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June 28, 2009

Meen Vejrak wins KM Asia Cup Rd3

The 3rd round of the KM Asia Cup took place recently at the TRC race track in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. Although it was meant to be held on the facility’s brand new outdoor race track, the race was actually run indoor due to heavy rain on Friday that gave the organization a tough decision to make. The track itself was one of the biggest challenges for everyone, because of its slippery condition which made the right setup hard to find, not to mention the driving skill required for this type of traction. Usually traction will come up gradually as the race goes on, thus, traction in the finals would be higher than in qualifying, but this indoor track is totally different getting more slippery as the event went on.

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June 27, 2009

Papadakis wins Greek 1/5th Nats Rd3

We received a brief report from the 3rd round of the Greek 1/5th scale Nationals, a class we rarely cover, which took place last weekend at the FRT race track in Athens. The 30 minute final saw an exciting battle between all 8 cars, with the top spot being fought over between Dimitris Papadakis, FG team mate Kwstas Giannitsas and HARM racer Tasos Papadopoulos. In the end it was Papadakis who would take the win, setting the fastest lap of the race, with Giannitsas in 2nd and Papadopoulos taking 3rd.

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June 26, 2009

Xray Asian Championship – Announcement

On the 15th to 16th of August, the ACO racing track in Fanling, Hong Kong will play host to the Xray Asian Championship Nitro Touring Challenge. Open only to racers with the 1/10th scale Xray NT1 chassis, using a Protoform body shell, your entry fee will not only let you take part but includes Tornado fuel for the duration of the event, a Dinner buffet on Sunday night and free transport to and from the track and the official hotel. Martin and Juraj Hudy will be present, not only to compete but will also be giving Tech talks and helping drivers with their cars throughout the weekend. Further details of the event can be found here along with details on how to enter.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 24, 2009

Drake & Johnson clean up at O’Donnell Summer Champs

Revelation Raceway hosted the O’Donnell Summer Championships last weekend and the event attracted a large group of quality drivers taking part. Adam Drake was top qualifier in both the buggy and truggy expert classes and in buggy he was able to win the 40 minute race by nearly 17 seconds ahead of O’Donnell racer Steven Hartson in 2nd, and another Losi driver Matt Schreffler in 3rd. In the truggy main, The Drake didn’t have it all his own way and could only manage 2nd, 4 laps down on team mate Kyle Johnson, while Dylan Rodriguez claimed 3rd spot for O’Donnell. Robert Wickham won both buggy and truggy amateur class, the latter from TQ, driving his Losi 8ight chassis’.

June 23, 2009

Kyle Branson takes BRCA 200mm Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the BRCA 1/10th scale 200mm championships was run at the weekend at the Brooklands track. On Saturday the weather was dry all day but overcast, but on Sunday the weather was better with some sun around and not much cloud, however over the day it became a little overcast. In the first round of qualifying, current Champion Kyle Brandon TQ’d and held that until the last qualifier where he further improved and ended up TQ’ing by 5 seconds in front of Simon Wood. In the final Kyle got off to a good start, led the whole race and managed to win after 30 minutes ahead of Simon Wood, with Joe Kerry completing the top 3 and making it an all Serpent podium.

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June 23, 2009

Pedro Rombouts wins Rd3 Dutch 10th Nats

Round 3 of the Dutch 1/10th scale Nationals was run last weekend at the tight and technical Gouda track in the south of the country. Despite it being dry all weekend, a lot of drivers found it a challenge to get their setup right and so after qualifying it was Maarten van Lierop on pole in the NK class ahead of Arco de Jong in 2nd, Pedro Rombouts 3rd and Sander Borghoff in 4th, while Euro B podium finisher Daan Jacobs could only manage 5th. In the Nomac class Marc Meijer took the pole position in front Michael Behnert and in the promo class Dennis van Lammeren TQ’d ahead of Luigi Pili. The NK main final was missing Daan Jacobs who won his semi final but failed to pass post race scrutiny with a too wide car. In the main race itself there were some good battles throughout the field but in the end Pedro Rombouts could take his 2nd National win in front of van Lierop, who made some mistakes in the race, with Bas Geurds, who was on a 6 minute pit strategy moving up from 9th on the grid to take 3rd at the end. The Nomac class was won by Michael Behnert in front of Davy Geraets and Rik Meijeren, while in the Promo class Dennis could win from Alfred van Dijk and Dick Doom.

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June 22, 2009

Jörn Neumann wins the GM Masters

The GM Masters race took place last weekend in Bischofsheim. Qualifying saw Jörn Neumann take the pole position winning 3 out of the 5 qualifiers and was the only driver to make 8 laps in the heats, with his Orion powered Losi 8ight 2.0. Behind Jörn was Maximilian Cordts in 2nd and Gerhard Frank in 3rd. Jörn was able to win his semi final and would start the 30 minutes main event from pole position. In the final Jörn won by 1 lap over 2nd place Gerhard Frank with Torsten Flaegel in 3rd.

June 22, 2009

Mark Green wins BRCA 1/8th Rd4

Round 4 of the BRCA championship was held at the Mendip circuit, just outside the seaside resort of Weston Super Mare. The weather was dry both days with overcast sky’s and a lot of drivers arrived early Saturday morning to start testing to find the perfect setup. Many drivers use the first couple of hours to run-in and set up engines which then allows the track to rubber in, making chassis setup work that little easier in the afternoon. The early indication was that Mark Green would again be the man to beat due to his consistent driving style every lap. Once the grip was good and black line started to form, it was apparent that Mark was struggling for a setup with his quickest lap time being 15.5 secs, but this was consistent. The other Championship contenders were soon starting to push this time hard and with fine tuning of chassis setup’s, Neil Diver (Velox) and Pete Hastings (Serpent) produced lap times of 15.3 and 15.2 respectively and now needed to work on consistency to have any chance to beating Mark Green in qualification. Andy North was testing geometry changes to the rear of his Mugen in the quest to find more steering and corner speed. This was beginning to work well and with lap times of 15.4 secs seemed to suggest that we are heading in the right direction.

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