The Norwegian electric off-road championship was held in Moss, Norway with around 40 participants in the 2WD buggy class. After qualifying TQ was held by Niklas Bjørkås Roos in front of 2011 champion Martin Sorlie and Andreas Daving. Come the finals Niklas was able to conserve his form by taking the first two A finals. Joakim Nicolaisen took the runner-up spot with Magne Kobbevik completing the podium.
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For 2012 the Victorian State Championships were held at the Keilor track in Melbourne with just under 200 entries received from all around Victoria as well as from Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Tasmania. The Keilor club had prepared a high grip track with an abrasive surface and had chosen the JConcepts Bar Codes as the control tyre (in Orange compound). With temps reaching close to 30c, this was the perfect tyre choice for the track with high grip and good wear. JConcepts / Associated / Novak factory driver Ray Munday calls this track home and was looking to add more state titles to his tally, however he was facing stiff competition from the likes of Ashley Peeler (Kyosho), Leigh Cheeseman (JC / Associated), Jody Denner (Associated), young guns Glen Bonetti (JC / Associated) and Logan Symes (Losi), and 2011 National Off-Road Champ Josh Pain (Yokomo). After a long weekend of racing, Ray would walk away with victories in 4wd Open and 2WD SCT, with Glen Bonetti taking a surprise win in 2wd using his JC equipped B4.1. In Mod truck, Leigh Cheeseman would finish a close second to Ash ‘king of truck’ Peeler.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net] / Image: Pete Brady
The 2012 Kyosho Fall Classic was held at Revelation Raceway in Ontairo, CA on November 3rd. This 1-day annual event put on by Kyosho America and Revelation Raceway has always brought in top drivers from all over SoCal. Current IFMAR 1/8 Buggy World Champion Cody King, Current 1/8 Buggy Worlds Warm-Up TQ David Ronnefalk, Jesse Robbers, Drew Moller, Josh Wheeler, and Barry Baker were all in attendance. This years event brought in over 130 entries that packed the pits.
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Round 5 of the JConcepts Indoor National Series was held in Ocala, Florida, this past weekend. The series has been very popular at the other stops throughout the tour, but this was the first time the series travelled south to the home state of JConcepts. NewRed Hobbies in Ocala, Florida, was the host, with a strong local program and a nice all around facility with a stocked hobby shop, food services permanently on site, covered outdoor pitting to soak up the Florida weather and a nice sized indoor track.
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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
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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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]
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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