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March 4, 2011

Aird & Robertson win Orion On-road Cup Rd4

Team Associated were on top form again at Moto Arena in Silverstone, where the Milton Keynes Club were the hosts for the latest round of the Orion On-road Cup. With a full meeting of 14 heats to get through, it meant four rounds of qualifying and one final for all. In the hotly contested modified field recent TC6 convert Johnny Aird continued his good form to claim second on the grid whilst in the 10.5t class Keith Robertson took third on the grid at his first meeting with the new TC6, using Novak Kinetic/Ballistic power. In the mod final Johnny took an early lead and never looked back to take a fine win. The 10.5t final was a great race with some really close racing. With the five minutes up, Keith put the power of the new Reedy 60C Lipo battery to good effect and took the win to make another double victory for the Associated touring team.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

March 3, 2011

CRCRC SCT Shootout report

Last Saturday was the first CRCRC SCT Shootout and included a kids 12 and under class, sportsman 2wd SCT (17.5 motor or standard RTR brushed motor), 2wd Open, and 4×4 Open SCT classes. The race had 89 SCT entries including four heats of 2wd Open SCT, three heats of 4×4 SCT, three heats of sportsman 2wd SCT, and two heats of kids 12 and under. The format was 3 qualifying rounds (rocket round) with 10 minute A-mains and a single bump up from each of the lower mains. The track was laid down fresh a week before the race so traction was fairly high.

View the full report here.

March 1, 2011

Zuykov Denis wins MRC Winter Challenge Rd2

The second round of the MRC Winter Challenge, indoor buggy race was held over the weekend of 26-27th February at an indoor carpet track in Moscow, Russia. Team Durango Russia drivers Zuykov Denis and Malyshko Dmitry qualified 1st and 2nd respectively in the 4wd class. In a final that would see 5 DEX410 in contention it was Zuykov that would take the win followed by Malyshko.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

March 1, 2011

Ronald Volker defends European Indoor title

Ronald Volker has successfully defended his EFRA European Indoor title with victory over the weekend in Hrotovice in the Czech Republic. The Yokomo driver dominated proceedings, as he has done in almost all races in the past 12 months, and took the TQ spot in qualifying ahead of Xray driver Alexander Hagberg in 2nd and Yokomo team mate Yannic Pruemper in 3rd. In the finals Ronald checked out in the first two to wrap up the title early and so didn’t race the 3rd leg allowing Pruemper and Hagberg to battle it out for the runner up spot. Hagberg with two 2nd spots in the first legs looked favourite to take it but a diff problem allowed Pruemper to snatch the leg win and claim 2nd overall on a tie breaker, with Hagberg having to settle for 3rd spot.

Source: RC Magazine [rcmagazine.cz]

February 28, 2011

Tebo completes clean sweep at Nitro Challenge

Jared Tebo has completed a clean sweep at ‘The Dirt’ Nitro Challenge in Arizona by backing up his thrilling Truggy win with victory in the buggy final over former winner Mike Truhe and World Champion Cody King. Starting from the TQ spot, the Team Kyosho driver dominated the 45-minute race to become the first driver in the annual event’s 12-year history to TQ and then go on to win both classes.

View our full event coverage here.

February 27, 2011

Andy Moore dominates 2011 TITC

2006 Touring car World Champion Andy Moore has won this year’s annual TITC race in Bangkok, Thailand held at the awesome new RC City venue. The factory Hot Bodies driver dominated proceedings from practice, through to qualifying, taking 4 of the 6 qualifying heats to line up on pole position for the A-main ahead of Shin Adachi, Jilles Groskamp, Marc Rheinard and Atsushi Hara. In the finals Andy was untouchable and took all three A-mains in dominant fashion to win from Tamiya driver Jilles Groskamp in 2nd and Hot Bodies team mate Atsushi Hara in 3rd.

Source: TITC [titc.in.th]

February 27, 2011

Peck & Korn win Short Course at Nitro Challenge

Team Losi’s Casey Peck and A-Main Hobbies driver Marty Korn took respective victories in 4WD and 2WD at the 12th running of ‘The Dirt’ Nitro Challenge in Arizona. A tough track for the 1:10 electric trucks, having been designed to cater for the large 1:8 Buggy entry, Peck took his Novak powered SCTE to victory in 4wd after a close battle with the Hobao of Top Qualifier Jeremy Kortz with Kevin Gahan’s Losi completing the podium. In 2WD Korn took his Proline equipped Associated SC10 to victory over Peck.

View the full event report here.

February 27, 2011

Tebo wins thrilling ‘Dirt’ battle

Jared Tebo has won what can only be described as one of the best off-road races of all time. Starting the Truggy A-Main from the TQ position the Kyosho driver saw off intense challenges from Ty Tessmann and Ryan Maifield to take a very popular win at the 12th running of the ‘The Dirt’ Nitro Challenge. The 45-minute final saw the best in the business put on a thrilling show that kept the watching crowd in suspense throughout with the leaders never separated by more that a few car lengths.

View our full event coverage here.