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November 17, 2012

Mibosport Cup Rd2 report

The second out of eight races of the 2012/13 Mibosport Cup attracted 117 drivers from five countries including some of Europe’s top drivers such as Martin Bayer, Zdenko Kunák and Marek Černý. The Mibosport Cup takes place in the same place as the ETS in January. The race was held in a variety of electric classes such as 2WD and 4WD buggy, Formula, Yokomo GT, Stock 17.5T and Modified TC. In the TC Modified class 33 drivers fought for the victory and the battle for TQ was on between Zdenko Kunák, Zdeněk Hamák, Jiří Mára and Marek Černý . In the second and third final Zdenko Kunák was able to secure the top position on the podium followed by Zdeněk Hamák and Jiří Mára.

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November 17, 2012

Galicia Indoor Series report

Ponteareas, Spain saw a round of the Galicia Indoor Series for electric touring cars and M-class mini chassis. The indoor carpet track was modelled after the one that was used at the Italian ETS encounter with the event being well organized by Iñigo Ledo and Andrés Gonzalez. In the touring car modified class, Helder Silva was the man to beat, he topped the first three rounds of qualifying and took TQ for the A-main final. Damian Garcia lined up second and the duo was followed closely by Javier Hidalgo in 3rd and Jorge Simões in 4th. Both drivers had a good pace but were not able to retain the times over the five minutes qualifiers.

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November 15, 2012

Keven Hébert wins at Timezone Grand Prix

Mark Day’s Timezone II Raceway once again hosted North America’s best on-road drivers for some high-grip carpet action at the Timezone Grand Prix. The three-day event featured practice on Friday, three rounds of qualifying Saturday, and triple A Mains on Sunday. In Modified 1/12 scale, Keven Hébert has been on a tear as of late and this race was no exception. Keven piloted his Team Associated 12R5.2 to a convincing TQ against a very solid field of 1/12 racers. In equally convincing fashion, Hebert drove away from the field in the first two legs of the A Main to take the title and the beautiful Timezone timepiece that comes with it. Teammate Mike Haynes found some good pace in the mains and joined Keven on the podium with a second-place finish.

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November 14, 2012

Off Road Wars Winter Champs Rd2 report

Last weekend the second round of the Maritime Off Road Wars Winter Championship sponsored by TLR and Horizon UK take place at the popular Chatham Dockyards indoor venue. Once again, a near full house entry with nearly 100 drivers, spanning 12 heats were greeted by a revised track layout that featured some high speed sections along with some tricky, low grip corners. A star-studded entry list saw TLR’s top European driver Darren Bloomfield take on the likes of Kyosho’s Elliott Boots and X-Factory’s Ellis Stafford. Schumacher’s established Off-Road driver Grant Williams was joined by his Top Touring Car team-mate Chris Grainger, who was once again trying his luck in the unfamiliar surroundings of electric Off-Road racing alongside 1/5th scale Champion Dave Bowen.

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November 13, 2012

Luke Smith sweeps PNW Showdown Rd1

Bremerton R/C Raceway in Bremerton, Washington hosted round 1 of the 2nd annual Pacific North West Showdown. The Pacific North West Showdown travels to four of the best racing facilities the Northwest has to offer. Round 2 will be held at the all new Top Gear Hobbies in Portland, Oregon on December 8th. Modified buggy was dominated by JConcepts/Team Associated driver Luke Smith who TQ’d and won each of the double A-Mains with his B4.1 WC running Gold Bar Codes. Luke also dominated 2wd Modified short course in the same fashion with his SC10 running Gold Bar Codes in the rear and Gold Pressure Points up front.

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November 12, 2012

Wirawan wins PEMKAR series

The fourth round of PEMKAR series race was held at the Stadium Rc Raceway outdoor tarmac track in Brunei. Run in anti-clockwise direction and in blistering hot weather conditions the qualifiers were dominated by Serpent driver Wirawan who easily took TQ. For the finals the heaven opened its gates and heavy rain poured down leaving the race director no choice but to cancel the racer after the first finals. The only A main was won by polesitter Wirawan handing the defending champion the 2012 title with two races left as he already TQ’d and won the first three races of the season.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

November 10, 2012

Niklas Bjørkå Roos wins Norwegian Championship

The Norwegian electric off-road championship was held in Moss, Norway with around 40 participants in the 2WD buggy class. After qualifying TQ was held by Niklas Bjørkås Roos in front of 2011 champion Martin Sorlie and Andreas Daving. Come the finals Niklas was able to conserve his form by taking the first two A finals. Joakim Nicolaisen took the runner-up spot with Magne Kobbevik completing the podium.

Thanks to Niklas Roos for sending the report.

November 9, 2012

Munday & Bonetti win Victorian State titles

For 2012 the Victorian State Championships were held at the Keilor track in Melbourne with just under 200 entries received from all around Victoria as well as from Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Tasmania. The Keilor club had prepared a high grip track with an abrasive surface and had chosen the JConcepts Bar Codes as the control tyre (in Orange compound). With temps reaching close to 30c, this was the perfect tyre choice for the track with high grip and good wear. JConcepts / Associated / Novak factory driver Ray Munday calls this track home and was looking to add more state titles to his tally, however he was facing stiff competition from the likes of Ashley Peeler (Kyosho), Leigh Cheeseman (JC / Associated), Jody Denner (Associated), young guns Glen Bonetti (JC / Associated) and Logan Symes (Losi), and 2011 National Off-Road Champ Josh Pain (Yokomo). After a long weekend of racing, Ray would walk away with victories in 4wd Open and 2WD SCT, with Glen Bonetti taking a surprise win in 2wd using his JC equipped B4.1. In Mod truck, Leigh Cheeseman would finish a close second to Ash ‘king of truck’ Peeler.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net] / Image: Pete Brady