VBC Racing driver Max Kuenning took his Lightning10 World GT to victory at the 2014 International Indoor Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada. Starting from the 2nd position, Max took the lead on the 2nd lap and never looked back.
Source: VBC Racing [vbcracingusa.com]
The opening round of the Italian Capricorn Championship was held at the Big Model track in Ciampino. The series is run in a Touring Car Modified and 13.5T Stock class and in Modified it was Alessio Menicucci who took the pole position for the finals in front of Diego Macchioni and Alessio Valentini. The Stock class had Massimo Fabiani and Andrea Attura fighting for the TQ with the better end for Massimo who grabbed the pole in front of Andrea Attura and Maurizio Bicchi.
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The traditional Leonberg Indoor Race was held this past weekend with 80 drivers attending in the 1/10th electric off-road classes. In 4WD Buggy it was Patrick Hofer who took the TQ and the win. Oliver Scholz came in 2nd while Sandro Bamert completed the race in 3rd place.
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
The 2014/15 Slovakia Cup will be held at the Hudy Arena during the Winter season, starting next Saturday the 25th of October. The series will see the running of Touring Car Modified and Stock classes along Pan Car GT and Formula 21.5T categories. Additionally 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes are run. Registration for the opening round is available here and more information and rules can be found here.
The first indoor race of the Danish electric on-road season was held in the city of Randers on a purpose-built track. The carpet used caused a lot of problems for the drivers as the long hair made for changing grip conditions and tons of broken ball bearings. In the Super Stock class it was Soren Boy Holst (T.O.P.) who was in control of things as he was quick right from the start and he also took all three qualifying rounds to grab the pole position for the finals. Niklas Engholm (Awesomatix) put his car in 2nd place while Mad Callesen (Serpent) rounded out the top 3.
The 1st Annual Kyosho America Masters will be held from December 12th to 14th at RC Tracks Las Vegas. The first ever Kyosho Masters event on U.S. soil will be run in 1/8th scale Nitro and Electric Buggy classes and sees the attendance of international stars such as Australia’s Kyle McBride, UK’s Elliott Boots or Japan’s Yuichi Kanai who will battle it out with American drivers such as World Champions Cody King and Jared Tebo. Saturday night will see a banquet that is open for all participants. The event is open for all Kyosho Inferno drivers and the recommended pre-registration can be done via Joe Pillars (joepillars@hotmail.com).
French front runner and national 1/8th scale champion, Jerome Aigoin will use Team Orion electric components in his E-Buggy 2015 campaign, the Swiss company announce. Jerome will be using the company’s 1/8th scale speed controllers, brushless motors, LiPo battery packs and chargers to power his cars in the coming season.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
The 2014 AARCMCC WA EP10 Off-Road State Titles were held at West Coast Model RC in Bayswater, Western Australia. With a few interstate drivers travelling to the event including one international entrant, the stages were set for an exciting weekend after 2 days of practice. Saturday was set for the 2WD classes, qualifying was run over 4 rounds in the morning, with finals to be run in the afternoon. In 2WD Modified it was Josh Pain who took TQ honours over Craig Laughton and Darren Johnston. 2WD Stock saw Gabriel Mikhail take TQ over Kerren Nottle and Jarrod Smith.
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