February 21, 2011

Nathan Waters wins SC at Worksop

The new Short Course truck class at Rd5 of the Schumacher Indoor Masters held at the immensely popular Worksop venue saw Team Durango’s Adam Skelding dominate qualifying with the new DESC410R, taking 3 of the 4 rounds to take overall TQ in the 16-car final. The 8-minute final quickly changed into 11 minutes during the race as the organisers played with the timing. By the end of the 11 minutes it was Nathan Waters again taking the win, with Adam Skelding 2nd, giving the DESC410R a healthy 1-2 in its first outing at Worksop.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]


February 20, 2011

Billy Easton TQ’s both classes at Motorama

Billy Easton TQ's both classes at Motorama

We were sent an update from the Scotty Ernst run Motorama, which is taking place this weekend in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This event has almost 500 entries in nitro off-road and 300 plus in electric off-road. Serpent chief offroad designer Billy Easton, who is making his big race debut with Novarossi engines this weekend, took the top qualifier spot in both Expert Buggy and Truggy. In the buggy class the Novarossi Plus 4 BTTS powered Cobra S811 driver TQ’d ahead of Mugen driver Travis Amezcua and Associated super star Ryan Maifield, while in Truggy Billy placed the pre production Cobra Truggy, powered by Novarossi Bonito XLBS, in front of Ryan Maifield and Losi factory racer Adam Drake. The finals are taking place today so lets see if he can carry forward that momentum and give the Serpent cars their first major US victory.

View the line up for the A-mains here


February 18, 2011

Hermann Saa & Patricio Concha win Pacific Cup

Hermann Saa & Patricio Concha win Pacific Cup

Last weekend the Pacific Cup was hosted in Lima, Peru with 60 racers from Peru, Ecuador, Chile, France, Spain and USA. The event organized by APERCAR had over 2500 spectators and it was a new experience to all foreign visitors mostly because of the crowd cheering and applauding competitors, thanks to their great facilities conveniently located next to the beach, a paradise for RC racing. Qualifying saw Rino Lino take the TQ spot in the 200mm class with a new track record while it was Patricio Concha that took the top spot in the GT class. The 1/10th A-main saw Hermann Saa from Ecuador take the win ahead of local racer Paul Aray in 2nd, with top qualifier Rino Lino ending up in 3rd. The GT class was won by Chilean Patricio Concha ahead of country man Marcelo Echevarria in 2nd and Enrique Hurtado in 3rd spot.

Source: Auto RC Peru [autorcperu.com]


February 17, 2011

Dustin Evans wins 2wd at Rumble in the Rockies

Dustin Evans wins 2wd at Rumble in the Rockies

Team Losi Racing’s Matt Chambers and Dustin Evans were on hand at the 16th Annual Rumble in the Rockies in Aurora, Colorado. In 2wd Modified qualifying, TLR’s Matt Chambers took TQ honors over team mate Dustin Evans with their Team Losi Racing 22 buggy. After the triple A-Main though it was the 2011 Reedy Race Winner, Dustin Evans taking the win with Matt Chambers in 3rd. Both drivers used Losi Pink Rear BK Bars and Pink Front Taper Pins on their 22’s along with the new Xcelorin LiPo 2S 7.4v 3800mah 60C LiPo battery pack. The battery pack was a huge advantage on the tight and twisty high grip track allowing the TLR 22 to corner faster and land jumps better with its lower weight over standard size 2S 7.4v batteries.

Source: Losi [tlracing.com]


February 16, 2011

Gabi Mutu wins Electric Balkans Open Rd3

Gabi Mutu wins Electric Balkans Open Rd3

Last weekend saw the 3rd round of the Electric Balkans Open series, which took place indoor at Russe in Bulgaria. The classes were 1/10 touring stock, 1/10 touring modified, 1/10 team and 1/10 beginners. The modified class was definitely the most disputed class of all, and in the qualifications it was Emil Kostadinov that took the top spot ahead of Momchil Dimitrov and Romanian driver Gabi Mutu in 3rd. In the finals, thanks to some setup modifications and good driving, Gabi managed to claim the win in not only the modified class, but stock as well.

Source: EBORC [eborc.net]


February 16, 2011

Krakonos 24 hours endurance race – Announcement

Krakonos 24 hours endurance race - Announcement

The organisers of the Krakonos 24 hours endurance race were in contact to tell us about their race that will be run from the 19-20th of March in in the big sports hall in Rtyne v Podkrkonosi, Czech Republic. The event is open 1/10 2WD pan car or GT cars and will be run on carpet. The number of teams is limited to 10 teams, which includes 6 drivers & 1 mechanic, but there is still a chance to sign in. The cars will use a 21.5T brushless motor and controlled LRP CPX tires and the race will start at 1pm on Saturday and will finish at 1pm on Sunday. Accommodation, restaurant and all service including spare parts are situated in the hall.

Source: RCA Trutnov [rcatrutnov.cz]


February 15, 2011

Teddy Syach wins Indonesian National opener

Teddy Syach wins Indonesian National opener

The Opening round of Indonesian EP National Championship was held in Sunter International Speedway last weekend, with perfect weather all day. The class ran were 11.5T Stock Class and Front Wheel Drive Class. In the Stock class, it was Teddy Syach who took the TQ spot with his Hot Bodies Cyclone TCX followed by Xray drivers, Rudy Budihardjo, Bowie Ginting, Asdi Nurmediana and TOP Racing driver Chandra Yosef completing the top 5. Faiza Murphy took the TQ spot on FWD class with his TOP Sabre.

Continue reading the report here


February 15, 2011

JR Mitch wins Florida State Series Rd4

JR Mitch wins Florida State Series Rd4

As the Florida State Off-Road Series rolled into Lake Park for round 4, JR Mitch was looking to extend his winning ways. Making quick work of the qualifiers, JR quickly rose to the top of the field by top qualifying in both of the first 2 rounds with his JConcepts equipped Associated RC8B buggy. 3Ds in green compound proved to be the way around the unusually slick track at Lake Park in rounds 1 and 2 as JR blistered the track. As the sun peeked out on Sunday the track started to dry-out and the Lake Park blue groove heated up. JR went to his trusty Crossbow tire combination for the emerging blue groove surface and 30 minute A-main. Once the flag dropped on the A-main, JR was gone, racing out quickly to a 9,10-12 second lead ~10 minutes into the race, it looked like the race was all but over. A mid-race flame-out caused things to tighten-up but JR and pitman Walter Cruz remained calm and within minutes were back into contention. Pushing the RC8B as only a few drivers are capable of, JR made up valuable time and took the lead once again with ~4 minutes remaining. Pulling out to a significant lead with 3 minutes to go JR was back in cruise control and a commanding lead where he would cross the line taking yet another win for JConcepts / Team Associated in 2011.

View a video from the event here