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March 14, 2016

Alex Krieg wins 17.5T SC at Cactus Classic

The 30th Annual Cactus Classic race was held this past weekend at Hobbytown/SRS in Phoenix, Arizona and in the 17.5T Short Course class it was X Factory driver Alex Krieg who laid down a dominating drive from second on the grid in the 7-minute A-main. Privateer Robert Molina (X Factory), came from 6th to lead laps three and four before he and Krieg switched places, running 1-2 for the last 11 laps of the race. Krieg slowly built a 6-second lead over Molina, who finished 3.5 seconds ahead of world-renowned race announcer Scotty Ernst (Team Associated) in third.

Source: X Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

March 14, 2016

Protoform WCICS Rd7 – Report

The Protoform Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series held round 7 in BC’s “Tournament Capital”, Kamloops, British Columbia, hosted by the Thompson Valley R/C Race Club. It was a great race weekend, lots of entries, with full heats all around. As usual, TVRCRC threw down a unique layout that left drivers looking for every inch on track to shave off the lap times with the bravest pulling out all the stops to make time in the tightest of chicanes. In the premier Touring Modified class the top 3 would slip away, with a chase for the win. Q3 Jason Melnyk however was sent airborne off track doing the first lap. His car would not survive and he would be a spectator for the 5 minute main. TQ Blake Bell and Korgae Scales would clear the pack quickly and just after setting his fastest lap, Korgae would have some issues in traffic, widening the distance to Blake and allowing Q4 John Tsang through for second. It would appear the car did not survive the incident undamaged, and after another slow lap, Scales joined Melnyk as a spectator. The second incident entangled Tsang, and allowed Luke Pittman a break into second position. Tsang closed the gap, but was unable to pass Pittman by the buzzer, just 0.25sec back.

Continue reading the report here

March 14, 2016

Reno Savoya successful at French E-Buggy Nats Rd1

This past weekend the opening round of the French RCMBT 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals was held at the famous Montpellier track. In its fourth season the championship, that is put together by rcmag.com, regularly attracts the country’s fastest drivers such as Yannick Aigoin, Jerome Sartel and Reno Savoya and round 1 was no exception. Following controlled practice on Friday the event saw triple 10 minute qualifiers on Saturday and it was TLR’s Reno Savoya who would take the TQ by winning two of the three rounds. Only Yannick Aigoin denied Reno a clean sweep as the Xray driver grabbed the TQ in the final round by less then 1 second. The triple A-mains then were a done deal for Yannick who won the opening leg with a margin of 10 seconds from Yannick Aigoin and Carl Maignien. In A2 it was again Reno who came out fastest, wrapping up the overall win with one leg to spare. Behind Sayova it was again the duo of Aigoin and Maignien who came in second and third. The third and final A-main then was won by Jerome Sartel from Yannick to grab the final podium spot.

View the top 5 result here

March 13, 2016

Wesley van Helmond wins MIO Cup 2WD title

The MIO International Indoor Off-road Cup recently concluded with the fifth and final round of the championship. TLR’s Wesley van Helmond would grab the overall title in the highly competitive 2WD Buggy class, that attracted nearly 100 drivers over the season, with three wins and a second pace from Schumacher driver Oliver Speith who scored two wins and two runner-up spots. The third place was gabbed by Dutch 1/8th buggy star Bart Mullink (Schumacher). In the 4WD Buggy class the overall title went to Yokomo driver David Pauwels in front of the Xray duo of Arie Vos and Jack Box. In the Youth category the winning honours went to Senne Pauwels (Yokomo), son of 4WD winner David, from Max Ceelen (TLR) and Jayden Vos (Xray).

View all title winners here

March 11, 2016

Mike Gee doubles at ROAR Carpet On-road Nationals

Last weekend’s 2016 ROAR Carpet On-road Nationals at ProlevelRC in St. Louis, Missouri not only saw the running of a Touring Modified class but also the usual array of Stock racing categories. Starting with Touring Stock 13.5T, the class had Mike Gee coming out fastest after the triple A-mains from Matt Lyons and Kyle Klingforth in second and third respectively. Top qualifier Sam Isaacs had to settle for fifth behind fourth placed Eric Anderson.

Continue reading the report here

March 10, 2016

Creation Model sign Jilles Groskamp

Creation Model have announced the signing of former IFMAR Electric Touring Car World Champion, Jilles Groskamp to the Infinity team. Jilles was chosen for his incredible driving skills, passion and dedication to the hobby. With his experience and professional attitude he will be an important part of the team while helping to improve current and develope future projects. The former HB/HPI driver had the following to say about the deal:

I’m very happy to announce my career move to Creation Model. This new company has a great passion for R/C and I will be joining a great group of people. First I will be running the Infinity 1/8 at most big races but in the meantime we will also be working hard on future projects. I’m more then excited to start this new venture and I would like to thank Kenji Taira and all his staff for this great opportunity. See you at the track!

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

March 10, 2016

Oliver Speith wins 2WD class at MIO Winter Cup finale

The final round of the MIO Winter Cup was held at the Model Indoor Oss facility in the Netherlands. Germany’s Oliver Speith would grab the TQ in the 2WD class qualifiers from Jarno Pijpers and Luca Jost who lined up second and third respectively. In the opening A-main, after a tough fight and a final lap tangle with Oliver, Jarno came out successful but Oliver stroke back in A2 to shift the decision about the day’s win to A3. The final leg then again had Oliver Speith (Schumacher) coming out successful as Jarno made to many mistakes to challenge Oliver for the win. Overall Jarno Pijpers (Xray) still managed to grab the runner-up spot from Nigel van Katwijk (Yokomo) in third.

View the 2WD A-final result here

March 10, 2016

Markus Hellquist wins at SSIC finale

The final round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup was held in Alvesta, hosted by the Wäxjö MS club. The track was quite technical and it offered high traction, making a lot of drivers suffer from traction rolling. In the practice rounds Marc Fisher laid down the two best laps combined ahead of Markus Hellquist and Viktor Wilck, being less than a tenth behind. The qualifying result was based on the best single result, out of three rounds in total. After three rounds Viktor Wilck placed himself on the top spot, 0.052 seconds ahead of Markus Hellquist, and 2 seconds ahead of Marc Fisher. The finals then saw some really close racing between the top three drivers. After incidents that lead to the winner of the opening A-final being disqualified, and after the leader of the second final accidentally hit a car rolling across the track, Markus Hellquist managed to come out successful in A1 and A2 to grab the overall victory. Marc Fischer would end the day on the runner-up spot from Viktor Wilck in third.

View the top 6 result here