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August 22, 2013

Joe Kerry wins British 200mm Nationals Rd7

Round 7 of the British 200mm Championship took place at the Colchester circuit. The weather was very good on both days with temperatures reaching 29 degrees on Sunday. The grip was surprisingly not that bad when the first cars took to the track which is quite rare in the UK. At the end of practice it was Serpent/O.S. driver Joe Kerry setting the pace getting down to 14.1 lap times. Shepherd/Sonic driver Andy Hastings headed the rest of the field around 0.2 seconds behind. At the end of qualifying Joe took TQ with Andy taking second and John Zottl third.

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August 22, 2013

Hara takes damp 4th FEMCA Qualifier

Atsushi Hara took the fourth round of qualifying at the FEMCA Championship in Beijing as day 2 of qualifying got off to a damp start at Fengtai Raceway. Despite the slippery conditions, the Japanese ace backed up his Q1 topping performance to record a new fastest 10-minute run of qualifying finishing 12.5 second clear of overnight provisional TQ holder Dani Choi with Yuichi Kanai a further 7/10th off the 2008 World Champion’s pace.

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August 22, 2013

Mark Sousa wins E-buggy at RC Pro Ontario Series final

RC Acres hosted the RC Pro Ontario Series final that saw nearly 150 entries including some of the best drivers in Canada. In 1/8th E-buggy Mugen Seiki’s Mark Sousa, Team C driver Darrin Quinn and Mugen Seiki’s John Semple fought for the win. In qualifying it would be Mark Sousa who would take the TQ in all three rounds with John Semple qualifying in second place. In the triple A-Main format in would be Mark Sousa who would take A1 with John Semple close behind and in A2 Mark would wrap it up for the overall win with John in 2nd and Team Associated’s Mike Rohde running into issues putting him out of A2. In A3 Mark was sitting out having wrapped it up leaving it open to the other drivers to battle for second overall and in the end it would be Mike Rohde (Team Associated/Tekin/AKA) who took the runner-up spot with Arron Innwood (TLR/Tekin/AKA) taking third. The win also handed Mark Sousa the overall championship title in front of Darrin Quinn and Rob Patch.

Source: VP [vp-racing.com]

August 21, 2013

Meen V TQs 3rd FEMCA qualifier

Reigning Nitro Touring Car World Champion Meen Veijrak ended Day 1 of qualifying for the FEMCA 1:8 Offroad Championship with a TQ run making him the third driver to top the times at the Chinese event. The Thai driver took his Mugen to the fastest time of the day outpacing Q2 pace setter Dani Choi, who having finished all the qualifiers in the Top 2 holds the provisional overnight TQ honours, with Kyosho’s Yuichi Kanai completing the Top 3 with his fastest run of the day. For Q1 pace setter Atsushi Hara Q3 would prove difficult with a series of crashes leaving the pre-event favourite only 14th fastest.

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August 21, 2013

Choi takes Q2 in China

Korea’s Dani Choi took the second round of qualifying at the FEMCA 1:8 Offroad Championships in China heading Q1 pace setter Atsushi Hara by 5.5 seconds with versatile Thai ace Meen Veijrak completing the Top 3. Choi said despite the track being a lot dustier than in Q1 his Sweep Exagon equipped Kyosho had better traction allowing him to improve his opening time by 5 seconds. Describing the track as having got more bumpy in Q2, something he said he was able to drive around on this occasion, he said he will monitor the surface before Q3 to decide what changes he might need adding that he is pretty sure he will run a different spring on the MP9. Running for the first time Alpha’s new Ryan Lutz exhaust to match up with the same named engine, he said it worked really well giving the engine a lot more bottom end power.

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August 21, 2013

Plutarco Lizardi wins Money for Monkeys race

Mugen driver Plutarco Lizardi took the first place at the M.A.R.R.O Money for Monkeys event at the VW Race Track in La Paz, Mexico. With temperatures over 100° F and an A main full of the fastest drivers in Mexico Mugen dominated and took the top 3 podium positions with Ernesto Gomez taking the runner-up spot and Anfonso Jaime completing the podium.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenracing.com]

August 21, 2013

Justin Gilkison wins at PNW Short Course Shootout

Fresh off qualifying for the A Main in 2WD Modified Short Course at the ROAR Nationals, Justin Gilkison dominated the Pacific North West Short Course Shootout in 2WD Modified Short Course and Open SC Buggy qualifying by taking TQ in both classes. He then went on to win with his X Factory SC and SCB and he also took the third place in 4WD SC.

Source: Viper [viper-rc.com]

August 21, 2013

Søren Boy Holst wins Danish TC championships

The 4th and final round of the Danish National Championships, under the official motorsports federation DASU, where held at the former Euros track in Glostrup, just outside of Copenhagen. The weather forecast promised dry conditions but on practice day the drivers had to cope with mixed conditions. In the SuperStock class Søren Boy Holst and Mike Gosvig showed good speed and a slight advantage over the other drivers although a good amount of drivers would be able to win. The race day started with sun, but a damp track due to overnight rain. In the first round the battle was close between Søren and Mike, but after nine laps Søren’s car stopped and he had to retire to save the precious control tyres. Mike relaxed a bit to spare tyres also and won the round ahead of Lars Holm and Christian Lehm.

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