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September 27, 2010

Cavalieri wins buggy at Thunder Alley Gas Champs

The Thunder Alley Gas Champs took place last weekend at Thunder Alley RC Raceway in Beaumont, CA. In the 1/8th expert buggy class it was Losi racer Mike Truhe who would start the double header finals from pole position but on both occasions it was Team Associated man Ryan Cavalieri that took the win to secure the overall. In leg 1 RC won from Cody King in 2nd and Josh Wheeler in 3rd, while in leg 2, with a smaller victory margin it was again Cody in the 2 spot while Mike Truhe took 3rd. So in the overall results it was RC ahead of King in 2nd and Truhe in 3rd.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

September 27, 2010

Tresrey Off-Road race Rd3

Round 3 of the Tresrey Off-Road race was held last Sunday at the TRS circuit in Matsusaka-city, Japan. 65 racers joined the event, making it the best attended race that the TRS circuit ever had for an off-road event with 60 entrants in the 2WD class and 53 in the 4WD class. In qualifying it was Yokomo support driver Kenji Tsuruta who managed to take TQ for both classes. Unfortunately the finals for both classes were cancelled because of heavy rain and so the final result was decided based on everyone’s qualifying result. In 2WD, Tsuruta (Yokomo B4) won the race with Noriyuki Kawashima (B4) 2nd and Akihiro Yasuda (B4) 3rd. There were 21 Durango DEX410/Rs in the 4WD class and 7 of them made the Top10. Tsuruta (Yokomo B-MAX) won the race with Akira Ema (DEX410) 2nd and Team Durango/Speed Passion Japan team driver Minoru Utsugi(DEX410) 3rd. After the award ceremony, they held a big lucky draw prize which included a DEX410 2010spec kit, Axial kit and Speed Passion ESCs, motors, and new 2.4Ghz transmitter. Special thanks to the Speed Passion and TRS.

View more images from the event here

September 25, 2010

Niclas Brunsberg joins Team Serpent

Serpent have announced that Top-level Swedish driver Niclas Brunsberg has joined Team Serpent to run the Cobra S811. The former Kyosho driver has been testing the Cobra buggy intensively at tracks he knows very well and was impressed with the handling, steering and traction the car offers. Serpent Distributor HP from Sweden, with owner Klas, will be working intensively with Niclas, and Klas will also be his mechanic at the big races. Niclas will join Billy Easton and other Serpent Cobra drivers in November when he competes at the World Championships in Thailand.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 23, 2010

Johnny LoGiudice wins 2wd at JConcepts NE Champs

The JConcepts Northeast Champs attracted 160 eager racers to one of the best Indoor tracks in the Northeast, RC Excitement and with teams from Kyosho, X-Factory, Associated, Losi and TQ, there was no shortage of talent in the building. With the 2wd A-Main field hosting of road legend Brian Kinwald and Associated Hotshoe Steve Hartson, the stage was set. An epic battle began with Losi factory racer James Schlick leading the pack with Steve, Brian and Johnny LoGiudice in tow. James led for more than half of the race when a late bobble allowed Steve, Brian and Johnny through. On the last lap Steve and Brian got together allowing TQ Racing driver Johnny to slip by for the win. The race was so close that the three drivers had to wait until the finishing order was announced.

Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]

September 22, 2010

Sterian Folev wins Bulgarian Off-road Nats Rd3

The third round of the Bulgarian Off-road Nationals took place near Sofia, in the village of Bankya in perfect weather. The track presented to drivers was rough, hard to handle and including some very high jumps. In the Buggy class the top qualifier was Mario Vutov followed by Petar Gergov, Emil Karamfilov, Sterian Folev and Dimitar Leskovski completing the top 5. The 45-minute-long final proved that a race is won with endurance and not just with speed. Mario Vutov was the fastest guy on the track but unfortunately had battery issues and lost about 10 minutes. Emil Karamfilov also wasn’t able to finish due to a throttle servo failure. The battle for first place was between Sterian Folev and Petar Gergov, both showing very good pace throughout the final. Georgi Minkov took advantage of Gergov’s slight battery issue at the end of the event and finished second. After the victory for Sterian Folev, who is having a very successful debut year, the fight for the title is now forming. Dimitur Leskovski and Georgi Minkov both have 126 points with Sterian Folev running close behind with 124. Petar Gergov is with 118. The next race is in Varna in 2 weeks where we see the national champion crowned for 2010.

September 21, 2010

Root & Schreffler win at JBRL Electric Rd7

The Jimmy Babcock Racing League (JBRL) headed to Pegasus Hobbies in Monte Clair for Round 7 of the 2010 Electric Series. Pegasus had prepared a fun layout and the weather was fantastic, setting up a great day of racing for the 150+ entrants. Team Losi Racing drivers Frank Root, Aaron Lane, Matt Schreffler, Doug “Casper” Nielsen, Keith Whisler, and Michael Guzman were all in attendance. Only a few miles from the Losi facility, this was sort of a home race for the team.

Continue reading the report here

September 21, 2010

Eugene Galley takes the 2wd class BRCA F345’s

Driving a Schumacher Cougar SV, Eugene Galley to the British F3/F4/F5 2wd drivers championship title at Silverstone. From 6th on the grid Eugene drove through the field to score another national title for the British company. Already this year Tom Cockerill has won the prestigious overall championship, Dave Poulter the F2 title and Greg Williams the under 16 junior title, rounding out a fantastic debut season for the Cougar SV in Schumacher’s return to 2WD off road racing after a 10 year absence. In the 4wd class on Sunday the CAT SX2 made 2nd and 3rd places with Eugene and Adam Mackman.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

September 21, 2010

Austin Blair gets double podium at ROAR Nats

Tekno RC are reporting that Austin ‘Weasel’ Blair gave the big boys a run for their money last weekend at the 1st ROAR 1/8th Electric Nationals hosted by NorCal Hobbies. Austin took the 2nd podium spot in 1/8th Electric Buggy and the 3rd podium spot in 1/8th Electric Truggy. He ran the new Tekno RC V4 Brushless Kits on his Kyosho MP9 buggy and Mugen MBX6T truggy. Utilizing the all new Tekno RC Traktion Drive slipper system and featuring a completely redesigned narrow chassis and ultra low CG, the new V4 kits are sure to be lighting up tracks around the world. Both of Austin’s vehicles were powered by Castle Creations Mamba Monster ESC’s and motors. Mugen team driver Travis Amezcua finished 4th in truggy with his Tekno RC V4 Mugen MBX6T, while Kyosho team driver Tyler Vik finished 8th in buggy with his Tekno RC V4 Kyosho MP9.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]