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February 20, 2011

Billy Easton TQ’s both classes at Motorama

We were sent an update from the Scotty Ernst run Motorama, which is taking place this weekend in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This event has almost 500 entries in nitro off-road and 300 plus in electric off-road. Serpent chief offroad designer Billy Easton, who is making his big race debut with Novarossi engines this weekend, took the top qualifier spot in both Expert Buggy and Truggy. In the buggy class the Novarossi Plus 4 BTTS powered Cobra S811 driver TQ’d ahead of Mugen driver Travis Amezcua and Associated super star Ryan Maifield, while in Truggy Billy placed the pre production Cobra Truggy, powered by Novarossi Bonito XLBS, in front of Ryan Maifield and Losi factory racer Adam Drake. The finals are taking place today so lets see if he can carry forward that momentum and give the Serpent cars their first major US victory.

View the line up for the A-mains here

February 18, 2011

Xray extend deal with Josh Wheeler

Xray have announced the re-signing of front running US racer Josh Wheeler. Josh, who was the highest placed Xray at the World Championship in Pattaya, qualifying in 16th place, had this to say about the deal:

I look forward to another great year with Xray! I am constantly impressed by the knowledge and desire to win by everyone involved. I am privileged to be a part of their program and look forward to representing them at the races. I would like to thank the whole Hudy family for all the support and giving me a chance to race another season with Xray.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 18, 2011

Taylor James returns to Pro-Line

Pro-Line have announced the return of top US driver Taylor James to their team for 2011. The Team Durango driver is back after a year away and had this to say about his new deal:

I’m very excited to be returning back to the Pro-Line team. It will be nice to be back to tires that I know very well considering I ran Pro-Line for a number of years before last year. Pro-Line has a great team from the accomplished drivers to the very professional staff behind the scenes. I look forward to having a very successful 2011 back with old friends.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

February 17, 2011

Dustin Evans wins 2wd at Rumble in the Rockies

Team Losi Racing’s Matt Chambers and Dustin Evans were on hand at the 16th Annual Rumble in the Rockies in Aurora, Colorado. In 2wd Modified qualifying, TLR’s Matt Chambers took TQ honors over team mate Dustin Evans with their Team Losi Racing 22 buggy. After the triple A-Main though it was the 2011 Reedy Race Winner, Dustin Evans taking the win with Matt Chambers in 3rd. Both drivers used Losi Pink Rear BK Bars and Pink Front Taper Pins on their 22’s along with the new Xcelorin LiPo 2S 7.4v 3800mah 60C LiPo battery pack. The battery pack was a huge advantage on the tight and twisty high grip track allowing the TLR 22 to corner faster and land jumps better with its lower weight over standard size 2S 7.4v batteries.

Source: Losi [tlracing.com]

February 15, 2011

Taylor James confirmed at Durango

Team Durango have added Taylor James to their team, where he joins a growing list of some of the fastest, hard-working and well respected racers around. Taylor is based in Missouri USA and known as a 1/8th off road specialist where he’ll be dedicating most of his race time and pushing forward the Team Durango name.

I’m very excited to run for Team Durango this year and look forward putting in good results at all of the races. Team Durango has the philosophy of being very serious about racing and I intend to hold true to that ideal this year and beyond.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

February 15, 2011

JR Mitch wins Florida State Series Rd4

As the Florida State Off-Road Series rolled into Lake Park for round 4, JR Mitch was looking to extend his winning ways. Making quick work of the qualifiers, JR quickly rose to the top of the field by top qualifying in both of the first 2 rounds with his JConcepts equipped Associated RC8B buggy. 3Ds in green compound proved to be the way around the unusually slick track at Lake Park in rounds 1 and 2 as JR blistered the track. As the sun peeked out on Sunday the track started to dry-out and the Lake Park blue groove heated up. JR went to his trusty Crossbow tire combination for the emerging blue groove surface and 30 minute A-main. Once the flag dropped on the A-main, JR was gone, racing out quickly to a 9,10-12 second lead ~10 minutes into the race, it looked like the race was all but over. A mid-race flame-out caused things to tighten-up but JR and pitman Walter Cruz remained calm and within minutes were back into contention. Pushing the RC8B as only a few drivers are capable of, JR made up valuable time and took the lead once again with ~4 minutes remaining. Pulling out to a significant lead with 3 minutes to go JR was back in cruise control and a commanding lead where he would cross the line taking yet another win for JConcepts / Team Associated in 2011.

View a video from the event here

February 14, 2011

Tresrey Off-Road race series Rd4

Round 4 of the Tresrey Off-Road race series was held last Sunday at the RC Park GOJO circuit in Gojo-city, Nara, Japan. 65 racers took part, making it the best attended race that the GOJO circuit has ever had for an off-road event with 54 entrants in the 2WD class and 44 in the 4WD class. In qualifying it was Noriyuki Kawashima who managed to take TQ for both the 2WD and 4WD classes. In 2WD, Momotaro Motohira won the race from 2nd on the grid, with Kunio Shimabukuro taking 2nd and Eiji Tomita 3rd. Speed Passion Japan team driver Minoru Utsugi was 7th in qualifying and finished 4th in the final. Yokomo team driver Kenji Tsuruta was 3rd in qualifying and finished 9th in the final with his B4.1. There were 14 Durango DEX410/Rs in the 4WD class and 4 of them made the A final. Kawashima won the race from the pole, with Motohira taking 2nd and Satoshi Fujii 3rd with his DEX410. Team Durango Japan local supported driver Akihiro Yasuda finished 5th, Kenji Masuda finished 7th, and Team Durango/Speed Passion Japan team driver Minoru Utsugi 8th driving DEX410s. After the award ceremony, Tresrey held a big draw prize draw which included the DEX410 2010spec kit, Speed Passion ESC/motor and Tresrey ESCs.

View images from the event here

February 10, 2011

Tekin sign Taylor Petersen

Tekin have announced that Taylor Petersen has joined their team, which will see the Mugen racer run their electrics at 1/8th BL races this year. Taylor’s first race will be at the Cabin Fever Supercross Race this weekend with his new Tekin Powered Mugen MBX-6 Eco buggy. Taylor has been chomping at the bit wanting to get into this hotly contested class and when asked about his decision on which electronics to power his Mugen buggy Taylor responded “Tekin was the obvious choice.”

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]