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August 24, 2011

Meen V wins 1/10th Rd3 in Thailand

The 3rd round of the RCCA Thailand 1/10th 200mm National Championships took place last weekend at RC Addict in Bangkok, host of next year’s World Championships. Qualifying saw KM Racing driver Meen V take the TQ spot with his H-K1 chassis and he would convert that pace into a race win, setting the fastest lap of the event on the way to the checkered flag. Paphon would take 2nd spot with Gem completing the podium in 3rd both driving the Xray NT1.

Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]

August 23, 2011

Kinwald & Hartson win at Short Course Showdown Rd3

The third leg of the Short Course Showdown series stopped at West Coast R/C Raceway in La Mirada, CA, this past weekend, just a few miles from many of the top manufacturers in the world. Team Associated sent out Steven Hartson, Brian Kinwald, Clint Wachter, Jonny Wachter, Sean Cochran and Team Manager Brent Thielke to represent and compete for the titles. With other top pros from multiple companies in attendance, the event was stacked with a deep level of talent.

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August 23, 2011

2012 DHI Cup set for Onroad & Offroad

The organisers of the DHI Cup, who announced that last January was their last event, were in touch to tell us that they are back and will run both onroad and offroad together in the Stadium Arena Fyn in Odense, Denmark on the 6th to 8th of January. The international race scene has changes a lot since the first DHI-CUP back in 2001, so now they think it is also time to do something different. For the first time a big international indoor race will do both offroad and onroad on 2 different tracks, that will be 32 x 22 meters. So you will be able to compete in both classes or all classes if you like and have enough cars. They hope to have drawings of the Stadium Arena and the tracks in a couple of weeks.

Source: DHI Cup [facebook.com]

August 23, 2011

Drake heads home Losi Top 5 at Summer Sizzle

This past weekend ARC Raceway held their Summer Sizzle race which attracted over 100 entries including some of So Cal’s best drivers. Adam Drake, Richard Saxton, Josh Alton, Matt Castellano, Drew Moller, Ronda Drake and Matt Schreffler were in attendance. TLR / Novarossi driver Adam Drake TQ’d both rounds of qualifying, while second on the grid was TLR teammate Matt Castellano. The start of the final was action packed with many lead changes. At one point Drake and Castellano were shuffled as far back as fifth or sixth. About the seven minute mark Drake resumed the lead for the final time and didn’t look back. Drake went on to win the 30 minute final by almost one lap followed by TLR teammates Castellano, Schreffler, Moller, and Ballow.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

August 22, 2011

Moore & Anderson take BRCA titles with Rd4 wins

The fourth round of this seasons BRCA touring car series saw the 2011 title decided with one round to go, both classes going to Hot Bodies drivers in the form of Andy Moore in Super Touring and Ayrton Anderson in the 10.5 stock class. Elliott Harper took TQ with his Tamiya in Super Touring but it was a hard charging Andy Moore that came through from fourth on the grid to take the win ahead of Schumacher’s Chris Grainger and Elliott Harper, Olly Jefferies and Chris Kerswell completed the top five for Associated and Serpent.

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August 22, 2011

Matt Chambers wins Colorado State Nitro Champs

TLR drivers Matt Chambers and Lars Johnson attended the 8th annual Colorado State Nitro Championships at RAT Raceway in Denver, CO. Both Lars and Matt competed in the Expert 1/8 Nitro buggy division and qualified 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the main event both Lars and Matt ran into trouble early on but battled back. Matt took the lead around the 30 minute mark and never looked back; taking the win and his 3rd 1/8th buggy state championship. Lars ran into an issue with a tire coming unglued early in the race but was able to take the final spot on the podium for the Expert Buggy Division. Two TLR privateers, Chris Aretakis and Sam Ford, also had a great weekend with their TLR vehicles. Chris took the win in the Open Truggy A-main and Sam took the TQ and win in the Open Electric buggy A-main.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

August 21, 2011

Kyle Branson wins BRCA 1/8th Rd6

Round 6 of the BRCA 1/8th Championship was the second visit to the Brooklands circuit in Kent. The track looked in excellent condition with after remedial works to remove bumps on the infield straight, but the bumps at the end of the straight remained but did not cause any major problems. The weather forecast was for a bright Saturday, with showers Sunday morning and then a dry day thereafter. Saturday allowed drivers to find the ideal setup and strategy for the 5 mins qualifying. With almost every engine manufacture now designing engines to 7mins EFRA qualifying requirements makes it increasingly impossible for UK drivers to complete 5 mins and therefore a stop for fuel on fast circuits is now generally the case by the top drivers.

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August 20, 2011

Pietsch completes dream debut for MTX-5

Robert Pietsch has given Mugen’s new MTX-5 the dream debut by convincingly winning the 200mm European Championships in Ettlingen Germany. The race was only ever between Pietsch and Dirk Wischnewski but a flame out during the former Champion’s tyre stop in the middle of the race effectively put the Xray driver a lap down on his fellow countryman. After a long battle with Biagio Spataro, who retired after fuel got into his electrics, Finland’s Teemu Leino completed the podium.

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