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March 11, 2010

Hong Kong F1RCGP qualifying series

The organisers of the F1RCGP series were in touch to inform us that Waigo Hobby in Hong Kong will be organising qualifying races to take part in the 10th round of the F1RCGP Championships which will be held in Hong Kong in November this year. The qualifying series will have 8 rounds held in different tracks across Hong Kong with the 1st round kicking off this weekend, the 14th of March. The winner of each race will get 100pts, 2nd 98pts, 3rd 97pts with 2pts for TQ. At the end of the 8 rounds the top 30 drivers will be qualified to race in the F1GP class when the F1RCGP stops off in Hong Kong later this year.

More information (only in Cantonese) can be found here.

March 10, 2010

Drake does double at Psycho Nitro Blast

The 2010 Psycho Nitro Blast took place last weekend in Atlanta, GA. and attracted some 400 entries for this annual indoor event. Qualifying consisted of 3 rounds, with the best 2 to count, and Adam Drake TQ’d all three rounds in 1/8th nitro buggy, 1/8th nitro truck, and 1/8th electric. The Drake was able to convert those TQs into wins in both the 60 minute 1/8th Pro buggy class final, finishing ahead of Tamiya driver Ryan Lutz and Losi team mate Mike truhe, and the 20 minute 1/8th electric buggy class final, winning that in front of fellow Losi driver Gene Hickerson.

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March 9, 2010

V-Dezign report from 1/12th Euros

Vesa Yli from V-Dezign sent us this report from the EFRA 1/12th scale European Championships were held last weekend in Hinckley, UK last weekend. About 100 drivers in total gathered to compete in both the Stock Spec and Modified classes. Most of the best drivers around Europe attended with former European Champions such as Juho Levanen, Simo Ahoniemi, Andy Moore, Markus Mobers, Marc Fischer, Andy Griffiths and recently crowned TC Indoor champ Ronald Volker among them. Multiple Euro & Worlds A-finalists Alex Hagberg, Vesa Yli and Elliot Harper also appeared in the entry.

Continue reading the report here

March 8, 2010

Paolo Morganti wins 200mm Pre Worlds

Houston, Texas played host to the Pre Worlds last week as drivers got more track time to become accustomed to the World Championship track ahead of the event. Fresh off his win at the Winternats, Chris Tosolini carried on where he left off, putting the new Capricorn car on the pole position ahead of the Xray of Ralph Burch, reigning World Champion Daniele Ielasi for Shepherd in 3rd and fellow Italian Giuseppe D’angelo driving a Mugen the last direct qualifier in 4th. In the race, following a 10 minute delay for D’angelo, a first lap crash took the front two drivers off the track as Burch and Tosolini touched sending them both off the track and back down the order. Up front the lead was shared by both Josh Cyrul, Daniele Ielasi and Paolo Morganti, the latter leading for about 20 minutes before dropping back to 4th because of a tire stop. With Tosolini no longer in contention, a recovering Burch took over the lead and stayed there until a flame out in the last 10 minutes lost him time. In the closing stages of the race Burch’s Xray was struggling for tires and Morganti whose tire strategy was paying off was able to cruise by and take the win, with Burch holding on for 2nd place and Ielasi claiming 3rd.

Click here for the final results

March 8, 2010

Ginting & Suliandy win Indonesian Nats Rd1

The first round of 1/10 EP Indonesian National Championship was held on Sunter International Speedway in Jakarta and saw a total of 50 drivers competing in two classes, Modified and Stock 11.5. In Modified class qualifying, Bowie Ginting placed his Xray on TQ spot, followed by Teddy Syach with his Hot Bodies in 2nd place, 0.8 seconds behind Bowie with Kris Heriyana driving a Tamiya in 3rd place, 1 second further back. In Stock class it was again Bowie Ginting in the TQ spot, with Suwardi Suliandy driving a TOP Photon in 2nd and Dimas Ardian with a Tamiya in 3rd spot.

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March 7, 2010

Levanen & Kerswell crowned European 1/12th Champions

After the drama of the previous finals the final leg of the Modified A final, it was a rather processional affair. Juho Levanen led from start to finish to win ahead of Ronald Volker, with Olly Jefferies third. This result gave Juho the EFRA 1/12 modified crown and a worthy winner after dominating qualifying. Ronald Volker was the runner up with Marc Fisher third.

Continue reading the report here

March 7, 2010

Rheinard & Stocker extend championship lead in Poland

Marc Rheinard and Alexander Stocker came to Poland at the top of the Euro Touring Series standings and this evening they go away with an even greater advantage over their rivals after notching up their third win of the 2009/10 season at the Arena Ursynow. Stocker wrapped up the Pro Stock win early, taking victory in the opening two legs of the A-Main but in Modified things went down to the wire with no less than half the grid still having the potential to claim the overall victory.

View our event coverage here.

March 7, 2010

Mobers & Volker take Leg 2 wins at 1/12th Euros

Ronald Volker and Juho Levanen have one win each going in to the last modified final at the 1/12th scale Euros as Ronald took leg two of the Mod A final. Levanen gave chase early on after Volker took the lead, then in a bizarre incident Ronald crashed and wedged himself under the track marker, Juho came around hit him free then got stuck himself for a second before making his getaway. Mark Fisher finished third.

Continue reading the report here