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June 29, 2011

International RC Car Championship report

The first annual IRCC (International RC Car Championship) took place at the meeting room of Chubu international airport (Centrair) with the race held on a specially made carpet track. A lot of top level Japanese drivers were there including current 1/12th electric world champion Naoto Mastukura, the ‘Legend’ Masami Hirosaka and many national champions. Masami announced his retirement in 2009 but he drove a Yokomo GT500 car and 1/10th touring as a guest driver. Although the organizer wanted the event to attract more international drivers, there was only one American driver present, mainly because of the earthquake in March and the current economic condition that makes the Japanese Yen very expensive. The famous Scotty Ernst, who is well known race announcer and director, entered as a competitor in the FWD class and he finished in 3rd position in the final. He also announced all A-finals except FWD class in which he drove the car. Seven categories of races were held, the biggest one is 1/12th scale which attracted 33 drivers. Naoto Matsukura won the race after a hard battle with Hideo Kitazawa. Masami won the 17.5T touring class, beating 2010 Japanese National champion Daisuke Yoshioka. This year’s IRCC was successful and the organizer promised to having the same event next summer on the same place. Foreign drivers (Asia, USA, Europe and more) are always welcomed.

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June 28, 2011

Bill Bridges Benefit race

The Bill Bridges Benefit race was at “The Track” in Carleton, Michigan this past weekend. This is Bill’s home outdoor track in the summer and the classes raced consisted of both electric and nitro with the event attracting more than 300 entries. It was amazing to see so many racers and manufacturers come together for this great cause. Racing started at 9am and the mains finished just before 2am. The event raised a substantial amount of money which will help Bill and his family in the months to come. The event itself saw a double win for Losi/Novarossi driver Adam Drake in both buggy and truck with Jason Jakubczyk doing the double in the electric class taking his Kyosho/Orion combo to wins in the mod buggy and SCT mod classes. The event also saw the winners of both Adam’s 8ight and Dustin’s TLR22 picked and it was Pat Schreffler and Dean Ferrari respectively that took them home. Bill’s wife Chrissey had this to say “I want to thank everyone that came out to the benefit race this weekend. We are beyond blessed to have you in our lives and to be able to call you friends. A heavy burden has been lifted off of our family. It meant so much to Bill to see so many people rooting for him. This race did wonders for his spirits!! RC Racers pulled together for an amazing event!! We will be forever grateful!!”

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

June 28, 2011

2nd Annual PRCR Invitational

The 2nd Annual PRCR Invitational was held at Portland R/C Raceway in Clackamas, Oregon this past weekend. This is the home track for Kyosho America/Team Orion USA team manager Joe Pillars and most of the pacific north-west top drivers were all in attendance for this event. The classes Raced where Stock Buggy and Short Course, Super Stock Truck, Modified 4WD Buggy, Short Course and 4×4 Short Course together with and Invitational 2WD Modified Buggy class. The biggest class of the event was Invitational 2WD Modified Buggy. All eight rounds of racing were set-up completely random. Four rounds of heads up racing on Saturday and four rounds of heads up racing on Sunday. Each driver would be allowed two throw outs and then use their six best points. At the end of the event, if two drivers were tied on points, then the tie-breaker would first go by the number of 1st place finishes, then to 2nd place finishes, and so on. Then if they are still tied, the second tie-breaker would then go to the fastest 2 times added together by each driver.

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June 25, 2011

Video – BRCA TC National Rd2

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RC Racing TV’s comprehensive video report from Round 2 of the BRCA Touring Car nationals is online now. There has been a slight delay in publishing due to some rules clarification which effected the overall result as originally issued after the event on the 12th of June. So to find out the actual results and see just how wet things really were check out the video.

June 25, 2011

ROAR 1/8 scale brushless motor rule updates

ROAR slightly updated their 1/8 scale brushless motor rules to clarify some parameters that are already in existence. These rules don not effectively change anything, they are simply to better define motor construction requirements that are already in place to avoid leaving loopholes open that could disturb the market.

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June 23, 2011

DBoots GP – Announcement

Hinckley Remote Control Car Club (HRCCC) in conjunction with DBoots and Durango are pleased to announce the first ever DBoots GP to be held at Hinckley’s new outdoor grass track over the August Bank Holiday weekend 28th to 29th August 2011. The meeting is for 2WD and 4Wd buggies and both classes will race on the same day. There will be four rounds of five minute controlled practice followed by a re-sort and then two rounds of qualifying on the Sunday. Monday will see three rounds of Qualifying and three finals for all drivers. Trophies will be presented for the top 3 in all finals and TQ in each class. Control tyres are the DBoots Multibyte #DB1001RA for rear axle in both classes. Front tyres are #DB10012A and #DB10014A with the ability to run 2WD tyres on 4WD and vice versa with the number of sets open in all classes. The entry fee is £20 and drivers get a free set of controlled tyres front and rear included in the price. Find more information and entry Forms on the HRCCC website in the forum section.

Source: HRCCC [hinckleyrccc.co.uk]

June 22, 2011

Italian 1/5 scale bike championship Rd2

The second round of the Italian 1/5 scale bike championships was used as preparation race for the World Championships in Lostallo/Switzerland come August. 40 drivers fought out the race in the three classes Nitro, Stock Bike and Superbike. In the nitro category it was Andrea Ottina who was able to claim the highest spot on the podium followed by Massimiliano Ciccacci in second place and Tradii Rolando in third place.

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June 21, 2011

ROAR region 2 electric on-road paved regionals

This past weekend’s electric on-road paved regional in region 2 brought racers to Jackson R/C, site of the upcoming electric paved on-road nationals at the end of July. Mother Nature cooperated nicely with a warm, breezy day and the event finished under the lights when the track is fastest. In 17.5 TC, it was Jerry Perez who took TQ honours. The past IIC amateur champion nipped a field of hot shoes for the top qualifying spot and put it to good use avoiding the A-main’s first turn melee. Unfortunately, his cushion was erased by a mechanical failure causing his car to spin in front of Jeff Cuffs. The two collided and Cuffs showed great courtesy by waiting for Perez to get going again. Perez got away just as the main pack swarmed over Cuffs causing a massive accident which kept producing more accidents as the field steadily clocked in their first timed lap. At the beginning of lap two there was another massive, field consuming accident that ironically spit Cuffs back out into the second running position with Perez still limping around in first. Perez eventually had to retire and Cuffs never looked back, taking the win with a 6 second margin of safety. Scooby Horton finished second, the only other driver on the lead lap. Mike Herald Sr. survived a slew of door banging incidents back in the pack to claim a well deserved third.

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