The JConcepts crew loaded up once again and headed out of town to attend the 2010 Alabama Indoor Shootout. With a fresh track layout and another new race event in the works Alabama has become a new home away from home for the JConcepts crew in 2010. The AIS crew constructed yet another outstanding track layout, design and with the incorporated elevation and super clay racing surface, consistency was second to none.
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Schumacher have been in touch to tell us about the ‘Schumacher Winter BTCC Open’ taking place at the new Moto Arena facility on the 28th November. Come and join some of the UK best racers at the fantastic new venue @ Moto Arena located within Silverstone race circuit, indoor tarmac racing without the need to worry about the British weather. The meeting will be run by Schumacher staff, race directed by Muzzy and crew and current British champion Chris Grainger, Worlds podium finisher Elliot Harper and fast charging Olly Jefferies have already confirmed for the race. The event is open to Stock – 13.5BL or 27T brushed (As per BRCA 13.5BL list), Pro Stock – 10.5BL or 19T brushed (As per BRCA) and Modified – Open Motors & Lipo (As per BRCA). It will be run as per BRCA rules, however the meeting is intended to be fun so it won’t be too serious, and the control tire is the Schumacher/Sorex – XG-32RY.
For more info about the race and to book in go to the Central Booking website.
The JMRCA Japanese 1/12th scale Nationals took place last weekend at the Kawaba RC Plaza track in the centre of the country. Qualifying saw double World Champion and reigning national champion Naoto Matsukura take the pole position with a perfect score of 6 round wins with his Yokomo R12. The 2nd spot on the grid went to fellow Yokomo driver Akira Murai in 2nd and Hukuoka True in 3rd spot with the Kawada chassis. The finals were a little bit more exciting with Naoto taking the win in leg 1 ahead of Corally racer Hideo Kitizawa who had qualified in 6th. In leg 2 Hideo would take the win with a 2 second gap back to Naoto setting up a thrilling 3rd deciding leg. Both drivers really pushed, setting the fastest laps of all 3 A-mains by a clear margin with Hideo actually getting the fastest lap, but Naoto would take the win by 3 seconds to take the overall National title, his 4th in succession, in front of Hideo in 2nd, while Hukuoko True would claim 3rd.
View the top 10 finalists here
The Inaugural Acorn Racing Cup for EP On-Road will be held on the weekend of the 24th of October in Glenmarie, KL, Malaysia host of the 2009 off road FEMCA race. This is the first race that is being held by Acorn Innovations since the company started and it is going to be open to 2 classes, F1 and Stock on-road touring. The race will have 3 x 6 minute qualifiers, followed by a 3 x 6 minute finals. There is no restriction on the brand of batteries or cars for this race but handout matched batteries from Acorn Racing will be issued for the second finals of the A-mains in both classes. Drivers from all over the world are welcome and along with a lot of attractive prizes to be won, the winner of the A-main gets a 1 year sponsorship deal directly from Acorn Racing.
More information on the event can be found here.
Team RcHouse in Denmark have announced the signing of one of Denmark’s top Super Stock drivers. After a long period of dialog they have secured the services of the experienced Nicolai Nielsen to be their new team driver. Looking forward to many great results in the future, Nicolai will drive the Xray T3 and other products from Team RcHouse and NorthTQ. Nicolai had the following to say about the deal:
To come to this choice to switch my Serpent car has been a long and difficult choice to make. After nearly three years running the Serpent S400, in which time I have accomplished some of my best results, e.g. two Danish National championships, a DRCMU regional championship and an ETS round win, it was in no way easy to make the final decision. It has been some good years. So my thanks go to Serpent MRC, ARRC by Allan Rasmussen and New Heading, for all your help and support through this period. Thanks guys! It’s been priceless. But after my talks with Kim Lindegaard from Team RcHouse, I’m sure my agreement with them will bring more good result. I’m really looking forward to drive my new Xray T3 and hit the tracks, to see what can be accomplished with this new gear in this new team.
Source: RcHouse [rchouse.dk]
The King Power Cup EP & GP touring car race was held at the RCP track in Southern China over the October Chinese National Holidays. King Power, makers of electric motors and batteries as well as other racing parts was the main sponsor for the race and racers from around China participated in the two day event with race organizer Energy-DL in Guangzhou managing the event superbly. In the EP Open class, JJ Wang took TQ and won the race with his HB TCX. In the GP touring class, Taiwanese Xray driver Howard Zou TQ’d and won the event edging out Shanghai Mugen driver JJ Wang in a heated battle that saw some very exciting qualifying strategies and racing displayed by both drivers.
Patrick Jongenelis has won the 2010 Dutch Electric touring car stock nationals. Driving a GM powered Xray T3 the title went down to the 6th and final round of the series with different pole sitters and race winners at each race. Patrick held the lead going into Rd6 with a slim advantage of only 1 point ahead of Ronald Aarts in 2nd, Rob Janssen in 3rd and Wesley v Dijken in 4th and these racers were all in with a chance of victory. The final race was won Janssen and this moved him to 2nd in the series, Patrick Jongenelis took 2nd which clinched him the title, with Wesley V Dijken taking 3rd on the day. Ronald Aarts had motor failure in one of the legs and could only manage 8th, dropping him to 3rd in the overall standings.
View the final championship ranking here
The 6th round of the Luxembourg 1/10th scale EP national championship was held last weekend on the fast LMCC track, host of the 2009 European Championships. After 4 rounds of qualifying it was Gilles Choque who claimed the pole position in front of Joe Streff and Steve Traufler. Difficult weather in the 3 final legs, it was Gilles Choque who crossed the finish line in first, in front of Xray team mates Steve Traufler in 2nd and Joe Streff 3rd. This result saw Gilles Choque crowned the Luxembourg 1/10th scale national champion for 2010.
