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September 23, 2010

Johnny LoGiudice wins 2wd at JConcepts NE Champs

The JConcepts Northeast Champs attracted 160 eager racers to one of the best Indoor tracks in the Northeast, RC Excitement and with teams from Kyosho, X-Factory, Associated, Losi and TQ, there was no shortage of talent in the building. With the 2wd A-Main field hosting of road legend Brian Kinwald and Associated Hotshoe Steve Hartson, the stage was set. An epic battle began with Losi factory racer James Schlick leading the pack with Steve, Brian and Johnny LoGiudice in tow. James led for more than half of the race when a late bobble allowed Steve, Brian and Johnny through. On the last lap Steve and Brian got together allowing TQ Racing driver Johnny to slip by for the win. The race was so close that the three drivers had to wait until the finishing order was announced.

Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]

September 22, 2010

Sterian Folev wins Bulgarian Off-road Nats Rd3

The third round of the Bulgarian Off-road Nationals took place near Sofia, in the village of Bankya in perfect weather. The track presented to drivers was rough, hard to handle and including some very high jumps. In the Buggy class the top qualifier was Mario Vutov followed by Petar Gergov, Emil Karamfilov, Sterian Folev and Dimitar Leskovski completing the top 5. The 45-minute-long final proved that a race is won with endurance and not just with speed. Mario Vutov was the fastest guy on the track but unfortunately had battery issues and lost about 10 minutes. Emil Karamfilov also wasn’t able to finish due to a throttle servo failure. The battle for first place was between Sterian Folev and Petar Gergov, both showing very good pace throughout the final. Georgi Minkov took advantage of Gergov’s slight battery issue at the end of the event and finished second. After the victory for Sterian Folev, who is having a very successful debut year, the fight for the title is now forming. Dimitur Leskovski and Georgi Minkov both have 126 points with Sterian Folev running close behind with 124. Petar Gergov is with 118. The next race is in Varna in 2 weeks where we see the national champion crowned for 2010.

September 21, 2010

Root & Schreffler win at JBRL Electric Rd7

The Jimmy Babcock Racing League (JBRL) headed to Pegasus Hobbies in Monte Clair for Round 7 of the 2010 Electric Series. Pegasus had prepared a fun layout and the weather was fantastic, setting up a great day of racing for the 150+ entrants. Team Losi Racing drivers Frank Root, Aaron Lane, Matt Schreffler, Doug “Casper” Nielsen, Keith Whisler, and Michael Guzman were all in attendance. Only a few miles from the Losi facility, this was sort of a home race for the team.

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September 21, 2010

Eugene Galley takes the 2wd class BRCA F345’s

Driving a Schumacher Cougar SV, Eugene Galley to the British F3/F4/F5 2wd drivers championship title at Silverstone. From 6th on the grid Eugene drove through the field to score another national title for the British company. Already this year Tom Cockerill has won the prestigious overall championship, Dave Poulter the F2 title and Greg Williams the under 16 junior title, rounding out a fantastic debut season for the Cougar SV in Schumacher’s return to 2WD off road racing after a 10 year absence. In the 4wd class on Sunday the CAT SX2 made 2nd and 3rd places with Eugene and Adam Mackman.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

September 21, 2010

Austin Blair gets double podium at ROAR Nats

Tekno RC are reporting that Austin ‘Weasel’ Blair gave the big boys a run for their money last weekend at the 1st ROAR 1/8th Electric Nationals hosted by NorCal Hobbies. Austin took the 2nd podium spot in 1/8th Electric Buggy and the 3rd podium spot in 1/8th Electric Truggy. He ran the new Tekno RC V4 Brushless Kits on his Kyosho MP9 buggy and Mugen MBX6T truggy. Utilizing the all new Tekno RC Traktion Drive slipper system and featuring a completely redesigned narrow chassis and ultra low CG, the new V4 kits are sure to be lighting up tracks around the world. Both of Austin’s vehicles were powered by Castle Creations Mamba Monster ESC’s and motors. Mugen team driver Travis Amezcua finished 4th in truggy with his Tekno RC V4 Mugen MBX6T, while Kyosho team driver Tyler Vik finished 8th in buggy with his Tekno RC V4 Kyosho MP9.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

September 21, 2010

Chris Cristo cleans up at JConcepts NE Championship

X-Factory are reporting that their drivers Mike Wilder, Chris Cristo, and Brian Kinwald took home lots of silverware from the JConcepts North East Championship race held at R/C Excitement in Fitchburg, Mass. last weekend. Cristo absolutely dominated the 13.5 buggy and truck classes, TQing and winning each by a lap or more with his X-6 Squared and X-60. In stock short course, Cristo again TQd and won, this time with his SCX-60. Wilder, who qualified 3rd in mod truck, battled back and forth for most of the race with several other trucks, taking a slim lead with two laps to go and holding on for the win in his X-60. Mike also qualified and finished 3rd in pro mod short course. Brian Kinwald qualified fourth in mod buggy and through the 8 minute A main methodically worked his way to the front, finally taking over first place with just a few laps to go. On the second-to-last corner, the second place buggy ran into the back of Brian’s X-6 Squared, and the ensuing crash allowed the third place car through for the win, with Brian finishing third. In pro mod short course, Brian qualified second with his SCX-60 and finished there, making it X Factory 2 & 3.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com] / Photo by Russell Pead

September 21, 2010

Ilia van Gastel wins in Groningen, takes title

Last Sunday the Dutch 1/8th scale National championship had its last race of the season, held on the very bumpy track of REAL80 in Groningen in the far north of Holland. The weather forecast was predicted a lot of rain starting in the morning but it stayed dry until the last semi final of the day. In the NK class it was Rick V taking the pole followed by Ilia v. Gastel, Jordy Blok and Gunther v. Stay. With rain falling in time for the main final, it was not only about who was the best racer in the wet, but also about who was best prepared to protect their car against the elements. At the start RickV was forced to make a pitstop allowing Ilia to take the lead followed by John Ermen. RickV managed to work his way back up to the front by the end of the race but could not take the lead and would take 2nd.

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September 21, 2010

Jörn Neumann dominates 4wd German Nats

The German 4wd Nationals were held last weekend in Schenkenhorst, near Berlin with 72 drivers attend the event. The club did a good job preparing the track, which is normally for 1/8th offroad, so high speed for 1/10th cars but really nice to drive. On Saturday all drivers had 3 practice rounds and after that qualifying started with 3 rounds on Saturday and 2 more on Sunday and the best 2 out of 5 to count. Jörn Neumann took the TQ spot, Benni Gröschel was 2nd and Marc Rheinard 3rd. The finals saw a battle between these three drivers, but in the end Jörn could win the first two A-Mains and the German Championship with his LRP powered Yokomo, adding to his 2wd title he won last month. Second place went to Durango/LRP driver Benni Gröschel while in 3rd was Marc Rheinard with his Tamiya/Speed Passion. In the stock class Ebi Beck took an easy win.

Thanks to Jörn Neumann for the report.