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March 28, 2011

Brian Kinwald takes 2wd Mod at SCS Rd1

For 2011, Scotty Ernst Productions has taken the Short Course Showdown nationwide. The unique Short Course Showdown Tour gives drivers an opportunity to participate in a Scotty Ernst level event for what is currently the hottest segment in R/C. Stock and Modified 2wd SCT make-up the bulk of the program while the emerging 4×4 SCT’s put down the fastest and wildest runs of the weekend. Coming off a recent A-main finish in the Pro 2 Modified class at the Cactus Classic, Brian Kinwald made the trip to Short Course Showdown round 1 at R/C Excitement in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. With the event producing just under 200 entries of just short course drivers, the R/C Excitement location and facility was second to none while providing a great track, layout and surface for the hungry Short Course contingent.

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March 28, 2011

Mike Truhe takes 4wd Mod SC at Short Course Showdown

Fresh off his 4wd SC win at the 25th Annual Cactus classic, Mike Truhe TQ’s both 2wd and 4wd Modified Short course classes at last weekend’s Short Course Showdown at R/C Excitement in Fitchburg, MA. He then cruised to the victory in the 4wd Modified class by being the only driver to complete 25 laps. This is the 4th event in a row that Mike has dominated the 4wd Mod SC class with his Losi Ten SCT-E. The A-Main featured local “fast” guys and a former Multi World and National Champion. 6 of the 8 drivers in the main chose the Losi Ten SCT-E with fellow Losi Driver Anthony Mazzera finishing on the podium in 3rd. Anthony also took the win in the 17.5 Spec class with is Losi XXX-SCT and team mate Richard Trujillo finishing in 3rd.

Source: Losi [tlracing.com]

March 28, 2011

Nelson Lee wins Rd1 of Singapore Nationals

We received a short note from Singapore that Shepherd/Novarossi racer Nelson Lee has won the first round of the Singapore RCMC National Series. The season opener got underway last weekend and will be the first race out of 8 in total. During qualifying Nelson placed his Novarossi powered Velox V10 on the second place of the starting grid, behind TQ Erwin Luhur. After the final the result was the other way round, with Nelson crossing the finishing line first, 1 lap ahead of second placed Erwin.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

March 28, 2011

Noise restrictions force Euro 1/10th B track change

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EFRA have today confirmed that the European 1/10th scale ‘B’ Championships, due to be held from the 2nd to the 7th of May in Heemstede, The Netherlands has been relocated to another track in the south west of the country due to newly enforced noise restrictions at the track. These restrictions have seen 1/8th scale on road unable to run at the track at all and it now seems to have affected the 1/10th scale class as well. The new host for the event will be the MAC De Baanbrekers track in Rucphen, who have hosted some major championships in the past. To view the full statement click here (PDF).

March 27, 2011

Jerome Aigoin takes wet French season opener

The opening round of the French 1/8th scale offroad Nationals took place this weekend at the Pierrefeu track in the south east of France, close to Nice. Qualifying saw Losi/nVision driver Yannick Aigoin take the top spot ahead of his brother Kyosho/Novarossi driver Jerome Aigoin with Spanish Mugen/Novarossi driver Robert Batlle taking third on his guest appearance in the National Championship. Hobbytech’s Nicolas Rodriguez and Agama driver Jerome Sartel completed the top 5. Unfortunately Sunday’s finals were heavily affected by rain, with the organisers deciding to stop the race after the semi finals due to too much water on the track but not before we lost Yannick Aigoin, Jerome Sartel and Renaud Savoya. This decision gifted the win to Jerome Aigoin, with Robert Batlle taking 2nd and Nicolas Vouilloz taking 3rd.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

March 27, 2011

Volker & Dankel take 2011 LRP TCM titles

Pole sitters Ronald Volker and Eric Dankel have both converted their top qualifying spots at this year’s LRP TCM in Eppelheim into wins, with 3 perfect A-mains each. In the modified class Ronald took all 3 A-mains by relatively small margins to secure the overall title, with 3 time World Champion Marc Rheinard claiming the runner up spot with 2nd place in both the 2nd and 3rd legs after a disastrous first leg that saw him retire just after the halfway stage. Completing the podium was ETS Rd4 winner Juho Levanen taking 2nd in leg 1 and backing it up with a 3rd in leg 2. In the pro stock class no one could come close to Eric Dankel who won leg 1 by a 9 second margin, leg 2 by over 4 seconds and leg 3 again by 9 seconds to cap off a perfect weekend for the German driver. Taking the runner up spot was Daniel Wohlgemuth, who recovered from a first lap retirement in the first final to come back and take 2nd in the remaining finals. Double ETS winner Martin Hofer completed the podium in 3rd with a 2nd and 3rd place finish in leg 1 and 2.

View the final results here

March 26, 2011

Ronald Volker & Eric Dankel secure LRP TCM TQ

Ronald Volker will start tomorrow’s LRP Touring Car Masters from pole position having dominated qualifying in Eppelheim today. The Factory Yokomo/LRP driver secured the top spot with one round still left to run, with a perfect score to line up ahead of current World Champion Marc Rheinard in 2nd and last weekend’s ETS Rd4 winner Juho Levanen in 3rd. Also taking pole position in dominant fashion was Eric Dankel, the Xray/LRP driver carried forward his form from his previous two ETS outings by easily taking the top spot in the first 4qualifying rounds, securing the top starting spot with one round left to run. Daniel Wohlgemuth will line up 2nd after topping the final qualifier with Tim Wahl in 3rd. Sunday will see triple mains for all the A-finalists, with double mains for everyone else and you can follow the coverage over at the official event site here.

March 25, 2011

Krakonos 24 hours endurance race

During the weekend of the 19th to 20th March was held 24hr race with 1/10 electric 2wd GT cars on carpet in sports hall in Rtyne v Podkrkonosi, Czech Republic. Cars were powered by 21,5T motors and had to use controlled LRP CPX tires. Only 4 sets of tires were allowed to use during the whole race. Eight teams with six drivers and one mechanic attended this premier year. With 5098 laps won Dodo Team & Ovci farma. Second team RC Blansko was 85 laps back and the third team RC Team Rychvald was only 17 laps behind. The winning team achieved distance more than 630 kilometers.

View the final results here