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December 2, 2014

Gee, Sydor & Flores TQ & win at Indoor Champs

This past weekend was the 35th running of the US Indoor Champs, held this year at the Holiday Inn in Cleveland, Ohio. The event saw over 200 entries, and 31 heats overall. 17.5T was the biggest touring class with 40 entries, with the USVTA, USGT, 13.5T, and Modified classes also offered for TCs. This years track was very tricky combining a tight layout with high traction, soft spec tires and a bumpy subfloor, making perfect setups at a premium.

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December 1, 2014

Elliott Boots renews with Kyosho

Kyosho announce the 2-year contract renewal with Elliott Boots through to 2016. Continuing as a full factory driver Elliott, who recently also re-signed his contract with engine sponsor Reds Racing, will attend at the BRCA 1/10th nationals and the 1/8th Rallycross national series, as well as all major international races including Euros and World Championships.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]

December 1, 2014

Josh Cyrul sweeps pan car classes in Cleveland

The 35th US Indoor Championships were held this past weekend in Cleveland, Ohio. The event had the usual array of Modified and Stock Touring Car and Pan Car classes and the latter saw Josh Cyrul dominating the proceedings as he took the TQ in the 1/12th Modified, 13.5T and 17.5T classes and he also put himself on top of the timesheets in 1/10th World GT. The 1/12th Modified A-main Josh made maximum use of his pole position as he took the win from Keven Hebert in 2nd and Ray Darroch in 3rd.

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November 30, 2014

Bowie Ginting wins at Indonesian Year End Race

The Indonesian Electric On-Road Year End Race 2014 was held at the Sunter International Speedway, with 60 drivers competing in the premier class of 13.5T Boosted Touring Car, as well as the supporting FWD, Mini, 1/12 pan car and Scalpel classes. The weather was cloudy with a bit of rain pouring down in Saturday’s qualifying but the Sunday stayed dry. In the 13.5T Boosted class, Bowie Ginting set the quickest time to secure the TQ spot in front of Muhammad Izzah, who was just 0.3 seconds behind. PY tang lined up in 3rd followed by Peter Anthonijsz and Andy Sanjaya who completed the top 5 result. In the finals Bowie scored a clean sweep all three legs, allowing him to take the overall win from Izzah and PY in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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November 28, 2014

Rino Lino doubles at Mexican Capricorn Cup

The Mexican Capricorn Cup was held in Merida, Mexico with drivers from all over the country attending. Backed by the support of both the city of Merida and the local media the race attracted a good amount of drivers. Qualifying in the Nitro 200mm Sedan and Electric Touring classes was dominated by Rino Lino who would also come out successful in the mains of both classes. In the Sedan class it was Luis Hidalgo who grabbed the runner-up spot while Manual Ortiz completed the podium in 3rd.

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November 27, 2014

Alexander Hagberg dominates Orca Cup in Taiwan

The Taiwanese Orca Cup was held in Taoyuan, close to Taipei, in the classes of Touring Car Modified and 1/12th scale Modified. The drivers were challenged by a fairly low-grip carpet and it was Xray’s Alexander Hagberg who came out successful in the Touring Car class starting from pole position. Hong Kong drivers Chan Hay Lai and Chan Chau Man rounded out the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 1/12th scale class it was again Alexander to took the TQ and win to round out a perfect weekend.

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November 27, 2014

Energy RC Racing Circuit Opening Race – Report

Last weekend the grand opening race of the Energy RC Yiche Racing Circuit was held in GZ City, China. The venue offers a variety of tracks for on-road, drift and Mini-Z cars and recently also installed a large indoor carpet track which is meant to be the only one of this sort in China so far. The race attracted some 60 drivers in the two classes of 4WD and 2WD buggy with Felix (HB-HPI/Hobbywing) taking the win in the 4WD class from YaoWei Guo (TeamC/Hobbywing) and Ou (Yokomo/Hobbywing).

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November 27, 2014

Spencer Rivkin doubles at Arizona State Champs

For the past 20 years, the Arizona State Off-Road Championships have been hosted at SRS in the heart of Scottsdale, AZ. This year, however with the move of Hobbytown/SRS to their new facility in Phoenix, “The States” have moved indoors for the first time ever. Over the years the competitors and victors at this event have gone on to shine on a National and World stage. With a new crop of racers shining through Arizona and with a new facility, Hobbytown SRS was ready to crown their 2015 Arizona State Champions.

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