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October 13, 2013

DHI Cup 2014 – Announcement

The 2014 DHI Cup will be held from the weekend of the 10th to 12th of January 2014 in Odense, Denmark. As in previous years there will also be an off-road race run alongside the traditional touring car race. The classes will be Touring Car Modified and “blinky” 13.5T Super Stock with LRP motors. Off-Road will be run in 2WD and 4WD. The race will be under control of Hartmut Wenzel and David Church and registration opens Monday the 14th of October on myrcm.com. More information can be found here.

October 12, 2013

Elliott Boots wins 2WD at Silverstone Winter Series

The first round of the hotly contested Silverstone Winter Series took place at the Silverstone Model Car Club. In the 2WD class Kyosho’s Elliott Boots took TQ and went on to win the A final with Kevin Lee and Nathan Waters completing the podium. Callum Niblett came in fourth with Tom Yardy and David Burton in tow.

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October 12, 2013

Perfect race nets Sahashi World title

A perfect 60-minute display of driving netted Tadahiko Sahashi the 1:8 Onroad World title this evening in Japan. Making his World Championship final debut, the Serpent driver cruised to victory to becomes the 11th driver to lift the biggest prize in the sport’s oldest category taking a comfortable win over the Mugen/OS pairing of Takaaki Shimo and Atsushi Hara. The 19th running of the World Championship, Sahashi’s win marks Italian manufacturer Picco’s first World title in the sport’s Formula One category and the first title for Serpent since 1997. In the pitlane it was Picco’s Eduardo Picco and Serpent designer Michael Salven who ensured perfect fuel & tyre stops en route to the 24-year-old taking a hugely popular win.

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October 12, 2013

Sahashi on pole for World Championship Final

Team Serpent’s Tadahiko Sahashi will start the 1:8 Onroad World Championship final at KeiTune Racing Speedway in Japan from pole position after the Top Qualifier took a faster win in the second Semi-Final than Takaaki Shimo managed in opening 30-minute encounter. Starting from the front Sahasi lead from start to finish, the only blotch in the near perfect run being the loss of a rear wheel off his Picco powered 977 when he was released from his tyre stop. Such was the Japanese drivers lead however once the rest of the field completed their tyre stops he was back in front eventually taking the win by over a lap from Atsushi Hara and HB’s Teemu Leino. The story of the race however was the recovery drive from European Champion Jilles Groskamp.

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October 12, 2013

1:8 Onroad to crown all new World Champion

The sport’s oldest and founding class is to crown an all new World Champion this evening in Japan as the only former World Champion Adrien Bertin exited from the event in the first of the Semi Finals. Starting from 5th on the grid the KM Racing driver lasted just 2 and a half minutes of the half hour final when he was forced out with a broke steering servo saver. Up front and booking his place in the race that will decide the 19th World Champion, Mugen/OS driver Takaaki Shimo controlled the race from start to finish only dropping from the top of the timing screens when he made a full tyre change.

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October 11, 2013

Worlds Semi final line up complete

The line up for tomorrow’s Semi-Finals at the 1:8 Onroad World Championship is complete as Day 6 in Japan ended with a dramatic 1/4A Final that saw Atsushi Hara claim the final bump up spot to progress to the big day at the misfortune of Serpent’s Michael Salven. A controlled race from the pole position starting HB of Teemu Leino saw the 200mm World Championship Top Qualifier take a very comfortable 12 second win over the Shepherd of former finalist Oliver Mack.

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October 11, 2013

Argentina loses 200mm World Championship

IFMAR Sign

Argentina will not be hosting next year’s 1:10 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Championship. The decision was made this morning at the IFMAR AGM which is taking place at the 1:8 Onroad World Championships in Japan. With only a single application from a track not too far from venue of last year’s troubled 1:8 Offroad World Championship, the Pros & Cons of hosting the race near Buenos Aires were discussed with it decided that in the best interest of the class the race be relocated. With no FAMAR representative traveling to Japan to attend the AGM it was voted that the WC would be awarded to FEMCA. Hosts of last year’s Worlds in Thailand, where Meen Vejrak claimed the title, FEMCA accepted and will now start to gather applications from the 15 countries which they represent. 1:10 Nitro Touring Car is at a critical point with numbers struggling and moving the race should be viewed positively by the small number of manufacturers still supporting the class.

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October 10, 2013

2013 ROAR Region 4 Off-Road Champs – Report

For 2013 the ROAR Region 4 Off-Road Championships were held just outside of Orlando in Sanford, FL, at the popular Holeshot Raceway. Kris James and company put in the effort to ensure a great event with a technical inspection duo, constant track maintenance and race announcing courtesy of Lance MacDonald. The stage was set for a relatively serious event while roughly 160 entries filled the facility and parking lot for the once a year Florida showdown. Qualifying started briskly on Saturday morning with the 1st of 3 qualifiers to determine positioning for the main events. JR Mitch and Billy Easton were some of the fastest drivers during the first round of qualifying in the 2WD modified class and rose to the top each round showing consistency.

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