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July 31, 2008

Euros 1/10th Second Practice update

Elliot Harper

Second practice for the 2008 EFRA 1:10 EP Touring Euros has been run here in Vila Real but with no official timing the picture of who is doing what is still uncertain as drivers continuing to still settle themselves in. Elliot Harper, winner of the Warm-Up Race back in June, says it is a lot hotter and as a result the track characteristics are very different now. The emerging UK talent, who just took his first British National win two weeks ago, says his Nosram powered Xray is working well but with the extra heat it is going off slightly at the end of the run. Harper will make a few changes to fine tune the car for the first of the two timed runs this afternoon.

Check out the full coverage on our event site here.

July 31, 2008

Euros 1/10th – Practice update

Jilles Groskamp

Drivers have had their first official practice run at the 2008 EFRA Euros here in Vila Real with most drivers reporting an incident free run. Jilles Groskamp suffered the biggest drama of the morning when he lost a front wheel off his Tamiya. ‘I adjusted the front camber just before my run and when I put on my front wheels I tightened the nuts by hand and then afterwards forgot to do them up properly. It was a novice error but then I am a novice driver.’ With all four wheels on his car, the Dutch racer said his car felt pretty OK.

Check out the full coverage on our event site here.

July 30, 2008

Hodapp takes victory at JBRL Rd5

Kyosho and Slingshot Batteries have been in contact to report victories in Modified 2WD and Truck classes at round 5 of the series at Freedom Park in Camarillo, CA. Hodapp piloted his Kyosho RB5 to the win from the 3rd spot on the grid. Patience paid off for Hodapp as he followed the leaders for the first half of the race and then seeing a passing opportunity Hodapp made his move and never looked back as the rest of the field battled for precious series points. In the truck class, Hodapp started from the 2nd qualifying position with his prototype Kyosho truck and he again played it safe and followed the leader for several laps until his chance came a few laps into the main event. Once in the lead position, Hodapp never looked back crossing the line and taking the victory first time out with the truck.

Source: Slingshot [slingshotbatteries.com]

July 29, 2008

Matsukura dominates Japanese Nationals

Last weekend saw the JMRCA Japanese electric buggy Nationals take place at the indoor Yatabe Arena track. With 220 drivers in attendance, the competition was going to be hot and in the 2wd class it was current 4wd National Champion Naoto Matsukura that took the top spot for Yokomo, having started from pole position, to win ahead of Satoshi Maezumi, racing and X-Factory X-6, in 2nd and Shin Adachi with the Kyosho Ultima RB5 in 3rd. In the 4wd class it was again Matsukura that took the win, to complete a dominant performance in recent events for the new B-Max4 buggy, finishing in front of Shin Adachi with the Lazer ZX-5 in 2nd, with Tamiya rounding out the podium.

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July 20, 2008

Jason Shim wins Keningau Fun Race

We received a brief report from the Keningau Fun Race for 1/10th scale cars that took place last weekend in Malaysia. Top Qualifier from the heats went to Serpent S400 driver David Voo but with some technical issues at the track, it took some time before the finals could be run. The 2 finals that were run saw the overall win go to another Serpent driver, Jason Shim, who won from 2nd placed Hot Bodies driver Raphael Chiew, while KS Chu rounded out the top 3, also for Serpent.

July 18, 2008

Summach wins Ontario Provincial Champs

Summach wins 08 Ontario Provincial Champs

The 2008 Ontario Provincial Championships took place last weekend at Sid’s Raceway in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, with drivers from all over Ontario in attendance, as well some from Quebec and New York. The track’s fast layout and changing conditions throughout the day were going to make the racing action packed and in the 2wd Modified class, Kyosho/Team Orion driver John Summach swept the three rocket rounds of qualifying and was the only driver able to sneak in for the extra lap. The 7-minute Triple A Main format made for some really exciting racing and close finishes and it was Summach that came out on top after winning 2 of the mains, the last in dramatic fashion, to take the overall title.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

July 18, 2008

Brazilian 540-J Class Rd4 report

The 4th round of the Brazilian 540-J Class took place last weekend at the AARC of ABC track in Santo André. With a record 15 drivers in attendance for this class, this was good news for the electric racing scene in São Paulo. The A-main saw a very clean and fair battle between HB Cyclone racer Adalberto Neri and Tamiya driver Artur Ueda that lasted until the very last heat, where Neri eventually took the win, with the 3rd spot going to Associated driver Alekimura just in front of Fernanda Landre racing an Xray. The B-main, again sae some great rookie battles in this category between Marcelo Acácio and Deivid, with the latte eventualy getting the upper hand.

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July 16, 2008

Mike Blackstock rejoins Team Associated

Team Associated have announced the return of multiple National Champion Mike Blackstock to its Worldwide race team. After a 2 year hiatus from the Team, Mike returns to join his new on road team mates including Juho Levanen, Keven Hebert, Rick Hohwart and Craig Drescher. In 1/10th scale touring Car, Mike will be utilizing the newly released Factory Team TC5F and TC5R, while in 1/12th scale pan car he will drive the brand-new 12R5 as well as the 10R5 in 1/10th World GT. With over 10 National titles to his credit and multiple “A” main finishes at the IFMAR World Championships, Mike is looking to put his new Associated vehicles on the podium at the upcoming International Indoor Championships, that takes place in Las Vegas in August.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]