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July 24, 2013

2013 Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout – Report

When people talk about the big races of the year, there are a few that don’t get left out. These big events include events such as the Cactus Classic, the Reedy Race, ROAR Nats, and the one that just passed this weekend in Saugus, CA; the Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout. This year marked the 16th year of this great event and it was one for the books. With a new layout that begged for tight racing the track was more than anyone could ask for. This years layout included a massive triple, a 4 pack that could be could be doubled or tripled into, a high speed dog leg sweeper and a few other tricky obstacles.

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July 24, 2013

South African national championship Rd3 – Report

The 3rd leg of the South African national championship was held at the KMR Track in Gauteng on the same brutal track that hosted the 2002 Worlds. The race was the perfect mid year event to test the local drivers’ skills and patience with the track being very unforgiving and every mistake got punished. Jason Hillcoat who made the change to Xray a few months back was unstoppable in Modified, his flawless precision driving was amazing to watch. In qualifying he took all three rounds to secure the TQ position for the weekend. On Sunday he raced a clean flawless race yet again to win both the first and second A final securing the overall win.

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July 23, 2013

Tim Altmann wins RC Lemans Series Rd5

The fifth round of the RC LeMans Series 2013 took place at the EVMC track in Velp, NL. 28 drivers attended in the Pro10 class and after qualifying Rene Fischer took TQ in front of Nic Boon and Tobias Weist who put his car on the third spot in the grid. Qualifying was very close with the top five cars all being within 2 seconds. The overall win after the three finals went to Tim Altmann coming from fifth position and taking all three legs. Rene Fischer dropped one place and ended up in second position with Tobias Weist completing the podium. The lower finals went to Joachim Behnken who took the B final and Mathijs Hermens was successful in the C final.

Thanks to Frank Buesener for sending the report.

July 23, 2013

1/10th Buggy World Championship tyres announced

This year’s IFMAR 1/10th Buggy World Championship at the A Main Hobbies’ Silver Dollar R/C Raceway will be run on Pro-Line Suburbs 2.0 and Scrubs X2 compound tyres, A Main Hobbies announce. The #8213-002 Suburbs rear tyre will be run in both the 2WD and 4WD class with the 4WD class also using the #8214-002 Scrubs front tyre. The two have to be used with stock foam inserts. Tyres will be available at A Main Hobbies’ Silver Dollar R/C Raceway during the event. Find more information here.

July 22, 2013

2013 BRCA Touring Car Series Rd3 – Report

This past weekend saw round three of the 2013 BRCA Touring Car Series held at the very popular West London circuit which is located only a stone’s throw away from Heathrow Airport. Going into this round both the Super Touring and Pro Stock championship could be decided with Team Durango’s Elliot Harper gunning for the ‘Super Touring’ title and Team Xray’s Zak Finlay going for the ‘Pro Stock’ title. As qualifying got under way Elliot Harper made his intentions very clear by securing TQ in the first three rounds of qualifying. Schumacher’s Chris Grainger driving the company’s Mi5 chassis was also going strong by securing two second place finishes in rounds one and two. Team Associated’s Olly Jefferies and Serpent’s Chris Kerswell were also in the mix but it was looking good for Elliot who seemed to have just that slight edge over the rest of the pack.

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July 22, 2013

Alvin Koh wins at RaceWorks Elite Racing Series Rd5

The fifth round of the RaceWorks Elite Racing Series took place under the best possible weather conditions at the RaceWorks on-road circuit in Singapore. In qualifying, it was Team Tamiya SG’s Nicholas Lee, fresh from his win in the 200mm nitro class at the Jakarta Open, who set the pace, securing TQ honours ahead of team-mate Alvin Koh and team ARC Singapore’s Nelson Lee. The final were a nightmare for Nicholas as he suffered technical issues in all four legs. This allowed Alvin Koh to complete a clean sweep of wins in the finals. Team Xray Singapore’s PY Tang finished 2nd while Nelson Lee took 3rd for his first podium of the season. The win let Alvin Koh stretching his lead in the overall standings over PY Tang. Nelson Lee moved up one spot to stand in 3rd after his strong performance this round. In the team standings Team Tamiya SG further consolidated its lead over Team Xray Singapore, while Team ARC Singapore holds the 3rd position. The next round of the season will be on 4th of August.

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July 22, 2013

Bowie Ginting wins 13.5T at Xcampus Challenge Rd1

The First round of the Xcampus Challenge Championship was held at the SIS track in Jakarta. Before the race the organisers modified the track layout and added another technical corner to make the track more challenging. The race was run mainly in 13.5T and FWD classes with 40 competitors attending in total. The 13.5T Boosted qualifying saw Bowie Ginting place his VBC onto the TQ spot with 17 laps in 5.07. Ronny Suwarto was next with his Xray, 7 seconds behind the pole man. Peter Anthony (Yokomo) and Ronald Kasengkang (Tamiya) also scored 17 laps and lined-up in 4th and 5th respectively while young hotshot, Muhammad Izzah was a bit shy of the 17 laps with 16 laps in 5.00,0.017 ahead Teddy Syach who placed 6th. In the FWD class Anton Santoso TQ’d 3 seconds from Christian Mamesah for took the runner-up spot.

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July 21, 2013

Volker is Champion

Ronald Volker is the 2012/13 Yokomo Euro Touring Series Champion. The German clinched his third consecutive title by securing his first ever asphalt win in the World famous championship with another tone to tone victory in the second leg of the A-Main at the Hudy Racing Arena in Slovakia. The result sees the factory Yokomo driver become the most crowned ETS driver having shared the honour for the past 12-months with reigning World Champion Jilles Groskamp who was champion of the first two seasons of the series. Despite shadowing Volker throughout the second 5-minute main, Marc Rheinard, the 2009/10 Champion, couldn’t catch his arch rival declaring afterwards that the ‘championship wasn’t lost here but at the start of the season’, the Tamiya ace failing to make the podium at the opening three races of the season.

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