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April 4, 2013

Barry Pettit wins E-Buggy at PNB

The 2013 Psycho Nitro Blast, known for it’s “psycho” layouts riddled with huge ski jumps, crazy wall rides and certifiably insane 30 hour straight open practice schedule, once again was hosted in Unadilla, Georgia. Tekin team mates Adam Drake and Ryan Lutz would exchange TQ honors each round in the 100+ entry deep 1/8 E Buggy class. Drake would jump into the lead from his TQ spot and immediately ran low 52 second consistent lap times to take A1 followed by Tekin team mates Barry Pettit and Ryan Lutz. In A2 Drake would jump out in front but would quickly fall out of the race at lap 7 after suffering a mechanical failure allowing the rest of the field to take advantage. Ryan Lutz lead the field to the end taking the win in A2 followed by Barry Pettit. Once the points were tallied this would give Tekin-powered Barry Pettit 1st overall with Ryan Lutz and David Joor completing the top 3.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

April 3, 2013

Luke Richards doubles at CRCRC April Fools Race

The April Fools Race tool place at the CRCRC race track and it was Kyosho’s Luke Richards who TQ the 2WD Modified Buggy and 2WD Modified Short Course class. The Buggy A Main saw a close battle between pole sitter Luke and TLR’s JP Richards with Luke leading half of the race but a mistake let JP pass but only until the latter encountered a last lap driving error handing Luke the win of the race.

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April 3, 2013

Bowie Ginting wins Rd1 of Indonesian EP regionals

The first round of the 2013 Indonesian Regional/Jakarta EP Championship was held at the Sunter International Speedway with more than 50 entries attending in the four classes Prostock 10.5T, Stock 13.5T, FWD and 1/12 pan car. Qualification saw three five minute rounds with the best result counting. Bowie Ginting was able to grab TQ followed by Rama Tribudiman in 2nd and Ronny Suwarto in 3rd position. Heri Susanto and Suwardi Suliandy completed top 5 grid. The first A main saw Bowie pulling away towards a clean win while Rama, Ronny, Heri and Suwardi fought for the 2nd place. And after the 5 minute run, Heri finish in 2nd, followed by Suwardi in 3rd. In A main 2 Bowie once again got a clean start but the rest of the pack that got involved in a serious crash in the first corner. Bowie kept his steady pace and crossed the finish line in first position, followed by Heri and Suwardi respectively. By winning the second run Bowie secured an early overall win but decided to attend in the third A main again. He once again pulled away from the field but further down the pack Heri had to retire after an early accident. Suwardi got 2nd and battled till the last minute for this spot with Teddy. This gave Xray a clean top 3 sweep with Bowie, Heri and Suwardi all running the T4 car.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 2, 2013

Panek, Blais & Goodman win at TNS finale

The Top Notch Series finale was more competitive than ever with all the top drivers coming out to make up lost points. With their SCT410’s dialed in, Tekno RC’s Chad Panek and Nick Blais stepped up to the plate and came together for a first and third place finish in the PRO4 SC event. This would complete Tekno RC’s sweep of the series podium with Chris Blais, Chad Panek, and Nick Blais in the top 3 spots. Later in the day, Tekno RC’s Nick Blais would continue on with his EB48 for a TQ in the 1/8th E-Buggy class beating out Jake Thayer and Lucas Sanford for a clean first place finish. Teammate and brother Chris Blais would take 2nd overall in the series. Rounding out the weekend was Tekno SCT410 driver Trevor Goodman. Trevor made a name for himself taking a solid win in the Sportsman 4×4 SC class completing his overall series win in the class.

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March 29, 2013

Szymon Niebora wins Polish TC Championships

Last weekend the Polish Touring Car Championships was hosted by the Polish Model Car Federation and the local club RC Wroclaw. It was big international event which attract around 100 drivers from Poland, Germany, Czech Republic and Lithuania. In the modified class we saw the domination of Yokomo cars and drivers. After qualification the TQ went to Szymon Niebora (Yokomo) and the second spot went to Mateusz Ogonowski (Yokomo) while the third spot went to Michal Orlowski (Tamiya). Defending champion from the summer Michal Orlowski (Tamiya) did his best, but could only defend his position without a chance to catch the leader. The title went to Yokomo driver Szymon Niebora, second place to Michal Orlowski (Tamiya), with Kuba Rozycki (Kyosho) third.

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March 29, 2013

SDRC Off-Road Challenge – Announcement

Silver Dollar Off-Road Challenge - Announcement

A Main Hobbies’ Silver Dollar RC Raceway will launch it’s outdoor, nitro off-road racing season with the inaugural Off-Road Challenge. The track’s massive straightaway, insane traction, covered pits and in-town location are just a few of the reasons why the Off-Road Challenge will become a staple for premiere West Coast races. Classes will be offered for both Pro and Open racers, 40+ racers, electric buggy/truggy and there will also be an Open 4WD SCT class. The Off-Road Challenge will host several local food vendors to give traveling racers an opportunity to try the best fare in Chico. Racers who compete will receive a free race t-shirt with their first entry. The affordable entry fees are set at $40 for each racer’s first class, $30 for a second class and just $20 for any additional classes. Racers will receive a $10 discount per class for registering online. All racers are encouraged to sign-up for the SDRC Off-Road Challenge here.

March 28, 2013

Russian Gran-Prix 2013 – Announcement

Russian Gran-Prix 2013 - Announcement

Hobby Expo 2013 and MicroRC.ru have announced the second running of their large international indoor off-road event, the Russian Gran-Prix 2013. The event will be held in Moscow from the 19th to the 21st of April and the carpet covered track is 30X18 meters. Specially designed for this event, which has so far attracted 170 entries, there are still places available so if you are interested you can enter. The race will feature top racers from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Finland to battle it out in 9 electric classes covering OffRoad 1:18, OffRoad 1:10, OffRoad 1:8. For more information contact Dmitry Malyshko by e-mail at d.malyshko@microrc.ru

March 28, 2013

Olly Jefferies joins Sanwa

LRP in Germany have announced that current British National Touring Car Champion Olly Jefferies has joined Sanwa. The factory Associated race who is also reigning 1/12th scale National will run the Sanwa Exzes-X 2.4GHz stick radio and SDX-801 low profile servo in his rides. He had this to say about the deal:

For me the Sanwa range is the best product on the market currently, the quality is superb and the performance on track is incredible. I have been extremely impressed with the Sanwa products and look forward to using them throughout the 2013 season.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]