December 5, 2011

Keven Hébert triple win in Cleveland

Keven Hébert triple win in Cleveland

The 32nd running of the US Indoor Championships was held recently in Cleveland, Ohio and Keven Hébert gave this report. As the longest-running and most prestigious event in on-road racing, this is THE race to attend for on-road racers. Every year the race features a challenging layout and this year was no different. Set up in the hotel ballroom, the smooth high-traction layout was conducive to great racing. The schedule called for three rounds of practice on Thursday, followed by three rounds of qualifying on Friday, and three more on Saturday. All main events were scheduled for Sunday.

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December 5, 2011

Miguel Matias dominates Rd3 in Portugal

Miguel Matias dominates Rd3 in Portugal

Last weekend saw the Portuguese Off-Road series travel to Póvoa da Galega for the 3rd round of the Championship. A massive entry of 86 cars and 66 drivers gave a great atmosphere to this big event. Again Miguel Matias dominated both 4wd and 2wd buggy classes with his Durangos both performing really well all weekend, transforming his TQ performances into 1st in both classes. Team Durango showed really well also with Nuno Roque following Miguel performance and achieving both of the 2nd places in 2wd and 4wd.

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December 3, 2011

Calandra Racing rocks Cleveland again

Calandra Racing rocks Cleveland again

The Annual U.S. Indoor Championships in Cleveland has now completed it’s 32nd year of competition. Known as the original hotel race, the Champ’s midwest location has always drawn the racers from the surrounding area, the midwest, mid-Atlantic and northeast, places strong with indoor road racing in the fall and winter. While the race has seen it’s ups and down in turnout, the champs has always had strong competition and a club-like feel. For the 2011 version, CRC had another successful weekend, again capturing the TQ spot in 4 out of the 5 pan car classes. In addition CRC cars and tires took 4 out of the five victories, a strong performance.

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December 2, 2011

Steven Weiss wins Trofeo Genitin race

Steven Weiss wins Trofeo Genitin race

The 4th running of the Trofeo Genitin race and was held recently at the RC Raceway in Rome, Italy. Over 60 Drivers in Stock and Modified class took part and the organizer Luca Magnocavallo did a great job. Steven Weiss with his new T.O.P Photon EX (Prototype), Alessio Menicucci (Associated), Alessandro Brunelli (Serpent) and some other good drivers took part. In the first and second qualifiers in the morning, it was Steven Weiss that emerged on top in front of Alessio with his Associated. Alessio was running new tires for the final round and with Steven on old tires Alessio took the TQ by 1 second in front of Steven. Alessio got a good start in the first final with some mistakes from Steven he was able to win the leg. The same start in the second final, but Alessio made a small mistake and after 5 laps Steven was in front and was able to take the win. In the 3rd and final leg, it was the Associated driver Alessio, who made a mistake in the first corner and Steven swept into the lead and would win the leg by one lap. The runner up spot went to Diego Macchioni with Alessio Menicucci in third.

Source: TOP [top-racing.jp]


December 1, 2011

Chris Pace takes the NC Invitational

Chris Pace takes the NC Invitational

The second year for the NC Invitational was held at Zoo City Raceway in Asheboro, North Carolina. Jamie Tucker, Race Director/Organizer of the whole event, invited people from each manufacturer to represent their company. AE drivers Chris Pace, Max Fluer, and Jamie Grayek were present for Team Associated. The format for the Invitational class was five rounds of qualifying on Saturday and a 45-minute A Main Sunday. Pace and Fluer TQed the first three rounds of qualifying, securing TQ in three classes. Pace and Fluer were not done there – in the Invitational class, Pace ran the only 13-lap run of the event in the fourth round. With a slight bobble on the back section, Pace was quickly marshaled, but the marshal flamed his car, killing his chances for the fourth round. Max took second for round 4 in E-Buggy and TQ 4WD SCT.

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December 1, 2011

Fall-Brawl Trophy Race report

Fall-Brawl Trophy Race report

Critters Raceway & Hobby Shop of Fairfield NJ recently held its first Annual Fall-Brawl Trophy Race. Classes consisted of Sportsman, 2WD and 4WD Mod Short Course, 2WD and 4WD Mod 1/10 Buggy and 2WD truck. This was the second trophy race since the track was opened in May 2011, surviving the horrific flooding in NJ in August 2011. The turnout was great with almost 100 entries with the most popular classes being 4WD Short Course and 2WD Buggy with all Mod mains being 8 minutes in length.

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November 30, 2011

Video – Asian Touring Series Japan highlights

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Having recently traveled to Japan to the world famous Yatabe Arena for the Asian Touring Series Pilot race and realising the significance of this event as a precursor to a full series in 2012 we decided to document the event. What you see above is the final result. Enjoy.


November 30, 2011

JConcepts Super Cup Rd4 report

JConcepts Super Cup Rd4 report

The 4th round of the JConcepts Super Cup 2011 season was host at Daytona, FL during the Thanksgiving weekend. In 2wd Stock buggy, the young Daimon Borkowicz did an amazing 15 laps run in qualifying, one of only 4 people to do a 15 lap run during the entire event, to TQ the stock buggy class. In the main, without any real competition, Daimon was able to pull away & lap the field with Ruffy Rios finishing 2nd & Kory Ferguson finish 3rd.

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