take Canadian Indoor Champs

This past weekend was the 5th Annual Canadian Indoor Championships for 1/8th nitro buggies and truggies in Tillsonburg, Ont, Canada. In the pro buggy class it was a TLR sweep of the top three with Dave Henry taking the win with teammates Daniel Yachnin 2nd and Frank Calandra 3rd. In pro truggy TLR would take to top two spots with Jimbo Kvidera taking TQ and the overall win with teammate Daniel Yachnin taking 2nd.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

April 27, 2011

Matt Sistrunk takes all at I-20 series Rd1

Matt Sistrunk takes all at I-20 series Rd1

Last weekend was the first round of the I-20 series in Monroe, Louisiana. Racers from all over the area came to a freshly built track at Full Throttle Raceway. With the rain during the week the Track crew had some work ahead of them. By the time qualifiers started the track was in great shape. The Battle for TQ was close but TLR driver Matt “Puddin” Sistrunk took the top spot in buggy followed closely by TLR privateer Denver Houghton. Following the start of the main it was a three car battle with Denver taking the early lead followed by Matt and Allen McCoy. Matt and Denver battled for the lead the entire race with Allen in the shadows waiting for them to mess up. Matt passed Denver on the last lap of the race and they crossed the line .05 apart with Matt taking the win, Denver in 2nd and HB driver Allen McCoy in 3rd. In Truggy Matt started 3rd with Steve Traxler taking TQ. Matt took the lead in early going and never looked back, winning from the HB pairing of Jeff Gray in 2nd and Steve Traxler in 3rd.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

April 26, 2011

Jared Tebo is Neo11 Champion

Jared Tebo is Neo11 Champion

Kyosho/Orion factory driver Jared Tebo has won the Neo11 this past weekend, his 3rd win from 3 attempts. Racing at this annual indoor off road event began last Friday and ran through to Monday, a bank holiday in the UK and most of Europe, and attracted the usual gathering of the best international racers from around the World. Qualifying would be a close run thing but in the end it was Jared Tebo that would take the top spot ahead of the three Ryans – Lutz, Maifield and Cavalieri. Following the Semis, in which we saw Atsushi Hara and Simon Willets bump up from low qualifying positions to move into the main and lost 9th place qualifier David Ronnefalk, it was Tebo who would start on pole ahead of Losi driver Darren Bloomfield and Mugen driver Robert Batlle in 3rd. The challenge never materialized in the final and Tebo could pull away and take the win comfortably, finishing a lap up on 2nd place Robert Batlle who had had a race long battle with Ryan Cavalieri, the American finishing in 3rd.

Source: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]

April 25, 2011

Taiwanese Nationals Rd1 win for Yu-Yuan Chen

Taiwanese Nationals Rd1 win for Yu-Yuan Chen

The newly formed Taiwan Radio Control Car Association (T.R.C.C.A.) held the first round of the first Taiwanese 1/8 Off Road National Championships last weekend. This Association is approved by the Taiwanese government and organized by most of the Taiwanese RC brands and factories including Team Titan, HongNor, S-Workz, GS Racing, GO engines, PR Racing, Force engine, IN-tech racing, RC Tech magazine and KingStar Racing. The race itself saw a total of 92 drivers attend this race and after qualifying in the expert class, the TQ went to HongNor driver Yu-Yuan Chen. Chen would also go on to win the A final followed by Agama driver Hou-Cai Liu in 2nd and Team C driver Sheng-Jie Huang 3rd.

Source: TRCCA [trcca.org.tw]

April 25, 2011

Josh Pain dominates Australian Nationals

Josh Pain dominates Australian Nationals

The Australian electric buggy Nationals were held the previous weekend at the WCMRC facility in Perth, Western Australia. In the 2wd modified class it was Josh Pain that took his Kyosho Ultima RB5 to the TQ spot and proceeded to win the first 2 A-mains to claim the National title ahead of Darren Johnston in 2nd and Michael McDonnell in 3rd. In the 4wd modified class it was Josh Pain once again, who top all qualifiers to start from the pole position. He had to work harder for the win this time and needed to go to the 3rd leg to claim to title ahead of Josh Taylor in 2nd, with Chris Bowich in 3rd.

Read the full report here.

Source: Keilor RC [keilorrc.org.au]

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