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March 26, 2014

Folman wins 6th Danish TC round as Holst takes title

Danielsen wins 6th Danish TC round as Holst takes title

The 6th and final round of the Danish National Championships was held at the former DHI-Cup venue in Odense, where this great event was born many years ago. A big and flowing track with technical chicanes made for perfect conditions and close racing. Since it was the final race of the season, the schedule saw 5 rounds of qualifying with the 3 best to count, followed by 3 finals. In the Pro Stock class the fight for the magic A final spots was though, with 3 drivers being in the fight for TQ. Patrick Folman, Niklas Engholm and Søren Boy Holst all won rounds in qualifying – often with less than a second to second spot. At the end Patrick took TQ in a tie-break, with only .087 second from the number 2 driver.

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March 26, 2014

Roger Seim wins 4WD at PNW Showdown Series

The 2013/14 Pacific North-West Showdown Series hosted their final round this past weekend at 4-Seasons R/C Raceway in Olympia, WA. This 5 race series would hit the best indoor off-road tracks that the North-West has to offer in the past five months. Three races would be held in Washington and two races in Oregon. Each driver’s four best finishes out of the five races would count towards the overall championship. Kyosho/Team Orion driver Roger Seim would go into Olympia and finish off the series with a great result to lock up the overall 4WD Modified Buggy championship. Finishing 2nd overall for the series was Kyosho/Peak’s Tanner Day while Kyosho/Team Orion’s Thomas Tran who would complete the Kyosho ZX-5 SP podium sweep in 3rd.

Thanks to Joe Pillars for the report.

March 24, 2014

JConcepts Spring Indoor Nationals – Announcement

The 2nd round of the JConcepts Indoor National Series will take place on the weekend of the 13th of April in Tacoma, Washington. For the 2014 Spring Indoor Nationals event, Scott Brown and the Tacoma crew will be burning the midnight oil providing the racers with the track, layout and facility known as one of the best in the Northwest portion of the United States. It is predicted that drivers will travel in from as many as 10 different states to compete. Many of the popular classes of competition will be offered featuring all the 1/10th off-road and short course classes. More information can be found on JConcepts Facebook event page by clicking here and you can already sign up for the race here.

March 24, 2014

Mibosport Cup 2013/14 Rd6 – Report

Mibosport Cup 2013/14 Rd6 - Report

The 6th and final round of the Yokomo-backed Mibosport Cup Winter series was held in Hrotovice. A total of 135 drivers signed up for the event, with 78 drivers attending in the on-road and 57 in the off-road classes. Yokomo’s Ronald Völker came as a special guest to compete in the off-road and touring car modified classes. In the latter 16 drivers battled for the win with Ronald dominating the qualifying and eventually taking the TQ with a comfortable gap. The finals then where no exception as the Yokomo/LRP factory driver finished 1st in all three A-main legs. However there was quite a tough battle among Zdenko Kunák, David Nemček and Jirka Višín behind Ronald. In all three A-mains, Zdenko Kunák finished second and David Nemček came in third making this also the final standing.

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March 24, 2014

Sorex Indoor Challenge 2013/14 final round – Report

The Norwegian Sorex Indoor Challenge 2013/14 was run at the mustitRaceway in Moss, some 30 minutes from Oslo, during this winter. 4 out of 5 meetings counted for the championship that was run in Touring Modified, Touring Stock and 1/12th scale. The Modified class had Georg Ellingsen taking the championship from up and coming talent Magnus Guttormsen and Hans B Revhaug.

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March 24, 2014

Robert Batlle wins 1st round of Spanish 2WD nats

The first round of the Spanish 2WD buggy nationals took place last weekend at the La Rinconada track. The race started off wet with rain on Saturday morning flooding the track but thanks to the effort of the club members the track was good for practice rounds from afternoon on. Qualifying started on Sunday and at the end it was Carlos Pineda who took the TQ in front of young Carlos Canas and Michael Todd. 1/8th Buggy World Champion Robert Batlle had some less-than-perfect runs, missed the top 3 but made the A-main. Robert then went on to win the opening A-final but TQ Pineda fought back in A2 where he won over Batlle with just over a second. A-main leg 3 would then bring the decision where Robert Batlle (Yokomo/Muchmore) took an easy win allowing him to take the overall win from Carlos Pineda (Associated/LRP) and Michael Todd (Kyosho/Team Orion).

Source: InfoRC [inforc.net]

March 23, 2014

Hagberg & Mobers 2014 EFRA 1/12th scale champions

The 2014 edition of the 1/12 European Championships was held at the permanent facilities of RC Landia, in Scandiano, Italy and Alexander Hagberg gave this report. ‘Some 100 drivers split in two classes attended the event, which was held over three days. During the practice rounds on Friday, both Alexander Hagberg and team mate Olly Jefferies showed a strong early pace on the challenging track. Francesco Martini was very fast with his X12 car as well, with an early pace within the top 3 positions in the competitive 10.5T blinky stock class.

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March 23, 2014

Myron Kinnard wins at 2014 Carpet Showdown

One Lug RC Raceway hosted The 2014 Carpet Showdown in Albertville, Alabama. The Carpet Showdown brought racers from most of the Southeast including Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama. The short track layout generated intense racing and made no room for errors. Close spec racing and the fun factor of the muscle-car bodies added realism to the track, with some back-to-back racing. Tight 180-degree turns and fast, short straights required serious setup and driving control. Team Associated’s Myron Kinnard took his Reedy-powered TC6.2 to the TQ spot in qualifying. In the Main he took full advantage of that TQ position and from the tone took off and left the rest in his wake. Will Sheffield in his Team Associated debut also made the A Main and finished a respectable fifth place.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]