The 2011 ROAR Carpet On Road Nationals are in the books, and we saw two familiar faces at the top of the modified classes: Paul LeMieux and Josh Cyrul. In modified touring car, it is no surprise to see Paul LeMieux add yet another victory to his growing list of wins in the class. Beyond LeMieux, there were two big surprises in the finishing order, though. Ty Tessman and Eric Albano put on a great showing this weekend that few would have expected.

Tessmann, who is known for his nitro off road talent, qualified second in the highly competitive Modified Touring Car class. Eric Albano stepped it up and looks to be making a name for himself also. Albano finished second to LeMieux in the first two A Mains, and won the third A Main (Paul sat the third A Main out because he already locked up the win in the first two). Rounding out the top three, was Kevin Hebert.

In the pan car classes it was no surprise to see Josh Cyrul at the top of the charts. He topped the field by taking both the TQ honors and the overall win in Modified 1/12th Scale and World GT

Aside from the racing action, the story of the weekend could quite possibly be the disqualification of many drivers and one manufacturers removal from the event for using illegal software in their speed controls in the non timing class.

Brushless motor ESC company ORCA was not able to get their new speed control approved by ROAR prior to the event because it didn’t provide true zero timing according to ROAR specification. According to ROAR, ORCA was informed prior to the event that they would not be able to use this new software. After two rounds of qualifying, ROAR determined that the ORCA team was in fact using the new software in an older model ESC that had been previously approved.

All drivers using the ESC had their first two rounds disqualified, but were allowed to continue competing in the event because they did not know about the change. All people associated with the company were disqualified from the event completely.

By LiveRC

By a unanimous vote of the ROAR Executive Committee, the rule related to the maximum width of short course class tires shall remain undefined in the class rules, which invokes rule 7.3.7 that states that the tread width may not exceed the width of the wheel. For the 1/10 Short Course 2WD and 4WD categories, the maximum wheel width is 1.65 in (41.9mm) Tires and wheels exceeding these limits will not be legal for use in ROAR competition.

The 1.65 inch wheels and tires are the size that are included with the Slash, which is the vehicle on which the Short Course rules are based. Many trucks that followed it, and many aftermarket wheels and tires are in compliance with this rule already. The Short Course category is one that achieved tremendous success on the basis of its scale appeal, which is the reason the rules are specifically designed to keep the proper dimensions and proportions.

ROAR already has a truck class that features a wider footprint with much wider tires and out of scale bodies. The membership and the market are overwhelmingly in favor of not making the short course trucks more and more like the current 1/10 racing trucks, which is the reason there will continue to be a lot of scrutiny for items related to this class.

Although a wider width was considered in the provisional rules, when the rules were finally published, the width was omitted essentially confirming the tread width must remain within the width of the wheel. The rule published today does not change the current rules, but rather clarifies it to avoid any confusion.

By LiveRC

This weekend has been one of the best of the season for Mugen racing team, 3 races at the most important Regional Championships and 3 victories for Mugen. Best Spanish drivers were at those races as Robert Batlle, Patxi Peñas, Bryan Baldo, Ignacio Candel, Carlos Pineda, Carmelo Baldo, Juanma Vera all Top 20 in Spainsh Championship, and finally all the races were dominated by Mugen.

From Playmodel 1000, Mugen distributor for Spain, we want to congratulate Mugen Europe and our manager Carlos Seguí for the great job done in Spain to make Mugen become the most used, most selled and best racing team in Spain. Catalunya success for Penas, Levante success for Baldo, Andalucia success for Martin and 9 Mugen in the Final @ Levante!

By BuggySport and Mugen