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November 7, 2012

Kinwald victorious at TrackStar Off-Road Champs

SDRC Raceway in San Diego, California hosted its first annual TrackStar Off-Road Championships where many quick Southern California racers often do battle on a weekly basis. Brian Kinwald made the trip over from Phoenix, Arizona, to compete against some of best SDRC racers with his JConcepts equipped Team Associated vehicles. At the end of the weekend it was the “Dirtinator” who crossed the finish line first, taking both 2wd modified buggy and SCT. Kinwald was challenged all weekend and especially during the main events but experience, patience and solid decisions led to another 2 class sweep for the legendary racer.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net] / Image: RC Insider

November 6, 2012

Tanner Stees dominates Battle on the Beach

The annual Battle on the Beach race at Lake Havasu was held recently and JQ driver Tanner Stees filed this report. “I traveled to Lake Havasu City, AZ for the Battle on the Beach race for the second year in a row. I really like this track. The people that promote it and attend the race are great. The weather was sunny and about 85 all weekend. The track was new and a bit loose but it packed in and had good traction as the weekend went on. I was racing 4 classes: 1/8 scale nitro buggy, truggy, 1/10 2wd mod buggy and Pro2 Short Course. Open practice was Friday and we arrived in time to get about 4 hours of practice to sort things out.

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November 6, 2012

Kaja Novotny double in Czech Republic

The first round of the Lestr Cup Series in the Czech Republic took place last weekend and Team Durango driver Kaja Novotny gave this report. “On Saturday 3rd November the first race of Lestr Cup Series too place. I drove in three categories, 2WD buggy with my DEX210, 4WD buggy with my DEX410v3 and 1/8 E-buggy with my DEX408. Qualification was awesome, taking TQ in all three categories. The 4WD finals were much more difficult (only 2WD was an easy win). In 1/8 E-buggy I won the first and third finals, in the second final I had some problems with my transmitter. 4WD was an amazing race. In the first final I finished just two seconds behind Martin Bayer, and in the second final I was leading but because of my mistake I had to retire, leaving Martin to take the win. The third 4WD final was an easy win for me because Martin had already won the event, so he didn’t drive the last final so I ended up 2nd overall.”

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

November 6, 2012

Due & Numedahl win Spektrum Offroad Champs

Each year Scotty Ernst Productions along with the famous Spektrum radio system brand bond together for an incredible event. 326 entries made up one of the best events to date as Scotty moved through the races as only the he can. The modified classes were once again hotly contested and Team Associated / JConcepts drivers Chad Due and Kody Numedahl were at the top of the field each round during qualifying. With the grippy JConcepts blue compound Bar Codes providing the traction, some of the best drivers in the business battled for 4 rounds of qualifying.

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November 6, 2012

Oliver Scholz wins 2wd at Indoor Dirt Race

Last weekend the Edling Model Club close to Munich hosted its 3rd annual Indoor Dirt Race, which attracted over 160 Drivers from Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Germany. The 2WD Mod class had the most entries with 79 drivers. Absima TeamC Team driver and current 2WD German Champion Oliver Scholz used the brand new TeamC 2WD mid motor Prototype which he received one day before the race. It was used at the EOS race the previous week-end by the Team. Oliver could immediately adapt to the Buggy and was Super fast from the first practice session and leading by 2 sec on three consecutive fast laps on Friday. In Qualifying he then dominated the field by winning 3 out of 4 and setting TQ pace. Oliver finished his perfect race weekend by winning all three finals ahead of Kyosho’s Chrissi Krapp and Durango driver Benni Gröschel. With blistering lap times and overall race Time Oliver could have also won the 4WD event with his 2WD.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

November 4, 2012

EFRA releases 2013 race calendar

EFRA releases 2012 race calendar

Following this weekend’s EFRA AGM in Brussels, the European governing body have finalised the dates for next year’s European Championships. A busy summer season with 3 ‘B’ championships, a 1/8th flat chassis Euros and 2 40+ titles along with the usual ‘A’ titles up for grabs. Other noteworthy items from the meeting all surround the 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm gas on road classes, where from 2013 all ECs in theses classes will be run using a controlled tire – one brand, one diameter and one hardness, to be handed to the driver as they go to the track. Full AGM details can be found here.

March 6-10 – 1/12th scale Euros – Oulu, Finland
May 20-25 – 1/8th on road ‘B’ Euros – Aigen/Schlägl, Austria
June 3-8 – 1/10th on road ‘B’ Euros – Gubbio, Italy
June 3-8 – 1/8th off road ‘B’ Euros – Sicily, Italy
June 8-13 – 1/8th on road Flat chassis Euros – Avignon, France
July 8-13 – 1/8th off road ‘A’ Euros – Reims, France
July 15-20 – 1/10th EP off road Euros – Valladolid, Spain
July 22-27 – 1/8th on road ‘A’ Euros – Halifax, UK
August 2-4 – 1/10th EP on road Euros – Torres Novas, Portugal
August 12-17 – 1/10th on road ‘A’ Euros – Kirchberg, Austria
September 13-15 – 1/8th off road 40+ Euros – Bistensee, Germany
September 16-21 – 1/8th & 1/10th on road 40+ Euros – La Turble, Monaco

View the full calendar here (PDF).

October 31, 2012

Belgian SCT Cup Rd5

The fifth and last round of the Belgian SCT Cup 2012 took place at the Blackcountry Arena’s indoor astroturf track in Charleroi. The club, which hosted one of the EOS races in 2011, has as always been very efficient in organising the race, and even offered a glass of champagne to everyone at the end. The 2WD class saw the most attendees this weekend with some fast guys like Jean-François Renard and Nicolas Hammerton in attendance. The first and second leg of qualification was won by Nicolas Evens which gave him the overall TQ. The third leg was a tough one with four fast guys fighting hard on the track, running all together for most of the 6 minutes. In the end Jean-François was the quickest in front of Vincent Brauns and Nicolas Hammerton. In the first A-final Vincent had an excellent run with his rear motor truck. He was able to secure a second place between the two Nicolas’s and their 22SCTs. Second final started by a huge pile-up allowing Nicolas Evens to have half a lap lead. Nicolas Hammerton and Jean-François Renard fought for second place and ended in that order, separated by 1.5 seconds only. Last final saw the same guys fighting for the victory, with Vincent taking the win.

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October 30, 2012

Heitor Nogueira wins Parana championship Rd6

The sixth round of the Parana State Championship was held at the track of Curitiba. Heitor Nogueira was the dominant driver all weekend with his Serpent Cobra GT and took both the first and second of the two 30 minutes final heats. In the final race he was able to finish some three laps ahead of the second placed driver.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]