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October 15, 2010

Pillars reports from Pattaya

On October 4th Kyosho, Associated and Losi USA drivers/mechanics traveled from LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) to Bangkok, Thailand. From Kyosho was myself, Jared Tebo, Mark Pavidis, Cody King, and Paul King. From Associated was Team Manager Brent Thielke, Ryan Cavalieri, Louis Cavalieri, Ryan Maifield, John Faulkner from J-Concepts and Kurt Wenger. From Losi was Adam Drake, Mike Truhe, Billy Fischer, Matt Castellano and Dyno. Our flight left at around 2:00am from LAX and we would land in Hong Kong for our layover about 14 1/2 hours later. This was the longest flight I have ever been on. Since we left early in the morning, most of us slept allot of the flight and made it go by faster. We would have a layover in Hong Kong for about 2 hours, then fly the rest of the way to Bangkok that was 2 1/2 hours away. After arriving in Bangkok, all 3 teams went their separate ways to the track. Each of the 3 teams stayed at different hotels. The taxi ride to the hotel was about 1 1/2 hours located in Pattaya. This is known as a very popular tourist destination and it didn’t disappoint. There was many street side vendors, shopping malls, and many activities to do.

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October 14, 2010

DHI Cup 2011 – Announcement

The organisers of the 2011 DHI Cup have been in touch to tell us that entry for the race will open at 19:00 CET on the 26th of October. The event, which takes place from the 7th to 9th of January, will be in the same venue as previous years, the Stadium Arena Fyn in Odense, Denmark. The 11th running of this famous touring car race, it will sadly be the final year for this prestigious race. This year Modified class drivers will get 1 set of LRP CPX controlled tires included in entry fee and the SuperStock drivers get 1 set of LRP CPX tires and 1 Speed Passion V3 17.5 motor. 2010 SuperStock and Modified A-finalist will have reserved places until 15th November. There is no limit of drivers in SuperStock and Modified until the 1st of November, after this date they will see how many drivers they can put in each class, there is total max of 180 drivers, so be sure to get your entry in early to avoid disappointment. A brand new carpet will be used at this event and it will be same type as used in 2010. New for 2011 – EFRA Spec 2S LiPo and LiFe cell is allowed, bump-ups for the B final winner to the A-final and finally the SuperStock and Modified A-finals will be a 6 minute race.

Entry will be done through MyRCM here.

Source: DHI Cup [dhi-cup.dk]

October 14, 2010

Peter Jovanovic wins Australian Sedan title

The 2010 Australian 1/10 On Road National Championships took place in Adelaide recently and it was a dominating performance by the Capricorn team that saw Peter Jovanovic 1st and Steven Jovanovic 2nd. During 4 days of practice and qualifying the South Australian track was producing massive wear and in the final tire strategies were going to play a massive part on the final result. Finals day saw Peter deciding not to change tires in the 45 minute main final, while Steven opted to change tires at the 25 minute mark. The decision to not change tires gave Peter the win over brother Steven, with Shepherd driver Jeff Hamon in 3rd.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

October 14, 2010

Frank Root captures JBRL titles 6 & 7

Team Losi Racing took to the JBRL Finals at Hot Rod Hobbies this past weekend with Keith Whisler, Ryan Dunford, Casper Nielsen, and Frank Root all in attendance and Frank sent us this report. Keith and I made it up on Friday afternoon to get in some practice packs and fine tune the setups for this weekend’s track conditions and found that Red BK Bars and Taper Pins were very hooked up on the blue-groove surface for all classes. After sharing this info with Ryan and Casper, the team was ready for qualifying on Saturday morning. This weekend was critical as it was the last chance for each driver to score crucial point towards the 2010 overall championships. The track was the typical high-bite blue groove that Hot Rod has become famous for and the weather was perfect setting up a great weekend of racing.

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October 14, 2010

ROAR approves venues for next year’s Nationals

ROAR

American governing body ROAR have just approved the list of venues to host next year’s various National Championships. The dates have yet to be decided, something that will be done at a later date, so here is a list of the different classes and their host venues.

8th Scale Electric – Off Road: Hobbytown HobbyPlex, Omaha NE
10th Scale Electric – Off Road: NorCal Hobbies, Union City, CA
Carpet Electric – On Road: Timezone Raceway, La Center, WA
Paved Electric – On Road: Jackson RC, Jackson, NJ
8th Scale Fuel – Off Road: Thunder Alley, Beaumont, CA
10th/8th Scale Fuel – On Road: Control Freakz, Chaplain, CT

Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]

October 13, 2010

Simon Ciudan wins Hungarian Nationals

The last round of the Hungarian Nationals took place recently in Pécs under extremely wet conditions. Because of the bad weather a lot a drivers refused to race, and only those who still had chance for the title decided to compete. After winning the last two rounds it was Shepherd racer Simon Ciudan who had the best chances to claim this years title. The final was started on a wet track and Ciudan took over the lead. As the conditions were really bad, he was the only driver to finish the race, winning with a huge gap over László Kiss-Orbán on second place and Kovács Tamás finishing third. With this victory Ciudan had enough points to win the Hungarian 1/10th Scale Nitro Championship by 8 points over László Kiss-Orbán on second place.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 13, 2010

2010 Alabama Indoor Shootout

The JConcepts crew loaded up once again and headed out of town to attend the 2010 Alabama Indoor Shootout. With a fresh track layout and another new race event in the works Alabama has become a new home away from home for the JConcepts crew in 2010. The AIS crew constructed yet another outstanding track layout, design and with the incorporated elevation and super clay racing surface, consistency was second to none.

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October 13, 2010

Michal Jansa wins Rd6 in Czech Republic

The final week of September saw the 6th and final round of the Czech 1/10th scale sedan Championship take place in Brno, Bosonohy. The track was well prepared by the organizer and it had very good grip from the very beginning. Following qualifying it was Capricorn racer Michal Jansa who took the TQ spot ahead of his brother and team mate Pavel Jansa, with Michal Abrahámek in 3rd. The race saw Michal Jansa immediately pull away in the lead followed by his brother Pavel. Michal led the whole race and won ahead of Pavel in 2nd and Tomáš Cibulka in 3rd.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]