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October 26, 2011

Pre-WC in Bangkok postponed due to flooding

The organisers of the 2012 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Championships in Thailand have got in contact to inform competitors planning to attend the ‘Thailand Invitational’ Pre-WC race originally set for the 7th to 13th of November 2011 that it has been postponed until the 9th to 15th of January 2012 due to the serious flooding taking place in the country. While the RC Addict track is still not effected, there is an impending surge of water which could see competitors stranded in Bangkok which is something they don’t want to happen.

Read the full letter from the organiser here

October 26, 2011

Jovanovic domination of Australian Nationals

On Thursday after 3 days of practice the 1st qualifying rounds of 2011 Capricorn Australian National Championship were run and Peter Jovanovic took the TQ with the 1/10 Capricorn C-01, just missing out on 36 laps by one corner running out of fuel. In the 1/8th class Peter Jovanovic driving the Capricorn C-801 once again set a blistering 39 laps to also TQ. Then came the rains which made the conditions very tricky. The next round saw Peter Jovanovic go even faster with the 1/10 Capricorn Lab-C01 with 36 laps and Steven Jovanovic in 2nd. Peter Jovanovic holding TQ in 1/8 and Steven Jovanovic qualifying 4th.

Continue reading the report here

October 26, 2011

Sidewinder Nitro Explosion wins for Maifield & Cavalieri

New ventures bring new challenges and Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield and Ryan Cavalieri rose to the occasion. With the Sidewinder Nitro Explosion moving to ARC Raceway in Temecula, CA, many racers were seeing the facility for the first time. Taking the top two grid positions in the Expert Gas Buggy, Ryan Maifield starting on pole for the 35-minute gas final with team mate Ryan Cavalieri on the second spot. From the start, The Ryans checked out from a star-studded field. Battling till the end, Ryan Maifield and his LRP powered, JConcepts equipped RC8.2 out-dueled teammate Ryan Cavalieri’s Pro-Line-equipped RC8.2. However, not to be left out of the winner’s circle, Ryan Cavalieri made good on his Top Qualifying position in the Expert Electric Buggy class by taking home the win with his soon-to-be-released LRP iX8 speed control and eBuggy converted RC8.2. Honorable mention also goes to Cavalieri for a second place finish in Expert Gas Truggy with the ROAR National Champion Maifield finishing a respectable fourth.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

October 24, 2011

Kenji Osaka wins 2011 JMRCA 1/8 buggy Nats

The JMRCA Japanese 1/8th offroad Nationals took place last weekend at the Futaba buggy track in Chiba. A lower than normal attendance with only 66 drivers taking part, Atsushi Hara was a notable absentee, the former multiple champion opting to take part in the Sidewinder race in the US instead. The first day of qualifying saw a dry day but as is customary for this event the rain arrived on Saturday and Sunday morning, only to clear up as the days progressed. Qualifying would see Kyosho/TecnoPower driver and reigning champion Kazuya Tanaka take the TQ spot and he would also start the main final from pole position. In the hour long final however it was former World on road Champion Kenji Osaka driving a Ninja powered Mugen that would take the win by just under 10 seconds from Kyosho/OS driver Atsushi Kawamoto in 2nd and pole man Tanaka 4 seconds further back in 3rd.

Source: JMRCA [jmrca.jp]

October 23, 2011

Tommy takes KRC Cup victory

Team C are reporting that team driver driver Tommy wins the 1/8 buggy class at the KRC Cup, with his PR engine powered T8. In qualifying it was Durango driver Lam that took the top qualifying spot after 3 rounds of 10 minute qualifying. In the 45 minute final, Tommy started from 2nd place and was leading after the first tank and kept running without problems to take an easy win. Second place went to Wenyi with his Mugen/OS, with third place going to Wai with his MP9/OS combo. In the truly class it was Wenyi, driving a pre-production Truggy T8T that took the TQ and win.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

October 21, 2011

Branson dominates BRCA nats with MeccaFuel

French fuel company Meccamo have been in touch to tell us that their sponsored driver Kyle Branson has dominated this year’s BRCA 1/8th scale Nationals using MeccaFuel. The factory Sirio driver TQ’d 8 of the 9 rounds this year and won 7 on his way to clinching the title with one round to spare. Kyle only stepped up to the 1/8th class this season having dominated the 1/10th 200mm National series for the past few years.

Source: Meccamo [meccamo.com]

October 21, 2011

Capricorn sign Flavio Elias to their Factory team

Capricorn has announced that they have signed Favio Elias to their factory team for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Flavio Elias is eight times Brazilian 1/8 Champion and will now as a official Capricorn pilot represent Brazil in international competitions such as the next worlds in Japan. Flavinho, who already was one of the stand out drivers at the last Worlds in Miami, was Brazilian champion in 2010 and 2011 already running the Capricorn chassis.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

October 19, 2011

Darren Bloomfield joins Maugrafix

Announced at the Arena race last weekend in Italy, Darren Bloomfield will switch to Maugrafix decals. The multiple British National Champion and this year’s Arena ROC, brushless & F1 Buggy Champion will run the Italian made decals on all his bodies and race equipment.

Source: Maugrafix [maugrafix.com]