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July 22, 2012

Matsukura tops free practice

Defending World Champion Naoto Matsukura has got his ambitions of winning a third consecutive 1:12 title off to an encouraging start by putting his Yokomo top of the free practice time sheets both in terms of outright lap time and total laps completed over 8-minutes. Recording a fastest lap of 12.211 and 38-laps in 8:04.488 in the third of the four free practice rounds, the 18-year-old set the pace ahead of his Yokomo touring car team-mate Ronald Volker with Onpoint’s Jilles Groskamp and CRC’s Simo Ahoniemi the only other drivers to manage 38-laps of the indoor carpet track.

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July 22, 2012

Matsukura confident of 3rd consecutive 1:12 title

Reigning 1:12 World Champion Naoto Matsukura says he is confident of securing a third consecutive title this week as the 16th running of the IFMAR 1:12 World Championships got underway in the sleepy Dutch town of Heemstede this morning. Setting the fastest lap of the opening round of practice before contact with the boards resulted in a broken wheel bearing on his Yokomo, the young Japanese star is the pre-event favourite and should he pull off the feat will equal the achievement of legend of the sport Masami Hirosaka who had a run of success from 2000 to 2004.

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July 21, 2012

Nick Joosens takes Belgian Nats Rd5 win

For the 5th round of the Belgian Electric Touring Championship they visited the track of the Baanbrekers in Rucphen in the south of Holland. The forecast for the weekend wasn’t looking that good with rain predicted for Saturday and a little better on Sunday. As everyone arrived on the Sunday morning, they were surprised to see sunshine and an almost dry track. In the Efra class qualification it was Nick Joosens who took TQ in front of Olivier Bultynck and Thomas Stockman. It was very close and those three guys running very similar lap times. All the drivers had a good start in the first final. Nick took the lead followed by Olivier and Thomas. For fourth place there was a battle between Geoffrey Vekemans, Rico Claeys, Nick Logie, Patrick Jongenelis and Nicolas Delise. After almost three minutes Ollie’s car had no more traction. The rear right driveshaft was broken. Nick cruised to the win and Thomas took second place with Patrick Jongenelis in third place.

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July 21, 2012

Kyle Branson wins Rd5 of British 1/8th Nats

The fifth round of the 2012 national championship was a second visit to the Adur club, situated at Shoreham recreation ground to the west of Brighton. The original round 5 fixture was scheduled for the Halifax track but due to adverse weather conditions, the track was 1m under water due a local river bursting its banks for the second time within the last 4 years. Therefore with the previous round rescheduled for later on in the season, this race became the 5th meeting. With this race track being the smallest of all in the UK, it was a surprise to see 40 + drivers in attendance based upon previous meetings at this track. The Track is very technical with good rotation and turn in, the main criteria to produce quick and consistent lap times.

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July 20, 2012

Cardoso & Miguel win Portuguese Cup

The Annual Portuguese Cup took place at the track of Maiorca last weekend, close to the city beach of Figueira da Foz in nice warm and sunny weather. The track has a very fast but non forgiving layout, you must always be focused and never lose speed. The stock class was a one man show, with Fernando Cardoso driving his Nosram powered Schumacher TQ’ing and winning the event with awesome driving and performance. In the modified class it was a totally different story. There were many good runs from all the drivers and in the last main 3 drivers still had the chance to take the overall race win. João Miguel Martinho with his Yokomo/LRP took a fine win, the result of error free driving.

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July 20, 2012

Tresrey Off-Road Festival report

The Tresrey Off-Road Festival, incorporating Round 9 of the Tresrey Off-Road Race, were held last Sunday and Monday at the Akashi Buggy Course in Akashi-city, Japan and it attracted 125 cars including 38 cars of 1/8 GP buggy. Nitro 1/8 Off-road buggy class was held on Sunday and Ryuya Kato (D8) took the TQ but Daisuke Endo (MBX6) won the 30min final, with Oike (MBX6) 2nd and Kato 3rd. The EP Off-road 2WD/4WD class were held on Monday. In 2WD class, Noriyuki Kawashima (B4) took the TQ and won the race, while Kenji Tsuruta (DEX210) took 2nd and Takashi Nobuhara (DEX210) 3rd. In the 4WD class, Noriyuki Kawashima (DEX410) won the race again, Kenji Tsuruta (DEX410) was 2nd and Naoyuki Mimura (DEX410) 3rd. After the award ceremony, Tresrey held a big lucky draw prize which included a DEX410R kit, Speed Passion ESCs & motors, Viper RC ESCs & motors and Highest servos.

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July 19, 2012

Drake & Lutz domination at Bring the Heat race

The second Annual Bring The Heat race at The Fabulous Flowood R/C Indoor Park was held this past weekend. There were 246 entries that ran three qualifiers on Saturday and the Mains were held on Sunday. The layout designed by Marc Beck was awesome and fun for everyone. The track held up beautifully for the entire race with very few rough spots on the track. Marc Beck along with Richard and Kris Harris did a fantastic job building the track for the second annual Bring The Heat.

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July 18, 2012

JConcepts Summer Indoor Nationals report

The third stop of the JConcepts Indoor National series made the trip to Outback Raceway in Chico, CA. The facility, otherwise known as A-Main Hobbies, is a 1:10 scale racers’ paradise. The dirt surface is amazing, there is minimal tire wear, the layout was flowing and the traction was hooked up. Then to top if off, all of A-Main Hobbies’ massive inventory is available at the click of a mouse. Team Associated made the trip up north with Steven Hartson and Brent Thielke and was joined by Jason Ruona and Tanner Denney for JConcepts. In the 2011 edition of this race, NorCal local Eric Albano was just a privateer. Fast forward to 2012 and he’s now a Reedy Race Touring Car Open Class champion for Team Associated and with a year under his belt with off-road vehicles making consistent top regional a-main events. Not to be forgotten is a return to RC for Seattle native, John Walentia.

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