Racers came in from all across Florida to compete at the first Annual Southeast Short Course Nats held at Bashers R/C in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Mike Applegate was on-fire with the race direction and once again controlled an action packed event. Each main is announced with enthusiasm and with a packed house of racers and spectators the main events were always exciting.
Area 54 RC Raceway had it’s Grand Re-Opening Race last weekend and in attendance were over 100 of the fastest local and regional drivers from the surrounding 6 states, including Ryan Lutz of Team Durango, only hours away from his hometown of Medina, OH. The weather was great for both practice and the race day, with rain just the day before the event giving the track tons of moisture which was blue grooved by the end of practice day. Ryan Lutz took the win in the Nitro Buggy A-Main with some tough competition from 2nd placed David Osbourne and 3rd placed Shane Racer, both Team Losi drivers.
Source: Area 54 [area54rc.com]
Adam Drake has won the Agama Spring Challenge with his Novarossi powered TLR 8ight 2.0. The turnout for this event was light with around 80 entries. In qualifying Matt Schreffler would take round one followed by Drake, but in round two and three Drake set the pace and ended up with the overall TQ followed by Schreffler. At the start of the buggy final Schreffler made a mistake on the first lap and fell back in the pack. Drake went on to win the 30 minute encounter by two laps over team mate Matt Schreffler in 2nd with Rick Racer finishing third.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
Fastrax and CML Distribution are supporting the SHRCCC with the inaugural Fastrax 1/10th Off Road GP that takes place on the 19th of June. A throwback to more traditional, fun off-road experience, the Surrey and Hants Radio Control Car Club’s new grass venue track is perfect for a days no hassle off road racing. Fastrax have teamed up to include a set of their Turf Ripper tyres within the event fee, for an incredibly good value for money day for all concerned. If you are frustrated at being unable to keep up with drivers with local knowledge of permanent astro tracks, why not give the Fastrax GP a go.
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TLR’s Matt Chambers and Lars Johnson attended the 2nd Annual Manufacturers Challenge this past weekend with some great results. TLR’s Lars Johnson dominated qualifying and the 45 minute A main in the Pro Nitro Truggy class, while TLR’s Matt Chambers also dominated qualifying and the 45 minute Pro Buggy A main to make it a TLR sweep of the Pro classes. Lars also went on to take the win in both buggy and truggy “Dash for Cash” races held Saturday night. A special mention also goes out to TLR privateer Justin Salerno for dominating the Open Electric class by taking the TQ and win and another TLR privateer Scott Bagwin who had a great weekend winning the Open Buggy A main and taking 2nd in the Open Truggy A main.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
This past weekend was the first running of the Kosmic GP in Chaplin, CT, USA. As it was run on the same track that will host this year’s US Nationals, there were many top drivers in attendance. In the sedan class it was Kosmic fuel main man and Capricorn team driver DJ Apolaro that took the top spot in qualifying and would go on to win the race by 3 laps ahead of Richie Torres in 2nd and Jamie Corrado in 3rd. In the 1/8th scale class it was Serpent driver Paolo Morganti that took the TQ spot but he hit troubles and could only finish in 4th. It was Capricorn racer Joaquin Desoto Jr that would win by two laps ahead of team mate Jari Taskila in 2nd and Joe Wright in 3rd, 4 laps further back.
Durango are reporting on the 2011 New South Wales State titles for 1/8th buggy that took place this past weekend at Maitland Off-Road Radio Car Club. Kyle McBride’s Durango DNX408 hit the track for the first practice run on Thursday. Running a slightly different setup from the Neo10 race he’d attended a few weeks prior, thre made a few more tweaks to get Kyle’s Durango dialed.
Continue reading the report here
The 2011 Korean KMRCA electric offroad National Championships were held last weekend for 2wd and 4wd, with this one off race deciding the title winner. In the 2wd class it was E.C Kim, driving a Yokomo that took the win from pole position ahead of Hwang Seonyeong in 2nd and Yoo Hyeonggyu in 3rd. It was a repeat performance by Kim in the 4wd class, this time taking the victory from his Yokomo/Much More team mate Si Changsu, who was top qualifier, while Kim Donggwan was 3rd.
