November 15, 2010

Dream-Team storm to victory at 3h race in Oberhausen

Dream-Team storm to victory at 3h race in Oberhausen

The 3-hour race held at Oberhausen in Western Germany saw a superior victory of the Dream-Team. When the 1/8 scale long-distance race was drawn to a close, the Serpent trio with Tobias Hepp, Frank Schewiola and Alain Levy had covered a distance of 454 laps – which is equivalent to 106 kilometer – to capture victory as one year ago. Team Odenthal Racing Parts S966 with Carsten Pruessmann, Ingo Odenthal and Ralf Vahrenkamp finished second but were already 52 laps down. With 360 laps third place went to 2-speed Racing Team with Sebastian Scheidweiler, Jean-Pierre Roenicke and Joerg Waeldle . So this team race turned out to give Serpent an impressive 1-2-3 victory.

Continue reading the report here


November 14, 2010

Cody is the new ‘King’ of Buggy

Cody is the new ‘King’ of Buggy

Cody King is the new IFMAR 1:8 Off Road World Champion after a thrilling battle with outgoing champion Atsushi Hara that ended with the pair separated by less than 2 seconds after an hour of intense racing.  Only his second World Championships, the 23-year-old from California was pushed right to line but kept his cool to claim the biggest prize in the sport ahead of Hara and his Kyosho team-mate Jared Tebo.

View our full event coverage here.


November 14, 2010

Line-up for the ‘Big Race’ decided

Line-up for the ‘Big Race’ decided

The 12 drivers that will battle it out later today for the 2010 IFMAR 1:8 Off Road World Championship here in Pattaya Thailand has been decided with reigning champion Atsushi Hara the man that will start the 1-hour encounter from pole position.  Hara took victory in the first of the Semi finals which was the faster of the two with Cody King, who was in the same race, securing second on the starting grid.  The winner of the second Semi A final, Top Qualifier Jared Tebo will line up third followed by Ryan Maifield and Billy Easton.

View our full event coverage here.


November 14, 2010

Pattaya 1/4th final update

Pattaya 1/4th final update

In the first of the 1/4 finals 2008 Finalist Robert Batlle cruised to an easy victory to book his place in the Semis ahead of the young star of these World Championships Kyle McBride. The second of the 1/4 finals also saw a clear winner, this time Kyosho’s Jerome Aigoin taking it comfortably from Martin Bayer who bumps ups for a second time today with Matt Castellano finishing third.

View our full event coverage here.


November 13, 2010

Lower finals provide thrilling action

Lower finals provide thrilling action

Day 6 of the 2010 IFMAR 1/8th off road World Championships saw the running of the lower finals, but with 8 lucrative places in the big day tomorrow still up for grabs there was plenty of thrilling hard fought action.

View our full event coverage here.


November 12, 2010

Magical Top 16 decided

Magical Top 16 decided

Qualifying for the 2010 IFMAR 1:8 Off Road World Championships is over with 16 drivers now able to relax some what having successfully completed the first stage of the event by qualifying directly for the Semi finals. Having already wrapped up the honour of becoming Top Qualifier at these World Championship this morning in Q5, Kyosho’s Jared Tebo topped off the perfect day with another fastest run in final qualifying. Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield, who needed to add a good result to his tally, took second in Q6 moving him right back up the order to fourth in the final qualification ranking. The only other driver to TQ a round here in Pattaya, defending Champion Atsushi Hara was third fastest to move into second overall ahead of Adam Drake, who had his worst run of the event with 9th.

View our full event coverage here.


November 12, 2010

Tebo is 2010 WC Top Qualifier

Tebo is 2010 WC Top Qualifier

Jared Tebo will enter the record books as the Top Qualifier for the 2010 IFMAR 1:8 Off Road World Championship putting the honour beyond the reach of his rivals by going fastest in the penultimate round of qualifying here in Pattaya, Thailand.  The Koysho driver recored his second TQ run topping Q5 from Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz.  Tebo had a couple of close moments but otherwise said it was a really good run despite the ‘extremely, extremely rough’ track conditions.

View our full event coverage here.


November 11, 2010

Tebo takes Q4 to go top of ranking

Tebo takes Q4 to go top of ranking

Jared Tebo claimed his first ever TQ run at a 1:8 World Championships here this evening in Thailand when he set the fastest time for Q4. The Kyosho driver topped the round ahead of Losi’s Billy Fischer and leaves the Pattaya track tonight at the top of the qualification ranking from Adam Drake.

View our full event coverage here.