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January 23, 2010

Keven Herbert does double at NEGS Rd3

Keven Herbert reports on the third leg of the NEGS (Northeast Grand Slam Series) was held the weekend of January 16-17 in at Tri-State Hobbies in Cincinnati, Ohio. Having missed the second leg of the series, I had some extra pressure to do well now that I had already used my one throw-out. Friday was practice all day and early on I was very happy with both my TC5R and 12R5.1. Along with Paul Ciccarello, I was setting some of the fastest lap times in both Pro Rubber class and Pro 1/12 Class. Chris Goetz was also showing some early speed and was turning some fast laps with his Schumacher car in the rubber class.

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January 22, 2010

Tim Smith wins 4th annual Colonel’s Classic

The 4th annual Colonel’s Classic was held this past weekend at Phil Hurd Raceway in Savannah, GA and has quickly become the premier kickoff race in the southeast for each new year. Friday’s practice was very nice with dry weather which provided a great look at who had their race face on this weekend. Only one round of qualifying was completed before the rain came which pushed the remaining qualifier and mains to Sunday. The Phil Hurd race crew was able to get the track back to running condition very quickly and qualifying resumed on Sunday, Tim Smith was able to put himself into the main qualifying 6th. At the start of the main he was able to put his Xray 808, JConcepts equipped buggy to the lead on the opening lap. Around the 10 minute mark Alan Burton was able to make a charge for the lead, but Tim was able to quickly increase his gap to take the win with Shane Ogden in 2nd and Alan Burton finishing in 3rd.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 22, 2010

Gary Guffey wins 2010 Chili Bowl Jr

Team Losi are reporting on the 2010 Chili Bowl Jr. dirt oval race, run in conjunction with the 24th Annual Chili Bowl which is the biggest Midget race in the world. With over 220 entries the Dirt Late Model class was the largest with 70 entries including many of the fastest racers in the country. The Team Losi L8ight model was used by different drivers to Top Qualify each of the three qualifying rounds. In the A-main Gary Guffey, Jason Hudson and Matt Murphy made it a 1-2-3 Losi sweep to finish off the week long race event. In addition to the great drive by the Texan, Gary Guffey, was the drive by Matt Murphy who raced his way into the A-Main getting a third place finish after bumping up from the C and B mains by finishing at the front.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

January 22, 2010

Tebo dominates CRCRC Midwest Electric Champs

The 2010 CRCRC Winter Mid-West Electric Championships were held last weekend in Columbus, Ohio. This years event had an amazing 440 entries, including some of the Nations best, factory drivers like Jared Tebo, Ryan Cavalieri, Cody King, Dustin Evans, Dakotah Phend, Matt Chambers and Jesse Robbers were all in attendance. Open practice was held on Thursday and Friday, while Saturday would consist of 3 rounds of qualifying. Sunday would run 1 round of qualifying, followed by triple A-Mains. The drivers best 2 of 4 rounds were used to determine the overall qualifying order.

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January 22, 2010

Kevin Jelich takes 2wd Mod at Golden State

Team Tekin’s Kevin Jelich from Norcal Hobbies took the hard earned victory in the highly contested 2wd mod buggy class at the 2nd annual Golden State Electric Challenge held at Lakeport Hobbies raceway. Kevin was surrounded by factory Kyosho driver Tyler Vik, AE Drivers Cody Turner, Chris J., Aaron Biners and more. Kevin utilized the Tekin RS Pro, Tekin Redline 10.5 motor and the new Vegas 2.0 software (203) to take the title and the cash.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

January 21, 2010

O’Donnell $120,000 R/C Racer Reward$

O’Donnell Racing has just announced what they claim is one of the biggest contingency programs ever to hit the R/C industry. Drivers will have the chance to share in up to $120,000 in total prize money by using O’Donnell Racing Fuel, and finishing ‘in the money’ in select regional and national events. And it’s a program with a twist, every payout for ‘Joe Racer’ is bigger than the one a team driver would get. There are cash prizes for the top six A-Main finishers in select national and regional races. More cash prizes for first-place finishers in R/C Pro Series A-Mains including the Intermediate, Open and Pro classes. Cash bonuses for taking TQ in every one and more cash bonuses for winning ROAR and R/C Pro national championships.

For full program details visit O’Donnell Racing.

January 18, 2010

Michael Selner wins Truggy at IWS

Last weekend saw MSV-Woelbling, hosts of last year’s European buggy championships, run round 1 of their Indoor Winter Splash at a large indoor hall in St. Pölten, west of Vienna. In the truggy only event it was Mugen/Novarossi driver Michael Selner who would win all 3 heats, semi final and main final, setting a new official track record of 25.912 on his way to the victory. The previous unofficial track record of 26.321 was set the week before by on road star Robert Pietsch. Team Associated team mates Alex Obermeier and Rudi Traxler finished the final in 2nd and 3rd. This indoor offroad track will be opened this coming weekend for practice only, with the 2nd Indoor Winter Splash for buggy being held on the 29th to 31st of January, an event which will be attended by top drivers such as Tim Bremicker, Hupo Honigl, Peter Pinisch and Thomas Mayr among others. More information on this event can be found here (German).

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January 18, 2010

Hernandez wins at Levante Championships

Mugen Spain are reporting a good first race of the season for them, taking the win at the Silla round of the Levante Championships. It was new signing Borja Hernandez, driving the MBX-6 that scored the victory on his race debut, closely followed home by his team mates Dani Bernabe and Bryan Baldo in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Mugen Spain [mugen.es]