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August 21, 2013

JP Richards wins ROAR Region 5 championships

JR Richards wins ROAR Region 5 championships

This past weekend had the ROAR Region 5 championships held at Summit R/C in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Drivers from Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio were in attendance with multiple drivers from Team Associated, Durango, and Kyosho to battle for the title. TLR’s JP Richards raced his 22 2.0 2WD buggy for the first time where he took TQ honours and went on to win the 2013 ROAR Region 5 title. In Pro-2 JP was again on fire with his doubled up by taking TQ again with his 22 SCT where he went on to win the A-Main taking home his 2nd ROAR Regional Modified title.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

August 21, 2013

Aaron Lane wins rubber class at US F1RCGP

TQ Raceway saw the special USA round of the Japanese F1RCGP race series. The big class of the day was F1 Rubber with the popular UF1 rules format. Some of the top F1 racers in the area vied for the crystal trophy’s generously offered by the head of F1RCGP, Hideo-San, who flew in from Japan for this inaugural location. Once the tyre dust cleared in the A main Aaron Lane emerged on top to take the crown driving the new Exotek F1R2 prototype. Second place went to Bill Jeric who had Kevin “Panda” in tow.

Source: Exotek [exotekracing.com]

August 21, 2013

Hara tops opening FEMCA Qualifier

Atsushi Hara, who only last Friday made the shock announcement that he was leaving HB, has taken the opening round of qualifying at the FEMCA 1:8 Offroad Championships in China. Racing a Mugen, which the former World Champion went out and bought himself in a hobby shop in Thailand, the Japanese ace set the pace in the first of six 10-minute runs by just over 5-seconds from Korea’s Dani Choi and with Japanese Kyosho driver Dani Hiroki completing the Top 3 at Beijing Model Sports Association’s freshly built FT Offroad track. With a difficult Visa procedure keeping defending Champion Kyle McBride away from contesting this year’s FEMCA Championship, the Far East’s equivalent of the EFRA European Championships, and thereby denying the Australian the opportunity to go for a third consecutive title, Hara’s TQ run endorses his status as pre-event favourite to take back the title he previously held.

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August 20, 2013

Robson & Clinch win BRCA on-road Clubman Rd5

Round 5 of the BRCA Clubman Series electric on-road championship was held at the midlands track of Stafford. At a mild track temps, this smooth flowing track is well known for its low grip and the challenge for drivers to control tyre management and get the best outs of the two runs they have before there new tyres go to waste. Saturday not too many showed up however the track has been used on a weekly basis which means the track didn’t need too much cleaning up. Race day on the Sunday came around with another scorching hot day of 32 degrees air temp. Much hotter than Saturday. Entries coming all over the UK of 60 drivers came down to the fast flowing track to see how they compete against each other.

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August 20, 2013

Baker & Blais win at JBRL Rd6

The sixth round of the JBRL took place at Rainman’s Hobby and Raceway and it was Tekno RC driver Barry Baker who put his SCT410 in first place followed by Ryan Dunford and Nicholas Blais. In the 1/8th E-buggy class Tekno driver Chris Blais had a flawless first place finish with his EB48. Chris was followed closely by Ryan Dunford and his brother and fellow Tekno driver Nick Blais placing in a respectable 3rd.

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August 20, 2013

Takaaki Shimo wins at New Taipei City race

Mugen’s Takaaki Shimo took the TQ and win at the New Taipei City 1/8 Nitro On-Road Invitational Race. This inaugural government sponsored event saw more than 60 drivers competing with Takaaki Shimo and fellow Protoform team driver JJ Wang as the top invited foreign drivers. Shimo took the win with and JJ was in hot pursuit but dropped off his close chase due to mechanical problems and ended up 4th. Finishing 2nd and 3rd were local Taiwan drivers Jones Chu and Wang Sheng Tsong. This event was the first major international on-road nitro event in Taiwan’s RC scene, which not only saw local media coverage as well as large numbers of spectators at the race.

Source: Protoform [racepf.com]

August 20, 2013

Daniel Wohlgemuth wins Pro Stock at German nats

This past weekend the 2013 German Nationals took place in Leipzig. The huge track was altered slightly to make it more challenging which proofed to be dangerous but successful. Germany not only breeds top modified drivers that fill up half the A final at international races on a regular basis but also sets the stage for the big boys in Pro Stock racing. At this year’s nationals up front there were the two ETS frontrunners Toni Streit and Daniel Wohlgemuth fighting for TQ with a couple of other drivers in the mix. In the end it was Daniel who managed to grab TQ honours ahead of Toni and Florian Botzenhart. In the finals Daniel showed great skills by winning the first two legs and therefore the 2013 national title. In A3 the runner up spot was up for grabs. In the end it was Florian Botzenhart who managed to win the final leg taking the vice championship.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com] | Photo: Martin Hofer

August 20, 2013

Patrick Hofer wins 4WD Modified at Swiss nats Rd4

The fourth round of the Swiss 1/10th buggy nationals took place at the dusty and slippery Dielsdorf track that recently received a new and very tricky double jump. Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer dominated the 4WD qualifying and took TQ with his B44.2. For the A finals Patrick decided to take the risk and take the dreaded double in one jump and this got him a clear win in the first final leg. Come the second final Hofer got into trouble early in the race when crashing and dropping back the field. But by taking the double in one leap every lap he was able to shorten the distance to leader Peter Forster and he eventually overtook him by using the double to pass the Yokomo driver. This handed Patrick the overall win on front of Peter Forster and Patrick Vogt (Team Durango).

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]