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December 1, 2018

Sobue & Ratheisky take opening qualifier in Hong Kong

Following a later than planned start, the 3rd round of the OneTen Series presented by Infinity finally got underway with beautiful warm weather greeting all the entries for this the second stop of the series at TRC in Hong Kong. In the Sweep Modified class it was Akio Sobue who kicked off qualifying with the fastest time over the 6 minute run, followed closely by Nicholas Lee. Jin Sawada would take 3rd, while Jan Ratheisky, top local driver Fai Ho and former WC Andy Moore completed the top 6. While ending quickest, Sobue had one moment coming onto the straight, when is IF14 rolled over, but luckily righted itself, admitting that the car was so good he was able to recover the lost time.

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November 30, 2018

2018 Arrowmax Cup Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the 2018 Arrowmax Cu was held at the SYE track in Shanghai, China lest weekend. Despite this race held under the tread of bad weather, letting it end easier than planed, it was pretty competitive. In the Touring Modified class Nicolas Koh took the TQ from local driver Lin in 2nd. After the finals it was still Nicolas on top in front of Lin as young local talent Dai Shuxia rounded out the top 3.

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November 30, 2018

Caroli & Laubscher crowned SA 1/12th champions

The 2018 season of the South African On-Road Electric National Championship for the 1/12th scale class recently concluded and it was Xray’s Antonio Caroli who managed to retain the Modified class title. Antonio took the overall win following a great battle with Marius van Niekerk (Xray) on the runner-up spot as Shaun Schutte (Xray) rounded out the top 3 results.

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November 29, 2018

Luke Duthie takes Australian 1/8th On-road title

The Australian IC Track Nationals were held in Melbourne last week in challenging weather conditions. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was Steven Jovanovic (Capricorn) with the TQ from Mugen’s Jeff Hamon. In the 45-minute A-main event however it was Infinity’s Luke Duthie who would prevail, taking the win some four laps in front of Shepherd’s Ric Bartolozzi on the runner-up spot. Leigh Dytor (Mugen) would complete the top 3 podium result.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

November 29, 2018

Tom Firsching wins 1/12th Stock at 2018 U.S. Indoor Champs

The 39th running of the famed U.S. Indoor Championships was held in Cleveland last weekend. The event presented some new motor and gearing rules for several classes designed to level the playing field and each competitor received a motor and only one gear selection was allowed. CRC drivers dominated the 1/12th 17.5 class qualifying, with a 1-2-3 sweep. Tom Firsching, Dana Bailes and Mark Calandra grabbed the top 3 positions after four rounds of qualifying. In the A-main, Tom Firsching would be steady and smooth, fending off an early full-fledged assault from teammate Dana Bailes. The top 2 would have a titanic battle with Tom hanging tough and Dana doing an incredible job trying to find his way around Tom without any contact. John Wiita would work his way into 2nd position to make it a CRC 1-2 on the podium while Team Associated’s Joe Trandell rounded off the podium.

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November 29, 2018

Alex Vaughn doubles at Wednesday Night Turkey Nats

Leisure Hours of Joliet, Illinois held their Wednesday Night Nationals last week. In the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was Alex Vaugh with the TQ and win from Jason White in 2nd and Frank Hodits in 3rd. Over in 13.5T Wheeler class it was again Alex Vaughn with the TQ and win as Rich S and Nick Smrt rounded out the top 3. The 17.5T 2WD Buggy class had Austin Wick taking the day’s win from Alex Vaughn on the runner-up spot and Rich S taking 3rd.

View the 13.5T 4WD and 17.5T 2WD podiums here

November 28, 2018

Jeff Hamon TQs & wins at Australian TC Track Champs

The 2018 Australian IC Track Championships were held in Melbourne, hosted by the MRCCR club. Changing weather made for some difficult conditions and it was Mugen’s Jeff Hamon who would manage to take the TQ in the 1/10th Nitro Touring class and he also came out on top in the 45-minute A-main event, taking the title some two laps in front of Shepherd’s own Thilo Tödtmann. Capricorn’s Steven Jovanovic came in 3rd from Peter Jovanovic 4th. Mugen’s Andrew Gillespie rounded out the top 5.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

November 28, 2018

Bregante & Trigos win at Metropolitan Champs Rd5

The Circuito Hernan Matticoli track played host to the fifth round of the Metropolitan Championships recently. In the 1/8th Nitro GT class it was Xray’s Nicolas Bregante with the win from Lucas Lemes (HB Racing) in 2nd and IGGT8 driver Pato Cruseno in 3rd. Over in the Masters class it as a full Xray podium with Pedro Trigos taking the win from Damian Montiel and Dante Maximo Covino in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

View the Masters podium here