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August 24, 2013

Hara on pole for FEMCA final

Atsushi Hara is on pole position for the 1:8 Offroad FEMCA Championships after the Japanese ace convincingly won his Semi final in the faster time. A lack of clarity in the ruling meant there was a long wait before the grid was finalised with officials disagreeing on the interpretation of the rule. JMRCA representatives were adamant that the rule should see the pole position go to the winner of the odd Semi final as this was deemed the faster race as it contained the Top Qualifier. With Sheng Chie Huang beating Top Qualifier Dani Choi this would have but the Taiwanese driver on the pole for the 1-hour title deciding race. In the end a call to IFMAR’s Sander De Graaf saw the ruling interpreted as the driver with the fastest time from the 2 Semi finals getting pole position, Hara’s time being 2 laps faster than that of Huang.

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August 23, 2013

Chris Miller wins at 2013 Proline Indoor Champs

The 2013 Proline Indoor Championships was held at the Warehouse 3 in Peoria, AZ. The race had a total of 327 entries with racers from all around showed up for some great racing and good times. Tekin’s Chris Miller was able to secure the 2WD SC Pro Lite division over 37 other entries. He continued to have a good event taking 1st in the 4wD Mod Buggy class with his Durango buggy over nearly 30 other entries.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

August 23, 2013

Nick Joosens wins at Belgian TC nationals Rd6

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The 6th round of the Belgian 1/10 Electro Touring Car championship was held at the excellent MRCL track in Bierset. The weather was superb on Saturday but come Sunday it started to rain. With a mix of dry moments and rain showers, qualification was difficult for everyone. Manuel Henriet set the fastest time with his Awesomatix, with Nicolas Delisé in second place and Bart Van Sande taking the third spot on the grid in the Efra class.

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August 23, 2013

Magnus Vässmar wins 2WD at Swedish nationals

The Swedish electric off-road nationals took place at a dirt track in Falun, Sweden. The race attracted many top drivers from all over Sweden including Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk and Christoffer Svensson, TLR’s Oskar Levin and Otto Ausfelt, Team Associated’s Niclas Månsson, Schumachers Kenneth Malkusson to name a few. Track layout was pretty small and not too that technical and it was Schumacher’s Magnus Vässmar who took TQ in front of Kenneth Malkusson. The finals had some nice battles to offer and Magnus took the win with Kenneth Malkusson in 2nd. Oskar Levin completed the podium.

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August 23, 2013

Bruno Coelho wins Portuguese Albufeira race

Xray’s Bruno Coelho has won the Albufeira opening race in the South of Portugal. The race for the 43 drivers started with three rounds of qualifying and no practice at all and in the end it was Bruno Coelho who took the overall TQ. The start of the main final was a bit of a disaster for the Xray driver who ended up at the rear end of the pack in the beginning but he moved his way back into the lead and brought home the win one lap ahead off S-Workz’ Antonio Peixe with Xray team mate Joao Ramos completing the podium.

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August 23, 2013

Jakub Pietrzak wins Polish off-road nats Rd6

The sixth round of the polish off-road nationals took place in Nova Gadka near Lodz. Due to heavy rain only two races took place on Saturday but Sunday had three rounds of qualifying and the finals and in the end it was Xray driver Jakub Pietrzak who took the winning honours with his XB4 buggy on the very demanding track.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 23, 2013

Wu claims first Chinese 1:8 Offroad National title

Taiwanese driver Chin Yi Wu claimed his first 1:8 Offroad Chinese National title this morning at the Fengtai Raceway in Beijing. This year’s single race Chinese Nationals was held alongside the FEMCA Championships which are being hosted for the first time in China at Beijing Model Sports Association’s all new facility. Starting from 4th on the grid a good start saw Wu take his SH engines Z-Car to the front of the field early on from where he would lead through to the end of the 30-minute encounter. It was a 1-2 result for the Z-Car and SH Engines with SH owner Lien Sheng Chang, who started third on the grid, taking second in the final minute of the race. Driving a Sirio powered Team C buggy, Top Qualifier Wei Zhan completed the podium. The Chinese driver was running second until he ran out of fuel at the 29-minute mark allowing Chang through to second.

August 22, 2013

Choi Top Qualifier at FEMCA Championship

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‘Can’t believe it’ was Choi’s reaction to the result. Going into the final qualifier tied on points with Hara he said he just tried to ignore Scotty Ernst’s commentary but towards the end of the race he found himself battling with two world champions. Running the same set of Exagon tyres he used to TQ the penultimate round of heats, he said his MP9 was really good and the hardest thing was actually trying to stay calm as he ran wheel to wheel with Hara and Vejrak. Looking forward to Saturday’s Semi Finals, Choi said with his buggy performing so well and also being extremely good in terms of tyre wear, his tyres after two 10-minute qualifiers still looking like new, he said the plan is just to fully rebuild the buggy and for the race itself keep calm.

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