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May 8, 2013

KM Racing K8 1/8th scale prototype

KM Racing K1 1/8th scale photos

Having been shown CAD images of the new K8 1/8th scale chassis from KM Racing back in January, the 1/10th World Champions have shown off early photos of the car ahead of the World Championship warmup race later this month. The car is not finalised, with the aluminium remaining un-anodised for now but this is the car being assembled in Hong Kong by World Champions Fukuda & Vejrak and other team drivers ahead of some major testing.

View more images of the K1 here

May 8, 2013

Mark Smyka wins ROAR 1/12th 17.5T class Nats

T.O.P. got in touch to tell us that team driver Mark Smyka won the ROAR Paved Nationals 1/12th 17.5T Class with their Rebel 12. Mark’s Paved National title is his first after many years of racing different classes and it’s also T.O.P.’s first ROAR Paved National title. Since the recent 2013 ROAR Carpet Nationals, Mark has made T.O.P. Rebel 12 a double ROAR National Champion this year.

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

May 8, 2013

Keisuke Fukuda wins Zac Cup race

The 1st Zac Cup race was held at the Keitune Racing Track, host of this year’s WC, last weekend. While the entry for the 1/10th class was low, the quality was there with the best drivers in Japan attending. KM Racing driver Keisuke Fukuda took the top spot in qualifying ahead of Hirano, Watanzbe and Adachi. Former World Champion Fukuda would take a comfortable win ahead of Kyosho driver Watanzbe with Hirano taking the final podium spot after KM driver Adachi flamed out in the very last minutes due to running out fuel and lost out on the podium spot, eventually finishing in 4th.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

May 7, 2013

Capricorn Lab C02 big bore shocks

Capricorn Big Bores

Capricorn have released this new big bore shock set for the Lab C02 1/10th 200mm chassis. The kit includes four complete shocks, with a set of springs and includes 6 shock holes piston as well as the new lower shock towers front and rear. The new shock set helps improve traction and also reduces the centre of gravity. Also new for the Lab C801 are these carbon plates for front steering blocks of the Lab C801 which help reduce the sensitivity of the car while maintaining the same level of steering.

View the steering plates here

May 7, 2013

Mark Green wins Rd2 in Weston Super Mare

Two weekends ago, Round 2 of the championship was hosted by the Mendip Club in Weston Super Mare. It is noted as round 2 since the first round was cancelled. However, after a drivers vote it was decided that the best course of action would be to scrap the first round and therefore the championship would become best 6 results from 8 rounds. The weekend was again sunny so no risk of using the wet tires which were evident many times last season. With an entry of around 42 drivers, with a good number of top drivers present, it would make for a fascinating fight up front. Also the midfield runners would have separate battles for supremacy within their respective GP2 and GP3 Championships.

Continue reading the report here

May 7, 2013

Elliot Harper wins BRCA TC series opener

The 2013 BRCA electric touring car championship kicked off this past weekend at the fantastic Cotswolds track at Kemble airfield with a full entry. Returning for this years championship was the two class format, comprising of the 13.5 boosted ‘pro stock’ class and the ever so fast ‘super touring’ class. In the Super Touring class it was the pre event favourite Elliot Harper who took TQ honours with the new Durango touring car still in prototype stages, followed by HB/HPI’s 2006 World Champion Andy Moore and the current BRCA Champion driving for Team Associated Olly Jefferies. Multiple UK champion Chris Grainger driving the new Schumacher Mi5 had a weekend he would like to forget, having being plagued with bad luck during qualifying which meant he didn’t feature in the A-Main. The finals were ever so fast with Elliot and Andy breaking away from the group with Olly not too far behind them. After three legs it was Elliot Harper that took victory followed by Andy and Olly.

Continue reading the report here

May 7, 2013

RaceWorks Elite Racing Series Rd4 win for Lee

Rain once again hit Round 4 of the RaceWorks Elite Racing Series held on 5 May 2013 at RaceWorks’ onroad circuit in Singapore. As with Rounds 2 & 3, the overall results were based on the only qualifying run that was completed. Nicholas Lee (Team Tamiya SG) streaked to his 2nd consecutive victory, while teammate Alvin Koh once again claimed the third spot. Team Xray Singapore’s PY Tang bounced back from his disappointment of finishing out of the podium in Round 3 to take second. After yet another strong performance, Alvin Koh continues to lead the drivers’ standings ahead of PY Tang (Team Xray Singapore). Despite winning the last 2 rounds, Nicholas Lee is still having to make up the deficit from missing the full points scoring Round 1 and is currently in 8th position in the standings. Meanwhile, Team Tamiya SG extends its lead in the team standings over Team Xray Singapore after yet another double podium. The season now takes a 1-month break before resuming with Round 5 on 7 July 2013.

Source: Raceworks [raceworks.sg]

May 7, 2013

Laszlo Kiss-Orban wins Rd2 of Hunagrian Nats

Hungary Rd2

The 2nd round of the 2013 Hungarian Nationals was held at the Kyosho World Modellcentrum track in Budapest recently. The weather was sunny during the training and race day, but there was some rain at night, so the grip was lower than usual. The track is small and very technical and the surface is bumpy, so the key issue was to find an aggressive but still stable enough setup for the 30 minutes final. Laszlo Kiss-Orban started from the pole position in the 1/10th 200mm class and after the first refueling had built up a 1 lap gap in front of the field. Thanks to his consistent driving and the excellent pit works of his mechanics Janos Lakatos, Laszlo was able to keep this gap throughout the whole run and finished at the top of the podium with 2 laps ahead the 2nd car, Laszlo Szebelledi. Third position went to Antal Fehér.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]