November 22, 2010

Simon Willetts joins Competition Heat

Simon Willetts joins Competition Heat

GB Modelsport has announced that Simon Willetts will be one of its leading drivers using the new Competition Heat 12V engine heater in 2011. Simon used the engine heater for the first time at the CML Winter Series meeting at Frankley Model Car Club, taking TQ by round 2, and then going on to win the A Final with his Orion powered Kyosho. On a bone chilling day, where the ambient temperature struggled to reach 6°C, Simon used the heater to good effect. “The car started first time, every time, all through the day and the engine was pretty much good to go as soon as it fired up” commented Simon.

Source: GB Modelsport [gbmodelsport.co.uk]


November 21, 2010

Walter Diaz wins ROAR Region 12 Championships

Walter Diaz wins ROAR Region 12 Championships

Last weekend saw the ROAR Nitro Sedan Region 12 Championship hosted by the Greater L.A. RC in the Artesia Transit Center. A very popular race, there were drivers from Las Vegas and Northern California in attendance. The track was on excellent conditions and the weather couldn’t be better in Southern California. The qualifiers on Saturday saw Kyosho Driver Walter Diaz set the overnight TQ, having some run time issues with 16 laps in 4:56, but in the final qualifier on Sunday it was a very close ending with Kyosho drivers Palazzola and Fisher having the exact same time and Diaz with a good pace, but once again was unable to finish due to run time issues. So the top 3 was Michael Palazzola who took the TQ honors, followed by Scott Fisher and Walter Diaz. The main was really close between these 3 drivers, Diaz took the lead in the first few laps and was followed closely by Palazzola, with Fisher running into some small problems that left him behind. Due to different pit strategies the lead of the race changed several times between Diaz and Palazzola, and it was with less than 1 minute to the end thay they were racing for the win. Unfortunately Palazzola had some problems when he tried to make a pass on a back marker that caused the end of his race with few laps to go. Walter Diaz could then cruise the last few laps to take the Victory ahead of Mugen driver Robbie Collins and Michael Palazzola in third to complete the podium.

Thanks to Walter Diaz for the report.


November 17, 2010

Hung & Hang win Hobbypro Open

Hung & Hand win Hobbypro Open

The Hobbypro Open was held recently in Hong Kong and with the weather not co-operating, it was raining on practice and qualifying days, all racing had to be completed on the Sunday. With 110 drivers in attendance across two classes, 1/8th on road and 1/10th 200mm on road, qualifying saw Daniele Ielasi take the TQ spot in 1/8th scale, while Hung Cheung Hang secured pole position in the 1/10th scale class. In the 30 minute main Team C driver Luk Chi Hung took the win by a lap from Lau Chi On in 2nd, with Ielasi in 3rd a lap further back. The 1/10th 200mm class final saw the pole man Hang take the win by a lap from Samuel Chiu in 2nd, only 3 tenths ahead of 3rd place, top electric touring car racer Ronald Volker who was making his gas class debut with Shepherd.

View the 1/10th finalists here


November 17, 2010

Cole Ogden dominates HCRCR Turkey race

Cole Ogden dominates HCRCR Turkey race

Go Engines USA and VP Pro USA are reporting that they have won the First Annual Turkey race at the all new HCRCR in McDonough, Ga. Cole Ogden TQ’d the Pro buggy class with team mate Ryan Lopez qualifying 3rd. After a great battle between Lopez and Cole, Cole came out on top by two seconds over Lopez, with Tim Smith taking 3rd.

Source: VP Pro USA [vp-pro-usa.com]


November 16, 2010

Hong Nor SCRT10 Nitro RTR truck

Hong Nor have released the ready-to-run version of their SCRT10 nitro. This truck is 100% fully assembled with the Hong Nor HNT-3 2.4G radio and a .18 rear exhaust pull-start engine. Supplied with a painted body with stickers already pre-applied, the car is ready to run right out of the box.

View more information and photos here


November 16, 2010

Casey Peck wins KBRL nitro series Rd2

Casey Peck wins KBRL nitro series Rd2

Round 2 of the KBRL nitro series hit Tucson AZ recently and with another great turn out it would seem to show the KBRL is very well supported by Arizona’s electric and nitro racers alike. The race started off with a bang for SCH / SPY / LOSI driver Casey Peck as he claimed the first round TQ. In the second round it was Team O’Donnell’s Brian Kinwald who was on a mission after a bad first round and took the round 2 TQ but it was not enough to take down Peck’s first round time. After qualifying was all said and done it was Peck in first, Losi’s Mike Friery second and Kinwald third. When the tone sounded Peck picked up where he left off in qualifying and never looked back. The Novarossi powered Losi couldn’t be shaken and Casey took the 20 min main win by a lap over the field. Friery, Kinwald, and Trevor Clement had a great race that would eventually end up with Trevor in second and Mike third.

Source: SC Hobbies [shortcoursehobbies.com]


November 15, 2010

DJ Apolaro joins Capricorn

DJ Apolaro joins Capricorn

Capricorn RC have announced the signing of well known racer Florida based racer DJ Apolaro to their team. The former Serpent team driver had his first shake down at Kissimmee raceway recently and took the TQ and victory. He will drive the LAB-C01 with Novarossi power and will help with the development of their upcoming 1/8 car. DJ had the following to say about the deal

I would first of all like to thank Serpent for the long relationship we had and for the great racing over the years. Michael and Ronald have been great for this sport and I can not thank them enough. As for as myself and Capricorn, I look forward to the opportunity to show off the new and innovative ideas that Capricorn brings to the market of racing. They have done optionals for some time now and have their own car that has already proven to have great ability. That combined with the new 1/8 scale coming will be a great project for me to be involved with. I had a chance to race the LAB-C01 this past weekend for the first time and all I can say is WOW. I look forward to working with Patrizio and appreciate the opportunity that has been given to me by both Patrizio from Capricorn and Joaquin DeSoto from Desoto Racing.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]