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June 29, 2012

Vejrak & Syach win 2012 Futaba OS Jakarta Open

The 2012 Futaba OS Jakarta Open which is the annual yearly event of Jakarta International Twin Circuit track was held last weekend. A strong 106 competitors from Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam took part in the 1/10 200mm and 1/8 classes. The qualifying was on Saturday with three 5 minute rounds with a final round on Sunday before the Main Final. The qualifying started with very sunny conditions and the track surface had medium grip with a few bumpy sections.

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June 28, 2012

Pro-Line International Challenge – Announcement

The organisers of the 7th annual Pro-Line International Challenge that takes place from the 25th to the 27th of August have been in touch to promote their event. Hosted by the Herts Nitro Model Club this 3 day 1/8th scale event is open to gas buggy and truggy as well as BL buggy. Run to BRCA rules there is a handout Pro-Line tire for each class, Blockade for buggy and Blockade VTR for truggy. Entry is now open here.

June 28, 2012

Robin Frischkopf wins Swiss Nats Rd3

Last weekend the 3rd round of the Swiss championship took place in Gland at lake Geneva. About 140 drivers had registered for the event on one of the most beautiful and challenging tracks in Switzerland. The weather was fine too and for the first time the drivers could enjoy a wholly dry weekend. Robin Frischkopf managed to TQ the expert category an Saturday however on Sunday he made some mistakes in the semifinal and did not manage to get the pole. P-S-R team driver Robin Frischkopf (Swiss champion of 2010) went into the 45 minute final race as 3rd but was immediately able to put pressure on Jeremy Pittet. After a great duel and beating the track record several times he managed to pull away towards the end and win with about 20 seconds advantage.

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June 27, 2012

Daniele Sieber wins Rd3 in East Germany

Last weekend the 3rd round of the East German Championship took place in Mühlau. Shepherd racer Daniele Sieber was attending the event and found a good setup for his Sonic powered Velox V8 “eleven” resulting in excellent laptimes during Saturdays practice. On Sunday morning three qualifiers were held. With a big gap Daniel secured himself the pole-position followed by young Toni Gruber and Benjamin Schumann. In the 20 minutes main final he had a huge lead after 8 minutes giving him the chance to relax a little bit. He cruised to the victory 3 laps in front of Toni Gruber with Michael Kammer finishing 3rd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 26, 2012

Aigoin takes title as Sartel wins Rd4 in France

Round 4 of the French 1/8th scale Nationals took place at the weekend in Noeux Les Mines in the north of the country. Qualifying would go the way of Kyosho/Novarossi driver Jerome Aigoin with Agama driver Jerome Sartel in 2nd followed by Renaud Savoya and Yannick Aigoin. The top qualifier would also win his semi to take pole position to line up ahead of Jonathan Bacro, Jerome Sartel and JP Sartel. The 45 minute A-main would be won by Agama/Bullitt driver Sartel with an 8 second advantage over Jerome Aigoin in 2nd with Renaud Savoya bringing his RB powered Xray to 3rd spot. The runner up spot in this round would be enough to give Jerome Aigoin the 2012 French National title.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

June 25, 2012

Ty Tessmann is double ROAR National Champion

The 2012 ROAR 1:8 Fuel Nationals have wrapped up today and is one that will be remembered forever in r/c history. The truggy final started with Ty Tessman on the pole after his commanding performance of leading his semi from start to finish, also with the fastest time. TQ in qualifying, Jared Tebo didn’t show his dominant form as he did in the previous days but was still able to start second on the grid in the main.

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June 25, 2012

Morganti & Wang win Byron World Challenge

The 2012 Byron Fuels World Challenge at Leisure Hour Raceway saw 80 entries competing in 3 nitro classes, GT, 1/10 Sedan and 1/8 On-road. After 4 rounds of qualifying, Paolo Morganti TQ’d in the GT class, current US National sedan Champion DJ Apolaro took TQ in the Sedan class while JJ Wang TQ’d the 1/8 On-Road class. In the finals, it was Byron fuel’s team drivers Paolo Morganti and JJ Wang taking home the winner’s trophy. Paolo Morganti driving his Serpent won both GT and 1/ 8 On road while Mugen driver JJ Wang dominated the 1:10 sedan class. Byron Fuels World Challenge is a cash contingency race, over $40,000 in contingency checks paid out in previous Byron Challenges, the biggest payouts in R/C.

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June 24, 2012

Tebo & Maifield ROAR Nats top qualifiers

Saturday at the 2012 ROAR Nationals kicked off with slightly cooler weather out at LCRC in Pennsylvania for the final day of qualifying. Maifield and Tebo swept the first day of qualifying in buggy and truggy respectively. The best 2 of 4 rounds of qualifying points count so the TQ was still up for grabs in each class.

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