December 9, 2008

Hagberg dominates Friendship Race

The annual Friendship Race which takes place in Eskilstuna, Sweden is known to be the biggest and most competitive TC race in the country. This years edition saw a rather low turnout compared to earlier years but a few of the Swedish top racers were there fighting for the prestigious title. Among these were Xray factory driver Alexander Hagberg, local fast guy and Swedish 1:10 GP champion, Magnus Vässmar, SSIC Champion Niclas Nilsson, worlds semi-finalist Roland Ström among others. It was Alexander Hagberg who dominated the race throughout qualifying, taking maximum points to secure the overall TQ position. In second was Magnus in front of Niclas and Hot Bodies driver Tommy Bergfeldt on the 4th spot. The finals never really got exciting since Alexander made no mistakes and could pull away to take the win in the first two finals. In the third a-main Alexander was challenged by Magnus for the opening laps but this came to an end rather quickly as Magnus made a mistake coming through the very narrow chicane. In the end it was Magnus who finished 2nd and Niclas on 3rd overall.

Thanks to Alexander Hagberg for the report.

December 9, 2008

Truhe & Drake victorious at Toys for Tots

We already mentioned the Toys for Tots race at Thunder Alley last weekend, but thanks to Adam Drake we have further details on the other classes run at this charity race. In the 1/8th Pro Buggy it was Losi driver Mike Truhe all the way, having TQ’d the class he went on to win from Jared Tebo who placed 2nd. In the 1/8th Electric buggy, a class making its debut at this event, it was Losi 8ight E 2.0 driver Kevin Gahan that took the top spot in qualifying but in the race it was Adam Drake that took the victory with his Xcelorin powered Losi. In the Intermediate buggy, Eddie Laret TQ’d and won the class, with fellow Losi driver Robert Wickham taking top honours in Intermediate truggy.

December 8, 2008

CRC take top honours in Cleveland

Team CRC were in touch to tell us about their successful race weekend at the 29th running of the U.S. Indoor Champs in Cleveland, OH. recently. CRC driver Tom Firsching was top qualifier and A-main winner in both the World GT and the 1:12th Super Stock divisions. In the World GT A-main, he used his Gen-X 10 car to take the victory, while in 1/12th he was at the controls of his Gen-X 12 car. His teammates Mitch Witteman and Max Kuenning joined Tom on the 1/12th podium to make it a CRC clean sweep. In the ultra competitive 1/12th Masters division, it was team principal Frank Calandra Jr. who took his 6th Masters title in front of teammates Jim Piersol and Wayne Gerber Jr.

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December 6, 2008

Rheinard & Plechac hold overnight TQ

Rheinard & Plechac hold overnight TQ

Toni Rheinard and Jakub Plechac are the overnight TQ holders at the Hungarian round of the 2008/2009 Much More backed Euro Touring Series round 2.  Rheinard produced the fastest run of the Budapest event in the final of today’s qualifiers and as a result tops the qualification ranking from defending ETS Champion Jilles Groskamp who also has two rounds to his credit.  Driving his brother’s Tamiya this weekend, Toni Rheinard recorded 25 laps in a time of 5:02.96 in the penultimate heat after a close run with Martin Hudy who posted the fastest lap.  In the end the two where seperated by just one second.

View our full ETS event coverage here.

December 5, 2008

Keven Hébert wins US Indoor Champs

Team Associated are reporting that their factory team driver Keven Hébert dominated his competition by taking the pole position and driving to a lights to flag victory in the TC Super Stock 13.5 class at the 2008 U.S. Indoor Championships held last weekend. Keven is arguably the best up and coming driver to hit the North American on-road scene in some time, and this result confirms that.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

November 28, 2008

MACH Challenge 1:12 – Announcement

The World famous MACH club in Holland is hosting a 1/12th scale race at their great winter indoor facility in Haarlem. Run from the 16th to 18th of January, the event will be held on the club’s technical blue carpet track, which is ideally sized for this class at 11m x 35m, with power and seating for over 100 people next to the track. The race is open to both modified and super stock classes and entry closes on the 13th of January.

You can enter here, and more information can be found here (PDF).

November 27, 2008

South Swedish Indoor Cup Rd3

We received a report from the recent 3rd round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup (SSIC) that was arranged by Malmö Miniracing Club way down in the south of Sweden. Forty racers battled it out in three classes, 27T, 19T and Modified and in the modified class, which saw the biggest turnout with 20 entries, it was top Xray driver Niclas Nilsson who set the pace early in practice and had no problem taking TQ in all rounds. Tamiya racer Thomas Andersson took second spot on the grid but it was a close fight. Only a couple of seconds separated number 2 and 8 so the finals promised to be exciting. Niclas Nilsson continued his domination this day by taking all three finals, while behind him it was Christian Holmström with a Corally who moved up two spots from qualifying and claimed the 2nd spot in the overall standing with Thomas Andersson completing the podium.

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November 26, 2008

Cris Careca wins Paulista Mod Champs

We received a report from the final race of the Paulista Modified Championships in Brazil, which saw a closely fought battle between Cris Careca and Marcos Mayer. The first 3 finals saw the win going to 3 different drivers Cris Careca, Cesar Salvadori and Felipe Franceschi. In the last final, Cris Careca and Felipe Franceschi opened up a gap from Cesar Salvadori and Marcos Mayer, and with the Championship still open, the tension among the pilots was visible. Felipe Franceschi had problems with his car and had to retire leaving Cris to hold on for the win despite having some technical problems, to also wrap up the Championship from Marcos Mayer.

Thanks to Adalberto Neri for the report.

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