Bridgewater & Hudson win at NCT Rd1

Every year the Northwest Championship Tour holds some of the best outdoor offroad races in the Northwest. This year the season was kicked off by heading up to Wenatchee, WA for the first stop of the tour. RCCCS hosted the annual Spring Shootout. The RCCCS track is known to be demanding on the equipment and suspension, with big air and large ruts. Track conditions deteriorated heavily during the weekend, making the track even harder for all the 1:10 buggies and trucks.

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Hartson & Motter win at JConcepts Stock Nationals

For the 3rd year, OCRC hosted the Stock Nationals presented by JConcepts at their world famous facility. The format is simple. 17.5 motors for all classes and an expert and sportsman level for the club racers. With some of the areas fast guys running expert, and several drivers coming in from out of town, the race hit a record number of entries at 191. With 3 rounds of qualifying on Saturday, one more and mains on Sunday, plenty of track time was had by all of the drivers. With a well run program to get everybody out in time to go have a nice dinner at some of the many local eateries in the Huntington Beach area. The fresh layout was well received as it provided fun for all level of drivers, and a challenge for consistent quick laps. As the track got more runs on it, the fast way around became more worn in, and a slight groove formed to add even more traction if you were doing it right. The OCRC sprinkler system kept the track consistent throughout the day.

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Chad Karstens wins 2WD at Novak Offroad Challenge

Hobby Plex in Omaha Nebraska played host for the Novak Offroad Challenge that attracted 190 entries. In 2WD Buggy Alex Sturgen TQ’d in front of Chad Karstens (Team Associated). In the final Alex crashed on the first lap giving Chad a decent lead to start the race. He then made a mistake at the six minute mark allowing another local driver, Derek Wood to take the lead. Both drivers had a great battle for a couple of laps but Chad was able to make the pass and pull away during the last lap to take the win.

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Kev Lee doubles at oOple Off-Road Open Series Rd1

The 2014 season of the oOoos kicked off at Stotfold last weekend. Being in its second year the series is meant to address the average driver and will compromise of a total of four events in 2014. New for ’14 is also a vintage RC10 “Gold Tub” class run with handout 21.5T brushless motors. 2WD Buggy was pretty much dominated by Kev Lee who swept the A-final leaving Stuart Wood and Gregg Williams behind. Kev then also went on to triple-win the 4WD mains with Ben Jemison and Stuart Wood completing the podium. In the Gold Tub class James McFadyean also took undefeated wins to take the overall victory. Jim Dixon and Nick Gurnell joined him on the podium. To read the full report swing over to our friends of oOple by clicking here.