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December 10, 2008

Cavalieri & Denney Victorious at SIGP

Hosted by Competition Hobbies in Tucson, AZ the 6th Annual Southwest Indoor Championship gathered racers from across the Southwest for a fun weekend of racing at arguably the best indoor offroad facility in the World. Qualifying saw Team Orion driver Ryan Cavalieri take his Factory Team B4 & B44 to the TQ position in all 4 rounds of both classes giving him the clean sweep of qualifying in both the 2wd Modified and 4wd Modified classes. Picking up where he left off in qualifying, Cavalieri drove away from the field in the 4wd class to win A1 and A2 convincingly and thus sitting out A3 where Associated Team Manager Brent Thielke was able to edge out fellow teammate Frank Root for the victory. In the 2wd class Cavalieri looked to be on the same hard charge, however a few tangles with lappers allowed Root to close and eventually take the lead and victory of A2. In A3, Cavalieri checked out from the field to claim the overall title, adding to his earlier 4wd title. In the 2wd 10.5 class, Team Associated driver Tanner Denney took the lead from TQ Danny Stojakovic and never looked back to take the overall victory.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

December 9, 2008

Hagberg dominates Friendship Race

Hagberg dominates Swedish Friendship Race

The annual Friendship Race which takes place in Eskilstuna, Sweden is known to be the biggest and most competitive TC race in the country. This years edition saw a rather low turnout compared to earlier years but a few of the Swedish top racers were there fighting for the prestigious title. Among these were Xray factory driver Alexander Hagberg, local fast guy and Swedish 1:10 GP champion, Magnus Vässmar, SSIC Champion Niclas Nilsson, worlds semi-finalist Roland Ström among others. It was Alexander Hagberg who dominated the race throughout qualifying, taking maximum points to secure the overall TQ position. In second was Magnus in front of Niclas and Hot Bodies driver Tommy Bergfeldt on the 4th spot. The finals never really got exciting since Alexander made no mistakes and could pull away to take the win in the first two finals. In the third a-main Alexander was challenged by Magnus for the opening laps but this came to an end rather quickly as Magnus made a mistake coming through the very narrow chicane. In the end it was Magnus who finished 2nd and Niclas on 3rd overall.

Thanks to Alexander Hagberg for the report.

December 9, 2008

Truhe & Drake victorious at Toys for Tots

We already mentioned the Toys for Tots race at Thunder Alley last weekend, but thanks to Adam Drake we have further details on the other classes run at this charity race. In the 1/8th Pro Buggy it was Losi driver Mike Truhe all the way, having TQ’d the class he went on to win from Jared Tebo who placed 2nd. In the 1/8th Electric buggy, a class making its debut at this event, it was Losi 8ight E 2.0 driver Kevin Gahan that took the top spot in qualifying but in the race it was Adam Drake that took the victory with his Xcelorin powered Losi. In the Intermediate buggy, Eddie Laret TQ’d and won the class, with fellow Losi driver Robert Wickham taking top honours in Intermediate truggy.

December 8, 2008

Tebo wins Toys for Tots truggy class

Jared Tebo, in his first race since returning to Kyosho, TQ’ed and captured top honors in the truck class with his Team Orion-powered ST-RR. The Toys for Tots benefit race at Thunder Alley RC Raceway is a one-day event intended to raise funds and collect toys to benefit less fortunate children. Tebo got off to a rough start, catching a rut and flipping over in the first turn, moving him back to last place on the first lap but he quickly worked his way back through traffic and was able to regain the lead within just a few minutes. Although there were a couple close challenges for the lead during the crossover of pit stops, Tebo cruised to a comfortable win nearly half a lap ahead of 2nd place. In the buggy class, Tebo, who started from third, made his way to the lead and was able to hold it for most of the shortened 15 minute main. A slight mistake at the end of the run allowed Truhe to pass with little time to regain the lead. Tebo held on to second place over the hard charging Cody King, who finished 3rd.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

December 8, 2008

CRC take top honours in Cleveland

Team CRC were in touch to tell us about their successful race weekend at the 29th running of the U.S. Indoor Champs in Cleveland, OH. recently. CRC driver Tom Firsching was top qualifier and A-main winner in both the World GT and the 1:12th Super Stock divisions. In the World GT A-main, he used his Gen-X 10 car to take the victory, while in 1/12th he was at the controls of his Gen-X 12 car. His teammates Mitch Witteman and Max Kuenning joined Tom on the 1/12th podium to make it a CRC clean sweep. In the ultra competitive 1/12th Masters division, it was team principal Frank Calandra Jr. who took his 6th Masters title in front of teammates Jim Piersol and Wayne Gerber Jr.

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December 5, 2008

Keven Hébert wins US Indoor Champs

Team Associated are reporting that their factory team driver Keven Hébert dominated his competition by taking the pole position and driving to a lights to flag victory in the TC Super Stock 13.5 class at the 2008 U.S. Indoor Championships held last weekend. Keven is arguably the best up and coming driver to hit the North American on-road scene in some time, and this result confirms that.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

December 1, 2008

Darren Bloomfield wins EMMA Indoor

The 1st annual CML sponsored EMMA indoor meeting was held last weekend at the Newark Showground, where the organising club had built a challenging and exciting track that ensured a lot of action and close racing. The qualifying sessions saw some incredibly close times and some awesome driving by some of the best drivers in Europe and it was Associated driver Lee Martin that took the TQ, being the only driver to secure his place in the A-main. Following the semi finals, the 45 minute race got underway with Lee taking the lead followed by Losi man Darren Bloomfield and another Associated racer Neil Cragg in 3rd. After 10 minutes, Darren took over at the front and steadily pulled away, eventually taking the win by over a lap from Lee in 2nd, with a clean drive from Craig Drescher giving the RC8 driver the final step on the podium.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

November 29, 2008

Kyosho Fall Classic – Video

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We borught you a number of reports from the recent Kyosho Fall Classic held at Revelatioin Raceway in Ontario, CA, and now thanks to Empire RC we have a video from the event. This video shows the Expert A-Main final and in particular the battle between Ryan Cavalieri and Adam Drake.

Source: Empire RC [empirerc.net]