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November 23, 2010

Dani Choi wins Korean Nationals

The KMRCA Korean off road Nationals took place last weekend, with over 70 drivers in attendance. The host track ‘Banwol circuit’ challenged the nation’s top drivers with a twisty layout with a very bumpy surface which gave smooth efficient drivers a huge advantage over the 5 qualifying runs which each lasted 10 minutes. Sweep Racing/Agama racer Dani Choi would line up on pole position having won the semi-final over TQ Chang-soo Si. In the Main Race Choi never looked back, winning the title by a full lap over 2nd place Dong-woo Nam and 3rd place former national champion Sun-young Hwang.

View the final results here

November 22, 2010

Shepherd sign Andrea Pirani

Shepherd are pleased to announce the signing of this years Italian Vice-Champion Andrea Pirani for the upcoming season. With his experience and speed he is a great addition to their team of world class drivers and will help with testing and improving new and existing products. Andrea plans to attend a preparation race for the World Championship in January as well as the World Championship itself, the European Championship and of course the Italian National Championship races. He had the following to say:

I’m very happy to run with Team Shepherd for 2011. I’m ready to win some great races like the World and European Championships. I have already tested the Velox V8 and I felt very good with it since the first laps. The german quality of Shepherd is excellent. I hope to do my best races with this new team and I want to help them to achieve some great results.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 22, 2010

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

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 19, 2010

Cody King’s World Championship winning setup

Kyosho America have sent us the World Championship winning setup of new World Champion Cody King, which he used in Pattaya, Thailand to clinch the 2010 title. While you may never run on a track like that at PRS, its still interesting to see what way Cody had his car setup to take victory.

View the setup sheet here

November 17, 2010

Hung & Hang 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

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