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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

Dillon Cassar wins M.M.O.R.C race

The M.M.O.R.C 1/8 off-road race was held in Rinella, Malta. In the heats TQ went to Kyle Spiteri (Xray) who had Xray team mate Dillon Cassar in tow. 3rd place went to Frank Azzopardi. In the final Dillon Cassar set the pace right from the start and managed to build a 2 lap lead towards the end of the race. Kyle Spiteri came in second, followed by Noel Barun (Xray) who completed the podium.

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November 12, 2013

Rasmus B. Nielsen takes Danish 200mm title

This year’s Danish National nitro on-road 200mm championship saw five rounds on four different tracks in Naestved, Odense, Greve and Hillerod. Rasmus Brunsborg Nielsen (Xray) and Claus Ryeskov (Xray) soon made their intentions clear as both fought for every point in the championship. Usually Rasmus was faster on a single lap while Claus is known for his consistent lap times and patience when lapping slower cars. Even though Claus, who took the last four titles, had won a couple of meetings in 2013 it was not enough to defeat Rasmus who is only in his second year in the hobby. Rasmus, runner-up at the Junior EC 2013, took the overall title in style leaving Claus in second place. Martin N.O. Hansen, who also had chances to win the championship at some point, ended in third place. He had been very unfortunate in the start of the year but he had the speed and skills to compete with the front runners and to defend himself against Rhys Jenkins who came in fourth.

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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

Erik Klanjšček takes Slovenian Buggy champs

Serpent driver Erik Klanjšček has won the 2013 Slovenian buggy championship using his Cobra 811B 2.0 buggy. Three 3rd place finishes, two runner-up spots and a win secured him the overall title after five races during the season.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

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

Bart Collins wins at The Cow Patty Classic Race

The “The Cow Patty Classic Race” took place at the Nuggets Range Raceway in Arcadia. In the GT8 class Serpent’s Bart Collins took TQ and later went on to win the A-main with his Cobra GT. On the podium he was sidelined by Serpent team mates Harry Barzilay and Hector Montaner.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

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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