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November 26, 2008

Ricardo Carnadi wins at Jakarta ITC

Team Shepherd Indonesia driver Ricardo Carnadi dominated the end of the year race at the Jakarta International Twin Circuit. With the help of his new Velox he TQ’d and won the race by 5 laps ahead of the 2nd placed finisher. During the 45 minute final he lead the race from the very beginning, only briefly giving up the lead, which he regained and went on to take the win. Ricardo will drive the Velox in 2009 as well as become an ambassador for Team Shepherd Indonesia where he will help all Indonesian drivers and mechanics with technical and setup questions about the car.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

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 24, 2008

Levi Jackson moves to O’Donnell

Levi Jackson moves to O'Donnell

Front running US off road racer, Levi Jackson, sent us a statement concerning his impending move from Kyosho, for whom he has run for 3 years, to new sponsor O’Donnell.

This past weekend at the Kyosho Fall Classic was a bittersweet weekend for me and my Dad! Both of my Kyosho vehicles were awesome as always! Finished 6th in buggy and 2nd in truck, that was the great part of the weekend. Here is the Tough part, this was the last race running as a Team driver for the Red Army. I have great opportunity to run for another rc car company with my debut race at Thunder Alley for the Toys for Tots race December 6th.

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November 19, 2008

The Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

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.

November 18, 2008

Cody King wins the JBRL Series

The JBRL series is one of the most popular Southern California racing series for some of the World’s top drivers. The Kyosho/Sirio/AKA driver Cody King has waged a season-long battle in the truggy class, staying right at the top of the ranks throughout the season. The A-main and the series championship came right down to the end of the race, where King made the pass for the lead, winning the last round of the series and taking the win for the entire JBRL Series in the class.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]