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April 24, 2013

Kobbevik & Erik Mo win at JConcepts Challenge final

Mustit RC Raceway played host to the JConcepts Challenge final event last weekend and it was the biggest so far this year, and a good ending for the winter with a new record in the Short Course 4×4 class 38 cars taking part. The 4wd buggy event saw many hard fights and the fight between Lars Erik Mo and Daniel Kobbevik was tense, they were so much faster than rest off the field, switching possisions all the time. In most of the races it has been Lars Erik Mo winning A-main 1, Daniel A-main 2 and then again Lars Erik taking A-main 3. This time the same happened and final 3 was open, Daniel was actually leading until the last round. Lars Erik pushed his Kyosho all he could and was like 10cm behind all the time and it looked like this time it could be a change, but a pin from the center cvd in the B44.2 came out and 40 meters from the finish line the car stopped. So Lars Erik took the win this time also. Lars Erik has been the most winning driver in 4wd this winter.

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April 24, 2013

Tamiya SG takes lead of RaceWorks Elite series

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Round 3 of the inaugural season of the RaceWorks Elite Racing Series was held on 21 April 2013 at RaceWorks’ onroad circuit in Singapore. Fashioned after F1, the series features 5 ‘manufacturer’ teams of 2 drivers each competing for the overall drivers’ and team championship in the 7-race season. With rain disrupting the race, the overall results were based on the only qualifying run that was completed. TITC 2013 champion, Nicholas Lee (Team Tamiya SG) finished first, while teammate Alvin Koh took third spot. Team HB/HPI’s Allister Lim was second for his first podium finish of the season. After finishing on the podium in all 3 rounds so far, Alvin Koh leads the drivers’ standings ahead of PY Tang (Team Xray Singapore). The double podium finish of Team Tamiya SG’s drivers in Round 3 would see the team leap-frog Team Xray Singapore to take over the lead in the team standings. The teams look forward to “locking horns” again when the series resumes on 5 May for Round 4 of the season.

Source: Raceworks [raceworks.sg]

April 24, 2013

Fabrizio Teghesi wins Rd1 of Italian offroad Nats

The first round of the Italian 1/8th offroad nats was held Policoro in the south of Italy. After four rounds of qualifying it was Alex Zanchettin (Losi/Novarossi/PL/MLC) who was TQ followed by Marco Natale (Kyosho/Orion/AKA), Andrea Giorgetti (Mugen/RB/Proline), Fabrizio Teghesi (Kyosho/OS/AKA) and Davide Tortorici (Mugen/Novarossi/Vp-Pro). In the main final Zanchettin opened up a large gap while the fight for second place was between Fabrizio Teghesi and Davide Tortorici fighting continuously for the entire 45-minute race. Near the end of the final Zanchettin made 3 big mistakes and so in the last 3 laps it was a three way battle for the win. In the end Fabrizio Teghesi took victory by just 2 seconds from Alex Zanchettin in 2nd with Davide Tortorici completing the podium in 3rd.

Thanks to Fabrizio Teghesi for the report.

April 23, 2013

Xray back Euro Nitro Series

Xray are to back the inaugural Euro Nitro Series, the organisers of the new championship for onroad nitro racing are delighted to announce the World Champion manufacturer as the first primary sponsor of the two race ‘Pilot Series’ that will kick off at the end of next month at the Hockenheimring in Germany. A key partner of the Euro Touring Series, in which they are the defending Pro Stock Champions, Xray have played an instrumental role in the creation of the ENS offering their support for the series as far back the middle of last year.

Continue reading the full announcement here

April 23, 2013

Michal Orlowski double at Polish Indoor champs

Michal Orlowski doubles at Polish Indoor Off-Road champs

Last weekend the Polish Indoor Off-Road Champioinships took place on a track designed by young Team Durango driver Michal Orlowski. The race was hosted by Polish Model Car Federation and the ATA Racing Team. Sporting a tight and challenging layout including a crossover section many drivers compared the track to the difficult layout used at Langenfeld round of the 2012/13 Euro Offroad Series. In the 2WD class the overall win went to Team Durango/Speed Passion driver Michal Orlowski who also took TQ in this class. Piotr Okonski (Tamiya/LRP) grabbed the runner-up spot with Bartek Zambrzycki (Team Durango), who came from fifth position, completing the podium. The 4WD class once again saw a dominant Michal Orlowski who finished some two laps ahead of Piotr Okonski. The podium was completed by Bartek Zambrzycki. The race marked the end of the indoor season in Poland with the outdoor season starting in May.

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April 23, 2013

Elliott Harper wins BTCC season opener

The Cotswold RC track in the UK saw the unofficial BTCC season opening race and it was Team Durango’s newly signed Elliott Harper who took the TQ honours with the company’s DETC410 touring car prototype. Elliott was able to TQ every qualifying round and also posted the fasted lap ever at the Cotswold track. The young Brit then went on to sweep the A finals and took the race win in front of Schumacher’s Chris Grainger and Olly Jeffries (Team Associated).

Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]

April 23, 2013

Lutz & Tebo win at Silver State Nitro Challenge

Boulder City saw the Silver State Nitro Challenge last weekend and it was Team Durango/Alpha’s Ryan Lutz who brought home the victory in the nitro truggy class. Second place went to Kyosho/Team Orion’s Jared Tebo with Team Associated/Team Orion’s Ryan Cavalieri in third position. In the highly competitive nitro buggy class the podium finishers remained the same but mixed up a bit with Tebo taking the win in front of Ryan Cavalieri. and Ryan Lutz.

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April 22, 2013

Olivier Bultynck wins Belgian Nats Rd1

The first race of the 2013 Belgian championship took place at the Lovan racing track in Zarren. The indoor track featured many technical areas and a fast layout. Defending champion Olivier Bultynck took TQ with his new VBC Racing Wildfire in front of Thomas Stockman and Nick Joosens. Gerrit van Swijgenhoven took a very good fourth on the grid. The first final saw a very close battle between Olivier and Thomas. Nick was just behind in third place. Olivier made no mistake and Thomas chased him hard but Olivier was able to open a gap and took the win. Thomas came in second in front of Nick and Gerrit. The second final again saw a win of Olivier after Thomas made a mistake in lap six. Meanwhile Nick climbed up to second place and encountered a lot of pressure from Thomas. The latter than touched the second placed but waited until Nick recovered. For the remainder of the final Nick was able to stay in second place with Thomas taking third place. Gerrit managed to take fourth in front of Manuel Henriet. The third final would be the decider for second place. Olivier also raced the last final as he wanted to learn his new car better. Olivier again took off and grabbed the win with the fastest time of the day. Thomas again was very fast and secured a second place. Nick came in third with Gerrit in fourth just in front of Manuel. The overall result saw Olivier Bultynck (VBC racing) taking the win with Thomas Stockman (Xray) in secede and Nick Joosens (Yokomo) in third.

Thanks to Krist Bultynck for sending the report.