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November 27, 2013

Tresrey Off-Road Race Rd13 – Report

Round 13 of the Tresrey Off-Raod Race was held last weekend at the Twin Ring Honguu in Toyokawa-city, Japan. The track recently received a new astro turf surface and the event marked the first Tresrey race on the newly re-made track. 49 drivers attended in the 2WD class with 39 participants in 4WD. Tresrey driver Kenji Tsuruta (Team Durango) won the 4WD class with Akihiro Kubota in second and Katsuya Hori in third place. In the 2WD class it was Hidetoshi Matsuda (TLR22) who won the race, Kouji Uchiyama came in second place and Hideyuki Iwase completed the podium in third.

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November 26, 2013

Eric Albano doubles at Turkey Dash

A Main Hobbies recently hosted its 2013 Turkey Dash at their indoor track, Outback Raceway in Chico, California. With over 120 entries from across Northern California, the race held out a promise of great racing in all classes. Qualifying started a little differently this year with three rocket-round, heads-up qualifiers. Team Associated’s Eric Albano and Brian Strange both showed their speed, going 1 and 2 into the mains. Strange took the TQ in 4WD Modified and Albano took the TQ in 2WD Modified.

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November 26, 2013

2013 Serpent Korea Race – Report

The third Serpent Korea Race took place at the Hitec Raceway last weekend with many South Korean drivers participated in the two electric and two nitro classes. In 1/8th on-road it was Choi Naksung who took TQ and then went on to win the race in front of Park Yonghun and Choi Sungwon. The 200mm nitro touring class saw Kim Kiyeol taking TQ and the 3rd place in the race while Ku Kibon and Park Kijung finished in 1st and 2nd position respectively. In the Touring Car Modified class pole-setter Kim Sungmin came in 2nd, Kim Dongnyuk took the win with Mun Kimun completing the podium. Last but not least comes the 13.5T Stock class that had TQ Jeong Gugil coming in 1st followed by Kim Wongyung and Ryu Jaeho.

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November 26, 2013

Jerome Sartel wins 2013 Merlin Race

The Merlin Race 2013 took place at the Cartt track in Madrid, host of the 2014 Euros B. Over 135 drivers attended the race that also marked the track reopening and that was one of the biggest races in Spain in the recent years. After qualifying Miguel Matias (TLR) took TQ and in the finals the fight was on between Miguel, Jerome Sartel, Ricardo Monteiro and Daniel Vega until the very last laps. At the end Jerome Sartel (Agama) came in first some 16 seconds in front of Miguel Matias who was hardly chased by Ricardo Monteiro (TLR) who finished less that half a second behind Matias. Daniel Vega (Agama) completed the top 4 only another four seconds behind Ricardo.

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November 26, 2013

Brent Klingforth wins Spec GT at Timezone GP

The 5th annual Timezone Grand Prix was held at Timezone II on a large carpet indoor track. Brent Klingforth (Awesomatix) TQ’d and won the Spec GT class with Awesomatix teammates Jaybee Bryson and Franko Roberts locking out 2nd and 3rd respectively. Awesomatix also took the runner-up spots in the Modified Touring and 17.5T Touring A-mains with Kody Knudtson coming in 2nd in Modified and Brent Klingforth finishing 2nd in 17.5T.

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November 25, 2013

Soren Boy Holst wins Danish National Champs Rd1

First round of the official Danish Indoor Championships was held last weekend in Faxe, on a non-permanent track in a large sports hall. The track had a nice flowing layout, with some technical chicanes and a big sweeper in the middle, and since the same layout had been used for over two years the traction was pretty good right from the start. During Saturday’s practice session it became clear that the battle for the win would be on between Soren Boy Holst, Danni Eyde, Caspar Morgen and Christian Lehm.

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November 25, 2013

2nd annual Gun Smoke Classic – Report

Inland Empire R/C played host for the 2nd Annual Gun Smoke Classic. With over 270 entries and 37 heats, the race was well attended by racers from across the Southwest. Qualifying got underway Saturday with three rounds of rocket-round qualifying that lasted from 9am past 9pm. When the final tone sounded it was Team Associated’s Steven Hartson who dominated qualifying by taking the TQ in 2WD Modified, 4WD Modified and 1:8 Electric. Sunday morning brought about the lower main events where the top two finishers from each lower main advanced to the next main. The highlight here was Nick Wautlet, who bumped all the way from the 2WD Expert Modified Buggy D main to the A main event. As the A mains got underway, the track continued to evolve and challenge the racers to choose the best combination of tire and additive.

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November 22, 2013

Demirel & Sarafyan win at Izmir track opening race

The opening race of the newly built nitro off-road track near Izmir, Turkey, attracted nearly 30 racers to compete in the 1/8th nitro buggy, truggy and E-buggy classes. The nitro buggy category saw Ahmet Demirel taking the win in front of Nebi Akgün and Tolga Yilmaz while the E-buggy class win went to Alain Sarafyan who was sidelined by Taner Kaya and Cengiz Gökbulut on the podium.

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