Multiple Polish Stock class National Champion Blazej Orlowski has signed for Hot Bodies for the 2011 season. The former Tamiya Poland driver will run the latest TCX touring car in both the national series and in Euro Touring Series races. Blazej want to give special thanks to Niko Triandafilidis for the great support over the past few years.
Source: HPI Poland [hpi.pl]
The organisers of the IRCC event that takes place in Japan from the 24th to the 26th of June have been in contact to tell us about the event. The race is unique in that it will be held in Nagoya International airport, in a meeting room near the arrivals section. With the airport having a hotel and restaurants, you wont need to do much traveling and can in fact access the track by foot. Previously a domestic event, this year it will be open to international competitors for almost all electric on road classes in both 1/10th and 1/12th scale. Racers afraid of any fallout from the recent disasters in the country needn’t worry as the event is very far south away from any potential harm. Racers interested can visit the official event site here, where you will find all the information also in English.
The 2011 CRC cup was held at one of the finest carpet venues in Japan, the Crest speedway Race facility in Gunma Prefecture. The CRC cup is an open race for all 1/12th pan car to participate in that is sponsored by Team CRC Japan. 43 drivers participated in this race, including three from the quake-stricken area of the country. Following qualifying it was CRC driver Hayato that took the TQ ahead of team mate Toshiki in 2nd. In the final the places were reversed with Toshiki taking the win ahead of Hayato in 2nd.
View a video from A-main leg 2 here
The Australian electric buggy Nationals were held the previous weekend at the WCMRC facility in Perth, Western Australia. In the 2wd modified class it was Josh Pain that took his Kyosho Ultima RB5 to the TQ spot and proceeded to win the first 2 A-mains to claim the National title ahead of Darren Johnston in 2nd and Michael McDonnell in 3rd. In the 4wd modified class it was Josh Pain once again, who top all qualifiers to start from the pole position. He had to work harder for the win this time and needed to go to the 3rd leg to claim to title ahead of Josh Taylor in 2nd, with Chris Bowich in 3rd.
Read the full report here.
Source: Keilor RC [keilorrc.org.au]
The first round of the Austrian 1/10th off road nationals was held last weekend in Simmering, Vienna home to the 2003 European Championships. Hupo took his DEX210 Prototype to a comprehensive victory. Hupo took all four qualifiers to secure overall TQ and set about the finals in the same manner, taking both opening legs of the A-Main to take the win. Hupo took 3 out of the 4 qualifiers in the 4WD class with his DEX410 for the TQ position and #1 for the finals. An amazing series of finals which saw battles with fellow Team Durango star Martin Kriel for the lead. Hupo needed to take the last leg of the A final to take the win and lead by 4-5 seconds until close to the end when a bearing failure cost him the win. Team Durango DEX410s finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
Source: Durango [team-durango.com]
The second stop of the JConcepts Indoor National Tour descended upon the popular OC/RC Raceway in beautiful Huntington Beach, CA, and many of the top So Cal pros were in attendance vying for the title of Spring Indoor Champion. Team Associated/Reedy/LRP was in full support, as was title sponsor JConcepts with most racers competing on Gold Barcodes. The fluid layout challenged racers to maintain a sharp focus as lap times dipped in to the 16-second range with speeds reaching 30+ mph on the straightaway. Combined with the high-grip and low-dust surface, some racers chose to compete on full slick tires while others used a combination of used tires that resembled slicks.
Continue reading the report here
Round 2 of the Portuguese Nationals took place recently at the Sintra track in Lisbon. The stock class was again dominated by Jorge Simões with his Associated TC6 securing TQ and the overall win. This time Mário Coelho was the man that challenged Jorge in the Finals, with Mário winning the first A-main but then some accidents in A-main 2 took him out of contention. In the last A-main Mário followed Jorge in the last 4 minutes, but the Associated driver never gived a space for the Tamiya of Mário to pass and secured the win and provisional leadership of the championship.
Continue reading the report here
Speedzone have announced that multiple US Nationals Champion Mike Dumas, will use Speedzone LiPo Packs to power his touring and 1/12 cars. Speedzone is very excited to have a driver with the caliber of Mike Dumas join the team. Having come back from a two year hiatus from r/c racing to start his own restaurant, Mike won an extremely exciting and close 1/12 13.5 A-Main at the Snowbirds earlier in the season and had this to say “The batteries perform as good as any other batteries I have ever run.”
Source: Speedzone [www.speedzoneusa.com]
