September 19, 2011

White & Anderson win BRCA TC finale

White & Anderson win BRCA TC finale

Another rain affected BRCA Touring car national saw wins for Schumacher’s Matt White in super touring, while newly crowned 10.5 stock champion Ayrton Anderson took the win in the stock class. With rain falling intermittently throughout the day the Mendip venue was a constantly changing surface and this often favored some of the drivers in the lower heats, the end result was the A finals in both classes had a very unfamiliar look to them, particularly in Super Touring where the likes of Andy Moore, Elliott Harper and Chris Grainger were all well down in the lower finals.

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September 18, 2011

Evans cruises to victory at Short Course Showdown finale

Evans cruises to victory at Short Course Showdown finale

Factory Losi driver Dustin Evans finished out the perfect weekend when he cruised to victories in the two main classes at the Short Course Showdown Nationwide Tour finale held at the impressive Mikes Hobby Shop facility in Dallas, Texas.  Top Qualifier in both 2WD Modified and 4WD, the Colorado driver lead the 7-minute finals from start to finish in what he himself described as ‘two flawless runs’.

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September 18, 2011

Evans double TQ at Dallas Short Course Showdown

Evans double TQ at Dallas Short Course Showdown

Dustin Evans will start the two main classes on the 2011 short Course Showdown Nationwide Tour race program from pole position after the factory Losi driver wrapped up TQ honours for both 2WD Modified and 4WD in the final round of qualifying at Mikes Hobby Shop in Dallas, Texas this morning.

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September 17, 2011

Evans stays in control in Dallas

Evans stays in control in Dallas

The second round of 4WD qualifying at the Short Course Showdown Nationwide Tour in Dallas saw Dustin Evans’ domination continue as the factory Losi driver once again topped the time sheets but like in 2WD it is his Q1 run that remains the provisional outright TQ time.

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September 17, 2011

Justin Gilkison wins C.O.R.C. championship

Justin-X-60

The Canadian Off Road Championship concluded with the last race of the three-race series over the weekend of September 3rd and 4th at Kelowna, B.C. X Factory driver Justin Gilkison made the trip up from Sultan, Washington for the event. The Championship series is three races and Justin was unable to attend the first one, so the pressure was on at Kelowna. He TQed Mod Truck with his mid-motor X-60 and also won the class meaning he could take the championship in just two races.

Source: X Factory [xfactoryrc.com]


September 17, 2011

Evans TQs first 4WD qualifier

Evans TQs first 4WD qualifier

Having TQ’d the opening round of 2WD qualifying this morning at the Short Course Showdown Nationwide Tour in Dallas, factory Losi driver Dustin Evans carried his form through to the premiere class putting his TEN-SCTE top of the 4WD time sheets.  The largest grid of the five classes running this weekend at Mikes Hobby Shop, Evans once again displayed why he is one of the top electric off road drivers in the world as he finished a lap up on fellow Losi drivers Josh Glancy and Quincy Hughes.

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September 16, 2011

Record ‘Showdown’ for Short Course in Dallas

Record ‘Showdown’ for Short Course in Dallas

It is fair to say that as a sport rc racing has not been great at finding ways to open itself up to new audiences but over in the US one class that is changing all that is Short Course.  As a full size motorsport this form of off road truck racing enjoys huge popularity and TV exposure in America and in a trend started by Traxxas the r/c industry has been able to create a partnership with full size teams that has benefited both the team’s big brand sponsors and more importantly hobby shops across the States who now have a product that the general public can instantly recognise.

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September 16, 2011

Mazzara dominates 11th Annual Race against Cancer

Mazzara dominates 11th Annual Race against Cancer

This past weekend TLR driver Anthony Mazzara attended the 11th Annual Race against Cancer at McCulloughs Raceway in Sarver, PA. There were over 150 entries that included racers across six different states. Anthony TQ’d and Won the 1/8 Electric Buggy class with his TLR 8ight-E 2.0 while qualifying second in both 1/8th Nitro buggy and truggy. After the 30 minute A-mains in the nitro classes Anthony was able to pull off the win in both 1/8th Nitro buggy and truggy with his TLR 8ight 2.0 and 8ight-T 2.0 respectively. This gave Anthony the podium sweep in all three 1/8th classes. This was the 11th year of the event and their goal was to raise at least $10,000 dollars donating all proceeds to the American Cancer Society. Something that makes this more special is each year Anthony Mazzara raffles off his TLR 8ight 2.0 that was raced during the event and donates the proceeds to the event.  Anthony raffled off his TLR 8ight 2.0 to the winner of the raffle Mike Lloyd (seen in the photo holding his new TLR 8ight 2.0) adding an additional $400 to the $11,000 dollars for the weekends race.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]