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May 18, 2011

Denney, Kinwald & Theyer take Battle in the Desert Rd1

The Battle in the Desert series kicked off round 1 at SRS Raceway in Scottsdale, AZ. In the 2wd modified class Tanner Denney sat on the TQ position with Jake “Jackie” Thayer 2nd and Brian Kinwald 3rd. As the main kicked off it was Denney taking advantage of a great start and placing his JConcepts equipped B4.1 out front. Kinwald moved into second and within striking distance but Tanner put in a complete race and crossed the finish taking a well deserved win. Dirtinator himself, Brian Kinwald finished 2nd and Billy Fischer 3rd making it a top 3 sweep for JConcepts, Punisher, Double Dees and Groovy products. Moving into modified truck, Brian Kinwald looked amazing as his JConcepts equipped, ICON powered T4.1 tackled the technical SRS track with a TQ run in qualifying. In the main “Dirt” was gone and off into the Sunset for a Modified Truck victory. JConcepts Punisher body and Double Dees tires finished off the winning ride. Last but not least, Jake Thayer put on a clinic in the 4wd modified class. Jakes favorite vehicle was on rails all day and performed flawlessly by taking the TQ and win in the competitive class. Jake’s 4wd buggy was outfitted with Punisher body and JConcepts Double Dees throughout.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

May 17, 2011

Venom Team wins St Ives 6-hour SC Enduro

Last Saturday, Venom Team drivers Darryn Johnson and Michael Harlow, together with their teammates Antony Geerno and Tom Clifford, assembled for the inaugural running of the St. Ives 6-hour Short Course Enduro. This punishing 6-hour race was run at the St. Ives track in Sydney, Australia. With some of the best drivers of short course trucks in the state of NSW entering the event, the competition was hot to say the least. 8 teams entered, with all of the leading 2wd short course truck brands being used at the event.

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May 17, 2011

Phillip Atondo wins Truggy at Nor-Cal Series Rd2

Nor-Cal Series Rd2 was held at Delta R/C in Antioch CA recently. The track had an awesome layout of big air and fast wide lanes which made for some great racing. TLR team driver Phillip Atondo would qualify 2nd in pro buggy and TQ pro truggy and all A-mains would be 25 minutes, so anything could happen. Atondo would use the advantage of his TQ and get out to a clean start in pro truggy and never look back ending with a nice one lap lead at the finish to take the overall win. Phillip would also take second place on the podium in Pro Buggy with his new TLR 8ight 2.0 Kit.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

May 17, 2011

Mack & Weihert win 1/8th Rd2 in Central Germany

Last weekend the second round of the Central German 1/8th Scale Championship was held at the MSC Kirchhain track 100km north of Frankfurt. It was a good weekend for Team Shepherd as we took the double in the expert class as well as in the amateur class. Qualifying in the morning was dry, while rain showers effected the finals in the afternoon.

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May 17, 2011

Holst & Graversen wins Danish TC Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Danish Championship for electric touring cars, was held last weekend on an indoor large scale asphalt track, 50km outside Copenhagen in Ugerloese. The track is big and the grip is very high, due to the rubber and fuel from the large scale cars that usually drive on this track. That made it really fast for the electric cars. In the modified class the fastest lap times were just below 9,5 second, and for the Super Stock class with 13,5T motor and no speedo timing (blinky mode), the best time was 10,0 sec a lap, only .5 sec slower.

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May 17, 2011

Dario Balestri wins 1/8th Rd1 in Italy

The first round of the Italian 1/8th on road Nationals was held last weekend at the Cassino track in the centre of the country. Qualifying went the way of Worlds podium finisher Dario Balestri, driving his Novarossi power Capricorn, ahead of Michele Romagnoli with his Shepherd in 2nd with team mate Andrea Pirani in 3rd and Serpent driver Andrea Cristiani in 4th. With no direct qualifiers as per the new EFRA rules it was semis for the top drivers and it was Lamberto Collari that would take the pole position to line up ahead of Balestri, both drivers winning their respective semi finals. In the 30 minute final it was Dario Balestri that would come out on top, with the qualifying result being reflected in the final standings as Michel Romagnoli was 2nd, 1 lap down, and Andrea Pirani in 3rd a further 3 laps back.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

May 17, 2011

Sean Lue claims Florida State Series 1/8th title

Sean Lue has taken the coveted title of Florida State Series 1/8th On Road Champion. This year was especially competitive due to the 2011 World Championship held in Florida. Manufacturers sent some of their top drivers from around the world for testing to some of the Florida series races, which made the level of competition extremely high at some of the series races. Sean Lue had this to say about his Championship.

This was a good season with a lot of competition. There were a lot of top level drivers from around the world competing in some of the series races this year. It was not an easy victory. I would like to thank my sponsors. Murnan Modified Motors first and foremost, my engines performed brilliantly all season long. I would also like to thank Powermaster fuel. The fuel is giving me more power, and longer runtimes than any other fuel I have ever tested.

Source: Murnan Modified [murnanmodified.com]

May 17, 2011

Second win for Belgian Steven Cuypers in Western Germany

Second race, second win: Belgian Steven Cuypers has dominated round two of the Western German Championship 1/8 nitro on-road at Oberhausen like he did three weeks ago at the season opener at Dormagen. Again the Mugen team driver achieved pole position, fastest lap and victory. Second spot on the podium went to Tobias Hepp (Xray) ahead of René Puepke (Serpent). 40 entries were registered for this race weekend at the mecca of rc racing in Western Germany. Finally 16 racers competed in class 1 and 22 in class 2. Practice day was interrupted at lunch time by a rain shower and on race day both finals were delayed as a result of a short shower.

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