February 21, 2014

Tebo narrowly takes Q2 of Truggy

Tebo narrowly takes Q2 of Truggy

Jared Tebo has TQ’d the second round of qualifying at the Dirt Nitro Challenge, the Kyosho driver topping the time sheets at the Fear Farm in Phoenix, Arizona, by the narrowest of margins from Q1 pace setter Ty Tessmann.  Running in the second fastest heat, Tebo laid down a time of 10/7:22.247 with back to back champion Tessmann best of the runners in the top heat only able to get within .093 of the 2011 Champion.  Mugen’s Carson Wernimont completed the Top 3.

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February 20, 2014

Perfect start to DNC for Tessmann

Perfect start to DNC for Tessmann

Defending Dirt Nitro Challenge Truggy Champion Ty Tessmann got his quest for a third title in a row off to the perfect start as he took his HB to the fastest time in the opening round of qualifying at the Fear Farm in Phoenix, Arizona.  Driving his ‘Ty Tessmann’ edition D8T, the Canadian TQ’d the first of the three qualifiers by just .287 of a second from Team Losi Racing’s Dakotah Phend and Mugen’s Drew Moller.  Unfortunately for last year’s Top Qualifier Adam Drake, the event didn’t start well as he retired from Q1 after suffering a receiver battery failure.

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February 20, 2014

SRC Nitro Race 2014 – Announcement

SRC Nitro Race 2014 – Announcement

Sprint RC announce the 3-race SRC Nitro Race series for 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes. Starting in Bologna on the weekend of the 4th of May, the series is aimed towards drivers of all skill levels as the goal of the organisers is to bring club and pro level drivers together in order to make for a fun, entertaining and educative event for all. The rules are very basic with free tyre choice for all but it is mandatory to run SRC bodies both in the 1/8th and 1/10th class. More information along with the dates can be found here.

February 20, 2014

Drivers try to find their ‘rhythm’ at DNC

Drivers try to find their ‘rhythm’ at DNC

With the first of two rounds of practice that make up the opening day of the action at the 15th running of The Dirt Nitro Challenge completed, Joey Christensen’s 9-pack element of the track seems to the biggest focus of attention for the top drivers as they try to find their rhythm through the challenging section.  With no official timing being issued for the round which took 7-hours to complete, leaving drivers uncertain of where they are in relation to their rivals, most declared the first round of practice a track cleaning exercise and opportunity to shakedown their equipment.

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February 19, 2014

Essex Winter Series Rd5 – Report

Essex Winter Series Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. As this was the penultimate round of the championship, there were chances that both the Stock and Pro Stock overall titles could be decided at the event. But in the Muchmore-backed Modified class, this wasn’t the case, with Elliott Harper missing two early rounds of the season and a variety of different podium finishers in the four events so far. It was Elliott Harper who topped the timesheets in the first round of qualifying, taking his Durango to a time five seconds quicker than Schumacher’s Chris Grainger, who was in turn just a few tenths ahead of his teammate Matthew White. Round two saw Elliott again quickest, this time three seconds ahead of Kyle Branson’s Capricorn and five seconds up on the Schumacher of Paul Pinkney. Elliott secured the overall TQ position by also topping round three, five seconds ahead of Xray’s James Hart, with Paul again taking third. Elliott made it a clean sweep of qualifying by winning the final round also, with Chris Grainger back up to second and James in third. This left Chris second overall, James third and Paul in fourth.

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February 19, 2014

Alex wins at Malaysian nitro on-road series Rd1

Alex wins at Malaysian nitro on-road series Rd1

KM Racing driver Alex has won the first round of the Malaysian national nitro on-road series that took place at the KLIRCC track in Malaysia. After taking TQ Alex won the 45 minute final one lap ahead of Nick Chong. Cik Kree completed the top 3 some further six laps down.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

February 18, 2014

Akio Sobue wins at Speed King Tour 2014 Rd1

Akio Sobue wins at Speed King Tour 2014 Rd1

The first round of the Speed King Tour 2014 took place at the Rajiten Nagoya indoor tarmac track in the Aichi prefecture. Although some top drivers from the Tokyo area, including last year’s “Speed King” Yugo Nagashima, could not attend because of unexpected heavy snow fall, many top works drivers made for a very competitive field. After three rounds of qualifying, young TRF driver Akio Sobue, took the Touring Car Modified TQ at his home track. Another TRF driver Takayuki Kohno, took the second place on the grid followed by Ryosuke Yamamoto. In the A-final Akio got a good start, led the race and ultimately won the race with his TRF418. Takayuki finished second while Shinnosuke Ogino took the final podium spot in third. The next round of the Speed King tour will be held at World Jam Racing in on the 2nd of March.

Source: Speed King Tour [speed-king-tour.blogspot.jp]

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