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May 10, 2013

Vanderbeek triple at Hobbyplex Summer Series Rd1

Vanderbeek family triple at Hobbyplex SS Rd1

Round 1 of the HobbyPlex Summer Series had a great showing, 142 racers showed up for a great day of 1/10th Off-Road Racing. The Track is fairly large for 1/10th scale, and the Drivers Stand puts you 15 feet in the air. Pro 2 was all Alex Vanderbeek, all day. Alex set TQ in the first round by 10 seconds, and was a few tenths faster the second qualifier to start him first on the grid. As the tone went off, he settled into a comfortable pace, and lapped through 3rd on the 20+ second per lap track. At the finish he had the win nearly lapping 2nd place on the last lap.

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May 10, 2013

Xray Challenge Grand Final report

The Xray Challenge Grand Final was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia and Alexander Hagberg made this report. ‘Once again we saw a perfectly organized event. More than 100 drivers from many different countries joined the race to come and have fun at this great venue. It was a good opportunity as well, to prepare for the upcoming ETS final. The race was run in seven different classes, both electric and nitro, to allow for all kinds of adrenaline charged fun. Unfortunately the weather gods were not with us on Friday as it rained away. It was not a problem for those who had signed up for the electric categories though, as the newly prepared indoor track was open for practice. New curbs and paint gave the track a really nice look and was very enjoyable to race on. Traction levels became high eventually as sugar water was used.

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May 9, 2013

Olivier Bultynck wins FBA Nationals Rd2

The second race of the FBA electric touring car championship took place at the indoor hall in Chatelineau. The track was small and very technical and the surface was not giving the grip that everyone had expected, so the key issue was to find a stable and fast car. It was Olivier Bultynck with his VBC car who set the pace. Manuel Henriet, last years winner and driving at his home track, put his car on the second spot on the grid with Nick Joosens in third place. In the first final Manuel tried to attack from the start and was pushing just behind Olivier but after a few laps Olivier found his rhythm and was pulling away from the rest. Manuel was a strong second but for the third spot a big battle was going on between Nick, Thomas Stockman, Maxim Claes and Nicolas Delisé. It was Nicolas who took third place. The second final was a different story. Olivier made a good start but after lap 11 he lost the lead to Manuel who was strong and defended his lead. Olivier made another mistake and Nick Joosens took the second place but everything was still possible in final three. From the start Olivier was pushing hard driving a splendid last final and setting the fastest time in the finals. Also with this win Olivier took the second win in two races. Manuel was very strong at his home track and took second place with Maxim Claes a very good third. Overall results saw Olivier Bultynck (VBC Racing) the winner, second to Manuel Henriet (Awesomatix) and third went to Nicolas Delisé (Team Yokomo).

Source: Swingman [google.com]

May 8, 2013

Barry Pettit wins EP Buggy at ROAR Nats warmup

As we already reported, the 2013 ROAR nationals warm up was held at Gulf Coast RC Raceway in Porter, Texas last weekend. The weekend event included the electric buggy class which provided some extra run time on the track and another opportunity for some close racing on the very high bite track. On Saturday there were three 7 minute qualifiers using rocket round to determine the starting order for the main event. Tekin driver Barry Pettit was able to qualify first by a small margin over Jake Dillinger and Tekin powered David Joor. The main started with a very close group battling for the top spot. After all of the top three swapping positions numerous times Barry Pettit was able to pull a small lead on Dillinger and finish the race in the first position. Barry was joined by Tekin teammate Brian “Smiley” Henn in 3rd.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

May 8, 2013

Mark Smyka wins ROAR 1/12th 17.5T class Nats

T.O.P. got in touch to tell us that team driver Mark Smyka won the ROAR Paved Nationals 1/12th 17.5T Class with their Rebel 12. Mark’s Paved National title is his first after many years of racing different classes and it’s also T.O.P.’s first ROAR Paved National title. Since the recent 2013 ROAR Carpet Nationals, Mark has made T.O.P. Rebel 12 a double ROAR National Champion this year.

Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]

May 7, 2013

Elliot Harper wins BRCA TC series opener

The 2013 BRCA electric touring car championship kicked off this past weekend at the fantastic Cotswolds track at Kemble airfield with a full entry. Returning for this years championship was the two class format, comprising of the 13.5 boosted ‘pro stock’ class and the ever so fast ‘super touring’ class. In the Super Touring class it was the pre event favourite Elliot Harper who took TQ honours with the new Durango touring car still in prototype stages, followed by HB/HPI’s 2006 World Champion Andy Moore and the current BRCA Champion driving for Team Associated Olly Jefferies. Multiple UK champion Chris Grainger driving the new Schumacher Mi5 had a weekend he would like to forget, having being plagued with bad luck during qualifying which meant he didn’t feature in the A-Main. The finals were ever so fast with Elliot and Andy breaking away from the group with Olly not too far behind them. After three legs it was Elliot Harper that took victory followed by Andy and Olly.

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May 7, 2013

RaceWorks Elite Racing Series Rd4 win for Lee

Rain once again hit Round 4 of the RaceWorks Elite Racing Series held on 5 May 2013 at RaceWorks’ onroad circuit in Singapore. As with Rounds 2 & 3, the overall results were based on the only qualifying run that was completed. Nicholas Lee (Team Tamiya SG) streaked to his 2nd consecutive victory, while teammate Alvin Koh once again claimed the third spot. Team Xray Singapore’s PY Tang bounced back from his disappointment of finishing out of the podium in Round 3 to take second. After yet another strong performance, Alvin Koh continues to lead the drivers’ standings ahead of PY Tang (Team Xray Singapore). Despite winning the last 2 rounds, Nicholas Lee is still having to make up the deficit from missing the full points scoring Round 1 and is currently in 8th position in the standings. Meanwhile, Team Tamiya SG extends its lead in the team standings over Team Xray Singapore after yet another double podium. The season now takes a 1-month break before resuming with Round 5 on 7 July 2013.

Source: Raceworks [raceworks.sg]

May 7, 2013

Laszlo Kiss-Orban wins Rd2 of Hunagrian Nats

Hungary Rd2

The 2nd round of the 2013 Hungarian Nationals was held at the Kyosho World Modellcentrum track in Budapest recently. The weather was sunny during the training and race day, but there was some rain at night, so the grip was lower than usual. The track is small and very technical and the surface is bumpy, so the key issue was to find an aggressive but still stable enough setup for the 30 minutes final. Laszlo Kiss-Orban started from the pole position in the 1/10th 200mm class and after the first refueling had built up a 1 lap gap in front of the field. Thanks to his consistent driving and the excellent pit works of his mechanics Janos Lakatos, Laszlo was able to keep this gap throughout the whole run and finished at the top of the podium with 2 laps ahead the 2nd car, Laszlo Szebelledi. Third position went to Antal Fehér.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]