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March 19, 2013

Adam Drake wins truggy class at GRRS Rd2

The second round of the Grass Roots Racing Series race took place at the Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, California. The event had 145 entries and the track will also host the first round of the JBRL Series in a few weeks. The weather was cool in the morning, but warmed up by mid-day to around 80 degrees. The track was hard packed and very technical and it was TLR’s Adam Drake who set the fastest times in nitro buggy and nitro truggy. In the truck final he took off from pole position and never looked back to take the win by two laps. In the buggy final Adam battled with Drew Moller early, but was able to put in clean and consistent laps and had almost a lap lead with 5 minutes to go when he ran into steering servo problems that hindered his pace so we went on to finish second behind Drew Moller. Cody Smith finished third to make it a Pro-Line tire 1, 2 and 3 on the podium.

Thanks to Adam Drake for sending the report.

March 19, 2013

Chavit Saligupta joins KM Racing

KM Racing announce that 2012 IFMAR 1/10 GP Touring Car finalist Chavit Saligupta has joined their team of talented racers. Chavit will run the KM H-K1 and K8 nitro on-road cars during his upcoming campaign that will include some major race events.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

March 19, 2013

Exotek Evo5 Pro chassis conversion

Exotek Racing introduce a limited edition conversion kit for the Tamiya Evo5 and Evo5 MS chassis. The kit is specially designed for the use with stock motors and has an opening in the top plate to work correctly with just smaller spur gears and large pinions used in 13.5T to 21.5T type blinky classes. Because of this the largest spur gear that can be used must be 34mm diameter or smaller. Larger spur gears are usable by adding shims under the top plate to raise it up. The kit brings the somewhat older Evo5 to latest 2013 specs with inclusion of an ultra narrow 84mm chassis made from 2mm carbon fibre. Also included is a flex top plate for rubber tire racing, a LiPo cradle system with adjustable sliding holders, tapeless yet tweak free LiPo locking tabs and a hanging low-profile servo mount to reduce chassis scrub. The top plate is drilled to accept Evo5 and Evo5 MS motor mounts. The kit is designed for the experienced racer and limited to 60 pieces world wide.

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March 18, 2013

EFRA 1/8 IC track EC spots available

It has been over twenty years since the premier event for 1/8 IC track last visited the UK. On 22nd to 27th July 2013 you are invited to be part of this spectacular event to take place in the north of England at the Halifax track. The fast flowing circuit successfully hosted the 1/10 IC 200mm European championships in 2006 and has since been improved further to host this event for 1/8 drivers. The warm up event takes place 1st and 2nd June. Nearby airports include Leeds Bradford and Manchester providing a link to those travelling from central Europe. Many ferries are also available to the UK. Find more information on the dedicated event site.

March 18, 2013

Tomi Mairue wins Finntrack Prostock class

Last weekend saw the last race of the Finntrack Championship in icy Finland. The race took place in the town of Mynamaki, near Turku. The Prostock class has been the most competitive in the series, with way over 60 racers. The four race series saw four different winners and the races proved to be ultra competitive with just one to two tenths of a second per lap separating about 15 top racers from each others. Team EuroRC/Yokomo has been pretty solid from the first race to the last, with a really strong team and the new BD7 car. The series was finally won by Team EuroRC/Yokomo BD7 driver Tomi Mairue. Tomi drove a solid series with three second place finishes and one win placing him in front of Arto Heinonen’s Serpent and Jarkko Mustonen, who also drove Yokomo BD7.

Source: EuroRC [eurorc.com]

March 18, 2013

Protoform Gianna GT teaser

Protoform got in touch to show us this teaser image of their upcoming Gianna GT World GT body shell. We do not have more information about it other than this rendering but we heard the body will make its first public appearance within the next two weeks.

Source: Protoform [racepf.com]

March 18, 2013

McKenzie & Williamson win HNMC Rd9

The ninth round of the HNMC Winter series took place at the club’s astro turf track rather than the dirt venue due to best British weather conditions. 51 races braved the conditions and it was Kevin Brunsden who dominated qualifying in buggy with Richard Cousins taken TQ in the truggy class. Richard was not able to conserve his position in the finals with Kong McKenzie taking the win from Callum Niblett and Gary Brace. In the truggy class Ian Williamson was able to steel the win from TQ Richard who had James Morl in tow. Round number 10 of the Winter series will take place at the weekend of the 31st of March.

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March 18, 2013

DJ Apolaro wins at Copa Del Pacifico

The Copa Del Pacifico was run in Peru at a very demanding permanent on-road track with extreme bumps and very high traction. During the qualifiers the race was on between DJ Apolaro and Pablo Morganti, both posted very quick times and it was Pablo who took TQ for the semifinals the fastest drivers had to go through as there was no direct qualification. DJ had used the qualifiers to work on the car setup for the final and his strategy should pay off as he ended up with a fast and easy to drive car whereas Pablo seemed to struggle with setup. From the beginning of the A main DJ was able to pull away from the field and even a tire change and a stripped belt in the closing minutes of the race did not stop the Capricorn driver who won the race seven laps ahead of Pablo Morganti with Fabrizio Martello taking the position on the podium.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]