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January 10, 2011

Ardent Raceway Winter Series Rd4

Ardent Raceway hosted the 4th round of their winter series last weekend and with 14 heats lined up it was going to be a long day. In 13.5T Liam Brooks wrapped up not just a comfortable TQ, but a double race win and overall championship victory with 2 races to spare. A simply awesome performance from Liam and his Schumacher Mi4CX. In the 10.5T class James Hart continued his fine form taking TQ, with Sam Clifton an excellent 2nd with his new CX and Dominic Carter in 3rd. Final one was dominated by James with a flag to flag win, the second was a bit more frenetic with Chris Ashton catching James, Sam and Dominic from further down the grid and taking the win. Last minute changes in positions saw James take the overall from Dominic and Sam and Chris, making 3 Mi4CX’s in the top 4. The big boys in the modified class gave the watching crowd some close and entertaining racing. Chris Grainger improved his previous performances lining up 3rd on the grid, with Matt White and John Pape also getting amongst it in the top 10. Andy Moore and Olly Jefferies went at it big time with the 1-2, Chris had a tough set of finals on the hard to pass track and ended up in the midfield.

View the other podiums here

January 10, 2011

Volker & Lissau take victory at DHI Cup

The 11th and final DHI Cup took place last weekend in Odense, Denmark and while some of the big names were missing this year the race was no less exciting. In the modified class it was the seemingly unstoppable Ronald Volker who took the TQ spot ahead of last year’s top qualifier Christer Andersson with Alexander Hagberg lining up 3rd. In the Pro Stock class it was runner up from the ETS in the Czech Republic, Martin Lissau who was top qualifier ahead of Steffen Leinburger in 2nd and Tony Streit in 3rd. The finals were more of the same from the two top qualifiers with Ronald Volker taking his Yokomo BD5 to another win with victory in the first 2 A-mains. The Xray of Alexander Hagberg moved up to the runner up spot with victory in the 3rd leg which demoted the Associated of Christer Andersson to 3rd spot following a difficult last leg. In the stock class Martin Lissau also took victory in the first 2 legs to wrap up victory early ahead of Steffen Leinburger in 2nd with Tony Streit round out the podium in 3rd.

View the complete final results here.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

January 8, 2011

Indoor Euros Warm up race – Announcement

The organisers of the 2011 Indoor European Championship in the Czech Republic have been in touch to let us know about their Warm-up race that will take place from the 22nd to the 23rd of January at the Sport-V-Hotel in Hrotovice. On Saturday there will be free practice from 12:00 to 23:00 but if there is too many drivers it will go to controlled practice. On Sunday there is an official race, which consist of 4 qualification rounds and 3 finals and as on the EC itself only LRP CPX tires will be allowed. Further information can be found on the official event site here.

January 7, 2011

Richard Saxton tops 2011 Regency Hill Climb

Richard Saxton, driving a Team Associated SC10 Brushless RTR, bested a field of competitors at the 2011 Regency Hill Climb. The first annual event featured a field that included former ROAR on- and off-road National Champions doing battle for the prestigious title and first-place prize. Recent heavy rains made the course very challenging. An exposed root near the top of the course prevented anyone other than Saxton from completing the climb legally. On his 6th attempt, RS found the line and crested the top of the hill out of view of the spectators. Second place finisher Sean Cochran was able to complete a run but was later penalized for a start line infraction. Had he not been penalized at the start line he risked another penalty for lack of style and a slow climbing time. Rick Hohwart rounded out the podium with his Reedy-powered SC10. Nearly making it to the top, Rick was grabbed by a plant at the edge of the course and returned to the bottom of the hill in spectacular fashion. Continuing the tradition of prizes being awarded rather than trophies, Saxton enjoyed a Chick-fil-A lunch paid for by his fellow competitors. The losers had to pay for their own meals.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

January 7, 2011

LRP Touring Car Masters – Announcement

LRP have announced that the 14th running of the LRP Touring Car masters will take place from the 25th to the 27th of March in Eppelheim, close to Heidelberg, Germany. Open to both modified and open stock classes, as well as the usual round of the LRP-HPI-Challenge, the event attracts big name drivers who will all be looking to prevent last year’s winner Ronald Volker from doing the double. Registration is already open and if you wish to enter you can do so by visiting the official event site here.

January 5, 2011

Mike Truhe takes Mod SC at TLR Supercross opener

This past weekend was the opening round of the TLR supercross series put on by West Coast R/C. Mike Truhe and his new Ready Lift XXX SCT with AKA super soft Wishbone tires would take the TQ & win in mod short course. Mike – “The XXX SCT is very forgiving and extremely balanced, which makes the truck very fast around the track. This really makes the XXX SCT a pleasure to drive. The tires had very good grip at West Coast R/C which also made the XXX SCT easy to get around the track.”

Source: Losi [losi.com]

January 5, 2011

Vienna Offroad Winter Champs – Announcement

The organisers of the Vienna Offroad Winter Champs have been in touch to tell us that the 2nd running of this event will take place from the 18th to the 20th of February. The indoor carpet track is at the RC Carpet Fun track in Felixdorf and the event is open to 2wd and 4wd buggy, truck and short course. Top drivers such as Hupo Honigl and Joern Neumann are already confirmed.

More information can be found at the official site here.

January 4, 2011

Moto Arena Winter GP wins for Jefferies & Smith

A last minute rush of entries saw a full entry of 90 drivers brave the winter conditions for Moto Arena’s winter GP, the event was held in the week between Christmas and New Year and gave a few drivers the opportunity to try out their seasonal gifts. The Moto Arena venue, situated within the Silverstone Circuit complex is unique in the UK as it’s an indoor venue but with a tarmac racing surface. The event proved a big success for Team Associated with Olly Jefferies dominating the Super Touring class taking TQ and the A final win, Zak Smith won the 10.5 Pro Stock, Zak’s team mate Chris Slater took TQ with his TC6 but a good result for Chris was spoilt after an incident lapping a back marker caused a DNF in leg one of the A final. In the 17.5 stock class it was a convincing victory in the A final for Schumacher driver Scott Hauser, who also took TQ. 13.5 stock racing is a class growing in numbers in the UK and at Moto Arena the victory in this class went to Malcolm Hall.

Source: BRCA [brca-tc.co.uk]