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October 2, 2011

Billy Easton wins Summer Novarossi challenge

The Summer Novarossi challenge took place this weekend at the Ospy Team track in Italy. Traveling over from the US for the race Billy Easton and the Serpent team set the pace in the qualifying with the S811 Cobra and would TQ the event in front of Mirko Bianchi with current European Champion Robert Batlle in 3rd. Easton would win go on to win his semi in front of Batlle by a clear margin to line up on pole position for the 45 minute encounter. The pair would continue their battle up front in the main final with Easton taking an untroubled win by just less than a lap ahead of Mugen star Batlle with Agama racer Riccardo Perin coming home in 3rd only 1 second behind 2nd. The podium saw a lock out for Novarossi engines.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 2, 2011

Kyle Branson wins Rd8 takes British 1/8th title

The 8th Round of the Championship was hosted by the Cotswold Club situated within the Cotswold airport complex. The weather forecast was for a wet Saturday and a dry Sunday, but this turned out to be the opposite which had all the drivers frantically adding wet setups to their cars and changing to damp tires. Every driver decided a banker time was required since due to the open nature of the track surroundings and no wind would result in the track taking a long time to dry out, if at all. In first round of qualifying, it was the top 5 who pulled out a good lead. Kyle Branson then broke away with Tim Wood chasing hard. Neil Diver who was on a charge had engine trouble and Andy North / Richard Hicklin made errors which resulted in slower times and no place in the top final at present. Round 2 was similar conditions to round 1 but times were generally slower but Neil Diver did improve to guarantee a final position.

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September 29, 2011

Bruno Heremans wins Benelux Offroad Championships

The combined Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg Championship Series concluded last weekend with a surprise win by Bruno Heremans and his X-6 Squared. Coming into the last race at Vlijmen, Netherlands, X Factory’s Stefan Mesker held a one point lead over Elvo after six races in the seven race series, with best five to count. Heremans and X-Teamer Stefan Mesker were the only two drivers in with a chance for the title. The grass track deteriorated slowly through the day, becoming rougher, and many drivers found themselves on their lids unexpectedly. Heremans drove his X-6 Squared carefully but quickly from fourth on the grid to win the first two A mains and with it the overall Championship. Stefan Mesker, 2009 Netherlands Champ and 2010 BeNeLux Champ, came second in the BeNeLux this year, therefore won the Netherlands Championship again.

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

September 29, 2011

Ross Rhodes wins SC at ROAR Region 5 Champs

This Past Weekend JConcepts Team Driver Ross Rhodes attended the ROAR Region 5 Off Road Championships held at the Proving Grounds Raceway. Ross TQ’d the first round of qualifying in stock short course with his Factory Team SC10 equipped with JConcepts Tires, Wheels, Body and Inserts. The Gold Bar Codes helped Ross and his SC10 hold TQ all through qualifying. Ross got off to a pretty good start in the Short Course A-main, however he would make a couple of bobbles and fell back to fourth. Midway through the 6 min Main Ross found himself in second behind the leader, they maintained the same pace and Ross never had a chance to pass. On the last lap after time expired, going into the back double double the first place driver got the second double a little bit wrong and Ross hit it right and was able to pass him in the last corner for the win.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

September 28, 2011

Lopes wins final Modelcar-Novamodel Challenge Series race

TLR swept the final round of the Modelcar-Novamodel Challenge Series this past weekend. The final round was held at the new track of Vilela (Paredes) in northern Portugal. TLR driver Ricardo Monteiro already locked up the series championship at the last round taking some pressure off him for the final meeting. Ricardo put his TLR 8ight 2.0 EU in the number one starting grid position for the 45min A-main after winning his semi-final. On lap three Ricardo experienced some problems giving the lead to his TLR teammate Joao Lopes, the young tiger, to take the win at the final round of the championship with his TLR 8ight 2.0 EU buggy. TLR driver, Nuno Rebelo, was second and Carlos Cardoso took the third spot for a TLR podium sweep.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

September 28, 2011

Jason Branham dominates RC Pro Series Rd16

Round 16 of the RC Pro Series was held at Gears RC Club in Harlingen, TX. Gears RC knows a thing or two about running an event as it was host to the 2005 ROAR 1.8 Championships. Jason Branham took TQ honors in both Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy and in the mains, Jason showed that he would not be slowed down as he would go on to win both classes as well. Jason used the current ROAR National champion Blockades in M3 on his Agama buggy and the newly designed Revolver 2.0 VTR’s in M3 on his truck. Both mains were 45 minutes and the M3 compound on both vehicles held up great with plenty of tread to spare.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

September 28, 2011

Munn takes SC title at Northwest Champ’ Tour

Venom Factory Pilot Jesse Munn Wins 2011 Northwest Championship Tour Venom Team Driver Jesse Munn kept up his consistent showings to take the overall points win for the Northwest Championship Tour 2011. The final race, ‘The Columbia Cup’, was held this last weekend in Pasco, Washington and brought out the normal high-level NCT competitors, as well as well-known Kyosho Team Driver, Shawn Dunlap. Munn held off the local drivers and battled closely with Dunlap during the three-day event. Dunlap took the weekends TQ and overall win, but Munn’s strong performance was enough to clinch the overall series title for Mod SC Truck running his Venom Gambler. Munn also took the championship in Mod 2WD Buggy for the third consecutive year.

Source: Venom [venom-group.com]

September 28, 2011

Yannick Aigoin secures 7th French title

TLR’s dominance in Europe continued this past weekend with TLR and Horizon Hobby driver Yannick Aigoin taking his 7th French National Championship. Yannick’s back-to-back 1/8th buggy title comes after Darren Bloomfield won the 2011 BRCA 1/8 Buggy National Championship a few weeks prior and Ricardo Rabitti wining the 2011 Italian National Championships all with the TLR 8ight 2.0 EU. The French National Championship came down to the final round to decide the champion where Yannick secured his impressive 7th title with his nVision powered TLR 8ight 2.0 EU.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]