UPDATED: 10/28/2011
In Truggy, Kendall decided to run Hybrids in Green compound on the Elevated wheel. This tire gave Kendall unmatched bite and consistency as he was able to TQ all three rounds of qualifying and also achieve a 14 lap run, something no one else accomplished the entire weekend.
1/8th Truck Main:
When the tone went off Kendall didn’t get a good run up on the double and dropped back to 2nd for the first lap. After the first lap Kendall was able to regain the first place position and stretch out to a commanding lead. He continued to pick off drivers and had lapped the field around the first pit stop. After it was all said and done, Kendall had 4-5 laps up on the field.
1/8th Buggy Main:
Kendall decided to run The JConcepts Hybrid Tires in Green compound for the Buggy Main. Starting first on the grid Kendall never lost the lead from that point. During the race he had around a 17-18 second lead the whole race. The tires stayed consistent the whole race and Kendall said he never felt them wearing off or losing bite and he also noted the tires had hardly wore after the 30 minute A-Main.
After calculating the points for the Buggy class and with another win, Kendall was able to clinch that Championship as well. Making it a clean sweep in the SCT, Truggy, and Buggy class. This is Kendall’s 4th consecutive MNRC Buggy Championship.
Sarafyan wins Turkish Offroad Championships - Tekin Race Report
The race was scheduled from July 3rd ending September 4th. The 4 stage event as hosted by Snappy Raceway in Istanbul / Turkey.
Jeremy "PG" Potter dominates at Mapston Memorial! - Tekin Race Report
Held in Spokane Washington the 11th Annual Dave Mapston Memorial race was held October 21-23rd.
In 1/8 Buggy Jeremy Potter would dominate Rd1 qualifying by over 18 seconds. Rd 2 was no different other than he managed a 24 second gap with his Tekin Powered Hotbodies Ve8! Jeremy would sit out Rd3 and focus on the triple A mains. While leading in A1 Jeremy suffered a mechanical (skid plate) he would come back with a vengeance in Rd 2 taking the overall win by lapping all the way up to 2nd place. In A3 Jeremy would again put down lap times that would allow him to lap up to 5th to take the overall win. Team Tekin would power the Top 8 in e-buggy with Rx8's and T8 motors.
TQ & 1st Place Jeremy Potter Ve8, Rx8 & 1900 T8
2nd Place: John Karschney Mugen Eco, RX8 and T8
3rd Place: Mike Dana RC8Be, RX8 and T8
Other Tekin Results:
1/10 Mod Truck
TQ & 1st place: Jordan Hestness: AE T4, RS Esc and Redline 8.5
4wd SCT
1st place: Christopher Reynolds, Durango DESC 4x4. Pro 4 4000KV motor
2nd place: Nick Beuchler, AE 4x4. RX8 and SC4x 4.5
3rd place: Shane Preugschat, Losi SCTE. RX8 and SC4x 4.5
Branham at the Southern Nationals - Hobby Pro USA Report
Jason Branham has been getting quicker and quicker as he gets acclimated to his Agama A8 buggy. We look forward to seeing him in action at the RC Pro Finals early next month!
Barry Petit wins at the Southern Nationals! - JConcepts Race Report
It was clear at the start of qualifying that the track was beginning to get bumpy which forced drivers to adjust racing lines and vehicle setups to match the conditions. Barry Pettit, Ryan Lutz and Josh Wheeler were among the drivers recording TQ runs battling for overall TQ. Barry Pettit and Jason Ruona secured the TQ in the 1/8th E-buggy and E-truck classes running the green compound Hybrids and Punisher body combination.
The A-finals were scheduled as the last races of the day and track conditions were changing sending drivers scrambling for traction and consistency. The JConcepts Hybrids were the hot tire heading into the finals with 8 of the 15 trucks on the Hybrids and Elevated wheel combination in the Pro 1/8th truck A-main.
At the start of the Pro 1/8th truck A-main Josh Wheeler took the early lead with Barry Pettit in 2nd and Ryan Lopez in 3rd. The top 3 drivers were somewhat even all running on JConcepts Hybrids and began to stretch the gap to 4th place. Pit strategy was a factor between Josh and Barry while Josh was running a 7:30 strategy Barry was on a 9:00 pace.
During the mid-point of the race it was clear Barry was gaining some momentum and had pulled within only a few seconds of Josh. A few mistakes by Josh allowed Barry to take the lead and another pit stop by Josh allowed Barry to have a clean track out front and with a pit stop advantage. Barry continued to push the pace with his Mugen MBX6-T truggy and opened up a large gap. Disaster struck Wheeler’s truck when a universal axle popped out due to a collision with lap traffic and pit lane. With Wheeler out of the race Pettit cruised the last 2 minutes and took the largest win of his short R/C racing career. Ryan Lopez finished 2nd and Josh Glancy 3rd.
Barry’s winning Mugen MBX6-T was decked out with JConcepts all weekend. Punisher body, Hybrids tires in green compound mounted on Elevated wheels provided the accessory lift on the winning ride.
A huge thank you must go to the management crew behind the Southern Nationals. Jason Correro and Jeff Gray put on an event to remember at an amazing facility. Thanks for the racers and event sponsors for making everything possible.
JConcepts double win in South Africa - JConcepts Race Report
Leigh ran two classes, 2wd Buggy and Truck and was able to secure wins in both. Running JConcepts Bar Codes in Orange Compound gave Leigh the perfect combination for the fast, smooth and very hot surface of the Bushveld track.
Leigh also shared some great photos of the local wildlife he encountered during his stay in South Africa. 
Leigh sent us this note about his trip;
“I had an awesome time and met some great people. This trip was not all about racing and I also got the opportunity to see some of the wildlife that makes South Africa a wonderful place. Finally I would like to thank Jaco and Melanie Van Eeden from JRC Models, Polokwane for their assistance during my trip and making my stay possible.”
Jeremy Felles is the ROAR Region 8 Champ! - Tekin Race Report
Curtis Doors win Castle Classic - Proline Race Report
Curtis was running his JQ Products buggy in the Expert Buggy A-Main event when a flame out ended him up with a 2nd place finish. Curtis used Sniper M3 tires for his podium in Buggy.
2011 RC Oktoberfest - Team Associated Race Report
As the A-Main finals began, Raffy Abello slowly crept up the field, having started from the back of the grid. Within 5 minutes, the RC8.2 was already leading the A Main. Throughout the 45-minute finals, the RC8.2 kept the lead for more than a combined 30 minutes over the seconnd placer Jordan Go, who was the National Champion (of the Philippines). In the end, Raffy Abello with his RC8.2 scored the first inaugural win for the team in the Philippines with Jordan secondnd and Nani Tagle at third with a convincing 1-lap lead.
A great win for the A-Team in the new outing for the RC8.2!
Kenji Osaka wins Japanese Nationals - Mugen Race Report
Dirtinator lays down the law at SIGP - Team Associated Race Report
The 9th annual Southwest Indoor Grand Prix, hosted by Tucson, AZ's Competition Hobbies, should be re-named as the BK Invitational. Team Associated's Brian Kinwald owns this track and went on a tear, TQ'ing 14 of the 16 rounds of qualifying among 2WD Modified, Modified Truck, Pro2 and Pro4.
Starting from pole position in everything but Pro4, Kinwald showed the fluid, effortless driving style that helped him win two World Championships in the 90's. Now, almost twenty years later, he's still winning.
With his JConcepts-equipped Team Associated B4.1, Kinwald won the highly contested A1 and A2 to secure the win in the most competitive class ahead of Team Manager Brent Thielke. Never really challenged in Modified Truck or Pro2, Kinwald brought home two more wins, setting the stage for a 4-for-4 weekend.
Starting from second on the grid, Kinwald quickly got by TQ Billy Fischer in Pro4 and laid down the fastest laps of the weekend with his SC10 4x4. A steady and smart drive from The Dirtinator lead him to the victory in the Pro4 class and to completing the event sweep.
Also taking victories for Team Associated, Reedy, LRP, and JConcepts were Richard Lake in the 2WD 13.5 Boosted class and Matt Trimmings in the 2WD 17.5 Non-Boosted class.
The Buggy Radio Angouleme hosted the last round of French National on September 24-25th. Approximately 100 drivers made the trip to this race which would determine the champions in both classes: 4WD and 2WD. The track was pretty bumpy when we got there because of the many events the club organized this season. However, the set-up I was using the previous weekend was already a very good basis for practices.
After some mistakes during qualifications, I managed to qualify 3rd. For the bumpy conditions, I went with more caster to make the car easier to drive, and thicker shock oil for less bouncing in the bumps.
Top 10 after qualifications:
1. Jerôme Aigoin
2. Yannick Aigoin
3. Reno Savoya XRAY XB808'11
4. Jérôme Sartel
5. Nicolas Reynaud
6. Julien Lattanzio
7. Edouard Hugon
8. Jonathan Bacro
9. Renaud Monin
10. Maxime Noble
11. Alexis Clément
12. Quentin Le Gall XRAY XB808
After an epic start with many crashes, I managed to go through and take the lead after 5 minutes. I kept the lead until the end, getting the best time over the 2 semis, and offering my 808 2011 the top spot on the grid for the main final!! Quentin Le Gall managed to secure his bump spot to the main, finishing 4th ahead of Mister B Euro champion Jonathan Bacro.
Unfortunately for me, my plug broke in the warm-up laps, making me start with 2 laps behind. I pushed very hard to come back and managed to get back into 4th in the same lap of the podium!! Unfortunately, I suffered from a flame-out as we pushed the refueling in order to gain some time.
It was a very good weekend for the French XRAY team!
Final result:
1. Jerôme Aigoin
2. Yannick Aigoin
3. Jérôme Sartel
4. Michel Farina
5. Tony Robin
6. Reno Savoya XRAY XB808'11
7. Jonathan Bacro
8. Nicolas Reynaud
9. Quentin Le Gall XRAY XB808
10. Stéphane Deroch
11. Edouard Hugon
A long weekend of some excellent racing has come to a close at the Southern Nationals in Louisiana. Allow me to recap my Durango Trifecta!
In A1 and A2 I got out front and pulled away. Just tried not to crash and to find some smooth lines. I was able to win both mains pretty handily and take the overall victory. I ran SS AKA Gridirons, Tekin 4600 4 pole, and SpeedPower 5300 batteries. All in all it was a winning combination!
In A1 I moved up quickly from my 13th spot on the grid and was in 5th on the first lap. I would continue to work my way up until I was 2nd and closing in on Pettit. He would make a couple mistakes and I would get by and cruise on to a nice victory. In A2 I got a good start again. About 4 laps in I was in 3rd and went over the back ski jump and my battery wire came undone again. This put all the pressure on A3. In A3 I was able to have another good start. Quickly moving up. Pettit had a rough early lap and I got by him about 2 laps in and moved up to 2nd behind Ruona. I drove within inches of his bumper for a lap and he eventually made a mistake and I got buy and cruised on to a nice victory and overall win!
My buggy was pretty good all weekend. I worked hard on figuring out the shock package I wanted to run on the Nitro car and basically just piggy backed my shock set-up onto my E-buggy. In the end it felt decent and I am again pleased at another victory with the soon to be released DEX408.
Nitro Buggy – As always this is the class I really care about with my Durango DNX408. This class had the most competition as all of the South and South Easts best racers were here! I had found a shock package that i liked at Rev last week and I was hoping it would work here as well. As it turns out it was fairly good but it did need some tweeking. There weren’t the same big jumps with flat landings here and it was much rougher thus a softer oil was needed. Also I felt that the rear was packing a little to fast and so instead of running A pistons with 3 holes I went to B pistons with 3 holes and it delayed the pack just enough to go over the rough stuff a little better. In Q1 I would put in a solid run and take the TQ. In round number 2 I had some traffic holding me back and I settled for 2nd behind Branham. Thus in Rd 3 I really wanted a win and 4 laps in I held a 1/2 second lead over Wheeler when I made a mistake and crashed over the big double and the marshall tapped my flywheel. Luckily though Branham wasn’t able to capitalize this time and I took the overall TQ.
Before the main I went down a little further with my PT RC Racing oils in the shocks. Thanks to the small increments I was able to go from 325cst to 300cst and not feel like I was having to make a huge change. The main was a 45 minute concentration fest as finding smooth lines was the name of the game. I started from the pole and my car felt great with the changes I made. It was easy for me to pull away from the pack but then I kept making mistakes and allowing them to keep up with me. I was searching left and searching right trying the jumps in multiple spots until I finally found some smooth lines a couple of inches off of the pipe in most cases. I started to extend my lead still making some mistakes every once in a while but overall putting in some fast solid laps. My Alpha Plus A852 was flying again and my Byrons Fuel 30% kept my tune locked in where I wanted it! I came away in the end with a 20+ second victory over Jason Branham in 2nd on my AKA Soft Gridirons which were dialed for me all weekend!
The new Serpent S120LT took a double podium in the hands of Mark Stiles at round 1 of the BRCA 1/12th scale nationals last weekend.
Saturdays event was for the stock class, with all cars running 10.5 motors in ‘blinky’ zero-timing mode. Olly Jefferies qualified on pole for the A final ahead of multiple world champion David Spashett, who has returned to competition in this class for the first time since 2006. Mark Stiles lined up third for Serpent ahead of his team mate Chris Kerswell and multiple British Champion Andy Griffiths.
Results – Stock
Pos No. Driver Car Laps / Time
1 2 David Spashett CEFX 39 / 488.94
2 3 Mark Stiles Serpent 39 / 489.57
3 1 Olly Jefferies Associated 39 / 491.06
4 5 Andy Griffiths V-Dezign 38 / 480.37
5 4 Chris Kerswell Serpent 37 / 488.10
6 10 Jason Butterfield Associated 37 / 491.70
7 9 Mark Jewitt V-Dezign 36 / 485.00
8 8 Andy Sawyer Corally 36 / 490.08
9 6 Matthew Varah Associated 34 / 449.60
10 7 Mick Farrell CRC 23 / 297.34
Sunday was for open modified cars, with no limits placed on motor or speedo choice. Qualifying saw a similar story to the previous day with Olly taking pole. However, a solid last qualifier saw Mark Stiles take second on the grid with his S120LT ahead of Spashett, Griffiths and Kerswell.
The A final was less of a spectacle than on Saturday, with Olly cruising to a comfortable win and Mark driving a lonely race to finish 2nd. Andy Griffiths completed the podium after a race long battle with Chris Kerswell. Mick Farrell finished 5th for CRC. Mark and Chris were also part of the Horizon Hobby UK team that took the team prize on both days.
Results - Modified
Pos No. Driver Car
1 1 Olly Jefferies Associated
2 2 Mark Stiles Serpent
3 4 Andy Griffiths V-Dezign
4 5 Chris Kerswell Serpent
5 6 Mick Farrell CRC
6 3 David Spashett CEFX
7 9 Andy Sawyer Corally
8 8 Matthew Varah Associated
9 10 Luke Burley Associated
10 7 Jason Butterfield Associated
The event marked an impressive debut for the S120LT, with Mark taking a brace of second places and being unlucky not to win on Saturday and Chris also making both A finals comfortably. Round 2 of the championship takes place in a month’s time.
2011 has been an exciting year for CML drivers Steve Haynes and Darren Johnson.
Between them they have taken an impressive 11 podium places, six of those being 1st place out of the 8 rounds of the Large Scale Off Road National Series! R7 was a punishing podium lockout with Steve, Darren and Gery Doyle taking an FTX 1,2,3 at the Nook Raceway.
Both Steve and Darren have been driving the FTX Punisher, which has proved reliable, agile and competitive, enabling them to achieve 1st and 2nd place overall in the 4wd British Championship facing some stiff competition along the way.
The upgraded 27cc engine has been at the heart of both cars and has provided good reliable performance, having completed the entire seasons racing without missing a beat. It's fair to conclude from the results, that these engines have had anything but an easy life!
In wet conditions, the FTX 'V' Spike tyres have proven to be effective and the FTX 3 degree rear toe block has also been useful keeping the rear of the cars planted under the slippier conditions often found on wet Astro Turf tracks and should be an essential tuning aid in any racers pit box.
500k weight oil has been used at most tracks in the centre differential. This has provided excellent forward drive, whilst helping to minimise the effects of harsh racing conditions on the drive train. More details of Team FTX’s car set-up’s can be found below.
Steve Haynes’s winning set-up sheet for Astro tracks and a good all round base set-up for the FTX Punisher.
Details of the LSOR National series can be found here.
The Team would like to thank all the clubs for their time and effort involved in this year’s National series for a great season. Roll on 2012.
