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September 12, 2010

Short Course Carnage – Announcement

A1 Racing club in Gonerby Moor in Lincolnshire are running their Short Course Carnage event on Sunday the 26th of September. This fun event is open to electric 1/10th scale SC trucks only and the race format will consist of 4 or 5 rounds of qualifying followed by 2 leg finals. The race will be run on a shortened version of their 1/8th Astroturf nitro track, with a lap length of 180m, including table tops, double jumps and multi-surface sections. For more information visit the event site here.

September 12, 2010

Fukuda retains his Japanese 200mm title

This year’s Japanese 1/10th 200mm National Championships were run this weekend under sunny Autumn skies at the Hokusei Circuit in the Mie Prefecture. The race was run for both the Open and Sports classes and it attracted more than 90 drivers to the event. In the open class it was the star of the Worlds in Houston, Serpent driver Takumi Matsuda that took the pole position ahead of Serpent team mate Yuya Sahashi, with former World Champion and defending 2 x time National Champion Keisuke Fukuda in 3rd and World Championship runner up Takehiro Terauchi in 4th. In the 40 minute final it was Fukuda who would emerge the winner by 12 seconds ahead of Matsuda in 2nd, with Yuya Sahashi taking 3rd spot a lap further back. In the sports class it was Adati Hirokazu that took the win from 2nd on the grid in a close battle with pole man Huzii Takuya, the pair finishing less than 4 seconds apart after 40 minutes. Sakai Makoto completed the podium in 3rd.

View the sports class finalists here

September 12, 2010

Zurfluh wins truggy at Cyprus International

Great event, sunny weather, international competition and big success for the MaxTraxx International event, which runs this weekend in Cyprus. DJ music, friendly but hard competition, cool driving and lots of action on Saturday in the truggy event. Swiss driver Zurfluh took home the big cup while a 13 year old from Israel, Asayag, took second spot. Third place was a local fight with class TQ Taliadoros faster but with made some mistakes, Lemesianos was also fast but had bad luck and so with steady driving the experienced Kofteros finally took the last podium spot.

Source: Radio Control [radiocontrol.gr]

September 10, 2010

Stockman & Vekemans win Belgian Nats Rd6

Round 6 of the Belgian Electric touring car championships was run last weekend at the large MRCL gas track, which had recently been renewed. Great weather for the race day and following qualifying in the EFRA class it was Nick Joosens that took the pole position ahead of newly crowned champion Olivier Bultynck. Leg 1 of the finals saw Olivier pressure Nick into a mistake and could take the lead but a coming together with a back marker took Olivier out of the race and Thomas Stockman could take the win. Leg 2 saw the win go to Bultynck after Nick made a small error, with Stockman in 2nd. The final leg and there was problems for the front pair and so Stockman could again take the leg win to claim the overall victory from Rico Claeys in 2nd and Nick Weyers in 3rd. In the Superstock class it was Geoffrey Vekemans who took the pole position and he could convert into the overall win with leg 2 and 3 victories. Stephane Roufosse took 2nd place overall with Werner Broeckx in 3rd. In the Stock class the win went to Michel Mahieu from Jannick Rommens and Lorenzo Vandepoele.

View the other podiums here

September 10, 2010

Mark Green wins Rd7 of British 200mm Nationals

Kyle Branson sent us this report on the 7th round of the BRCA 1/10th scale national series that was held last weekend at Adur, just on the coast of Brighton under mostly dry conditions. On Saturday the traction was quite low at the start but got a little better during the day. My car wasnt too bad but there was room for improvement. Johnathan Dobney was the fastest at the end of the day with a 15.25 second lap with myself and Mark Green following closely. On Sunday the weather was to change, it was raining very lightly for a while and so the first two rounds were wet or damp which was never going to produce the TQ time as for sure it would dry. In the third round it was Mark who took TQ ahead of Johnathan in second and John Zottl in third. I made a mistake and pulled the wishbone out. In the fourth round It was John Zottl who took TQ ahead of Matthew Cook and Joe Kerry in second. After a couple of minutes the pin fell out of my wishbone ending my last run but I still managed to get 9th from a dampish run and a place in the A-main. In the final Mark was leading, with John Zottl in second and myself following closely in third. John and I had a coming together causing trouble for both of us. Neal King was not too far behind and drove a good race to come second behind Mark with Adam Catchpole taking third. The last race of the season will be at Colchester in a few weeks.

Thanks to Kyle Branson for the report.

September 9, 2010

EFRA 1/10 GP Italy – Reminder

The guys at the Black Tarmac track in Mesero, Milan in Italy were in contact again to remind everyone about the EFRA GP that they will be hosting from the 17th to the 19th of September. Open for 1/10th scale 200mm chassis, it will of course be run to EFRA rules and use the familiar EFRA GP format. Entry for the event is open until September the 16th and you can sign up at the official event site here.

Click here for some track photos

September 9, 2010

European Pan Series 2010/11

The organisers of the European Pan Series were in contact to tell us about their 2010/11 series. Taking in Germany, Belgium, Holland and France, the series is open to 1/12th scale and World GT pan cars. The season opener will take place in Germany from the 23rd to 24th of October before moving to Belgium the month after on the 27 to 28th of November. A break in December sees round 3 take place in Holland on the 15 to 16th of January, before the season finale in France on the 19th to 20th of February. For more information visit the EPS site here.

September 9, 2010

Maifield wins Mod SCT at Surf City Classic

Southern California is the hot-bed for R/C excitement, plush indoor race tracks and camaraderie. OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach has set a new standard in R/C and for many years has held the annual Surf City Classic. Normally reserved for a handful of professionals and locals alike, 2010 provided a new twist with a hefty bonus program that brought out some of the worlds finest racers from the United States. JConcepts racers Ryan Maifield and Steven Hartson continuously ran at the front of the pack all weekend while utilizing the popular JConcepts Bar Codes. TQing the modified Short Course class was too easy for Maifield as the Green compound Bar Codes gripped the track like no other during all 3 qualifiers. In the Short Course A-main, Ryan drove a consistent race on his way to victory, while team mate Tanner Denney running the same combination finished in a respectable 3rd position.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]