Mugen driver Plutarco Lizardi took the first place at the M.A.R.R.O Money for Monkeys event at the VW Race Track in La Paz, Mexico. With temperatures over 100° F and an A main full of the fastest drivers in Mexico Mugen dominated and took the top 3 podium positions with Ernesto Gomez taking the runner-up spot and Anfonso Jaime completing the podium.
Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenracing.com]
With the 2013 JConcepts Clash being less than three weeks away the organisers have send out an update on the proceedings. 440 pre-entries are already in for the most unique event of the year that sees pro drivers like Ryan Maifield, Dustin Evans and JR Mitch all signed up and ready to battle once again. 2WD modified, 1/8th nitro expert and 1/8th e-buggy remain the largest classes of competition and a fresh track layout designed by Paul Wynn is in the finishing stages. The track layout flows like water, the shading on the drawing represents elevation which is a focus inside Flowood R/C park along with rhythmic jump sections and speedy chicane driving. Katelynn Ansari, current Monster Energy girl cover model and 2013 JConcepts Clash girl, will be in attendance Saturday and Sunday for photo opportunities, promotion and Sundays awards presentation. Be sure to come out, stop by the JConcepts booth and get an autograph from Katelynn during the weekend’s festivities. There are still some last-minute spots available, feel free to visit RCsignup.com for registration. For those who are not able to attend Red RC will offer live coverage throughout the event.
Atsushi Hara, who only last Friday made the shock announcement that he was leaving HB, has taken the opening round of qualifying at the FEMCA 1:8 Offroad Championships in China. Racing a Mugen, which the former World Champion went out and bought himself in a hobby shop in Thailand, the Japanese ace set the pace in the first of six 10-minute runs by just over 5-seconds from Korea’s Dani Choi and with Japanese Kyosho driver Dani Hiroki completing the Top 3 at Beijing Model Sports Association’s freshly built FT Offroad track. With a difficult Visa procedure keeping defending Champion Kyle McBride away from contesting this year’s FEMCA Championship, the Far East’s equivalent of the EFRA European Championships, and thereby denying the Australian the opportunity to go for a third consecutive title, Hara’s TQ run endorses his status as pre-event favourite to take back the title he previously held.
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Mugen’s Takaaki Shimo took the TQ and win at the New Taipei City 1/8 Nitro On-Road Invitational Race. This inaugural government sponsored event saw more than 60 drivers competing with Takaaki Shimo and fellow Protoform team driver JJ Wang as the top invited foreign drivers. Shimo took the win with and JJ was in hot pursuit but dropped off his close chase due to mechanical problems and ended up 4th. Finishing 2nd and 3rd were local Taiwan drivers Jones Chu and Wang Sheng Tsong. This event was the first major international on-road nitro event in Taiwan’s RC scene, which not only saw local media coverage as well as large numbers of spectators at the race.
Source: Protoform [racepf.com]
The Danish 1/8th buggy nationals took place at the RC Center track in Greeve. After a strong showing at the recent EFRA GP Martin Hansen (Kyosho/Team Orion/AKA) once again excelled as took the win in the nitro buggy and also the E-buggy class. The nitro podium was completed by Oliver Fischer (Kyosho/Team Orion/AKA) and Silas Høgholt (Kyosho/OS/AKA).
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de] | Photo: Oliver Fischer
At last weekend’s 1/10th 200mm ‘A’ Euros in Austria Serpent driver Alex Thurston took the Junior Championship. After taking the 1/8th on-road Euro Junior title just weeks ago in Halifax, UK this is another important victory for the young man this year. Alex is sidelined by Serpent team mate Jörg Tiit who took the third place on the Junior’s podium.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The first of two races for the German nitro buggy nationals was run at the Oberhausen track in Western Germany. RB’s Daniel Reckward took TQ for the finals with Martin Bayer (Xray) and Carsten Keller (Kyosho) in tow. Marcel Guske (TLR) and Jörn Neumann (Team Durango) completed the top 5. The 40 minute final race was a very close affair for the top 4 drivers who all finished on the same lap. At the end it was Martin Bayer who took the first round of the 2013 German championships 20 seconds in front of Marcel Guske and Daniel Reckward who crossed the finish line some three seconds behind Marcel. Jörn Neumann only was down another six seconds. Hannes Käufler and Tom Wiesner finished one lap down of the top four in fifth and sixth position respectively.
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The 1/10th 200mm ‘A’ Euros were held this weekend at the Stohr Ring near Kirchberg in Austria with 89 drivers in attendance. Practice would take place under changeable weather conditions with heavy rain stopping running a number of times but qualifying and the finals were all run under sunny dry conditions. Qualifying would go the way of newly crowned 1/8th European Champion Jilles Groskamp with his Shepherd, narrowly beating out Eric Dankel (Capricorn) with Dominic Greiner (Serpent), Toni Gruber (Serpent), Dario Balestri (KM) and Alessio Mazzeo (Serpent) completing the top 6, separated by only 1 second.
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