Current British Champion Lee Martin has topped 4WD Buggy in official practice for the second round of the inaugural TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series. The Tamiya Racing Factory driver set the fastest three consecutive laps at the Black Country Arena in Belgium, ahead of the Schumacher of fellow Brit Tom Cockerill and series leader Joern Neumann.
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Despite having never before seen an astro turf track until he arrived in Belgium yesterday, US Champion Dustin Evans has topped 2WD Buggy practice at the second round of the inaugural TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series presented by Horizon Hobby. The factory TLR driver was the surprise of the four rounds of practice as he ran the fastest three consecutive laps ahead of Tamiya’s Lee Martin and Schumacher’s Tom Cockerill, both of whom have plenty of experience on astro turf.
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TOP Racing are currently working on a Rebel F-1 prototype that was tested during the KRC track opening race in Shenzhen/China. Penny Yip TQ’d and won the F-1 class followed by Frank Ng. TOP will now make use of the experience gained at the race and make further design refinements to the vehicle. Based on the final testing in Japan, TOP may release it for production.
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The RC organisation of Brunei, PEMKAR, recently held an electric on-road race in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. The annual race marks the start of racing season in this region. The venue for this year’s race was the Youth Center Hall that had an indoor carpet track laid out. Some 50 racers joined the race in four classes. The premier class was the Open modified touring car that saw attracted the most racers. The other classes were novice touring car, M-type chassis and Drift. Spec Sweep 32 QTS tyres were used for both touring car classes as well as spec Hobbywing Justock 11.5T combos for the novice TC class.
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The Pacific Cup is a race, in Lima Peru, that has been going on for the last few years and continues to grow each year. This year over 70 racers from all over the World to include the USA, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, Germany and of course Peru attended the event. The race is held on a permanent track next to the Ocean was even broadcasted in the local media and therefore attracted over 2,000 spectators. Because of the good experience made at the recent races the organisers also plan on applying for the 2014 200mm sedan World Championships.
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The organisers of the 2012 Alpe Adria Cup have been in touch to announce their new series. Taking place between April and October, the 4 round series sees races in Slovenia, Croatia, Austria and Italy and features the motto ‘fun, fair racing and friendship’. The series will use a handout tire for both classes giving the same conditions for everyone and helping prevent the use of tire additives. The tires will only be allowed to be put on in parc ferme and there are a limited number of tires for each driver during the event to keep costs down. The Contact, one shore tire will be available trackside at affordable prices. You can find more information about this new series on their official site here.
The ‘Mini Racing Ayrton Senna track’ in Melzo in Italy will play host to the 2012 Motonica Trophy, which will be run on the 17th to 18th of March. Open to 1/8 Onroad, 1/8 Classic and 1/10 Onroad, the race will consist of 4 minute heats and finals for everybody and each participant will receive a free set of tires. Entry is now open on the track website here.
The 2012 Chi-Town Shootout was held this past weekend at Leisure Hours Raceway. Top drivers were in attendance from all over the country making for some great racing and a combined 340 entries made this event a record breaking year. In the 2wd Modified Buggy class, Chad Due started 5th but it wasn’t long before he was well in contention. At the start of the A-main event, Castellano and Hartson got into each other right away letting Root and Horne battle it out for a couple laps in the lead position. Root made a pass and led for several laps until he made a small mistake. Horne and Due were on the move and after Root’s mistake they were now battling for the lead. Due had a small bobble which put him back about a straight-away from Horne. Mid-way through the race the battle for the lead really started to heat up. Due charged up on Horne and applied some pressure and the leader made a small mistake. Due took the lead where he relied on his experience and technique to finish the race off in style. Chad Due crossed the line just before the 6 minute mark to finish on his own with a victory lap.
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