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December 9, 2009

Al Horne does double in FTMS Series

The 2009 Factory Tracks Midwest Series (FTMS) just finished and Team Orion Factory Driver Al Horne has won both the 2wd and 4wd Modified Championships. This summer the FTMS visited 5 different tracks to test the skills of the drivers in the Midwest and out of the 5 races, 4 would count for points in the overall championship. In the 2wd Modified Class, Al TQ’ed 4 rounds of the series with his Team Orion powered Kyosho RB5-SP. He then went onto win 3 of the rounds and finishing 2nd at the other. This easily gave Al the overall win and his first Championship for the series. In the 4wd Modified Class, Al TQ’ed 2 rounds of the series with his Team Orion powered Kyohso Lazer ZX5-FS and would win 3 rounds and finish 2nd at the other to give him his second championship for the series.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

December 8, 2009

Ryan Maifield TQs and wins 2009 Fall Brawl

The annual Fall Brawl at the Badlands Supercross R/C Track in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina was held over last weekend. Although Mother Nature decided Saturday wasn’t particularly a good race day with a torrential rain storm, the Badlands crew had the track ready for qualifying and racing early Sunday morning. With the challenge of getting 200 racers through 2 rounds of qualifying and the mains, the fast paced day still provided some of the best 1/8th off-road racing on the East coast. When the dust settled it was JConcepts driver Ryan Maifield taking the top spot in both of the 1/8th buggy and 1/8th truck pro classes. In Pro Buggy Ryan drove his Associated RC8B on Double Dee tires to the win while Barry Pettit took second with his Mugen Seiki MBX-6 using the new JConcepts Subcultures.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

December 8, 2009

Novarossi & Racing Experience sign Stéphane Deroch

Novarossi and Racing Experience have welcomed Stéphane Deroch to their team. The experienced French driver chose Novarossi engines to power his MP9/AKA combination following some test sessions with Racing Experience’s Bernard Durand in the South of France. Stéphane enjoyed the Novarossi powerband and tunability and this is why he decided to join his friend Guillaume Vray in the Novarossi team.

Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.eu]

December 8, 2009

Adam Drake wins Truggy at Toys for Tots

Thunder Alley hosted their 5th annual Toys for Tots event over the weekend, attracting nearly 200 racers. In the 1/8th buggy class it was Hobao racer Jeremy Kortz that edged out Losi/Novarossi team driver Adam Drake by less then two seconds to take the win, with Tamiya’s Ryan Lutz taking 3rd. In the 1/8th truck class Adam Drake took the win for Losi in front of Dylan Rodriguez driving a Mugen, with Ryan Lutz again in third for Tamiya.

December 8, 2009

PRCR Toys for Tots race report

The 1st Annual Toys for Tots Race was held last weekend at Portland R/C Raceway. PRCR is the newest electric off-road facility in the North-West that opened their doors only 1 short month ago. Top drivers from Washington and Oregon came to support this great cause and helped raise a lot of gifts for underprivileged children. At the end of the 1-day event, over 80 gifts were donated by the racers.

Continue reading the report here

December 7, 2009

Tom Cockerill signs for Schumacher

Schumacher have announced the signing of top UK Off Road driver Tom Cockerill to the team. Having previously driven for X-Factory, Tom is a well respected member of the Off Road community and has had an excellent season in 2009, finishing in the top ten in the European Championships and BRCA nationals and also winning his first national earlier this year in dominant fashion. Tom will drive the Cat SX and will also aid in development of new exciting car projects for 2010 and beyond. Joining an already strong factory line up of Simon Moss, Grant Williams and now Tom, 2010 is looking to be an exciting year for the team.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

December 7, 2009

Proline Dirt Arena Winter Series Rd2

Last Sunday saw round 2 of the PDA winter series take place at Bicester. With a brand new track layout the drivers and spectators were sure to see more intense close racing. There were some noticeable absentees in the 2wd class with Tony Truman, Richard Barton and Simon Willets all unable to attend. This allowed the likes of Alex Springer and Keith Newton to gain much needed points. In qualifying there were several drivers who showed good pace but following the 4 rounds it was Alex Springer (Atomic Carbon) on pole with Keith Newton (B4) behind and Scott Follington (B4) rounding off the top 3.

Continue reading the report here

December 7, 2009

Phillip Atondo wins Delta RC IWS Rd1

Some brief news on the first round of the Delta RC Indoor Winter Series which just kicked off in NorCal on a tight and very technical track with great traction. With one of the toughest obstacles trying to keep warm, it was Phillip Atondo who TQ’d both buggy and truggy and was the only person to go the extra lap in buggy qualifying. Running 30 minute mains, Atondo finished first in both classes with his Novarossi powered 8ight 2.0s.

Source: Losi [losi.com]