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November 12, 2013

RCProf Speedpassion Challenge Rd2 – Report

The 2nd round of the RCProf Speedpassion Challenge was held in Budapest on an indoor carpet track. Beside several other classes including electric buggy also a touring car modified and 13.5T race was held. Qualifying for the touring cars proved to be difficult due to the track conditions as the buggy tyres made for tricky grip conditions. In the Stock class János Birinyi, coming from second on the grid, was able to take the lead in A1 and A2 bringing home an early win for Xray. Viktor Kiss and Tamás Ponghó completed the podium for a 1-2-3 for the Slovakian manufacturer.

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November 12, 2013

Evans & Wagner win at Castle Classic race

The second leg of the 14th annual Castle Classic was held at NorCal Raceway in Union City CA. The classes run on day two of the Classic were F1, Mini, Rookie On-road, Touring Car Nitro Expert and Sportsman, Super Ten, and 1/8 Electric Buggy were held. In the F1 class T.O.P. team ace EJ Evans took the win with his Rebel F1 just ahead of top qualifier Cameron Wagner who was also driving a Rebel F1, two laps up on third place finisher Elliot Miyashiro. In the Mini class T.O.P. team member Cameron Wagner had a challenge to get his new car dialled in for the race against some very experienced mini racers. The first qualifiers were a bit rough but in the end he was able to secure the TQ spot. In the race Cameron led from start to finish, one lap ahead of the close race for second by Jaime Manzanilla and Willie Fok.

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November 11, 2013

JJ Wang wins at RCI farewell race

JJ Wang, who was announced as part of the Reedy factory team only days ago, successfully took part in the recent RCI farewell race, the track which hosted round 1 of this year’s AOC moving to a new premises. The HPI/Hot Bodies driver put himself on top of the podium with Jack Iverson and Jimmy Qian taking 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Image: Jonathan Wang

November 11, 2013

Nico Catelani wins F1 class at Trofeo Automodelli

The Trofeo Automodelli was held at RcLandia, Scandino, the venue of the 2014 1/12th EFRA European Championships. Beside a touring car modified and 13.5T class also a 21.5T blinky F1 class on Ride R1 tyres was run. The category saw Fenix driver Matteo Berlincioni setting the pace and claiming the pole position with an impressive 36 laps in 10.10.323, but he was chased by his team mate Nico Catelani who was only 2 seconds behind. Coming in 3rd further 8 seconds down was Luca Torreggiani. After qualifying the A-final had a massive amount of national talents to offer in the form of Luca Torreggiani, Paolo Bottignol, Andrea Aquilino, Davide Carbone, Riccardo Monzani, Andrea Selva, Davide Campanini and Stefano Luppi. During practice and qualifying it became obvious that the long heats were extremely hard for the tyres making the right tyre treatment crucial for everyone with winning ambitions.

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November 6, 2013

Midwest Indoor Championship – Report

For the 3rd consecutive year, the newly constructed Genesis RC Raceway in Marshall, Minnesota hosted the Midwest Indoor Championship. With racers attending from Canada and 7 states through out the upper Midwest, the race fell victim to some of the top drivers in the county in their respected classes. After four rounds of very tight qualifying, the mains were set and first up was the WGT class. The TQ holder Tony Block broke out and was able to hold on for the win with current national champion and CRC teammate Randy Grosse taking 2nd and John Wiita rounding out the podium.

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November 6, 2013

Schwendimann wins at 2013 French TC nationals

Nicolas Schwendimann (Xray) has won the Touring Car stock class in this year’s French Touring Car championships. Consisting of five rounds in total Nicolas was able to TQ four and win three meetings along a second and a third place at the Nanates and Montbrison rounds respectively. Thomas Vigneron and Jérôme Permentier completed the top three overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 6, 2013

Indoor Dirt Race 2013 – Report

The 4th annual Indoor Dirt Race took place in Edling/Wasserburg. Contrary to its name the race is one of the biggest indoor carpet races in Germany with a record entry of 152 racers in four classes. The crew around Bernhard “Dirty B” Bachmann created a very challenging track and the new carpet made for very high traction. Friday saw some group practice followed by two rounds of times practice on Saturday morning. Next up were three rounds of heat qualifying with the final chance to get into the desired A-main was on Sunday morning with the last round of qualifying followed by triple mains. After the timed practice the groups were reseeded based on the two fastest consecutive laps. In 2WD Buggy, Oli Scholz with his Team C TM2 was fastest followed by EOS Rd1 winner Hupo Hönigl who had Markus Metsch, Patrick Hofer and Benni Gröschel in tow. In the 4WD class Scholz was in front again but challenged by Benny Gröschel, Hupo Hönigl, Patrick Hofer and Markus Metsch.

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November 6, 2013

Short Course Showdown Nationwide Tour Rd6 – Report

The final race of the 2013 Short Course Showdown Nationwide Tour was hosted by HobbyTown USA HobbyPLEX Raceway in Omaha, Nebraska. JConcepts’ Dave Duncan made the trip from Florida, he arrived on Thursday afternoon as the track crew was putting on its finishing touches on the fresh new layout. Friday practice was very busy with lots of racers dialling in their trucks for the weekends event. As the day progressed, the groove developed and lap times got faster and faster. The format was to run 3 rounds of qualifying on Saturday and main events on Sunday. It was announced just before Round 1 started on Saturday that there would be a 4th round of qualifying on Sunday morning giving some drivers one more chance to make the show. After 3 rounds of qualifying were done Saturday evening, Dave Duncan secured the TQ spot in Stock Short Course. Scott Brown and John Walentia were sitting second and third in the Modified 2WD SCT class.

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