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May 24, 2011

Noriyuki Kawashima wins Tresrey Off-Road Race Rd5

Round 5 of the Tresrey Off-Road Race 4WD Challenge with ‘Charity Auction for Sendai earthquake’ was held last Sunday at the TRS circuit in Matsusaka-city, Japan. 73 racers joined the event, making it the best attended race that the TRS circuit ever had again for an off-road event. In the first qualifying round, it was TRF (Tamiya Racing Factory) driver Satoshi Maezumi who managed to take top time for this round. In round 2, Maezumi broke his car in the warm up run which gave him a DNS while Noriyuki Kawashima (ZX5) managed 12 laps with 5:04.5 in this round who managed to take overall TQ. Hideki Nakajima (B44) took 2nd with a 5:05.2, with Maezumi (TRF502X) taking 3rd with 5:05.3. Unfortunately the finals were cancelled because of heavy rain and so the final result was decided based on everyone’s qualifying result. After the award ceremony, Tresrey held a big lucky draw prize which included a DEX410 2010 spec kit, Speed Passion RS2 kits, ESCs and motors. The Charity Auction for Sendai earthquake was also held with a total of 29 items on offer which included all the famous driver’s body shell from Europe and US (like David Spashett, Dustin Evans, Hupo Hönigl and more) and Ryan Cavalieri’s pit stand. Tresrey are sending the total amount of this charity auction (JPY87,900) with all the entry fee of the race and some other donations to the Japan Red Cross. Special thanks to the drivers and people who gave their items for this charity auction.

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May 24, 2011

Seyong Oh & Sangjun Nam win Capricorn NC Rd1

The 1st round of the 2011 Capricorn Nitro Challenge Open, which had been postponed due by bad weather, finally took place last weekend in South Korea. In the 1/10th class it was Hyunho Ahn that took the pole position with his Capricorn LAB-C01, but in the final it was Seyong Oh that took the win ahead of Hyunho Ahn and Sangho Lee, to give the LAB C01 the complete podium. In the 1/18th scale class, it was Shepherd driver Jinwoo Park that was top qualifier but problems in the final meant he was not able to threaten for the win. The race was won by Capricorn LAB-C801 drier Sangjun Nam that took the win from the Serpent pairing of Youngjun Kim and Seyong Oh in 2nd and 3rd.

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May 24, 2011

Sander Borghoff wins Rd2 of Dutch 1/10th Nats

Last weekend saw the 2nd round of the Dutch 1/10th scale nationals held in the northern part of the Netherlands, in Groningen. A long journey for most of the visitors, it always proves to be a worthy trip to the technical but bumpy track of the REAL’80. Saturday’s training saw a sunny and dry day with lots of drivers adapting the setups to the bumpy ride. After a nice day of training, a barbeque was organized to enjoy the weather even more.

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May 24, 2011

Klausner & Singer wins Austrian Nationals Rd1

Last weekend saw the first of six rounds of the Austrian National championship run at the MRC Frühwirth Sollenau track, which has been off the National calendar for some years because of a very strange rule, which was canceled at the last AGM of the Austrian federation. With total 69 entries we saw good competition in both classes.

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May 24, 2011

Southeast Short Course Nats report

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.

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May 23, 2011

Ryan Lutz wins Area 54 Grand Re-Opening race

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]

May 23, 2011

Adam Drake wins Agama Spring Challenge

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]

May 23, 2011

Announcement – Fastrax 1/10th Off Road GP

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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