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December 19, 2011

Jefferies clean sweep at European Pan Series Rd2

Round two of the European Pan Series visited Ardent Raceway in the UK. The entry was a little down on numbers possibly due to the pre Christmas date, but a strong field of top UK 1:12 drivers turned out including multiple World and European champion Dave Spashett, former European stock 1:12 champion Chris Kerswell and current UK national front runner Olly Jefferies. Nine heats covered F1, World GT, 1:12 and Mardave. In 1:12 it was Olly Jefferies who took TQ in both the stock and modified class, F1 TQ man was Mark Burgess and in the World GT class it was John Dawson setting the pace with his Xray.

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December 17, 2011

2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

The organisers the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge in Arizona were in touch to tell us about this great event which will be run from the 22nd to the 26th of the February. Being held at the Fear Farm RC Raceway in Phoenix, AZ, the event attracts the best offroad drivers in the World and this year will be no exception. This event is open to both gas & electric 1.8th buggy as well as truggy, short course and 1/5th buggy/truck, with the latter running on a separate track. The event starting on Wednesday the 22nd of February for practice and runs through to Sunday the 26th for the buggy mains. For more information on the event and details on how to enter you can view the event flyer here.

December 16, 2011

Maifield & Neumann dominate JConcepts Clash

The JConcepts Clash held its 5th annual event in Coral Springs, FL last weekend. Since 2007 The Clash has brought a one of a kind event to Florida that produces an experience like none other for competitors and manufacturers alike. For the 2011 edition, drivers were greeted by an amazing track surface on Thursday’s practice session which produced the fastest lap-times down into the sub 23 second lap range. The race was dominated by two drivers Ryan Maifield and Joern Neumann who took 3 and 2 class wins respectively.

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December 16, 2011

Thunder Alley GRRS – Announcement

Thunder Alley RC Raceway got in touch to tell us that the GRRS (Grass Roots Racing Series) is in its 3rd year and with the great success last year, with average attendance of 160 entries per event, they have made some tweaks to please the racers and make the race days more enjoyable. Saturday dates will be ran with only Short Course trucks & buggies racing, while Sundays will be the Nitro classes & 1/8 E-Buggy racing. Doing this will shorten up each race day and allow for some added skill levels & classes on both days

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December 16, 2011

Ginting dominates Indonesian Mini-Z nats finale

The final round of Mini Z Indonesian National championship was held in Pluit Village. Held over two days, Saturday and Sunday. The race week was started with Modified class. 36 drivers participated in this class to set up their pace for Sunday’s primary Pro-Stock Class. It was Bowie Ginting took the TQ spot that posted the only 28 laps in the race, followed by Aswin Narwandi with 26 laps then Budi Lukman, Kris Heriyana and Akai Lim. For the A final it was run over three rounds with the two best rounds counted. Bowie took the wins in the first two legs with a two lap gap in front of Aswin. He also took the last leg, but Budi clearly took 2nd in that leg to secure the last step of podium behind Aswin.

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December 16, 2011

ROAR announces the Electric Supernationals

ROAR announces the Electric Supernationals to be held next August at West Coast RC Raceway. “The choices of how to accommodate all the classes that have emerged in recent years as LiPo batteries and brushless motors have increased the popularity of electric racing, are limited and challenging. The Short Course categories added more entries to the already-popular Electric Off-Road Nationals, and the EP 1/8 buggies and trucks were either on their own, or adding too many entries to a sold out Fuel Off-Road Nationals. Having run the EP 1/8 Nationals for three years on its own, it’s clear that adequate attendance was difficult. The other two obvious choices to combine with 1/8 EP were already popular enough to sell out without the pressure of additional entries.

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December 16, 2011

AI Luo takes SGP1 Rd2

SGP1, the formula one r/c racing league in China completed its second round with over 23 teams and 53 drivers in attendance. Racing was exciting, with teams and drivers all trying to compete for points. The league was started two months ago with over 70 drivers signing up for the first season with 6 races planned. It is also now confirmed that Japan’s F1RCGP will be holding their 2012 season 6th round race in Shanghai together with SGP1, making the coming event in early June one of the largest international F1 races to date.

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December 16, 2011

Eduardo Dulac wins South Amercian 1/10th title

Official Shepherd / Max Power driver Eduardo Dulac took the TQ and won the 45 minutes final at this year South American Championship held in Brazil. Dulac’s team mate Gabriel Britto (Shepherd / MaxPower) dominated Friday’s first practice session, and was second in qualifying and also in the main final. The Argentine driver Guillermo San Martino (Xray / Novarossi) completed the drivers podium. Eduardo Dulac received the perpetual trophy from the hands of the Argentine driver Juan Pablo Golobic, champion of 2010.

Thanks to Guto Colvara for the report.