The JConcepts’s Summer Indoor Nationals took place at the Outback Raceway in Chico, CA this past weekend. There was a huge turnout for all classes including the Pro4 Short Course. Tekno RC Driver Curtis Door was the top qualifier in this class and pulled out a win after having a hard battle for the lead swapping positions with MIP’s Matt Olson four times throughout the race.
Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]
Round 4 of the BRCA Clubman Series electric on-road championship was help at the southern track of Adur. Showing record high temperatures, this would test the drivers to their limits looking at not over heating the control tyres and driving consistency. With the track not being used for electric on-road for a while, Saturday practice was all about rubbering in the track and building the grip up which is vital to not graining the tyres too much. 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 90 drivers came down to the fast flowing but technical track to see how they compete against each other. The 17.5 Blinky class showing the bigger entries of 5 heats and the 13.5 Open class showing 4 heats.
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The 2013 ROAR region 11 1/10 off-road championship took place in Spokane, WA. The 2WD Mod Buggy saw Nick Buechler (Associated), TQ-ing the class and securing the overall win after A2 while the 2WD Mod Truck class had Jeremy Potter (TLR) wrapping up the win chased by Tekin team mate Buechler. The 4WD Mod Buggy class was dominated again by Nick Buechler and his AE B44.2. Nick would walk away from the field in every qualifier and main to take home the victory. Privateer Ross Carter would take a well deserved 2nd overall. The 4WD SC class belonged to TLR driver Shane Preugschat. Starting on pole, Shane quickly left the rest of the field to fight for 2nd in both A1 and A2.
Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]
Last weekend the KHRC Racing Club, located in Hangzhou, China, hosted the opening race on their high-grip asphalt track and it was T.O.P. Racing driver Cao Zi An who set the fastest qualifying times in the touring sport class. He was able to maintain his speed through to the finals going on to win the class from pole position.
Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]
Last weekend saw the final round of the Minituerkas RC Opening Championship 2013. Minituerkas RC’s track is located in the National Stadium in the capital of Chile, Santiago. In the early morning the weather was cloudy but the track temperature ideal and the drivers were anxious to race on this final stage of the championship in the three racing categories of the club, 1/10th electric touring 8.5T, 1/10th 200mm nitro and 1/8th GT. After a hard time in qualifying Tomás Ramirez TQ’d the 8.5T class, Paolo Tamburini grabbed the top spot in 200mm nitro and Fernando Fernandez pulled the fastest 1/8th GT time.
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The first ever Australian AOC Race saw close to 200 entries and was one of the biggest races in Australia for a long time. On-road meetings in Australia are normally run on asphalt outdoors, the AOC Race was a different affair as it was held indoors on Carpet, a difficult task with no practice or preparation on the surface for many home drivers. In 13.5T touring cars Keith Chui was on fire from the first practice run, setting lap times that were as quick as the Modified cars, after qualifying was finished Keith was on TQ after a super strong 4th round Qualifying run, all eyes were on him this weekend. Xray team mate Corey Broadstock was also looking strong with consistent runs through qualifying eventually starting 5th off the grid for the finals. At the end Keith was able to conserve his performance by winning the class in front of Corey Broadstock and Justin Vergunst.
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The AE Cup Indonesia was held in Graha Raya Tangerang-Indonesia outside Jakarta and attracted over 40 racers who battled in 2WD and 4WD buggy as well as 2WD and 4WD short course truck classes. The event saw two five minute qualification rounds and triple seven minute mains. In 2WD Wuzi Sevta took the TQ and win from Kris Heriyana and Dimas Arianto while Rama Tribudiman TQ’d and won 4WD buggy leaving Dimas Arianto and Jiriel K behind. In 2WD SC Rama Tribudiman TQ’d the class but had to make way for Wuzi Sevta in the finals who scored the win. Third on the podium was Sunny TS. 4WD SC was TQ’d by Jiriel K who ended up fourth in the final as Ewa, Adrian and Haviedz took place 1 to 3.
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The 200+ entry Top Gun Shootout took place at the San Diego RC Raceway and in the Expert 1/8th Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Steve Hartson who won the race just in front of Tekno RC’s Barry Baker and Pres Ilog who rounded out the 3rd podium spot with his EB48. In the 1/8th buggy Sportsman class Matt Thornton came back to the podium with his Tekno buggy. Pulling out a first place finish Matt was followed by MIP’s Eustace Moore and Tekno RC’s Jeff Gapp. In the Pro4 class Tekno RC’s Barry Baker had an exciting race placing 3rd behind MIP’s Matt Olson and TLR’s Dustin Evans. In the 4WD SC Sportsman class, the Tekno SCT410 swept the podium with Nick Gildark coming in first, follow by Matt Thornton and Alyssa Dunn.
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