June 22, 2014

BRCA 1/8th on-road nationals Rd4 – Report

BRCA 1/8th on-road nationals Rd4 – Report

The 4th round of the 2014 BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was held at the Adur circuit to the South of London. This track this the smallest on the current calendar and in relation to Formula One, this is like being at Monaco since the true potential of a current 1/8th scale car is never realised to its maximum. With all the championship contenders present except for Bancroft who was preparing for the ENS, the competition up front would be close. Mark Green was present and alongside him was Joaquin Desota from the USA who is in England on business. Desota is well known since his father operates Serpent America and is a regular top finalist in his country so he comes with a big reputation and should challenge the current drivers but he would have to start in heat 1 due to having no ranking points.

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June 22, 2014

Matsukura wins 2WD at Indoorground RC Masters

Matsukura wins 2WD at Indoorground RC Masters

The Indoorground RC Masters race is run this weekend as part of the Mondial du Modelisme fair in Paris. The race sees the some of the fastest French drivers battle it out with European and international stars such as Yokomo’s Naoto Matsukura and Shin Adachi or fast UK Schumacher drivers Tom Cockerill and Danny McGee. In the 2WD qualification, run on Saturday, Naoto Matsukura made a clean sweep easily taking TQ in front of Danny McGee and Shin Adachi. Nicolas Risser (Team C) and Tom Cockerill completed the top 5. In the final it was again Naoto who came out successful while his teammate Shin Adachi moved up one spot to 2nd. Tom Cockerill grabbed the final podium spot in 3rd while Danny McGee had to settle for 4th. With the 2WD class being run now the event will see the 4WD buggies pulled out today.

Source: Indoorground RC Master [aecmodelclub.fr] | Image: Junko Motojima

June 21, 2014

Phend does TQ double at US Nationals

Phend does TQ double at US Nationals

Despite the best efforts of defending Truggy Champion Ty Tessmann, Dakotah Phend completed the TQ double at the US National Championships in Hutto, Texas.  Needing to take the final qualifier, Tessmann did just that but on tie break the HB driver, who is chasing a hat trick of titles in the class, lost out by 3/10ths of a second to Phend.  A rough round for Phend, the Q1 & 2 pace setter only 4th fastest, it was Kyosho’s Cody King who would post the second fastest time behind Tessmann.  Also enjoying his best round of qualifying, Xray’s Josh Wheeler completed the Top 3.

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June 21, 2014

Phend rolls his way to Buggy TQ at US Nats

Phend rolls his way to Buggy TQ at US Nats

Dakotah Phend literally rolled his way to becoming Top Qualifier at this year’s US National Championship taking the third qualifier at Thornhill Racing Circuit despite running out of fuel coming out of the final corner.  Benefiting from the hill off the last corner’s step down, the Team Losi Racing star would take the penultimate qualifier from Q1 pace setter Ty Tessmann by 1.255 seconds, the HB’s driver himself after problems with a late mistake.  With the tie-breaker being the combined times of the two best runs, even if Tessmann was to take the final qualifier his running out of fuel in Q1 which cost him from going 10 laps means Phends two 10-lap TQ runs can’t be beaten.  Behind the two early title favourites, Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield backed up his Q2 performance by again completing the Top 3.

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June 21, 2014

First TQ run for champion Tessmann in Q3

First TQ run for champion Tessmann in Q3

Defending US National Truggy Champion Ty Tessmann claimed his first TQ run this morning at Thornhill Racing Circuit when he narrowly outpaced yesterday’s qualifying dominator Dakotah Phend in Q3.  With the two drivers running almost identical lap times, Tessmann with a 44.764 compared to Phend’s 44.778, the pair where separated by 1.2 second at the end of the 7-minute qualifier.  The championship’s most successful driver, Ryan Maifield, who has been Truggy Champion 3-times, enjoyed a good start to Day 2 of qualifying after a disappointing day yesterday as he completed the Top 3.

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June 21, 2014

Phend holds overnight TQ at US Nationals

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Dakotah Phend leaves the Thornhill Racing Circuit as the overnight provisional TQ holder of both Truggy and Buggy after concluding the opening day of qualifying with his first TQ run in buggy. Having topped both Truggy qualifiers, the 17-year-old would transfer that form to buggy topping the day’s final heat as he became the first driver to run a 10-lap pace in the championship premiere class. Third fastest in Q1, Phend topped the Q2 timesheets from another of the country’s young guns with Carson Wernimont taking his Mugen to the second fastest time. Having struggled in the opening qualifier, former Champion Ryan Maifield would take his Associated to the third fastest time while for defending Champion Adam Drake it was again a slow run as he posted only the 15th fastest time.

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June 21, 2014

Another TQ run for Phend

Another TQ run for Phend

Dakotah Phend repeated his opening qualifying performance at the US National Championships making it two out of two in the truggy class as he again set the TQ pace. A slightly slower run than the morning, the second qualifier would be a repeat of the Q1 Top 3 with the Team Losi Racing driver again fastest from the HB of Ty Tessmann and the Mugen of Carson Wernimont. The biggest improvement of the round would come from Serpent’s Mike Truhe who having being 10th in Q1 would post the 4th fastest time.

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June 20, 2014

Austrian electric on-road nationals Rd2 – Report

Austrian electric on-road nationals Rd2 – Report

The 2nd round of the Austrian electric on-road nationals was held in Laa a.d. Thaya, Lower Austria. Actually this was the first counted event this year, as the opening round had to be cancelled due to bad weather conditions. Overall 39 drivers signed in for the Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock and Formula 1 classes. Good weather conditions and a nice but difficult track layout made for tight racing in the qualification and final rounds.

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