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June 23, 2011

Roenicke & Bastians lead 1/8 Western German championship

Jean-Pierre Roenicke is the new leader in class 1 of the Western German Championship 1/8 nitro on-road following his victory at round three. The race on the new track at Hamm was affected by rain on Saturday and Sunday. Beside Roenicke who switched from Serpent to Mugen only a few weeks ago it was only Serpent racer Ralf Vahrenkamp who started into the wet finale but was one lap down after 30 minutes. Fortunately the qualifying with four heats was run under dry conditions. Michel Salven caught pole position ahead of his Serpent fellows René Puepke and Karl-Heinz Meister with Mugen driver Uwe Baldes on fourth spot but these four racers refused to join the finale under wet conditions to leave Roenicke and Vahrenkamp for a “pas de deux”. In the ranking youngster Roenicke is now leading with 351 points ahead of Uwe Baldes (347). René Puepke is on third (345) followed by Karl-Heinz Meister (341) and Rainer Rosskothen (Mugen/330). So far 17 racers have collected points in class 1.
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June 22, 2011

Adam Drake wins RC Force Challenge

The 2011 RC Force Challenge took place the weekend of June 18-19 2022 and was hosted by Ansan Jungwong Circuit. The facility had containers for racers to pit in, car cleaning station, snack bar, and two tracks. One for 1/10th racing and a larger track for 1/8th nitro racing. When the racing was finished there were lots of free giveaways to racers and spectators which included everything from air-filters to engines and signed wheels and a signed body from Adam Drake. Everyone played rock, paper, and scissors to determine the winners of the prizes. It was TLR / Novarossi driver Adam Drake who dominated qualifying with his 8ight 2.0 buggy. Adam used TLR’s 8ight 2.0 buggy, Novarossi’s BTTS engine and 9901 pipe, Spektrum DX3R Pro transmitter and Losi Digit tires with Losi’s closed cell foam. The final was 60 minutes and Adam’s buggy and engine worked flawless for the entire race and he was able to take home the victory.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

June 22, 2011

Adam Catchpole wins BRCA 200mm Nats Rd4

Last weekend Shepherd UK had a great result at Round 4 of the BRCA Touring Nationals held at Halifax Circuit in the North of England. After Qualification the V10’s of Adam Catchpole and Chris Steele where 3rd and 6th respectively, only a couple of seconds from TQ man Kyle Branson. During the 30 minute A Final Adam took the lead after 5 minutes and never looked back, Chris Steele meanwhile had a great run after a bad start with a 1st lap incident to storm back through the field to finish a fine on 2nd place. To further prove the performance of the V10 Adam had the fastest lap of the Final. Adam now has a commanding lead in the championship of 11 points over his nearest rival which he takes into the next round being held in the Southwest of England at the Mendip Circuit.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 22, 2011

Clean sweep for Evans at Short Course Showdown Rd2

The 2nd visit of the 2011 Short Course Showdown tour took place the weekend of June 18-19 2022 and was hosted by S&N Trackside Hobbies and Raceway in Brookfield, Wi. This world class event featured a vendors row, exhibition XXX-SCB race with the Top Qualifiers from each class and free giveaways to racers and spectators which included everything from hats to full kits. It was Losi Driver Dustin Evans who dominated qualifying with both his Losi XXX-SCT and Losi 4wd Ten-SCTE by taking the TQ position in both classes. Dustin found himself in a little trouble early in both mains but came from behind in an amazing driving demonstration to eventually win both classes. Dustin used Orion ESC’s, Spektrum DX3R Pro transmitter, Xcelorin batteries and AKA Wishbone tires on both of his trucks. In the 2wd Stock Short Course class it was Brian Lutz who took the win from the 3rd Qualifying position with his Fantom powered Losi XXX-SCT.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

June 22, 2011

Italian 1/5 scale bike championship Rd2

The second round of the Italian 1/5 scale bike championships was used as preparation race for the World Championships in Lostallo/Switzerland come August. 40 drivers fought out the race in the three classes Nitro, Stock Bike and Superbike. In the nitro category it was Andrea Ottina who was able to claim the highest spot on the podium followed by Massimiliano Ciccacci in second place and Tradii Rolando in third place.

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June 21, 2011

Aaron Lane wins Pro 4 @ JBRL Rd4

TLR and Aaron Lane took home a solid win at the recent fourth round of the 2011 Jimmy Babcock Racing League in Racer’s Haven Bakersfield/CA. Aaron Lane (Losi Ten-SCTE) rocketed to TQ, with Doug Nielsen (Losi Ten-SCTE) in 2nd and Ryan Dunford (Losi Ten-SCTE) in 3rd. Throughout the race, the 3 Ten-SCTEs had a very close battle. Ryan had a few bobbles and dropped back, but made a hard charge to pass Casper for 2nd, and even got close to Lane for the lead. Lane responded with quick laps to take the win. Dunford finished 2nd and Nielsen in 3rd made this an all-Losi podium.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

June 21, 2011

Miguel Fernandez wins Spanish EP regionals Rd2

Last Sunday the second round of the Spanish electric off-road regionals took place at the circuit Tobarra in Albacete. Miguel Fernandez (Kyosho RB5 SP2) took TQ after winning three of the five qualifying rounds followed by Raul Solano (TLR 22) and Gabriel Lopez (Kyosho RB5 SP2). Come the finals Miguel was able to conserve his qualifying performance taking a clear win from runner up Raul Solano and Hector Albarracin (TLR 22).

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June 21, 2011

TRCCA Taiwan on-road nationals Rd2

Last weekend the second round of the Taiwan on-road national championship series took place in Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan. The race was held at the large and technical Er-Chong Public RC Race Track with its 90 metre long straight and great combination of curves and hair pin corners that make it very high speed and challenging. The weather was sunny and perfect for the race but the high ambient temperate together with the difficult track made it extremely tough on both man and machine. The event attracted a total of around 90 hobby enthusiasts to participate in the three different race categories 1/8 GP, 1/10 GP and 1/10 EP. In 1/8 GP it was local phenomenon Wang Sang-Chun who took the TQ honour and went on to win the 30 minutes final at his home track. His only challenge came from second placed driver Jones Chu, but only for the first 16 minutes before Jones stripped the front belt of his RX8. Afterwards Wong cruised to the victory followed by Chi Hwa-Sheng 1 lap down in 2nd and Chang Jia-Ming another 6 laps down in 3rd position.

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