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September 21, 2011

Steven Hartson dominates 2wd & 4wd at JBRL Rd7

The 7th round of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League (JBRL) series was held last weekend and Associated was represented well at the races with drivers in almost all the classes. The most prestigious classes however were 2WD and 4WD Modified. This is where Steven Hartson laid down the law with TQ runs in both classes and finished it off with two wins as well. Hartson, utilizing Reedy batteries and LRP X12 motors in his JConcepts-equipped B4.1 and B44.1, was never challenged in the 4WD main event. However, a bobble in the 2WD main saw others lead, including teammate Chris Jarosz. With determination and raw speed, Hartson fought back to the front of the pack with only laps remaining in the event to claim his second victory of the long day.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

September 21, 2011

Michael Klausner wins final round of Austrian Nats

Austrians Number one 1:8 Onroad racer Michael Klausner jun. won the 6th and final round last weekend at LAMAC track in Carinthia. The “Audi Factory” driver starting for PSV Salzburg club and using Mugen/Novarossi/Protoform combination has 4 wins and a second place in his final score. This was not the championship win for the 27 years old having won the Austrian national title for the the last 3 years.

Thanks to Michael Selner for the report.

September 20, 2011

Frank Root wins JBRL Electric series at OCRC

TLR and Losi’s Frank Root, Matt Castellano, Ryan Dunford, Keith Whisler, Aaron Lane, and Doug Nielsen attended the penultimate round of the 2011 JBRL Electric Series this past Saturday at OCRC Raceway. The track had great grip, and a fun, technical layout. The entry count was very strong at 195 and a great day of racing was had by all. Frank was on hand to run his brand new TLR 22T for the first time at a JBRL Race, and it did not disappoint. Frank would put down a clean and very quick run in the first round of qualifying, that would not be challenged. After trying some setup changes in round 2, Frank reverted to his Q1 setup for the main event. On the first lap, Frank made a costly error, dropping him back to 5th, but a few quick laps and clean passes quickly got Frank back into the lead where he would remain until the end of the race.

Continue reading the report here

September 20, 2011

Kajiwara & Kametani win Tresrey Offroad race Rd6

Round 6 of the Tresrey Off-Road race series was held last Sunday at the RC Park Kers in Gyoda-city, Saitama-ken, Japan. It was the first time Tresrey held an Off-road race event around Tokyo area and a total of 52 racers took part, 48 entrants in the 2WD class and 42 in the 4WD class. In qualifying, Kenji Tsuruta (Tresrey) took TQ for the 2WD class and Jyuliya Kajiwara (Kyosho) for the 4WD class. In the 2WD class, Jyuliya Kajiwara won the race from 2nd on the grid, with Tsuruta (Tresrey/TD) taking 2nd and Takeshi Kinoshita 3rd. There were 10 Durango DEX410/Rs in the 4WD class and 2 of them made the A final. Takaaki Kametani (Kyosho) won the race from 2nd on the grid, with Kajiwara(Kyosho) taking 2nd and Tsuruta (Tresrey/TD) 3rd. After the award ceremony, Tresrey held a big prize draw which included the DEX410 2010spec kit, Speed Passion ESCs/motors and Tresrey ESCs/motors.

View the 4wd podium here

September 20, 2011

Victor Gonzalez is Spanish 1/8th Champion

Last weekend saw the final round of the Spanish gas on road nationals at the Pinseque track in Zaragoza. The race was all about local driver Victor Gonzalez, having found a good setup in Friday’s practice session, he went on to TQ and set the fastest lap of the weekend and produced a new track record. In the final he would go on to win with his OS powered Kyosho Evolva by 1 lap over Iñaki Pahisa (Xray) in 2nd with Carlos Preacho (Shepherd) in 3rd. The Victory was enough to give Victor Gonzalez the 2011 National title ahead of Oscar Cabezas (2nd) and Nacho Lopez (3rd)

Source: JBT Racing [jbtrcracing.blogspot.com]

September 20, 2011

Zacarias Villalba wins Andalusian regional Rd4

The fourth and final round of the Andalusian (Spanish south region) electric 2WD buggy regional series was hosted this past weekend by the Club Deportivo Radio Control Jerez, some 10 minutes from the center of Jerez. This was the inaugural race for the club’s great newly built facilities which hosts three different top notch tracks (offroad, onroad and mini-z). The race saw a record attendance with no less than 57 drivers signing up for the highly anticipate race. Ansmann Racing factory driver, Zacarias Villalba dominated the race with his Viper powered X2TE taking all four rounds of qualifying and all three A-finals. He also set the fastest lap of the race with 25.3 seconds, more than one second faster than anybody else.

View the final results here

September 20, 2011

Neil Cragg takes victory at Noux Les Mines GP

The Noux Les Mines GP, located in the city of Noux Les Mines some 50 miles south of Calais, France is one of the up and coming events in Europe featuring the fast drivers from France and many drivers from neighboring U.K. Making the drive and ferry ride for Team Associated was Neil Cragg and his freshly built RC8.2 having just completed it the Thursday before the event. Cragg set the fastest time in all three rounds of qualifying and a new lap record however the weather changed for the worse and the finals were rained out causing the organizers to use qualifying order as the final positions. With his dominant qualifying performance, Cragg was awarded the victory in front of new Xray signing Renaud Savoya in 2nd and Elliot Boots, running a Kyosho, in 3rd.

Source: Associated [rc10.com] / Image: Automodelisme

September 20, 2011

Drake & Moller win at Nitrohouse Open

This past weekend saw the Nitrohouse Open take place at Revelation Raceway attracting 100 entries and consisting of two qualifiers and mains. TLR / Novarossi factory pilot Adam Drake set the pace in both rounds of buggy and truck by being the only driver to turn 10 laps. In the buggy final Drake was followed closely by Jeremy Kortz and Drew Moller in the opening laps, but Drake ran solid the entire 30 minutes and won the final by more than one lap. In the truck final Drake and Moller had a great race until Drake ran out of fuel. This gave Moller a huge lead and he cruised to victory. Drake came back to finish second and Chris Nunez was third.

View the truggy podium here