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December 16, 2014

JJ Wang wins at MTS Shanghai

The past weekend, Jang-san from Muchmore brought the Muchmore Racing Touring Series to Shanghai. The race saw the appearance of internationally experienced drivers such as JJ Wang and even Felix Law from the U.S. made the trip over to China to participate. In the Touring Car class finals JJ was able to take the overall win coming from 2nd on the grip after challenging TQ Motor Wang who finished 2nd. Felix Law rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.com]

December 16, 2014

Shinya wins 200mm class KM & TRC GP Challenge

The 2014 KM & TRC GP Challenge was held last weekend in Hong Kong. Shimazaki Shinya took the TQ and win in the 200mm Nitro class from his 2nd placed team mate Hung Cheung Hang. Shimazaki also scored the fastest lap and new 200mm track record in the progress.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

December 16, 2014

JP Richard wins at WRL Series Rd3

The 3rd round of the Winter Racing League was held at Sparks Park and it was TLR’s JP Richards who was able to take the TQ in both 2WD and 4WD Buggy and he would start 2nd in Pro2. In the mains JP was able to turn his TQs into victories along with Pro2 making it a perfect weekend and extending his points lead.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

December 16, 2014

JR Mitch wins at Nitro Force Series Rd1

The Florida Nitro Series began at famous Lake Park Raceway just outside of Tampa. TLR’s JR Mitch took the win in the Nitro Buggy main only after showing up Sunday morning fresh with zero track time. With morning practice and jumping into the lower main, track time on the current surface would work to his favour. Moving through and in to the B Main, then on to the A-main, Mitch started moving his way through the field from his bump up spot at the back of the grid to take the win despite this being a 1-day event for him.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

December 15, 2014

Bayer & Savoya win at Paris Xmas Race

Last weekend saw the running of the Xmax Electric Off-Road Race in Paris, France. The 4WD class had Martin Bayer taking the TQ after winning all four qualifying rounds. The opening A-main saw Martin Bayer in a fight with his team mate Martin Wollanka but Bayer came out successful at the end. A2 and Martin Bayer had to fight with technical problems and he scored a DNF so he had to win the final A-main in order to take the overall victory and thanks to a win from tone to tone in A3 Martin was able to grab the title from Martin Wollanka and Reno Savoya.

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December 15, 2014

BRCA 1/12th nationals Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the 2014/15 BRCA 1/12 Scale Nationals took place at Tamworth near Birmingham last weekend. The flowing track layout provided some excellent racing across the field throughout the 2-day event. There was additional coverage of the event in the form of a live radio broadcast provided by Downforce Radio. The race commentary can be played back by following the links on their homepage or downloaded as a podcast by searching for ‘downforce radio’. The weekend is split into two separate race meetings, with classes for 13.5 and 10.5 Stock on Saturday and 10.5 and Open Modified on Sunday.

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December 15, 2014

Tebo & Boots win at 2014 Kyosho Masters USA

The 2014 Kyosho Masters USA was held this past weekend at RC Tracks of Las Vegas, host of the 2016 IFMAR 1/8th Buggy World Championships. Held in the classes of 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/8th E-Buggy the event saw the attendance of World Champions like Jared Tebo, Cody King and Yuichi Kanai alongside Europe’s Elliott Boots and Jerome Aigoin and other swift Kyosho drivers. The weekend was dominated by the battle between Jared Tebo and Elliott Boots as both chased for the top positions in the Nitro and Electric classes. In E-Buggy Elliott took an early overall TQ by winning three out of four qualifiers with Jared Tebo taking the final round Sunday morning.

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December 15, 2014

Date change & confirmed surface of 1/10th Buggy WC

Following some controversial discussions about the surface of the 2015 1/10th Electric Buggy World Championship at the Yatabe Arena in Japan IFMAR now released the final decision following a vote to update IFMAR’s existing “surface” rule that previously saw dirt as the only allowed track surface. The new rule, that was accepted by three of the four IRMAR blocks, now allows for both dirt and (up to 100 percent) artificial turf tracks and it reads like this:

5.1 Surface
The track surface can be dirt, or else partially or entirely covered with artificial turf. (Commonly referred to as Astro turf) Other materials can be used in sections of the track such as table tops and jumps to assure the durability of those sections for the entire event. Such other materials must be limited to less than 20% of the total track length.
Dirt sections should be of screened top soil / clay free from rocks and debris with only a minimum amount of sand and hard packed to provide a durable consistent racing surface for the duration of the event.

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