Despite having to pull out of the last final, top qualifier Andy Moore sealed victory at the Union Square Grand Prix. Two wins for the Hot Bodies driver in legs one and two of the A final sealed the victory as Andy gave the UK debut to the new prototype Cyclone. A strong drive all weekend netted the Xray pairing of Phil Chambers and Johnny Aird second and third.
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Again oOple are reporting that Lee Martin sealed up a near perfect start to the 2010 BRCA 1/10th off road national series with a second day of outstanding racing giving him TQ and the win in all three legs of the A final to go along with his 2WD win the previous day. Tamiya TRF driver Lee Martin moved from Associated earlier this year, a decision which appears to be paying off, leaving round 1 in Talywain with perfect result in both classes. Expect a full report from oOple soon.
Source: oOple [oople.com]
Our good friend Scotty Ernst sent us the following report from Japan where he attended the 2010 Asia Cup. In the world of motorsport there are many places that stand out as historic venues, Le Mans, Monaco, Daytona, Indianapolis, all are historic venues and all with a rich past of history and tradition. In our world of racing, there is truly only 1 place that holds the history and past that our counterparts in full scale racing hold, and that place is Yatabe Arena in Japan. Yatabe, started back in 1989, has hosted and crowned more World Champions than any other venue in our world of racing and when you look at the names of the drivers who have raced here and have won World Championships here, you truly see the history that Yatabe has earned.
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Our friends at oOple are reporting that Lee Martin took an impressive victory with the new Tamiya 2WD electric buggy, the TRF 201X, at the first BRCA off road national of 2010 at Talywain, Wales. 17th April 2010. Defending Champion Ellis Stafford took three rounds of qualifying to take overall TQ with the XFactory X6 as he looked to start another domination of the UK 2WD series. The first leg of the A saw Ellis take an easy victory without much trouble. Lee Martin took leg two and it was all down to leg three as Ellis and Lee battled it out in a very exciting final race. A last minute pass from Lee saw him take the win and with it his first National 2WD win. Ellis Stafford finished 2nd overall and Grant Williams taking third with the new Schumacher Cougar SV. Expect a full report from oOple soon.
Source: oOple [oople.com]
Day one of the Union Square Grand Prix is done and its Hot Bodies driver Andy Moore that leads the field in the touring car class. Chasing him hard for TQ honours is the Xray pairing of Phil Chambers and Stefan Chodzyski. Also running are the 10.5 pro stock 1:12 cars and its Andy Sawyer leading overall. Expecting to challenge Sawyer, once he gets up to speed, is Mark Stikes who arrived late due to the Icelandic volcano, which has been causing problems for some of the competitors. Two more rounds of qualifying are still to be run tomorrow followed by three leg finals late on Sunday afternoon. The event has been a major success so far taking RC racing to public as the event is being run in a new multi million pound shopping centre in Aberdeen, Scotland. To help develop interest beyond simply spectating the organisers have arranged a session for the public to try out some ready to run cars at the end of every round of qualifying.
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Last Sunday, the 11th of April, saw the first race of the Belgian Mini-Z Series (BMS) 2010 take place in Leuven with 2 classes in attendance, Expert and LM Stock class. Top Qualifier in expert was Robby De Veirman with 47 laps, while in LM stock class it was Steve Deblaere who was fastest, with 46 laps, only one lap less than expert, with a stock motor.
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Round 2 of the Indonesian 1/10 National series was held over two weekends, with the modified class held on April 4th at Sunter International Speedway while the stock class was held on the Winners69 indoor track, the following weekend. In the modified class it was Kris Heriyana who put his Tamiya on TQ spot, followed by Wiyono with his Associated a few seconds back. Didi Kartanegara, Bowie Ginting, and Teddy Syach completed the top 5.
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Team Tekin are reporting on the recently held 22nd annual April Fools Classic held at IRCR in Magna Utah. Team driver Tony Newland TQ’d and won the 13.5 SS truck class using the RS Pro and Tekin Redline 13.5 motor, while team manager Randy Pike also TQ’d 17.5 truck using the RS Pro and Redline 17.5 motor. Privateer driver and local Aaron TQ’d and won the Pro 4 SCT division running a Tekin RS Pro, followed in 2nd position by Tekin’s own Ty “Strapped up” Campbell. 17.5 2wd Buggy was also TQ’d and won by local Kyle Rieger using a Tekin RS, while Lloyd Dasonville also picked up a 3rd place in factory mod truck running a Tekn Rs Pro and 7.5 Redline motor in his new TQ Racing ride. And we can’t leave out the Tekin Prez aka Jim “Prez” Campbell picked up a 3rd place in the hotly contested masters truck class running a Tekin RS Pro and 13.5 Redline motor.
Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]
