November 28, 2008

MACH Challenge 1:12 – Announcement

The World famous MACH club in Holland is hosting a 1/12th scale race at their great winter indoor facility in Haarlem. Run from the 16th to 18th of January, the event will be held on the club’s technical blue carpet track, which is ideally sized for this class at 11m x 35m, with power and seating for over 100 people next to the track. The race is open to both modified and super stock classes and entry closes on the 13th of January.

You can enter here, and more information can be found here (PDF).


November 27, 2008

South Swedish Indoor Cup Rd3

We received a report from the recent 3rd round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup (SSIC) that was arranged by Malmö Miniracing Club way down in the south of Sweden. Forty racers battled it out in three classes, 27T, 19T and Modified and in the modified class, which saw the biggest turnout with 20 entries, it was top Xray driver Niclas Nilsson who set the pace early in practice and had no problem taking TQ in all rounds. Tamiya racer Thomas Andersson took second spot on the grid but it was a close fight. Only a couple of seconds separated number 2 and 8 so the finals promised to be exciting. Niclas Nilsson continued his domination this day by taking all three finals, while behind him it was Christian Holmström with a Corally who moved up two spots from qualifying and claimed the 2nd spot in the overall standing with Thomas Andersson completing the podium.

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November 25, 2008

Drake & Nevin take Buggy wins at KFC

We have already heard about the truggy class at last weekends Kyosho Fall Classic, held at Revelation Raceway, but Adam Drake got in touch to fill us in about the buggy classes. The expert buggy class saw the TQ spot go to Associated driver Ryan Cavalieri but a dropped plug in the race allowed The Drake to take a clear lead and the win, by 1 lap from O’Donnell driver Steven Hartson, while Jim Pierce placed his Losi 8ight on the final podium step, taking 3rd. In the amateur buggy class it was Losi racer Chad Nevin that took the TQ spot, which he converted into the win, beating out his team mate Robert Wickham by 8 seconds, who took the runner up spot.


November 25, 2008

Hupo Honigl wins 2008 Offroad Meeting

This years Offroad Meeting, the annual Italian buggy and truggy race, took place this year for the first time indoors. Attended by a number of top international racers such as Borja Hernandez, Jerome Aigoin, Richi Gomez, Hupo Honigl, Fabio Boero, Davide Tortorici & Riccardo Rabitti, the buggy class was TQ’d by Kyosho racer Aigoin. The race itself, which by the look on the Hupo’s face was run in cold conditions, saw the Austrian LRP driver take the win by a lap in front of the Kyosho pairing of Fabrizio Teghesi and Jerome Aigoin in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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November 24, 2008

Ryan Cavalieri Leads RC8T sweep

Team Associated have sent us a report on last weekend’s Kyosho Fall Classic, hosted by Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA, which brought out a good mix of entrants and a fully stacked 14 heats of competition. Ryan Cavalieri took the TQ spot in both 1/8th truggy and 1/8th buggy with his RC8T and RC8 while also taking the TQ of their respective divisions were Scott Wagner in intermediate truggy and Chester Hoover in beginner truggy. Having already taken the TQ and victory for the RC8T in the beginner and intermediate Truggy classes with Hoover and Wagner, Cavalieri was primed to take the sweep for Team Associated. A rough start gave Levi Jackson the lead, however a few hero laps from Cavalieri brought him up to Jackson’s rear bumper and right by as Jackson bobbled on the triple. Never backing down his pace, Cavalieri went on to secure the sweep for the Team Associated RC8T.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]


November 23, 2008

PN Racing Mini-Z World Cup Finals

Reflex Racing were in touch to tell us about their success at the recent PN Racing Mini-Z World Cup Finals in Las Vegas. 1/28 scale racing continues to grow around the world, and with this event very well attended, the Reflex International Team managed to score at least one podium in every class with their team drivers Jacob Feinstein and Lex Tyler sweeping the 2WD classes. Check out the Reflex Racing site for a full report and videos from most of the A-mains.

Source: Reflex Racing [reflexracing.net]


November 19, 2008

The Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

The Dirt were in touch to tell us about their upcoming Dirt Nitro Challenge race. Now in its 10th year, the race will take place from the 18th – 22nd of February on the Nitro Pit track in Arizona. The race is one of the biggest of its kind, and will feature multiple classes for buggy and truggy as well as stock class for the Traxxas Slash chassis.

More details can be found on the flyer here (PDF).


November 19, 2008

Drake & Johnson take JBRL Series wins

We already told you of Cody King’s success in Truggy at the final round of the JBRL series held at Hot Rod Hobbies, but Adam Drake has filled us in on the other classes. In the Pro Buggy class it was Losi driver Mike Truhe that took the TQ spot and went on to win the race in front of his team mate Adam Drake, with Hobao driver Jeremy Kortz in 3rd. This result gave The Drake the series win, with Truhe taking the runner up spot. The Open Buggy and Open Truggy class saw a clean sweep for another Losi racer Kyle Johnson, who TQ’d both classes and went on to win both finals to also wrap up the series in both classes.