Kyosho team driver Levi Jackson scored another victory with the Kyosho ST-RR during the 3rd round of the Southern California Saturday Series, held at Thunder Alley in Beaumont, CA, host of the recent 1/8 Off-Road Buggy Nationals. Levi won from 2nd placed Scott Hughes, the Mugen driver having problems on the last lap of the race giving him a non finish, while Jake Malkin took 3rd.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]
The Drake was in touch to tell us that last weekend he and Mike Truhe made the trip back to The Farm 2 in Charlotte, NC for round 6 & 7 of the East Coast Nitro Series. Adam TQ’d both rounds 6 and 7, and while Mike won round 6, with Drake 2nd, it was Adam that took the win in round 7. Afterwards the two Losi drivers stayed on for testing for the IFMAR 1/8th Worlds that will be at the same track in September.
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Meet Associated’s very own Factory Team drivers Craig Drescher and Richard Saxton at the 2008 European Championships being held on the island of Crete, July 3rd through 6th. Craig and Richard will be on hand to help support Associated Factory Team drivers Neil Cragg, Elliot Boots and Peter Pinisch, as well as all the other RC8 drivers. Associated’s Factory Team drivers bring with them a wealth of talent and in-depth working knowledge regarding all of the current RC8 set-ups and tips. Let them show you how to get the most out of your RC8 buggy, and to keep it running at the peak of performance. With 22 IFMAR World Championships, and many European, US National and regional championships to their credit, this opportunity offers you a chance to benefit from decades of race winning experience. Please be sure to drop by to introduce yourself and don’t be shy, Craig and Richard are there to help you.
Image: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]
We received this report from the first round of the Northeast RC Pro Series held at CRC Raceway in Rome, NY. As it has been with almost every out door race in the nitro offroad series this year weather tried to play a part in the event. Saturday it didn’t look like we would get all 4 rounds of qualifying in because of rain rolling in from the west but each time it came close to town it would disappear. So we managed to get all the qualifying in even though the weather reports estimated an 80% chance of rain. Sunday was supposed to be better with only a 20% chance. Sunday was a beautiful day until we started the last main – the Expert Buggy A Main – dark clouds rolled in from the west just south of the track.
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The Extreme 24 hour race was held last weekend on Celakovice race track near Prague in the Czech Republic. The race format was inspired by the real Le Mans, and so the start was scheduled for the same day and time as famous French race. Eight teams of six drivers and pit men fought it out over 24 hours battling exhaustion while trying to keep their equipment running. The race rules were strict to ensure an equal chance to all participating teams and so only Tamiya F-103 chassis, stock 540 motor, LRP tires and Le Mans style bodies were allowed. After 24 hours it was MPM Hobbyteams that took the win with 3749 laps, some 850km of running, finishing in front of Team RC DRiFT, only 56 laps back and RC Celakovice, the host team, 3rd with 3643 laps.
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The 2nd round of the Singapore 1/8 RCMC on road series saw round 1 winner Tay Wui Kiat come under serious pressure with many competitive racers like Nelson Lee, Sam Cheng, Andrew Chin, Don Chng and many more pushing hard. Qualifying was tough and saw the top 6 qualifiers clocking 23 laps with only 8 seconds separating them, with Nelson Lee taking the TQ spot for Mugen. The start of the A-main was very close as there was no position change from the qualifying positions for the first 10mins with Nelson Lee leading and Tay wui Kiat and Sam Cheng following. Wui Kiat ran out of fuel around the 15min mark which dropped him to 3rd position and promoted Sam Cheng to 2nd. Nelson Lee in the meantime was comfortably leading the race until his front belt broke and had to retire from the race moving Cheng into the lead with Jesse, Wui Kiat, Don Chng and Andrew Chin following close behind. At the 25min mark Don Chng driving a Shepherd Velox, in its first race, managed to take the lead and never looked back taking the win ahead of Andrew Chin in 2nd, 3 laps behind, and Jesse Wu in 3rd.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Round 1 of the RCSignup/JConcepts Super Cup Series was completed this past weekend and it was an great event, the blistering, 100 degree Florida sun made for some amazing track conditions. 11-year old Zack Genova showed experience and driving ability beyond his years and was able to take the win in both Stock Buggy and Stock Truck. He battled with another up-and-comer, Zach Mote, but in the end it was Zack ‘Zackinator’ Genova that took the victories.
Source: RC Signup [rcsignup.com]
The finals from the 1/10th scale EFRA GP, held this weekend in Gubbio Italy, have been run and it was Francesco Tironi, coming from 4th on the grid that took the win. The Italian Sirio driver, had been quick all event and was able to show his pace when it mattered, taking the win by over a lap from pole man Jilles Groskamp, the front pairing building up a substantial advantage over the rest of the field with Daniele Ielasi taking the final step of the podium in 3rd, 4 laps back on 2nd place, while 4th placed Martin Christiansen was another 5 laps back.
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