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October 31, 2010

Keven Hébert wins Halloween Classic

The Halloween Classic has become one of the premier touring car races of the year and signals the beginning of the indoor racing season. With factory drivers such as Paul Lemieux, Keven Hébert, Josh Cyrul, Drew Ellis, and Mike Blackstock competing for the victory in Open Touring Car, the fight was bound to be intense. Keven Hébert showed excellent speed in practice with his Reedy/LRP-powered TC6 and he and Paul Lemieux appeared to be the favorites going into qualifying. The schedule called for four rounds of qualifying with the single best run to count and main events would also follow this single-race format to determine each winner and the Champion. When qualifying was completed, Keven managed to secure the second position on the grid behind Lemieux. The A-Main event saw Lemieux and Hébert set off ahead of the rest of the field into a personal battle between the two. A bobble by Hébert allowed Lemieux to stretch out a small lead but Keven was able to reduce the gap and put pressure on the leader. Finally, at the three-minute mark, a mistake by Paul gave Keven Hébert the lead which he would maintain until the checkered flag.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

October 31, 2010

Ryan Maker dominates 2010 NSW State Titles

This weekend saw some of Australia’s top drivers descended on one of the county’s premier electric tracks to battle out the 2010 NSW State Titles. Reviews of the newly upgraded facility were glowing and the racing was fierce across all classes. The modified class drew a number of world class drivers including multiple national champion Simon Nicholson, current national champ Ari Bakla, and Victorian state champion Ryan Maker. In qualifying it was all Maker, piloting his Hot Bodies TCX to pole position ahead of the Corally of Simon Nicholson and the Xray T3’11 of Timothy Lee. Despite the efforts of the chasing pack, the finals went all the pole sitter’s way with Ryan taking his TCX to the win in the first two finals, electing to sit out the last amain which went to Xray’s Ari Bakla. The final positions were Ryan Maker in 1st, Simon Nicholson 2nd, and Timothy Lee 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

October 28, 2010

Brian Kinwald wins 2wd at Southwest Invitational GP

X-Factory are reporting that Brian Kinwald TQ’d and won the modified buggy class at the recent Southwest Invitational GP held this past weekend at Competition Hobbies in Tucson, Ariz. Qualifying was by fastest single run and Kinwald took TQ by the smallest of margins in the last qualifier. Then Brian took the Championship with his X-6 Squared in a closely fought single-A main. The challenging lay-out was typical for the S.I.G.P. and this year featured a cross-over jump that went over the main straight! Traction is always high at C.H. and the S.I.G.P. was no exception. Good lay-outs with high traction and great drivers always makes for an exciting race. Kinwald also TQ’d pro 2WD short course in his SCX-60. Again there was a very close main, this time with Kinwald leading on the last lap before a small mistake sent him to second.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

October 28, 2010

Chad Bradley with JBRL 4wd SC series

The 2010 JBRL Electric Series came to a close October 10, 2010 with an overall win for Novak products in the the Unlimited 4WD Short Course Class. Novak Team Driver Chad Bradley took first place at the final event, which took place at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. The full event occurred all across Southern California, from indoor to outdoor tracks of all shapes and sizes. With over 200 entries in the event that spanned over eight months, Bradley came out on top with his Havoc Pro Short Course ESC and Ballistic 4.5 Motor. Jammin team mate Kevin Smith took 2nd with DJ Sandate in 3rd with his Novak powered OFNA.

Source: Novak [teamnovak.com] / Image: Aaron Waldron

October 27, 2010

Diaz & Palazzola win Paris Memorial Race

This past weekend the 10th Annual Paris Memorial Race was held at the Silver Bowl Park in Las Vegas, Nevada. Following sedan qualifying it was Kyosho driver Michael Palazzola that took the TQ honors. In the 45 minutes main however it was Kyosho team mate Walter Diaz that took the victory followed by Scott Fisher in second and Kevin Woods taking third. The 1/8th scale class saw Mugen driver Mike Swauger take the TQ but after the 45 minute main the victory went to Kyosho Driver Michael Palazzola, who drove and very clean race, followed by Ron Gustin in 2nd and Brad Toffelmire in 3rd.

October 27, 2010

Turkey Cup Short Course Classic – Announcement

The guys at Thunder Alley got in touch to tell us about their Turkey Cup Short Course Classic that takes place on the 6th of November. The race is open to 2wd stock, 2wd mod, 4wd Open and kids under 14 years old and along with paying your entry fee you must bring along $10 worth of non perishable food items that will benefit the San Bernardino County Food Bank for the holidays. Entries are now open and you can find more information on the Thunder Alley site here.

October 26, 2010

Vataniyapramote & Chaidajsuriya win FEMCA titles

The 2010 FEMCA Circuit Championships took place last weekend in Hong Kong for both 1/8th and 1/10th scale gas on road. With rain affecting the event it was Thai driver Suruth Vataniyapramote that took the win to lead home a Serpent 1-2-3-4 with Hong drivers Christopher Cheung and Choy Kam Man completing the podium. In the 1/10th class it was again a Thai driver, this time former TC world Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya that took the win from the pole spot in front of local racer Hung Cheung Hang driving a KM chassis, with Kyosho racer Jalaludin Azri Amri from Brunei taking 3rd.

View the final results here

October 26, 2010

Recio wins Rd3 in Argentina, Golovic takes title

Last weekend the 3rd and final round of the Argentinean Touring car nationals took place in Rosario. The race was won by Capricorn/Sirio driver Sebastián Recio followed by Agustín Cutini, driving a Novarossi powered Serpent in 2nd, with Juan Pablo Golovic with his Reds Racing powered Xray car in 3rd. This result was enough to give Golovic the Argentinean National title for 2010.

Source: Sirio [star-motor.com]