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March 14, 2016

Nacho Lopez wins at Spanish 1/8th on-road opener

The opening round of the Spanish 1/8th On-road Championships was held at the Automodelismo Ronda club this past weekend. Alberto Fernandez would lead the proceedings during practice but it was Nacho Lopez who came out fastest after the qualifiers, winning three of the five rounds. Ruben Olivares with two round TQs placed himself second after the qualifiers with Victor Gonzalez and Jacobo Guerrero coming in third and fourth. The semifinals had Nacho taking the pole position for the finals from Victor but problems around the 18 minute mark meant a DNF for Gonzalez, denying him a battle for the win and allowing Nacho Lopez to cruise to the victory at round one of the championship, some 2 laps ahead of Ruben Olivares with Jorge Revert completing the podium result another three laps down.

Image: Ruben Olivares

March 14, 2016

JJ Wang wins opening SRGP round

Round one of the Shanghai SRGP series was held at the JunTi TRS track in Shanghai, China. The event attracted both local talent and also experienced racers such as JJ Wang, Rocket Zhang, Wanghaifeng, and others. The qualifying was won by JJ Wang with a six seconds margin on the second placed driver but positions 2 to 6 were only separated by a single second, highlighting the stiff competition at the event. The mains saw JJ Wang (Team Associated) taking easy wins to grab the overall win with one leg to spare. Behind him Chao Gor (HB) and Jimmy Qian (Xray) completed the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 14, 2016

Tamiya TRF419X – Coming soon

Rumours about a possible new Tamiya 1/10th electric touring car are around for some time and with the TRF factory team trying to hide their prototype cars with negligible success during the recent races, things now start to materialise. Since the weekend first official information is available about the features of the TRF419X named kit that will include newly designed parts such as super short shock absorbers and a new aluminium 05G front suspension mount that offers a 0.5mm lower setting that the previous 1XD-F part for improved cornering stability. Other parts included are redesigned suspension arms, front and rear bulkheads, a new carbon fibre and aluminium servo mount, new rear uprights, damper stays and battery holders. More information should become available in time for the release which is schedule for May.

View the New Features list here

March 14, 2016

Griffin Hanna doubles at Palmetto Classic

The 2nd annual Palmetto Classic race was held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with a total of 154 entries. Griffin Hanna would sweep qualifying of the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes and in the 2WD A-main Braydon Obremski kept Griffin honest until he ran into radio issues, allowing Griffin to take the win from Monty Reeder in second and Kevin Bullock in third. Patrick Rossiter and Jason Smith would round out the top 5 result. In the 10 minute 4WD Buggy A-main it was again Griffin Hanna who came out fastest, this time from Alex Muler and Braydon Obremski in second and third respectively. Austin Odum and Josh Knight completed the top 5.

View the 4WD podium here

March 14, 2016

Vigor RC BD7 44mm rear dual joint driveshafts

Vigor RC have introduced a set of 44mm rear dual joint driveshafts for the Yokomo BD7 touring car. Made from high-quality spring steel and featuring 1.8mm diameter cross pins the driveshafts are meant to offer a significantly higher durability while the included thin 3mm bearings make the driveshaft longer for smoother cornering at higher speeds. The rear shafts can also be used in the front of the car for fine-tuning purposes.

Source: Vigor RC [vigorrc.com]

March 14, 2016

Alex Krieg wins 17.5T SC at Cactus Classic

The 30th Annual Cactus Classic race was held this past weekend at Hobbytown/SRS in Phoenix, Arizona and in the 17.5T Short Course class it was X Factory driver Alex Krieg who laid down a dominating drive from second on the grid in the 7-minute A-main. Privateer Robert Molina (X Factory), came from 6th to lead laps three and four before he and Krieg switched places, running 1-2 for the last 11 laps of the race. Krieg slowly built a 6-second lead over Molina, who finished 3.5 seconds ahead of world-renowned race announcer Scotty Ernst (Team Associated) in third.

Source: X Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

March 14, 2016

Protoform WCICS Rd7 – Report

The Protoform Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series held round 7 in BC’s “Tournament Capital”, Kamloops, British Columbia, hosted by the Thompson Valley R/C Race Club. It was a great race weekend, lots of entries, with full heats all around. As usual, TVRCRC threw down a unique layout that left drivers looking for every inch on track to shave off the lap times with the bravest pulling out all the stops to make time in the tightest of chicanes. In the premier Touring Modified class the top 3 would slip away, with a chase for the win. Q3 Jason Melnyk however was sent airborne off track doing the first lap. His car would not survive and he would be a spectator for the 5 minute main. TQ Blake Bell and Korgae Scales would clear the pack quickly and just after setting his fastest lap, Korgae would have some issues in traffic, widening the distance to Blake and allowing Q4 John Tsang through for second. It would appear the car did not survive the incident undamaged, and after another slow lap, Scales joined Melnyk as a spectator. The second incident entangled Tsang, and allowed Luke Pittman a break into second position. Tsang closed the gap, but was unable to pass Pittman by the buzzer, just 0.25sec back.

Continue reading the report here

March 14, 2016

Reno Savoya successful at French E-Buggy Nats Rd1

This past weekend the opening round of the French RCMBT 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals was held at the famous Montpellier track. In its fourth season the championship, that is put together by rcmag.com, regularly attracts the country’s fastest drivers such as Yannick Aigoin, Jerome Sartel and Reno Savoya and round 1 was no exception. Following controlled practice on Friday the event saw triple 10 minute qualifiers on Saturday and it was TLR’s Reno Savoya who would take the TQ by winning two of the three rounds. Only Yannick Aigoin denied Reno a clean sweep as the Xray driver grabbed the TQ in the final round by less then 1 second. The triple A-mains then were a done deal for Yannick who won the opening leg with a margin of 10 seconds from Yannick Aigoin and Carl Maignien. In A2 it was again Reno who came out fastest, wrapping up the overall win with one leg to spare. Behind Sayova it was again the duo of Aigoin and Maignien who came in second and third. The third and final A-main then was won by Jerome Sartel from Yannick to grab the final podium spot.

View the top 5 result here