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April 19, 2014

Asian On Road Championships Rd1 – Day 2 Report

Asian On Road Championships Rd1 – Day 2 Report
With a morning filled with 3 full rounds of practice, racers were able to really dial in their cars, drop their lap times, and kick up their consistency. Times in the 11-12 second range were common in the stock class, while 1/12th scale and modified sedan were able to dip the times below the 10 second mark. Staying focused on the tight and twisting layout is the key to success as the track will reach up and bite you if your attention wains.

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April 18, 2014

Asian On Road Championships Rd1 – Report

Year two of the Asian On Road Championships is kicking off this weekend with the opening round of the 2014 season starting off at the brand new RCI V2 On Road racing facility in Shanghai, China. The five race series will travel to as many countries with stops in China, Malaysia, Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan. The AOC’s focus is on having fun in an organized event, with simple rules, great friendships and exciting racing.

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April 18, 2014

Jörn Neumann sweeps Petit RC Race

The 8th Annual Petit Race was held this past weekend in Dortmund, Germany. This race was part of the largest Toy Fair in Europe with over 88,000 consumers passing by over 5 days. This years track layout was very flowing and contained many difficult jump sections. Drivers from Germany, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Poland made the trip for this great event.

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April 17, 2014

Blake Boggs triples at Jamie Rogers Memorial Race

This past weekend the first annual Jamie Rogers Memorial race was held in Flowood, Mississippi. Jamie passed away in January due to a fatal heart attack while attending Flowood’s “January Jam” race. Around 150 racers from the surrounding states joined together to remember a fallen hero in the RC community. Bubba Barham, race director, did a great job for Jamie’s son Ty and his Mother, Melissa. FRC had many sponsors donating product to be raffled off to raise money for Ty and his family, with close to $4,000 raised.

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April 17, 2014

Hupo Hönigl doubles at Grand Prix of Russia

The Grand Prix of Russia 2014 was held at the huge Crocus Expo Facility in Moscow with almost 250 entries. The very well organised event was part of a huge hobby show and attracted thousands of hobbyists and spectators. The track was a typical European carpet track with wooden jumps and obstacles and due to the amount of drivers each class only had one 2 minute practise run, making it difficult for drivers to adapt to the track. In 1/8th E-Buggy and 2WD Modified Buggy Team C’s Hupo Hönigl was to take TQ and win beating Shin Adachi (Yokomo) and Jörg Tiit (Serpent) in 2WD while in E-Buggy Dmitry Malyshko took the runner-up spot. Elsewhere in 4WD Modified Buggy Shin came in 1st followed by Hupo and Jörg.

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April 17, 2014

Bruno Coelho wins Portuguese TC nats Rd1

The first round of the Portuguese electric touring car nationals was held at the Coimbra track. Bruno Coelho took the TQ and win with virtually no practice at all as he only arrived on Sunday. Behind him Joao Malveiro and Helder Silva came in 2nd and 3rd respectively to complete the podium.

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April 17, 2014

Rizzo, Schär & Lehnerr take 1/10 podium in Switzerland

The first round of the Swiss nitro on-road nationals not only saw the running of the 1/8th on-road class but also a 1/10th 200mm sedan race was held. The final saw Capricorn’s Marco Rizzo taking the win from Traugott Schär (Xray) and Christian Lehnerr (Xray). Marco Reiser completed the top 4 result.

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April 16, 2014

Spanish 1/8th on-road nationals Rd1 – Report

Carlos Peracho won the first race of the 2014 Spanish 1/8th on-road national championship held past week in Madrid at the ARCA circuit. The pole position after the qualifiers went to reigning champion Nacho Lopez, while the superpole – after the semifinals – was achieved by fast Joaquin Signes. In the final Carlos Peracho (Shepherd/Picco) came in first in front of Victor Gonzales who ran a perfect race but was later on disqualified due to the fuel tank of his car being to large. Carlos’ problems handed Sergio Montesinos (Mugen/Novarossi) the runner-up spot while Sergio Rivas (Serpent/Novarossi) completed the podium.

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