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May 13, 2013

Double win for King at JBRL Rd2

Paul King reports from last weekend’s JBRL Nitro round 2 held at Palm Desert RC Raceway. ‘It was a hot hard fought win in the Buggy class, and a little easier cruise in the Truggy class for Cody. These were good wins for Cody as he maintains the points lead in both classes and retains the #1 number plates. Temps exceeding 100f made the effort just a little more difficult unless you pitted in a motor home with AC. Lots of water and wet towels were the order of the day.

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May 13, 2013

Yuichi Kanai returns to RB engines

Having just recently left Team Orion, RB Products have announced that former World Champion and Kyosho buggy designer Yuichi Kanai has re-joined their factory team. RB had this to say about the return of their World Championship winning driver:

Everyone at RB is delighted with Yuichi’s choice – having one of the true pioneers in RC ‘come home’ is truly something special, we’re proud that Yuichi chose RB after extensively testing all the engines in the market, he went for RB – the power behind his most successful years. In the last couple of weeks Yuichi tested both the BX & the BXR engines, saying ‘he loved them!’ and that it was both a personal choice to return to RB but also the engine that came out on top in his personal tests.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]

May 12, 2013

David Ronnefalk wins Swedish Cup Rd1

The opening round of the Swedish Cup took place this weekend at the Skövde motorstadium in central southern Sweden. After a long winter it was the first major gas offroad race in Sweden this season but despite running electric all winter it was young superstar David Ronnefalk who take the TQ spot ahead of his Kyosho team mate Christoffer Svensson in 2nd, the pair swapping round wins during qualifying. Andreas Edvinsson and Mikael Johansson would complete the top 4. Following the semis there was no major upsets and the Ronnefalk would again start from the front for the 45 minute final. The race would be a 3 way battle between the Kyosho trio of Ronnefalk, Svensson and Johansson, finishing in that order with less than a lap separating the podium finishers. With round 1 in the books attention now moves the Euros warmup which takes place next week in France.

Image: David Ronnefalk

May 10, 2013

John Ermen wins Benelux Cup

Last weekend the Benelux cup was held in Bierset, Belgium and John Erman filed this report. ‘It was a little bumpy track with medium grip and a long straight. On Saturday we had some practice to setup the new Xray RX8 2013 spec car. I had some problems with the track layout as it was the first time for me on this track. But at the end of the day I had a good setup and the car/engine combination was good to go. On Sunday the weather was perfect, around 25 degrees and sunny. We had 3 qualifications and I was able to get 2nd position tight after Robin. In the last qualification I changed from the Blitz ARX to the Blitz R18 v2 body and the car was instantly better to handle but because some back markers I was unable to improve my time any further. But the car felt allot better than in the first 2 qualifications, so I was confident for the final.

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May 10, 2013

Xray Challenge Grand Final report

The Xray Challenge Grand Final was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia and Alexander Hagberg made this report. ‘Once again we saw a perfectly organized event. More than 100 drivers from many different countries joined the race to come and have fun at this great venue. It was a good opportunity as well, to prepare for the upcoming ETS final. The race was run in seven different classes, both electric and nitro, to allow for all kinds of adrenaline charged fun. Unfortunately the weather gods were not with us on Friday as it rained away. It was not a problem for those who had signed up for the electric categories though, as the newly prepared indoor track was open for practice. New curbs and paint gave the track a really nice look and was very enjoyable to race on. Traction levels became high eventually as sugar water was used.

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May 9, 2013

Mark & Derek Sousa win 4th Annual Spring Showdown

This past weekend at HRC Raceway in Flamborough, Ontario, Canada, the outdoor season opener got underway with the 4th Annual Spring Showdown race that resulted in nearly 150 entries. Some of the best drivers and manufacturers all around Canada were there to compete for the title at the end of the weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class the best in the country consisted with only a few missing. Qualifying had got underway with a rocket round format for three rounds. Throughout the qualifying things looked tight, but in the end Mugen Seiki/Alpha powered Derek Sousa would come out on top having held on the top qualifier honors all three rounds with Mugen Seiki/Alpha powered Justin DaSilva second and Mugen Seiki/Alpha powered Mark Sousa in third.

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May 8, 2013

2013 Nitro-West-Masters – Announcement

2013 Nitro-West-Masters - Announcement

The 2013 season of the Nitro-West-Masters will kick-off at Oberhausen at the upcoming weekend (11/12 May). It is the fifth season of this nitro on-road series in Western Germany, which has become more popular year by year since it was launched in 2009. Last year a total of 106 racers have collected championship points. For the first time there will be six race meetings in 2013, one per month from May to October.

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May 8, 2013

Keisuke Fukuda wins Zac Cup race

The 1st Zac Cup race was held at the Keitune Racing Track, host of this year’s WC, last weekend. While the entry for the 1/10th class was low, the quality was there with the best drivers in Japan attending. KM Racing driver Keisuke Fukuda took the top spot in qualifying ahead of Hirano, Watanzbe and Adachi. Former World Champion Fukuda would take a comfortable win ahead of Kyosho driver Watanzbe with Hirano taking the final podium spot after KM driver Adachi flamed out in the very last minutes due to running out fuel and lost out on the podium spot, eventually finishing in 4th.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]