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September 24, 2010

Kimbrow wins Mugen Seiki Sedan Nitro Challenge Cup

The 4th Annual Mugen Seiki Sedan Nitro Challenge Cup held at SpeedWorld Raceway in Roseville California saw Serpent driver Scott Kimbrow take TQ from Mugen racer Mike Swauger. Swauger and Kimbrow battled all weekend for the TQ honors with Swauger on top until the 4th round and the pair were the only drivers on 20 lap. In the last round of qualifying Swauger was on for another big TQ until his steering servo got problems. Kimbrow capitalized and took the top spot and at this stage, the A main was shaping up to be a battle between Kimbrow and Swauger. The pole man took off at the start and proceeded to pull away from Swauger by 2 seconds, but 3 minutes in Swauger lost another steering servo and Kimbrow went on to dominate the race with Steve Perez taking home 2nd and Marco Acosta taking 3rd.

Source: SpeedWorld [speedworldraceway.com]

September 21, 2010

Ilia van Gastel wins in Groningen, takes title

Last Sunday the Dutch 1/8th scale National championship had its last race of the season, held on the very bumpy track of REAL80 in Groningen in the far north of Holland. The weather forecast was predicted a lot of rain starting in the morning but it stayed dry until the last semi final of the day. In the NK class it was Rick V taking the pole followed by Ilia v. Gastel, Jordy Blok and Gunther v. Stay. With rain falling in time for the main final, it was not only about who was the best racer in the wet, but also about who was best prepared to protect their car against the elements. At the start RickV was forced to make a pitstop allowing Ilia to take the lead followed by John Ermen. RickV managed to work his way back up to the front by the end of the race but could not take the lead and would take 2nd.

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September 20, 2010

Moore & Hart win BRCA TC final round

Andy Moore put a disappointing domestic season behind him to take the final round of this season’s BRCA national touring car championship ahead of Olly Jefferies and Chris Grainger. Going in to the final round Chris Grainger was already crowned champion but second place was looking close between Olly Jefferies for Associated and Tamiya star Elliott Harper, Olly got off to the best start taking TQ and a new West London track record with his TC6, Elliott would line up behind Olly for the three leg finals with Andy Moore waiting to pounce in third. After three close fought legs Andy took the win for Hot Bodies ahead Olly Jefferies and Chris Grainger. The result meant a points tie in the series for Jefferies and Harper, the pair could not be split on number of A finals won or second places, in the end it came down to the number of third place finishes in the series and Elliott was given the decision over Olly.

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September 18, 2010

Dustin Layne wins the Stock class at IIC

TOP Racing team driver Dustin Layne won the Stock class at the IIC in Las Vegas. Dustin was on a TQ run in the last round of qualifying until he experienced radio problems with only 30 seconds to go. He ended up qualifying 2nd but made the best of it in the main and pulled off the win. In the Super Stock class EJ Evans finished 4th behind Hara, Haynes, and Tessman. TOP Racing also wanted to congratulate privateer Jerry Perez for winning the Amateur 17.5 class. Jerry piloted his Photon to the win from 6th on the grid in what was a though battle, but Jerry drove clean and consistent to emerge victorious. Inaugurated last year, the amateur class is for the pure privateer drivers and they are not allowed to have manufacturer stickers on their car, nor are they allowed to wear manufacturers apparel.

Source: TOP [topracingusa.com]

September 16, 2010

2010 Rose City Scale Racing Grand Prix

On a beautiful Labor Day weekend in Portland, Oregon, Rose City Scale Racing hosted the 2010 RCSR Grand Prix. Drivers were faced with a technical layout, with multiple fast kinks, off-camber turns and elevation changes, thanks to the nature of the landscape. Traction was high, but due to the changing temperature, drivers were faced with decisions on tire management and setup. The format for the weekend was 3 qualifiers on Saturday, LCQ and Mains on Sunday.

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September 16, 2010

KO Propo America Electric Touring Car GP – Announcement

The 7th annual KO Propo America Grand Prix will once again take place in Southern California. West Coast R/C Raceway (WCRC) in La Mirada, CA will again host this year’s event on October 2nd-3rd. Classes offered will be Touring Car Modified (Open & 17.5T), Touring Sportsman (17.5T & 21.5T, No advanced timing ESC) and 2wd mini (Silver Can). This will be a controlled tire race and tires will be available for sale at the event.

Further information can be found on the KO Propo website here.

September 15, 2010

Kurzbuch wins Rd5 in Switzerland, Pesenti takes title

The 5th Round of the Swiss 1/8th scale gas on road Nationals were held in the beautiful Swiss Alps on a short and bumpy track in Oey-Diemtigen. With dry and sunny weather all weekend, the first training sessions got underway on Saturday morning at 10am. All drivers were testing their material and setups on this track for the first time as normally everyone can test this on Friday afternoon, but the organizer had his own rules and there was no chance to change them. So the 7 minute training sessions in the morning were very hectic for all drivers.

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September 15, 2010

Atsushi Hara wins big in Vegas

HB/HPI racing team driver Atsushi Hara won both the Modified Rubber Tire Sedan and the Super Stock 17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan classes at the 2010 IIC in Las Vegas last week. In the modified class Hara won from triple World Champion Marc Rheinard in 2nd and current European Champion Ronald Volker in 3rd. HB Team drivers Ty Tessman also did well, finishing 3rd in Super Stock 17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan with 2006 World Champion Andy Moore finishing 10th in the A-Main Event of the Super Stock 17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan and Modified Class.

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