August 31, 2011

Cesar Salvadori wins Rd5 in Sao Paulo

Cesar Salvadori wins Rd5 in Sao Paulo

The H-K1 chassis TQ and won the expert class at the 5th round of Sao Paulo championships. It was a clean sweep as Cesar Salvadori got his Novarossi powered KM chassis on top spot after qualifying and won the 30 minute main final after an incident right after the starting flag which put him on the back of the field on the very first corner. Showing a strong performance he came back and took the lead after 5 minutes and never looked back.

Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]


August 30, 2011

ABEC35 signs Robin D’Hondt

ABEC35 signs Robin D'Hondt

Motonica team driver and multiple World and European Championship finalist Robin D’Hondt has joined ABEC35, supported by Team F.V.S.S. in Italy. Robin already used ABEC35 Type-X ball bearings to get into the main final at the 2011 1/8th Euros in Luxembourg and is really happy with the increase in performance from the drivetrain.

Source: ABEC35 [abec35.com]


August 29, 2011

Jonas Kaerup wins Rd3 of Danish Nationals

Jonas Kaerup wins Rd3 of Danish Nationals

The weather in Denmark has been awful this year, at least if you race 1:8 scale buggies. Most races have been wet, and the 3rd round of the Danish DRCMU championship would be no different. Drivers were greeted by a wet and muddy track on Sunday morning, however the rain did stop and out came the sun. Most drivers skipped the practice and the first round of qualifiers and so the track was very sticky. Jan D. Hansens (Durango/RB) was on fire in qualifying and he duly took TQ and along with it 3 points for his championship campaign. As Jonas Kaerup used to be known as the sticky bandit, he took full advantage of the muddy conditions to win the semi A and line up 2nd for the final, behind Hansens, who won his semi B by a big margin. The Final was luckily run in the dry and as the race went on the track got a lot better. Jonas Kaerup’s Team Associated with some of the 8.2 updates, shot out in the lead from the sound of the tone. He never looked back, and thereby took his Team Associated RC8/HeadRC.com/O’Donnell car to the win in the 45 minute final in front of Morten Kroghs (Losi/OS) and Michael Gundersen (HongNor/RB).


August 29, 2011

Cody King does JBRL Rd5 double

Cody King takes JBRL Rd5 double

The JBRL was back in action last Saturday, after nearly a two month break, with round 5 being held at Green Flag raceway in Hesperia, California. It seems the JBRL can’t get a break from the heat, as temps soared to over 100 degrees. Round 4 was in Palm Desert, where the temps reached nearly 120 degrees, now the JBRL patrons would have to endure another steam bath at round 5. The heat was also up on the track, as the points totals were very tight between Adam Drake and Cody King. After campaigning his 1/10 electric cars at the Worlds and Nats, Cody was back to nitro and hit the ground running.

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August 29, 2011

David Kukla wins Rd4 in Czech Republic

David Kukla wins Rd4 in Czech Republic

The 4th round of the Czech national championship was held last weekend in Skripov, near to the border with Poland, in perfect hot weather. The track surface was rough and tricky, so it was not easy to find a right car and tyres setup. In the final it was David Kukla who won the race by 1 lap ahead of his Serpent team mate Petr Klatovsky, with Tomas Kubica in 3rd for Xray.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


August 29, 2011

Hu way Ping wins Chinese National title

Hu way Ping wins Chinese National title

S-Workz have been in touch to tell us that team driver Hu way Ping has won the 2011 China National Championship in Zhengzhou. The reigning and 4 times National champion was using new S-Workz 2012 prototype chassis with some future available BK1 optional spring parts to have this great result. S-Workz will soon announce their new 2012 version S350 BK1 and original BK1 option parts.

Source: S-Workz [sworkz.com]


August 27, 2011

Taiwan On Road National Championship Rd3

Taiwan On Road National Championship Rd3

Last weekend saw the 3rd round of Taiwan On Road National Championship take place in central Taiwan, hosted by Titan RC Track. The beautiful beach side and newly refurbished course attracted a total of 73 pilots from all around the island. Classes included 1:8th scale, 1:10th 200m and 1/10th EP 190mm and with the growing popularity of the electric power RC cars the biggest group was EP 1/10th scale which attracted 48 drivers.

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August 26, 2011

Teemu Saarinen takes Finnish National title

Teemu Saarinen takes Finnish National title

This year saw a tight battle at the top of the Finnish 1/10th 200mm National Championships, with 3 different race winners in four races. The first two races were held in small tracks which are more suited for Electric racing and the last two races were held in larger European type tracks. After 4 races it was a clean sweep for Mugen in the standings with Teemu Saarinen winning, Sami Munck came second and Tony Raikas third.

View the final standings here