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April 3, 2012

Adam Drake dominates JBRL Rd1

This past weekend kicked off round 1 of the JBRL Nitro Series in Beaumont, CA at Thunder Alley R/C Raceway. There was a huge turnout with a total of 235 entries that came from all over California, Arizona, Nevada and even a few from Illinois. TLR had many of their top level drivers including Adam Drake, Mike Truhe, Matt Castellano, Drew Moller, Matt Schreffler, Colby Poh, and Jacob Hass along with many other TLR drivers in attendance to contest for the 2012 JBRL Nitro Series championship.

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April 3, 2012

Associated SC10GT Ready-to-run

For many people in the RC world, nothing beats a 2-stroke nitro-breathing engine. From the sound, to the smoke, to the brutal power, nitro delivers an experience in a RC truck like nothing else can. Now you can experience that awesome nitro power in the short-course class with the SC10GT. Based on the proven GT2 platform, the SC10GT comes built and ready-to-run straight from the factory. At the heart of the SC10GT is the powerful Team Associated .18X pull-start engine with tuned exhaust system to deliver the performance.

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April 3, 2012

Rinati & Bracci win Trofeo Novarossi

The 1st of April saw the Trofeo Novarossi for 1/8 and 1/10 classes held at the Riccione track. The 1/10 category was dominated in qualifying and in the final by Alex Rinati who would win ahead of Alessio Rinaldi in 2nd and Giammaria Antonelli in 3rd. In the 1/8 category Alessandro Bracci made the pole position, set a new track record and took the victory ahead of Sandro Sammarini in 2nd and Manuel Tordi in third place, who was driving a ‘Classic’ chassis. A final draw saw 6 Novarossi engines, provided by the company, were given to lucky winners.

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April 2, 2012

Mark Green wins BRCA 1/8th season opener

The first round of the 2012 BRCA national championship was hosted by the Wombwell circuit in South Yorkshire. The entry for this circuit is normally low but since this is that start of a new season and with the section having more interest due to the impending 2013 European championships, the entry was around the 50 mark. During the off season, the committee have been busy trying to resolve the issue of tire additives which although we have procedures in place with regards to the policing for non use, further discussions will take place prior to the next round to agree a sensible solution for moving forward.

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March 30, 2012

Morganti wins Ipanema World GT Championships

Paolo Morganti took the TQ and World Championship in the Open Class at the Ipanema World GT Championship that was held at Barceloneta RC track in Puerto Rico last weekend. In an hour race Morganti went thru some problems when flame out in his first pit stop and lost the first position for a while but was able to recover and keep the lead to finish in first position with his Cobra GT, in second position was Andy Báez and in third was José González.

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March 28, 2012

Drake crowned Dialed Inc. Invitational Champion

The 2012 Dialed Inc. Off Road Championships is an all-new event that was held last weekend Shreveport, Louisiana at T&T Speedway. The classes consisted of 2wd/4wd Short course, 1/8th electric buggy/truck, 1/8th nitro buggy/truck, and a special invitational class based off the Reedy Race format, six heats of 10 minute duration, truck on Saturday and buggy on Sunday. They also used gates starts to add a little excitement to the invitational class. The track was built by Joey from The Dirt and a crew of helpers from the local area.

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March 26, 2012

JJ Wang wins Nitro X Cup in Hong Kong

Over 100 drivers attended the 2012 Nitro-X on-road race in Hong Kong this past weekend. The one-day race had a tight schedule and after three 7-minute qualifying heats, it was Mugen Driver JJ Wang taking the TQ in both the 1/8th and 200mm sedan class. In the 30 minutes 1/8 A-main final, JJ Wang drove his Novarossi-powered MRX5 to victory winning by 2 laps over Hong Kong Shepherd driver Kwong. In the 30 minutes Sedan A-main final, it was Hong Kong X-Ray driver Poon Chiu who over took the lead with less than a minute to drive from JJ Wang.

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March 23, 2012

Mencarelli & Zamperetti win Santo Andre champs Rd 1

The first race of this years racing season in Santo André, Brazil, supported by Salvadori Racing, KM Racing and Novarossi recently took place. In the Sport class Fabio Mencarelli took the TQ honors and won a very tight 30 minutes final, fighting with KM driver Geandre Rollin until the last 30 seconds. Geandre was leading but could not hold the pressure and a mistake costed him the victory and also the 2nd place, which went to Flavio Fatinanzi who took the runner up spot on the very last lap, leaving Geandre on 3rd place eventually.