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April 4, 2013

Barry Pettit wins E-Buggy at PNB

The 2013 Psycho Nitro Blast, known for it’s “psycho” layouts riddled with huge ski jumps, crazy wall rides and certifiably insane 30 hour straight open practice schedule, once again was hosted in Unadilla, Georgia. Tekin team mates Adam Drake and Ryan Lutz would exchange TQ honors each round in the 100+ entry deep 1/8 E Buggy class. Drake would jump into the lead from his TQ spot and immediately ran low 52 second consistent lap times to take A1 followed by Tekin team mates Barry Pettit and Ryan Lutz. In A2 Drake would jump out in front but would quickly fall out of the race at lap 7 after suffering a mechanical failure allowing the rest of the field to take advantage. Ryan Lutz lead the field to the end taking the win in A2 followed by Barry Pettit. Once the points were tallied this would give Tekin-powered Barry Pettit 1st overall with Ryan Lutz and David Joor completing the top 3.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

April 3, 2013

Luke Richards doubles at CRCRC April Fools Race

The April Fools Race tool place at the CRCRC race track and it was Kyosho’s Luke Richards who TQ the 2WD Modified Buggy and 2WD Modified Short Course class. The Buggy A Main saw a close battle between pole sitter Luke and TLR’s JP Richards with Luke leading half of the race but a mistake let JP pass but only until the latter encountered a last lap driving error handing Luke the win of the race.

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April 3, 2013

Bowie Ginting wins Rd1 of Indonesian EP regionals

The first round of the 2013 Indonesian Regional/Jakarta EP Championship was held at the Sunter International Speedway with more than 50 entries attending in the four classes Prostock 10.5T, Stock 13.5T, FWD and 1/12 pan car. Qualification saw three five minute rounds with the best result counting. Bowie Ginting was able to grab TQ followed by Rama Tribudiman in 2nd and Ronny Suwarto in 3rd position. Heri Susanto and Suwardi Suliandy completed top 5 grid. The first A main saw Bowie pulling away towards a clean win while Rama, Ronny, Heri and Suwardi fought for the 2nd place. And after the 5 minute run, Heri finish in 2nd, followed by Suwardi in 3rd. In A main 2 Bowie once again got a clean start but the rest of the pack that got involved in a serious crash in the first corner. Bowie kept his steady pace and crossed the finish line in first position, followed by Heri and Suwardi respectively. By winning the second run Bowie secured an early overall win but decided to attend in the third A main again. He once again pulled away from the field but further down the pack Heri had to retire after an early accident. Suwardi got 2nd and battled till the last minute for this spot with Teddy. This gave Xray a clean top 3 sweep with Bowie, Heri and Suwardi all running the T4 car.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 2, 2013

Renaud Savoya wins 2013 Modelcar Cup

Xray team driver Renaud Savoya reports from the Modelcar Cup in Portugal, a growing event which sees an increasing level every year. ‘This time, Darren Bloomfield made the trip to fight with the finest Portuguese drivers. Like usual, I received a very warm welcome from everyone. I flew to Lisbon on Thursday night and get some practices at a local indoor carpet track with XB4. Even if it wasn’t mine and I made just a few laps, I was the fastest on the technical and enjoyable layout.

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April 2, 2013

Panek, Blais & Goodman win at TNS finale

The Top Notch Series finale was more competitive than ever with all the top drivers coming out to make up lost points. With their SCT410’s dialed in, Tekno RC’s Chad Panek and Nick Blais stepped up to the plate and came together for a first and third place finish in the PRO4 SC event. This would complete Tekno RC’s sweep of the series podium with Chris Blais, Chad Panek, and Nick Blais in the top 3 spots. Later in the day, Tekno RC’s Nick Blais would continue on with his EB48 for a TQ in the 1/8th E-Buggy class beating out Jake Thayer and Lucas Sanford for a clean first place finish. Teammate and brother Chris Blais would take 2nd overall in the series. Rounding out the weekend was Tekno SCT410 driver Trevor Goodman. Trevor made a name for himself taking a solid win in the Sportsman 4×4 SC class completing his overall series win in the class.

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April 2, 2013

Adam Drake wins AKA Spring Series Rd2

Chula Vista R/C Race Club hosted the second round of the AKA Spring Series on Saturday March 30th. Adam Drake dominated both rounds of qualifying with his Novarossi powered 8ight 3.0 buggy and Pro-Line M3 Blockade tires. Drake started the 30 minute final with a blistering pace and was able to take the win in front of TLR teammate Don Vinkemulder who was also running Pro-Line Blockades.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

April 1, 2013

Lee Martin wins HNMC Winter series Rd10

The start of British summer time saw 99 racers enter the 10th and last round of the HNMC Winter series. The track was in great condition after being under snow just a week ago. Lee Martin won from pole position in an epic battle with Mugen team mate Simon Willetts, with Agama driver Jon Hazlewood taking 3rd. Jon Hazlewood would win the Truggy class from Tommy Chung in 2nd with Darren Warburton 3rd. The race was seen as warmup for the upcoming BRCA Nationals on the track which will be held from the 20th to 21st of April.

Source: HNMC [hertsnitromodelclub.co.uk]

March 31, 2013

Bowie Ginting wins Rd1 of Indonesian Nationals

The first round of 2013 Indonesian 1/10 GP National Championship was held at the JITC Race Track in Jakarta, Indonesia. The weather was perfectly clear all day but the grip level was a bit low due to rain on Saturday. Heri Susanto took his Xray into the TQ Spot with 17 laps @ 5.01 followed by Dimas Ardian placing his Serpent in 2nd, 4 seconds behind Heri. Last year’s Futaba OS Jakarta Open finalist, Aswin Narwandi would start in 3rd while Toni Kundjung took 4th. Defending National champion Bowie Ginting had a bad qualifying, having failed to finish all qualifying rounds due to engine-flame outs, he started from 6th behind Kenji Taira.

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