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April 8, 2014

SkyRC Toro 1S120 1/12th scale brushless ESC

SkyRC introduce the Toro 1S120 brushless speed controller for all racing classes that use 1S LiPo batteries. The speedo features a built-in DC booster to do away with the need to run a 2S receiver battery while an internal capacitor module replaces the external capacitor board. The controller has a 3.5T motor limit, features a 6V/3A BEC system, a built-in on/off switch and an easy access programming socket. The large array of software features including boost and turbo functions is adjustable using SkyRC’s own PC interface or an optional programming box.

Source: SkyRC [skyrc.com]

April 8, 2014

Miguel Matias takes Portuguese Buggy nationals Rd1

The first round of the Portuguese 1/8th off-road nationals where held at the CRF Freixedas track. 38 drivers attended the race and at the end it was Xray’s Miguel Matias who took TQ and the pole position for the final after winning the semifinals. The final then saw Miguel Matias and Bruno Coelho (Xray) fighting for with win with the better end for Miguel at the end of the 45 minute final. Bruno finished 2nd, Carlos Duraes (Serpent) rounded out the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 8, 2014

Batlle & Cuevas win at Spanish TC nats Rd1

78 drivers met for the opening round of the Spanish Electric Touring Car nationals in Madrid with 36 entries for the Modified and 42 for the Stock class. The Modified class saw Nitro Buggy World Champion Robert Batlle taking the win for Yokomo while Toni Rheinard came in second. Jonnhy Pastor completed the podium in third position. In the Stock class Isaac Cuevas, Mikel Angulo and Ramon Guasch marked the top 3 spots.

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April 8, 2014

Schumacher BTCC Rd1 – Report

The 2014 Series kicked off in fine style at the superb West London venue, with over 110 drivers booked in for the event. The weather was dry for Saturday which saw many of the drivers use the day for a lot of practice to get their cars fine tuned ready for race day on Sunday. However what greeted drivers all Sunday morning was rain, followed by more heavy rain, the weather was going to make for some very interesting racing. The race classes for this year’s BTCC, following on from a successful Series last year are 17.5T Blinky class, 13.5T and Modified.

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April 8, 2014

Marcel Paul wins at Northern Germany regionals Rd1

The first round of the Northern Germany nitro off-road regionals, a qualifying round for the German nationals, took place at the prestigious Bistensee track. While the remainder of Germany had wonderful Spring weather the race suffered from rain showers that soaked the multi-surface track making for very challenging conditions. Close to the end of the second qualifying round rain started to fall again making for a real tyre gamble. Nevertheless most of the front runners opted to run in round 3 and 4 despite very muddy track conditions in order to place as high as possible on the timing sheets. At the end the TQ went to Marcel Paul (Kyosho) who quite easily adapted to the slippery track conditions.

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April 8, 2014

Park & Lee dominate Korean Sweep Challenge

A total of 40 drivers competed at the Sweep Challenge Korea at the PTS track in Gyeonggido in cold and windy conditions. In the 13.5T Stock class JinHyun Park (T.O.P.) came in 1st, followed by Sungtae Kim (Awesomatix) and Googil Jung (Awesomatix) respectively. Elswhere in the Modified class T.O.P. Racing factory driver Ryan Lee took the TQ and overall win. JungHyun Ahn and Yonghoon Park (both Awesomatix) rounded out the podium.

Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]

April 8, 2014

Hartson doubles at April Fools Classic

The 26th annual Pro-Line April Fools Classic was held at the Intermountain RC Raceway in Magna, Utah last weekend running most of the important 1/10 and 1/8 scale electric off-road classes. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class TQ Steven Hartson brought home the win for Team Associated, leaving TLR’s Dustin Evans and Rob Gillespie (Team Associated) behind. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class the race saw the same three gentlemen on the top 3 positions. Steven again put himself on top, but this time Rob came in second while Dustin completed the podium. The 2WD Stock Buggy class had Carl Hyndman first took the TQ position and then he also went on to win the class ahead of Chris Boise and Ron Reid while the latter also took the Hot Lap award.

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April 8, 2014

Akio Sobue takes win at 2014 Speed King Tour Rd3

The third round of 2014 Speed King Tour took place at the RC Stadium Sodegaura track last weekend. Unfortunately the finals of all classes had to be cancelled due to hailing. This meant the qualifying results would be used to determine the winner and in the main class of Modified Touring Car it was the championship leader Akio Sobue who brought home the TQ and therefore the round win. Local driver Kyoichi Mastumoto took second place while second round winner Yugo Nagashima finished third. The win in round 3 means Akio is able to extend his lead in the championship while Yugo needs to score more points to catch up. The win in the Stock class went to Eiji Seto who sat on top of the timesheets after qualifying. Yahiro and Ooshima scored a 2nd and 3rd place respectively. The next round of the 2014 Speed King Tour will take place at the Twin Ring Hongu in the Aichi prefecture on the 22nd of June.

Source: Speed King Tour [speedkingtour.blog.jp]