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May 31, 2010

Thomas Mayer takes victory at Rd2 in Austria

Last weekend saw the second leg of the Austrian 1/8th Off road championships at the A-Team Graz race track. The first leg 2 weeks prior could not be run, because of a overflooded race track at MARC Exklusiv in Kirschschlag. Also last weekend the weather situation was changing several times between sunshine and rain, but good track preparation made the event possible. After qualifying it was Hupo Honigl on pole for Durango, with Kyosho driver Martin Karner in 2nd and Mugen racer Christian Payer in 3rd.

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May 31, 2010

Peter Harder wins Rd2 in Denmark

This weekend saw the second round of the Danish 1/8th off road Nationals take place at the tight and technical SOS track, south of Copenhagen. The weather forecast showed a lot of rain, but qualification was dry and due to a new and tight time schedule, that saw a 30 minutes final instead of the normal 45 minute one, it could have been worse. When the final stopped more heavy rain started. In the final Peter Harder picked up where he left off in round 1 by taking the win with his Novarossi powered Xray ahead of Martin Hansen for Kyosho in 2nd and Tim Culmsee with a HongNor in 3rd.

Source: North TQ [northtq.com]

May 31, 2010

The RC Factory in Ohio

We were contacted by the people behind the RC Factory a new indoor off-road race facility opening 30 minutes south of Columbus in Jeffersonville, OH. The track is 80X150, made from the best Ohio top soil and built and maintained by Curt Schlichter, former of CRCRC, and is being built to suit all classes. Set in a 60,000 sq ft all concrete facility, with all concrete pitting area which is separated from the track area meaning no fumes and no noise. Full restroom facilities, blacktop parking and in future a concessions stand. They plan to be running a Saturday nitro program and a Sunday electric race program year round and be open for practice everyday. The grand opening will be Friday July 2nd and if you have any questions you can contact curt.schlichter@yahoo.com or call 740-572-3152.

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May 27, 2010

BRCC get permanent indoor track in Charleroi

Belgian electro Off-road racing club BRCC have announced that they now have a permanent indoor track in Charleroi, Lodelinsart. Jean-Paul Voumart and his BRCC-crew have been the organising force behind the well-known EIR-races and also recently a 24 hour Endurance race. Having previously rented the venue for certain weekends, the track would always have to be rebuilt each weekend, but now they have exclusive use of the venue so the astroturf will remain down permanently and although they currently have a good layout, it can be changed, as the astroturf-mat covers the complete track-surface. Plans are underway that will see the BRCC again organising the BRCC Winter Trophy and of course future EIR-races & Belgian Nationals and drivers will be able to train on the permanent indoor astroturf track in between races.

May 26, 2010

Pro-Line Challenge – Announcement

The UK’s premier International Race Meeting, the 5th annual Pro-Line Challenge, will once again be held in Slough outside London in late August. The race has become a must-attend for all the top UK drivers not only because of the nationals round the week after but the strong international presence as well. Open to 1/8th Nitro Buggy and using a control Pro-Line tire, on-site camping, toilets, refreshments etc. are available.

More information on the event can be found here.

May 26, 2010

Yannick Aigoin wins Rd3 of French Nats

Last weekend saw the third round of the French 1/8th scale buggy Nationals run at Dolus D’Oléron on the west coast. Qualifying saw Losi/Novarossi driver Yannick Aigoin take the top spot followed by Xray/RB driver Jerome Sartel in 2nd and championship leader Jerome Aigoin with his Kyosho/Novarossi in 3rd. A disaster for Jerome Aigoin in the semi final meant he wouldn’t take part in the final, while Yannick and Sartel both won their Semi finals. With Yannick starting from the pole position, he romped ahead to win the hour long race by 2 laps ahead of Sartel in 2nd, with Mugen/Novarossi driver Guillaume Vray claiming 3rd, 11 seconds further back.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

May 26, 2010

Mike Truhe wins the ROAR Region 10 Champs

This past weekend was the ROAR Region 10 championships held at Dirt Works in Burlington Colorado and Mike Truhe gave us this report. The race was a two day event with qualifying Saturday and the finals on Sunday. I was unable to attend Saturday’s qualifying as I was finishing up some final testing at Colorado Fast Track in Colorado springs. Qualifying went well for Matt Chambers as he went on to TQ the buggy class convincingly. Myself and Lars Johnson arrived Sunday morning in the hope we could bump up into the final. The B-main went fairly well with me and Lars taking to top two spots after the 30min B-main. The 45 minute final was really exciting. The wind picked up a little bit making some of the jumps a little more difficult. In the end it was a Losi podium with me taking the win, Matt Chambers in second and Lars Johnson taking the final podium spot. Big thanks to Bill from Dirt Works for the awesome event and hospitality.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

May 25, 2010

Phillip Atondo double win at Novarossi Challenge

This past weekend was the Novarossi challenge at Riverfront RC and Phillip Atondo and his crew put together a fabulous race track. The people in northern Ca. really know how to have a good time at a race. It’s a really nice track with trees in the pit area and a super nice motocross track behind the driver stand. The event was a two day event with three rounds of qualifying on Saturday and mains on Sunday. Team Losi driver Phillip Atondo would take TQ in both Buggy and Truggy over Team Losi’s Team Manager Kevin Gahan that made the trip up North to support the race. When mains day came Phillip would put in two great runs to win both buggy and truggy over Kevin Gahan which would be runner up in both classes.

Source: Losi [losi.com]