Lars Hoppe, the 2006 DHI Cup winner has signed a contract with LMI Racing that will see him drive the Sakura Zero from 3-Racing this season. Also using LMI Racing parts and the electronic components from GM Racing, Lars will mainly drive 1/10 EP in the winter time, but will also do some LRP Challenge races during the summer.
Source: LMI [lmiracing.com]
The Sweep Challenge was held at Controlfreakz Raceway in Chaplin Connecticut last weekend and was sponsored by Sweep Racing USA. With 7 heats of racing action split between 17.5, open mod and the 13.5 4wd mini classes, Ryan Lee and Steve Kong made the trip from Korea to participate in the event and showcase Sweep Racing products. In qualifying Mike Haynes was able to take the TQ position in both 17.5 and Open Mod classes. In the 17.5 class final Mike Haynes was able to hang onto the victory in the A final with Casey Retke finishing in second and Kenny Lambert taking final the podium position in third. The Open mod class had incredibly close racing action with Mark Strasnick taking the victory in the final with an amazing pace in the closing laps. TQ Mike Haynes finished second with Randy Bernard taking third position.
Last weekend the warm-up race for the German 4WD electric off-road nationals took place on a 1/8 nitro buggy track near Berlin. A total of 25 drivers made it to the challenging track of the RoadRunner-Berlin club . This was quite a low outcome for this otherwise highly competitive class but it seems like it was a result of the bank holiday weekend. With 17 drivers in total the 4WD Modified class contained the most action and was won by Team Durango driver Andre Welker who switched to the DEX410 only days before the race. Second place went to very young Tim Walther (Team Durango DEX410) with Chris Kamman (Team Associated B44) in 3rd. The B-final was won by Hamburg-based Markus Bauer (Team Durango DEX410). The 4WD Stock class went to Eberhard ‘Ebi’ Beck with Alexander Matschuck and Dietmar Spieß (all Team Durango DEX410) in second and third place respectively.
The 1st Annual PRCR Invitational was held this past weekend in Portland, Oregon at Portland R/C Raceway. This is the home track for Team Orion USA Team Manager Joe Pillars. JP helped organize this event and would also race. The goal was to have the top driver from each of the 3 major manufacturers in attendance (Kyosho, Associated, Losi). This would become reality with Jared Tebo attending for Kyosho/Team Orion, Ryan Cavalieri attending for Team Associated/Team Orion, and Dustin Evans attending for Team Losi/Xcelorin. The race would consist of over 100 entries after everything was calculated.
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The JConcepts Wave race takes place in the heart of the R/C corridor, SoCal. One of the world’s premier indoor off-road facilities, ORCR Raceway has been chosen for 2 years in a row to host the event. With more than 100 indoor pit spots, as well as a fully stocked hobby shop and sizable indoor clay off-road track, the Wave’s venue and location are second to none. California locals were well represented with Steven Hartson, Brent Thielke, Cody Turner, Frank Root and Chris Jarosz taking part in the event. Drivers traveling in from out of town such as Nor Cal’s Lloyd Dassonville, Arizona’s Tanner Denney and Florida’s Jason Ruona provided tight competition all weekend.
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The 3rd round of Indonesian 1/10 EP TC National Championship was held at Jakarta International Twin Circuit, Jakarta in sunny weather conditions. With 69 total drivers competed in stock and modified class it was a very big entry for an Indonesian RC EP race. In the Modified class, Bowie Ginting took the TQ spot with his Xray T3 followed by Teddy Syach with his HB Cyclone TC and Kris Heriyana placed his Tamiya TRF 416X in 3rd spot.
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Chris Grainger took round two of the Schumacher BTCC at the magnificent Cotswold track over the weekend. The modified class was dominated by the MI4 of Grainger who took FTD and the overall victory, the day was made sweeter for Grainger’s team as the modified class saw three of the Schumacher cars on the podium, Colin Price was second with John Pape third. In Pro Stock it was another Schumacher 1-2-3, James Hart took both legs of the A final ahead of Lee Price and Mark Musgrove, while in the stock class Zak Finlay won ahead of fellow Schumacher driver Scott Hauser. Many drivers were using the BTCC as warm up for the BRCA national in three weeks time, and with the event held in scorching hot conditions, it did cause a few problems with overheating motors and ESC’c. Drivers may be hoping for slightly cooler conditions in a few weeks time.
Former World Champion Atsushi Hara has wrapped up the Dutch round of the Xenon backed 2009/2010 Euro Touring Series after claiming his second win of the day here at the MACH. The factory Hot Bodies driver backed up his leg 1 win in the second of the three A-Mains but this time round he made his way past the three cars in front of him in just 2 laps. Joining him on the podium was current World Champion Marc Rheinard and top qualifier Viktor Wilck. Germany’s Oliver Franke took his first international victory, winning the Pro Stock class.
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