The 2010 Byron Fuels Off-road challenge will take place from the 30th of September to the 3rd of October at the Nitro Pit in Wittmann, Arizona. Open to Expert and Open buggy and truggy Nitro classes as well as electric buggy, 2wd and 4wd short course classes. With top drivers in attendance and a total potential purse of $10,000 entry is now open and you can find the entry form here.
The 2nd round of the Asia EP Buggy Championship China Selection was held last weekend at Shanghai United Raceway. The weather was good, the track was big and the layout was very challenging with plenty of technical turns, a long straight and a pair of banked corners. Due to the dry conditions in the build up to the race the ground was very dry and hard and the track condition was a bit dusty with medium grip surface in the dry. All racers in 4WD & 2WD class were only allowed to use one set of tyres for the entire day’s 3 qualifiers and finals. The 4wd final was won by TQ John Ho, driving a Durango DEX410 ahead of Luo Yong Sheng in 2nd and Beckham in 3rd. It would be Beckham that took the win in the 2wd class with his Team C TC02 ahead of the Schumacher pairing of John Ho and Liu Nan. Round 3 of the series will be again held at Shanghai United Racewa in September.
Click here for the final results
The organisers of the 2010 Futaba 1/8 Electric challenge were in touch to tell us about this exciting two day competition will take place on August 28 at RJD Hobbies in Lincoln, Illinois and on August 29 at JTec Raceway in Tilton Illinois. The event lasts for two days but only one entry fee is required. The best will win the cash and merchandise but all pre registered drivers will take home a free event t-shirt and goody bag. Open for 4 classes of 1/8th scale competition that include Pro 1/8th electric buggy and truggy and Sportsman 1/8th electric buggy and truggy.
More information can be found here.
This years German 2WD Nationals were hosted by the AMC Langenfeld club last weekend and attracted a total of 93 drivers. Saturday saw three practice runs for everyone as well as three qualifiers. On Sunday there two more qualification runs and the best two out of five would count. Jörn Neumann TQ’d all five rounds with his LRP powered Associated B4 while in 2nd was Benni Gröschel and 3rd Marc Pitsch. A1 was held under sunshine and Jörn took the win followed by Benni and Marc. For A2 the weather changed completely to very heavy rain and Jörn´s car stopped after 1 Lap. Benni took the win in front of Marcus Lübke and Christoper Krapp in 3rd. For the final leg the weather was much better and Jörn could take the win followed by Benni and Marc and that’s how it would end in the overall results too with Neumann taking the overall title ahead of Gröschel in 2nd and Pitsch in 3rd.
Thanks to Jörn Neumann for the report.
Sweep Racing USA have announced that they have signed Randy Pike to their team to run Sweep tires throughout the season. Randy had this to say about the deal:
After extensive testing I have chosen to run Sweep Racing’s line of offroad and onroad tires. Testing at a private test track showed improved tire wear and lower lap times. The Sweep Exagon tire has replaced my regular “go to” tire in my line up. Sweeps latest ribbed tire insert helps prevent tire squirm under high load situations greatly. The overall Sweep tire package gives me improved confidence knowing that I have the right tire for any track I travel to. I look forward with helping Sweep Racing develop even more great tires for the racing world.
Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracingusa.com]
Joseph Quagraine has won the first day of the Nitrocross Championship in Finland, an event run alongside the Finnish round of the World Rally Championships. In an exciting final Ari Heinonen took second and Jarno Siltanen third. “I haven’t previously driven on this surface with my car. It has been challenging to find the right setup” said Quagraine who is one of the first Finnish manufacturers of RC cars. The final turned to advantage for Quagraine, when runner up driver Heinonen began to suffer drive train problems. “It has been tough with Heinonen during the day. I have to be able to win tomorrow too if I want to take overall win” says Quagraine who is pleased with his effort today. Tomorrow will see the second race in the Nitrocross Championship driven and is similar to today’s, so there will be controlled practice, qualifying, heats and then final.
The organisers of the 2010 IFMAR 1/8th scale buggy World Championships that takes place in November in Pattaya Thailand have released details of the track which will be used for this event. Using a neat scale model to show of the new layout it sports some significant changes compared to that used at the Warm up race which then was a very fast punishing layout with a lot of high speed jumps.
View more images of the new layout here
Team Losi Racing drivers Matt Chambers and Dustin Evans were on hand for the 7th annual Dirtworks Cash Race. Dustin had a good showing in qualifying taking the TQ spot for the 30 minute A main. It would be Matt Chambers taking home the A main win and some well deserved cash with his Team Losi Racing 8ight 2.0 buggy powered by a Nitrotec engine, Nitrotane race fuel, and Spektrum radio equipment.
Source: Losi [losi.com]
