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September 19, 2013

2013 North-West Championship Tour finale – Report

The 2013 North-West Championship Tour (NCT) finale was held this past weekend in Pasco, WA. This would be the 6th and final stop of this years series. Over the past 6 months, the NCT Series has hit six of the best outdoor tracks in The Great North-West. The race schedule saw controlled practice on Friday, three qualifying rounds on Saturday and lower bump-up mains and triple A-mains on Sunday. In 2WD Modified Buggy Kyosho’s Joe Pillars went on to TQ all three rounds of qualifying while Kyosho’s Austin Seim went onto take the wins in A-main number 1 and 2 to take the 2WD Modified Buggy overall win for the weekend. Pillars would finish 2nd in the first two A-mains after a great battle with Austin, and took a convincing win in the last A-main to finish 2nd overall. Roger Seim put in a strong showing during all three A-Mains and would tie for 3rd overall with AE’s Chris Nealeigh. After the tie breaker was calculated by each drivers 2 best finishes along with laps and times added together, it was Nealeigh just edging out Seim for 3rd overall.

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September 17, 2013

Akio Sobue wins Speed King Tour East 2013 Rd3

The third round of the Kazuki Endo presented Speed King Tour East 2013 took place at the world famous Yatabe Arena in Japan. The meeting was held in Modified TC, Stock TC, JMRCA TC and Yokomo GT500 classes and it was young Yokomo driver Yugo Nagashima who won the 2nd round of the series and took TQ again in the modified TC class of round 3. TRF driver Akio Sobue captured the second spot after qualifying and Hayato Ishioka held the 3rd place with his Kyosho TF6SP. Making use of the usual ‘first corner chaos’ in the Modified A final Akio moved up to the first spot while Yugo lost a lot of positions. Yugo though recovered during the 5 minute run but was not able to catch Akio who took the winning honours with his TRF418 prototype. Yugo finished second, Kiyoto Kanno completed the podium. When it comes to the overall championship Yugo kept his top position after round 3 going into the series final that will take place at the Crest Speedway on the first weekend of November.

Source: Speed King Tour [speed-king-tour.blogspot.jp]

September 17, 2013

Cerny & Nemcek win Czech touring car nationals

Cerny & Nemeck win Czech touring car nationals

Last weekend the Czech Championship was held in Slavkov u Brna on a very fast high grip track. Saturday saw five qualifiers with the first heat of the Modified class being TQ’d by David Nemcek followed by a clean sweep of Marek Cerny who took the remaining four qualifying rounds. The young man was able to conserve his performance for the finals where he went on to win the first two legs in order to secure the 2013 title early with one A main to go. The second place and vice championship went to David Nemcek with Jaroslv Kopecky taking the last remaining podium spot. Elsewhere in the Stock class David Nemcek took the win and 2013 title after a hard fight with Pavel Martinec.

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September 17, 2013

AE Cup Offroad Championship Indonesia Rd4 – Report

The 4th round of the AE Cup EP 1/10 Offroad Championship was held in Jatibening-Jakarta, Indonesia. The race attracted a total of 33 driver who battled in the buggy and short course classes. The event saw triple five minute qualification rounds and triple seven minute A mains. In the 2WD class Wuzi Sevta took the win from Kris Heriyana and Rizky while Rama Tribudiman TQ’d and won the 4WD buggy class leaving Dimaz Arianto and Reza Sumendap behind. In 2WD short course Wuzi Sevta took the TQ and win from Rama Tribudiman and Dimaz Arianto. The 4WD short course class saw Jiriel K taking the TQ and win leaving Rizky and Haviedz in second and third position respectively.

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September 17, 2013

Kevin Pignotti wins Modified at Italian nationals

The Italian electric on-road nationals was held at the Gubbio track last weekend. This year the championship would be decided in a single event with about 100 participants. The race started with practice sessions on Friday followed by two timed practice sessions and three of five qualifiers on Saturday with the remaining qualifying heats and finals on Sunday. In qualifying Francesco Martini (Xray) took the overall TQ followed by Alessandro Brunelli (Serpent), Kevin Pignotti (Associated) and Diego Macchioni (Xray). A main number 1 had Alessandro Brunelli taking the win in front of top qualifier Francesco Martini while disaster struck for both drivers in leg number two when they had a coming together resulting in 7th and 8th place finishes gifting Diego Macchioni the win from Kevin Pignotti. In the last A main both Francesco and Alessandro again had average runs meaning they would not be able to fight for the title. Kevin Pignotti took the win from Alessandro and Diego handing Kevin the overall win and the 2013 Modified class title. Alessandro was able to take the runner-up spot with Diego Macchioni ending up in third place overall.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 17, 2013

Boots & Sartel win at Noeux Les Mines GP

The Noeux Les Mines GP took place in France last weekend and it was Jerome Sartel who took the TQ honours in the 1/8th E-buggy class with Elliott Boots and Arthur Airaud in second and third respectively. In the finals Elliott made a clean sweep by winning the first and second leg handing him the class win early with one heat to go. The second place went to Jerome Sartel with Emeric Pierre completing the electric buggy podium. In the nitro buggy class Elliott Boots took the TQ honours from Jon Hazlewood and Ben Williams but come the 45 minute final Elliott suffered a flame out costing him many positions. In the end it was Jerome Sartel who took the win with Elliott fighting back to second position. Jean-Patrick Sartel finished third to complete the podium.

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September 17, 2013

Rene Fischer wins RC LeMans Series Rd6

The 6th round of the RC LeMans Series took place at the MCC Rhein Ahr track in Bad Breisig, Germany. Saturday’s practice session was pretty much washed away by the weather but come Sunday the clouds and rain made way for good weather. After the qualifying heats Tim Altmann took TQ in front of Marcel Ellissen and Tobias Weist who completed the top 3. In the finals Rene Fischer, coming from fourth on the grid, shifted to overdrive taking leg 1 and 2 to take the day’s win early. The final leg went to Tobias Weist who secured the runner-up spot. Frank Büsener completed the podium. Peter Plümacher and Jochen Essl took the B-final and C-final win respectively, the fastest youngster was Phillip Paul in 12th position.

Thanks to Frank Büsener for sending the report.

September 16, 2013

Ben Sterling wins 2WD Modified at Wodonga Cup 2013

The 2013 Wodonga Cup took place in Wodonga, Victoria and it was Kyosho’s Ben Sterling who TQ’d two out of three qualifiers to take overall TQ for the finals. After scoring a win in the first final and having a nightmare run in leg number two Ben had to win in the decisive final in order to take the overall win for the day. On the tone Ben started off well but coming a little sideways and onto the grass later on allowed Glen to take the lead that only last for a couple of laps until he came wide onto the main straight allowing Ben to take the lead again. He then held Glen off again for 3 laps until Ben made a mistake after the triple and Glen made a move up in the inside. With 2 laps to go Glen got crossed up coming off the back sweeper and Ben made the move. The last lap Glen pressured Ben hard, at this point the Kyosho driver was just driving really defensively. Glen tried to make a move on the inside of Ben off the little double in the middle of the track but hit the curb and flipped. This gave Ben some breathing room and he just finished off the lap conservatively to take the overall win.

Source: Ben Serling [bensterlingrc.com]