LRP announce that German frontrunner Stefan Scheuenplug has renewed his contract to run LRP’s brushless motors and speed controllers as well as nitro fuel, receiver batteries and accessories in the 2014 season and beyond. The package will be rounded out by Sanwa’s M12 radio system.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
The recent East Coast Park race in Singapore saw local driver Dhilon Tay (Xray) taking the TQ honours after the 1/10th 200mm class qualifying. In the 40 minute final Nicholas Lee (Xray) soon took over the lead and never looked back to take the win some 4 laps ahead of local veteran Harry (Xray) and Indonesian star Dimas (Xray). TQ Dhilon Tay completed the top 4 result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 5th round of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit 2014 National Championship was held at the Halifax circuit in West Yorkshire. The weather was set to be the best of the year so far and this made for close racing. This track and its associated facilities is one of the best in the country and successfully hosted the A European Champs in 2013. Also it was the start weekend of the “Tour de France” so making it to the track was extra difficult due to local roads being closed. With all the championship contenders present apart from Branson who is only racing at major events this year, the competition at the top would be close. From practice times on Saturday, it was clear that consistency would be key with all the top drivers running fastest times within 0.1 seconds of each other.
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Team Shepherd Finland driver Henry Fredriksson has won the 3rd round of the Finnish 1/8 on-road nitro series in Helsinki. Henry Fredriksson and his Shepherd team mate Tony Raikas were battling through the race rounds for the fastest result but unfortunately bad luck and a DNF for Tony made the final race very easy for Henry.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The 4th round of the North German nitro on-road nationals took place at the famous Munster track, host of this year’s German national championships in September. Shepherd’s Lars Hoppe set the fastest time in qualifying to take TQ and he also won the main final but he was challenged by Merlin Depta (Serpent) who finished only 3 seconds down on Lars in 2nd place.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
This past weekend marked the first round of the Mugen Grand Prix in Chula Vista, California. There were plenty of local fast guys in attendance including Cody Smith who won the Hi-Tech race on this layout, and track manager Don Vinkemulder. With only 20 minutes of practice Kyosho’s Cody King went to work right away with a TQ run in round 1 of qualifying, which would stand giving him the pole position.
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Mugen’s JJ Wang took the win at the 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road World Championship warm-up race, held this past weekend at the Huge RC Project facilities in Thailand. The Mugen driver, running the new MTX-6, came out successful leaving Hot Bodies’ Andy Moore behind in 2nd, only a lap down. Trin T. finished another 7 laps down to take the last remaining podium spot. Paphon Chanyasak and Meen Vejrak completed the top 5 result.
Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]
The BRCA 1/10th IC National series visited the Colchester circuit in Essex for Round 4 of their Championship. The track provided a challenging layout for all drivers with big curbs keeping the racers in check. Weather forecasts for the weekend were mixed with again hot temperatures predicted but amongst showers. 25 drivers attended the meeting and Glyn Beal and Mark Green were topping the time sheets in the scorching Saturday practice in their respective classes. Sunday greeted drivers with a damp track and Mark Green and Glyn Beal posted the fastest times in the first qualifying round in the 200mm and Sports GT class respectively. The pairing topped the second and third qualifier with their Novarossi and Xceed-powered Serpent chassis.
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