March 23, 2011

Chris Doughty gets some Ammo for 2011

Chris Doughty gets some Ammo

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 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

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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

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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

March 19, 2011

Cactus Classic Friday qualifying report

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What an epic day of qualifying! 48 heats twice through, started at 8am and ended at 10:30PM. Round 1 of the 25th annual Cactus Classic is saw Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield dominating the field. With his home track advantage and his cars looking stellar around the track, he finished with TQ’s in 2wd Modified Buggy, 4wd Modified Buggy, and Pro-2 Short Course.  Ryan had some minor motor issues in Pro-4 SC but otherwise would have likely TQ’ed that as well. I asked him what the plan for round 2 is and if he is going to change anything up. He said, “Everything is working really good today. I’m going to put a new motor in the SC-10 4×4 and hopefully have a better run.”

Continue reading the report here

March 19, 2011

Much More Racing confirm Joern Neumann

Much More Racing confirm Joern Neumann

Joern Neumann has signed a deal with Much More Racing for 2011 that will see him use the World championship brand. The former European Champion and multiple World Championship finalist will join other former European Champion Marc Rheinard in Much More’s offroad team. Joern will receive their full support using their Cell Master Legend, Hybrid charger and Power Master Legend. Joern had this to say about the new deal:

I am really happy to join the Much More team. They have nice products and they look awesome. I looking forward to get good results in the future with Much More products.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]

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