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May 31, 2012

European Nitro Challenge attracts capacity entry

The European Nitro Challenge takes place at the Hockenheimring in Germany next weekend (7-10 June) and has bucked the trend for nitro events by attracting a capacity 120 entries made up of some of nitro racing’s fastest drivers including current 1:8 World Champion Robert Pietsch. Created last year by Shepherd, the German manufacturer selected one of Europe’s most appropriate venues for a nitro event allowing 1:10 & 1:8 drivers to race within the grounds of the home of the German Formula One Grand Prix.

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May 31, 2012

Adam Drake double win at Grass Roots Rd6

Round 6 of the Grass Root series was held last weekend at the Proline facility in Beaumont, CA. The event had a great attendance and may top drivers present including Adam Drake, Cody King, Dustin Evans, Colby Poh, Drew Moller and Matt Schreffler. The gates opened bright and early at 6:00am with an hour and a half of controlled practice for the competitors. In buggy, Cody King TQ’d round one followed by Adam Drake but in round two Drake improved his time and took the overall TQ. In the 20 minute final Drake was able to control the race from start to finish, but there was a good battle for second and third between Evans and King. King had a problem leaving the pits and this opened the door for Colby Poh. In the end it was a TLR sweep of the podium with Drake taking the win, followed by Evans and Poh.

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May 30, 2012

Ryan Maifield double at The Big One

In a few short weeks, Lost Creek R/C Raceway in Oakland Mills, PA will be the site of the ROAR 1:8 Off Road Nationals. This weekend they hosted their annual event called The Big One. Racers used this event to test and prepare at the large track with hot and humid weather along with the opportunity to earn some cash. Team Associated/Reedy/LRP driver Ryan Maifield was in attendance along with Jason Ruona of JConcepts and set the pace all weekend long. Taking the top qualifying position and win in both 1:8 Buggy and Truggy with this LRP-powered Team Associated RC8.2 and RC8T, Maifield looked comfortable at the LCRC facility. Not to be lost was the strong performance from Maifield’s Team Associated teammate, Gunnar Rieck. A podium finish of third behind Billy Easton, who got second in 1:8 Buggy, is impressive for the New Jersey driver.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

May 30, 2012

Renaud Savoya wins Pierrefeu French National

The 3rd round of the French 1/8th scale offroad championships were held last weekend in Pierrefeu and Xray factory driver Renaud Savoya wrote this report. “After the last two events being shortened or canceled due to poor weather conditions, the VAMP Pierrefeu decided to go for another National event. This time the weather was gorgeous all weekend long. Located in southern France in the famous area of wine producers, Pierrefeu is always the theater of really nice events and competitions. The track is well known as one of the most technical and specific in France, typical Euro style… high speed, high grip, all what I like.

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May 30, 2012

HPI Baja Endurance Challenge 2012

The SRC Club circuit located in Huairou District, Beijing had its first big event recently, the HPI Baja Endurance Challenge 2012 organized by HPI China. 9 teams, each containing 5 members from over the country joined the race to compete with their driving skills, team work and toughness in mud and dust. 6 out of 9 teams survived the 2 hour final and the winning team was Beijing SRC club with 233 laps, completing a total distance of 70km. This is the second time HPI China held the Baja Endurance event, and it’s the only large scale race in China.

Source: HPI China [hpiracing.net.cn]

May 30, 2012

Wouter Wynen wins Rd3 of Benelux Championship

Privateer Wouter Wynen, driving an X Factory X-6 Squared, won the third round of the Benelux Championship held over the weekend at MAC Vlijmen. Wynen TQ’d the event and won A1, looking sure to take all the marbles. But in A2, youngster Wesley Von Helmond came from 3rd on the grid to nip Wouter, so Wynen needed to finish A3 ahead of Von Helmond in order to sew up the win. Wouter and Wesley pulled away in A3, Wesley leading, with X-Team driver Bruno Heremans in a comfortable third. Midway through the race Wesley clipped the inside pipe of two successive corners and Wouter got through into the lead with Bruno closing right up in third. With just two corners to go, there was contact between the two leaders and “Elvo” Heremans slipped by to take the win in A3. So Wouter Wynen’s X-6 Squared won the event, with Elvo and Wesley tied on points. The countback gave Wesley second and Elvo third.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com] / Image: RCOffroad.be

May 29, 2012

Seet & Lee wins 2012 Singapore Open

This year’s Singapore Open had great attendance with 120 racers equally divided among the 1/10th and 1/8th GP categories. This is the first time in several years that registration was full weeks in advance and a waiting list was needed. The big news this year was the level of competition, with top drivers attending the race from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia. Even bigger news, was the very fast lap times set consistently by Meen Vejrak of Thailand and Nicholas ‘IceMan’ Lee of Singapore. Nicholas Lee, a Singaporean, crossed over from EP to GP this year after a World Championship title in EP last year. Nicholas Lee TQ’d and won the 1/8 class with a RB powered Serpent 966TE. He got 2nd place and set the second fastest lap time in the 1/10 class with his RB powered KM-HK1.

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May 28, 2012

Pit Lane RC track opening race

After 8 years of not having an r/c track in the area, the radio control racers went back to their roots with the reopening of the r/c track at Toa Baja, Puerto Rico under the administration of Pit Lane Hobby and their staff. With all the drivers registered in the different classes, they were able to race for the first time in years, Electric and Nitro sedan classes in the same event. With two qualifiers of 7 minutes each and Mains up to 30 minutes they started the event under a clear sky and full of enthusiastic racers.

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