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October 11, 2011

Chili Lim wins 2011 Team C cup

The 2011 Team C cup was held in Borneo Limbang, Sarawak last weekend and was a great success attracting racers from all around Malaysia, Brunei, Hong Kong and Taiwan, with around 80 racers in total participating. Qualifying was taken from only 1 qualifying round due to the weather conditions, rain started to pour down in late afternoon. Serpent racer Chili Lim was out of luck in his heat, despite being one of the fastest on the track, his only run being ruined by by a loose ball joint causing him to retire after the 3rd lap meaning he would end up 2nd from last. The event ran a Christmas tree format so Chili will need to bumps up from the lowest final and after racing for 105 minutes Chili manage to book himself a place in the final in 2nd position. In the 1 hour main final Chili managed to gain the lead in the early stages and after that started slowly pulling away from the rest of the pack. He would win by 2 laps from Alvin Lam in 2nd and Tommy 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 11, 2011

Henriksen wins Danish 1/8th Nationals

The last round of the Danish 1/8th scale nationals was run at ODRC club in Odense. The track is small and has no space for error’s so it’s technically challenging to drive 1/8 on this track and it’s normally very slippery too. There was some rain overnight and it actually cleaned the track so the grip was better on Sunday. After 5 rounds Shepherd driver Henrik Christensen was leading with only 2 points, and the Danish point system also gives points for TQ, so when fellow Shepherd-Novarossi racer Jon Pedersen took the TQ on Saturday there was only one point between 1st and 2nd place. He took the pole-position in front of Henrik Christensen and Mikael Skals in third position.

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October 11, 2011

Giannis Sotiropoulos claims Greek 200mm title

Giannis Sotiropoulos has taken yet another victory in Greece with his Serpent 733 TE, this time at the last round of the Greek championship. Taking the win by over a lap from second, Giannis had carried forward his qualifying pace, where he was able to claim pole position, into the main final and could lead the race from beginning to end. With this victory Giannis Sotiropoulos was able to secure the 2011 Greek 1/10 nitro on-road National title.

Image: RC World [rc-world.gr]

October 10, 2011

Mike Blackstock wins 1/12th 13.5 at IIC

The IIC (International Indoor Championships) is one of the most competitive and prestigious on road RC race events in the world. Conceived and run by race director extraordinaire Scotty Ernst, the annual IIC pulls the top racing talent from all around the globe. The contest takes place on a world-class carpet track where racers battle it out to see who has the right stuff to come out on the top. The IIC is RC onroad racing at its best and is definitely worth checking out. In the 1/12th scale class it was Team Associated’s Mike Blackstock that won the 13.5 class running his RC12R5.1 with the new LiPo conversion kit.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

October 10, 2011

Andrej Talalov wins title in Ukraine

Andrej Talalov, driving his Serpent 811 Cobra, has claimed the 2011 Ukrainian National Championship. Round 1 of the series saw Andrej take a dominating victory, while in round 2 against some tough competition Andrej could only manage 2nd spot. In the final round he once again came out on top to claim the title ahead of Mugen driver Chernega Evgeny in 2nd and Rudoy Maksim driving a Durango in 3rd.

October 9, 2011

Clean sweep for Naoto Matsukura at 2011 IIC

This weekend saw the annual IIC take place in Las Vegas, with a record entry of over 400 participants making their way to the Riviera Hotel for this carpet on road event. In the blue ribboned events, modified TC and modified 1/12th, it was Yokomo factory driver Naoto Matsukura who took top honours in qualifying in both classes against a World Class field including 3 TC World Champions and a whole host of other top talent from Europe, Asia and of course North America. In TC it was Naoto from Ronald Volker, with Marc Rheinard, Alexander Hagberg and Vikto Wilck completing the top 5, while in 1/12th it was Naoto from Juho Levanen, Ronald Volker, Keven Hebert and Paul Lemieux. In the TC final Naoto was never challenged, setting the fastest lap on the way to the win by just over 2 seconds from Yokomo team mate Volker, with Taniya team driver Viktor Wilck claiming 3rd. In the 1/12th scale class, as back to back World Champion Matsukura again showed a clean pair of heals to the rest of the field as he won the 8 minute encounter by nearly 6 seconds in front of the Associated pairing of Keven Hebert, who briefly held the lead, and Mike Blackstock, the pair separated by just 3 tenths of a second.

View the TC & 1/12th podiums here

October 8, 2011

Asian Touring Series Pilot Race announced

Following on from the success of the Euro Touring Series, organizers Scotty Ernst and Uwe Rheinard will be bringing their successful formula to the Far East for the Asian Touring Series. Based on the same formula that has been so successful in Europe, the ATS will also focus on the fun and joy of touring car racing. The team will remain the same with Red RC and chief time keeper Hartmut Wenzel joining Scotty and Uwe in Asia and together we plan to show everyone how much fun & excitement one can have at one of our events.

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October 7, 2011

Andrew Smolnik wins 4th Annual Fall Brawl

This years 4th Annual Fall Brawl in Maplesville, Alabama provided great weather and some even better racing. Agama Team Drivers Alan Burton, Coty Ingram and Andrew Smolnik were on hand to showcase the Agama A8 buggies in the 1/8th Nitro Pro Buggy class. The Snake Pit Layout was hard packed red Georgia clay and with the track run dry the blue groove formed and traction was plentiful. Alan Burton and Andrew Smolnik had an epic battle throughout the 45 minute A final with Smolnik coming out on top taking the win while Burton finished in a respectable 2nd overall.

Source: Hobby Pro [hobbyprousa.com]