May 29, 2008

Petersen dominates Hank Perry 240

Taylor Petersen dominates Hank Perry 240

Kyosho America have a brief report from the recent Hank Perry 240 that attracted more than 300 entrants as well as attracting top factory talent from many of the major manufacturers. Kyosho / CRF driver Taylor Petersen dominated the event, having qualified first in the Pro Buggy class and 2nd in the Pro Truggy class. At the beginning of the buggy main Petersen battled closely with a couple of the front runners, trading the lead during pit stops, before taking the lead for the last time on lap 35 and going on to win by 1 lap. The truggy main also started with some close racing with the early front runners, but it took a challenging turn when Petersen had problems during the first fuel stop, knocking him back to fifth place and a full lap down to the leader. Petersen put his head down and charged as hard as possible, eventually getting back on the lead lap before finally passing the leader on lap 70. Petersen pulled out more than a five second lead over the last five laps to seal the win in the Pro Truggy class. Taylor also took top honours in the 1/10 truck class for yet another class victory.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]


May 28, 2008

Adam Drake wins Novarossi race

Adam Drake wins Novarossi race

Last weekend saw the Novarossi race held at the Revelation Raceway in Southern California. In the Expert buggy class Mugen racer Paul Coleman line up on pole position for the main final ahead of Adam Drake, but it was the GRP / Losi driver that took the win at the end of the 40 minute final. The Drake won by 2 laps from Andrew Smolnik, racing a CEN, while Justin Watson finished in 3rd for Losi, a lap further back.


May 24, 2008

David Voo wins Pesta Keamatan Race

David Voo wins Pesta Keamatan Race

We received a brief report from last weekend’s Pesta Keamatan Race held in Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia. The race was for electric touring cars and it saw TQ in the modified class go to Serpent racer KS Chu. In the final however, he was outpaced by his S400 team mate David Voo, who went on to win from Chu, who finished 2nd ahead of HPI racer Zamri in 3rd. Also pictured above is Frankie Chee, who finished 3rd in the Stock 23T class.


May 24, 2008

JConcepts J82 Challenge – Announcement

JConcepts J82 Challenge - Announcement

The JConcepts J82 Challenge will take place as an exhibition class at the ROAR Offroad Electric Nats at Hot Rod Hobbies in California this summer. If you think you can really wheel an RC Car, JConcepts wants you to win big, J82 big! You could win the big prize! Drivers are invited to enter the J82 class at the Nationals, August 13-17, 2008, to compete in the exhibition 1/8th Electric 2wd class, the winner will receive an American Express gift card courtesy of JConcepts.

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May 23, 2008

RB International Cup 08 – Announcement

RB International Cup 08 - Announcement

RB have announced the full details on their first RB International Cup that takes place at the end of August on the Torres Vedras track in Portugal.

It’s an opportunity to meet some of you guys and to share a wonderful moment together near Santa Cruz Beach. We’re looking forward you celebrating this race in Torres Vedras 30 minutes far from the Lisboa International Airport. The race take place in August 29th, 30th and 31th and the track will be open all the week! Many infos will be added in this page in the future. We hope to see many of you during this international event!

Full details of the event can be found here.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]


May 22, 2008

Hickersen wins RC Pro East Series Rd2

Hickersen wins RC Pro East Series Rd2

We received a report from Gene Hickersen on round 2 of the RC Pro East Series that was held at Sumter, South Carolina last weekend. There was a light turnout of 110 entries due to several other big races the same weekend on the East coast, but the track was challenging as the best from the East battled for the Division Championship. It was perfect weather with 85′ F temps. The track was watered before each round, but got very dusty and bumpy as the weekend went on.

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May 19, 2008

Tebo dominates Pro-Line Max Challenge

Tebo dominates Pro-Line Max Challenge

The Dirt in Southern California played host to last weekend’s Pro-Line Max Challenge, and it was O’Donnell racer Jared Tebo that TQ’d and won both the pro buggy and pro truggy classes. Tebo was unchallenged in both finals, winning the buggy final by a lap from Losi racer Matt Castellano in 2nd and Mugen driver Bobby Tillman in 3rd, while in the truggy final Tebo managed once more to have a lap advantage, this time over Kyosho driver Levi Jackson in 2nd, with Losi man Matt Castellano claimed 3rd.

Source: RCCA [radiocontrolzone.com]


May 14, 2008

2008 Kyosho Masters – Announcement

2008 Kyosho Masters - Announcement

Kyosho Europe have been in contact to tell us about this years Kyosho Masters, a unique event that has been running since 1999. This year, the 10th Anniversary, will take place at Sucy-en-Brie near Paris from June 19th to 22nd, and will be open to the usual 3 classes – Elite, Expert and League, plus the ever growing Truggy class. Saturday evening’s drivers banquet will see live band, Endless Shiver, play, while the Japanese company will also be showing off the brand new Inferno MP9 1/8th scale buggy. Attending the event will be World Champion Mark Pavidis as well as other previous World and European Champions.

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